This statement says it all:
“We're disappointed that TAPPS didn't use this occasion to make a statement of inclusion,” said Rabbi Harry Sinoff, head of Beren Academy. “This is really about good basketball, good competition. How is it that you can't want the best four teams in your Final Four?
“It's not about rules. We understand they thought we had agreed years ago we would never try to play in the playoffs. We thought, based on precedent and just plain fairness, that accommodations would be made.”
ETA: All this aside, I hope they win.