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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
Anyways, it's obvious how this came about. The rule was being discussed, and it was mentioned that the implication for non-picking teams was that declining basically meant they were out of the competition. This partial functional definition was then generalized to all teams being picked and accepted as literally true. The refs just went a step or two beyond literally interpretting the rule.
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The refs were not involved in this discussion at all. It was a student who asked, and was brought up to a few people including Woodie. Woodie was the person who made this decision.
Please do not dump this on the refs. The refs at VCU did a WONDERFUL job and deserve kudos.
Wetzel