Rather than have this buried in the 2018-2019 megathread, thought I'd start a new topic. The bracket was posted today.
http://gozips.com/news/2018/6/7/mens-basketball-akron-clemson-to-open-2nd-annual-cayman-islands-mens-hoops-classic.aspx
So much of it is perception. We could go 14-4 against only Buffalo and there would be no difference in the committee's eyes. Combining it with another conference would be interesting, just like BracketBusters was of course.
I believe there may be a change this summer to allow players to not have to sit a year so if they hit certain academic benchmarks. Not sure when they will decide on that but I guess I wouldn't write him off yet for this year