The American Champion of the regular season should never be denied a bid. This is a much tougher league than C-USA and the one bid leagues. Wichita had a quad one win against Houston and only one bad loss ( today). Memphis had 0 quad one wins and 2 really bad losses ( Tulsa)
Part of what gives the conference no respect is none of the teams that get into the tournament ever do anything. They're constantly failing expectations in the tourney. Houston made it to the sweet sixteen once, and that's it. Otherwise our teams are out in 2nd amd most of the time 1st round.
They definitely take too many P5 conference teams that dont deserve it. I was just saying it's not surprising this conference doesnt get much respect until we actually reach the sweet sixteen and further consistently.