New NET Rankings

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2 minutes ago, throwback said:

Also interesting on Selection Sunday in 2018:

 

Last season, of the 20 teams that had 10+ Q1/Q2 wins and were ranked in the top 40 of the RPI, all received a bid, and all were at least a 10 seed.

 

Of the teams outside the top 40 of RPI with 10+ Q1/Q2 wins:

• Alabama had 11 Q1/Q2 wins, was ranked #42 in RPI --- 9 Seed
• Missouri had 10 Q1/Q2 wins, was ranked #43 in RPI --- 8 Seed
• Florida had 13 Q1/Q2 wins, was ranked #46 in RPI --- 6 Seed
• Georgia had 10 Q1/Q2 wins, was ranked #79 in RPI --- NO BID

 

Of the non-Top-40-RPI teams that didn’t reach 10+ Q1/Q2 wins but had at least 5 Q1 wins:

• Oklahoma had 6 Q1 wins, was ranked #49 in RPI ---- 10 Seed
• Texas had 6 Q1 wins, was ranked #51 in RPI ---- 10 Seed
• Virginia Tech had 5 Q1 wins, was ranked #61 in RPI --- 8 Seed
• Oklahoma St had 5 Q1 wins, was ranked #88 in RPI ---- NO BID
• LSU had 6 Q1 wins, was ranked #94 in RPI ---- NO BID

 

So if the NCAA committee follows last year's pattern:

• Get to 10+ Q1/Q2 wins and finish in the Top 40 of NET = in
• Get to 10+ Q1/Q2 wins or get to 5+ Q1 wins and have a decent NET rating (top 50s) = probably in

 

 

Or you can look at it that the committee was loving on the SEC and Big 12 baggage teams. The Big Ten would fit that bill this season. There's plenty of teams in the conference with baggage, but also plenty of reason to give them a shot in the tournament.

[throwback]

Oklahoma St received an 8-step bump in NET to #83 after last night's win, so that's a big help for us to keep that game in Q2. OSU has a really tough next 4 games, so their NET ranking shouldn't fall too much, even with losses. If they can win their season finale at home vs WVa, that should lock them into the Top 100, even if they don't win any other games.

 

Illinois climbed 3 spots to #77 after losing to Wisky, so that's helpful, getting closer to moving our 2 games with them each up a quad.

 

N'western dropped 1 spot to #78 so it's still a Q3 win. NW has 4 of its last 5 at home after tomorrows game at Ohio St, so there's a chance they can sneak into Top 75.

[throwback]

Even the NET could see that was a season-killing effort last night.

 

We lost 8 spots to #46.

 

Going to take a miracle now - and it's pretty obvious we don't have such a thing in us.

 

Not that it matters anymore, but Illinois fell 6 spots to #83 somehow without playing and N'western fell to #80, both of which would've been disappointing  if there was still any chance.

 

PSU climbed 7 spots to #63. Iowa fell 1 spot to #29.

 

Edited February 20, 2019 by throwback