Problems with the Play-In Game

The NCAA Tournament Play-In game was last night, with Morehead St. beating Alabama St. I have problems with this being the Play-In game. Both Morehead St and Alabama St won their conferences, yet they are not given a guaranteed spot. ASU players didn't even consider it a real tournament game. Why does the NCAA selection committee do this to these small schools? I propose a different solution- Play-In games for the 12 seeds, the teams fighting for the last 4 spots in. So this year we would have Wisconsin, Arizona, but also conference champs Northern Iowa and Western Kentucky. These teams should be moved off the 12 line, possibly to the 11 or 10, and teams like Maryland and Dayton should be put into the running for the 12 seed. These 4 teams would be facing off against the last 4 out, or the top 4 seeds in the NIT. Those would be teams like San Diego State, Creighton, Penn State, Florida, Auburn and St. Mary's. Rank the last 8 teams, the 4 in, the 4 out, and seed them. For the argument's sake, lets say the seeds are as followed:

1. Maryland
2. Dayton
3. Wisconsin
4. Arizona
5. SDSU
6. Creighton
7. St. Mary's
8. Penn St

The Tuesday before the tournament, you could haveMaryland play Penn St, Dayton play St. Mary's, Wisconsin play Creighton, and Arizona play SDSU. This way, more teams get a shot to make the field of 64, and conference champions are not denied their automatic bid. Think it over, committee. It is the right thing to do.