And we're done! Or at least, we've come to the end of our time in Indianapolis.

This entire mock selection process was in many ways the brainchild of Greg Shaheen, the NCAA's Senior Vice President for Championships and Business Strategies. The feedback he received from the media, imploring the NCAA to offer more insight, more clarity in the selection process, and the US Basketball Writers Association's encouragement pushed the mock selection from idea into reality. Three years ago the men's selection committee debuted the process (the women's side held a round table for the media instead) and last year the women's committee joined the fray.

It was, without question, a good idea. Is it foolproof? No. Does it touch enough members of the women's basketball world to have a deep or immediate impact on the amount of criticism directed the committee's way? Not necessarily, and the men's side has moved to two mock selections into action to reach a broader segment of their community. But it has the potential, and as the selection committee improves the model of the workshop and more coaches, media and other participants get involved, the clarity that fans have clamored for has a fighting chance.

Now, as the rest of the season plays out and the REAL committee convenes in a few weeks, some of us think about who we would like to be party to next year's mock selection. Some of us might appreciate to take a second crack, now that we know if it's seed before site or site before seed and what "list eight, rank eight, move four" really means. But in addition to a further cross section of the media and coaching, why not include Sports Information Directors at various schools? Rick Nixon assured me that was in the works, as are invitations for the conference media relations directors. Beth Bass, of the WBCA, believes as I do that the coaches and media members with the biggest microphones -- the stars of the women's basketball world -- might offer the biggest bank for the NCAA's mock selection buck.

Either way, I have enjoyed the past 24 hours immensely -- it was an inside look at an exclusive process, an educational opportunity that left me with many questions, but a much better base of knowledge to ask them from.

As Sue Donohoe concluded today: We may not agree with the committee's decisions, but we will understand how they made them.