The good news? The America East sent an at-large team to the NCAA soccer cup.

The horrible, disdainful, bang-your-head-against-the-wall news? That team was Boston University, not Binghamton University.

Yes, you read correctly.

To understand the magnitude of the egregious snub by the NCAA selection committee, take a look at a side-by-side comparison of the two teams.

Overall record

Binghamton: 14-6, 5-3 AE

Boston: 9-6-4, 3-2-3 AE

America East regular season

Binghamton: Champions, No. 1 seed

Boston: No. 3 seed

America East playoffs

Binghamton: Runner-up, championship game appearance

Boston: Loss in the quarterfinals to No. 6 seed UNH. No wins

Key non-conference wins

Binghamton: No. 30 Winthrop, Cornell, Colgate (9-3 out of conference)

Boston: No. 15 Brown (6-4-1 out of conference)

Head-to-head

Binghamton won, 2-1.

You make the call. While Boston’s RPI computer ranking was higher due to a difficult schedule, Boston didn’t have any signature wins other than Brown. To pick Boston based on the computer number is irresponsible; the decision effectively ignored Binghamton’s far superior record in the regular season and Boston’s no-show in the AE playoffs. If Binghamton couldn’t make it to the tournament because of a loss in the finals to Vermont, why should Boston be rewarded for a first round loss to a No. 6 seed?

The Terriers will play UMass in the first round, and if they advance, Boston College in the second round. The Terriers lost to both those teams earlier in the year. Perhaps the members of the selection committee took Boston University’s proximity to those teams into account.

Shame on them.