[Andy B]

I don't think teams care about rookie status. We were a rookie team last year and ended up with the 4th seed at the Midwest Regional. There were plenty of veteran teams begging us to pick them, they didn't care we were a rookie. I think some of the confusion comes from the fact that teams pick teams that are good at many elements of the game. Many times, including our team last year, rookie teams decide not to do everything (we just didn't hang last year) so as to not give themselves too much work. Because of this, rookie teams don't always do everything so other teams don't pick them. There are also many veteran teams that didn't do everything and I know last year we didn't care that they were veterans, we didn't pick them because they didn't do everything (not to say our picks were good, because they weren't, we were just to carried away with being 4th to pay close enough attention to scouting other teams very well)