I can't speak for others, but I don't think it was so much about not giving WMU credit for a good season as not accepting the "CC beat WMU once in October and WMU was pretty good, therefore CC is an upper-level AHA team" rationale. By that logic, then is everyone who managed a win or tie against any tournament qualifying team an "upper-level" team in their conference? Let's take WMU for example. Amongst the teams that either beat or tied the Broncos last season were: Ferris State, Lake Superior State, Alaska, Ohio State, St. Lawrence, Bowling Green, and of course the aforementioned Canisius. Now, I realize CC is only an AHA team and the others are from "real" conferences, however... none of those schools exactly lit it up last season and none could be considered upper-level anything. The point is that even bad teams beat good teams occasionally. It doesn't mean the balance of power has shifted every time an upset happens.