NET Rankings

NET Rankings NCAA Evaluation Tool

Elo Ratings	Adv Stats	NET Avg
2023	2022	2021
2020	2019

NET Rankings

1	Houston	33-4
2	Alabama	31-6
3	UCLA	31-6
4	Tennessee	25-11
5	Purdue	29-6
6	Gonzaga	30-6
7	Texas	29-8
8	Connecticut	29-8
9	Kansas	28-8
10	Arizona	28-7
11	Saint Mary’s College	26-8
12	Marquette	29-7
13	FAU	33-3
14	San Diego State	29-6
15	Baylor	23-11
16	Duke	27-9
17	Creighton	24-12
18	Utah State	25-9
19	Texas A&M	25-10
20	Iowa State	19-14
21	Arkansas	22-14
22	Xavier	27-10
23	Memphis	26-9
24	Kansas State	26-10
25	West Virginia	19-15
26	Kentucky	22-12
27	Virginia	25-8
28	TCU	22-13
29	Boise State	23-10
30	Indiana	23-12
31	Maryland	22-13
32	Auburn	21-13
33	Michigan State	21-13
34	Illinois	20-13
35	Miami (FL)	28-7
36	Oral Roberts	26-5
37	Nevada	21-11
38	North Texas	27-7
39	Iowa	19-14
40	Rutgers	19-15
41	Northwestern	22-12
42	Missouri	25-10
43	Oklahoma State	20-16
44	Liberty	24-9
45	North Carolina State	23-11
46	North Carolina	20-13
47	Oregon	21-15
48	Penn State	23-14
49	Mississippi State	21-13
50	USC	22-11
51	Charleston	30-4
52	Ohio State	16-19
53	VCU	27-8
54	New Mexico	21-12
55	Drake	26-8
56	Providence	21-12
57	UAB	27-9
58	Iona	27-8
59	Kent State	26-7
60	Clemson	23-11
61	Michigan	18-16
62	Florida	16-17
63	Texas Tech	16-16
64	Yale	19-9
65	Sam Houston State	22-8
66	Arizona State	23-13
67	Pittsburgh	24-12
68	Oklahoma	15-17
69	Colorado	18-17
70	Cincinnati	22-13
71	UCF	19-15
72	Bradley	24-10
73	Washington State	17-17
74	Utah Valley	25-8
75	Villanova	17-17
76	Virginia Tech	19-15
77	Seton Hall	16-16
78	Dayton	22-12
79	Utah	17-15
80	Wisconsin	20-14
81	Vanderbilt	22-15
82	Toledo	26-8
83	Marshall	23-8
84	Santa Clara	22-10
85	BYU	17-15
86	Hofstra	24-10
87	Southern Miss	22-8
88	Furman	25-8
89	Louisiana	23-8
90	Wake Forest	19-14
91	UNLV	18-13
92	Nebraska	16-16
93	Indiana State	22-13
94	James Madison	19-11
95	San Jose State	20-14
96	UC Irvine	21-12
97	Stanford	14-19
98	Saint John’s	18-15
99	Saint Louis	20-12
100	UC Santa Barbara	25-8
101	Colgate	25-9
102	Akron	20-11
103	Montana State	23-10
104	Grand Canyon	21-12
105	Tulane	20-11
106	South Alabama	17-16
107	Loyola-Marymount	18-12
108	San Francisco	19-14
109	Vermont	22-11
110	Colorado State	14-18
111	Princeton	21-9
112	Wichita State	17-15
113	Southern Utah	20-13
114	UNCG	18-12
115	Kennesaw State	23-9
116	Charlotte	22-14
117	Middle Tennessee	17-14
118	Belmont	20-11
119	UMass-Lowell	24-8
120	Southern Illinois	22-10
121	Cal State Fullerton	18-13
122	Washington	16-16
123	Youngstown State	22-10
124	Ole Miss	12-21
125	Temple	16-16
126	Syracuse	17-15
127	Hawaii	21-11
128	Eastern Washington	22-11
129	Towson	21-12
130	Duquesne	20-13
131	Butler	14-18
132	Cornell	15-11
133	Ohio	18-14
134	Fordham	25-8
135	Troy	17-13
136	Samford	18-10
137	UC Riverside	21-12
138	Stephen F. Austin	16-13
139	George Mason	20-13
140	UNC Asheville	25-8
141	Penn	16-13
142	Missouri State	16-15
143	Seattle University	18-12
144	UNCW	22-10
145	Davidson	15-16
146	Fresno State	10-20
147	UC Davis	16-14
148	Lipscomb	17-13
149	Air Force	14-18
150	Ball State	18-12
151	LSU	14-19
152	Georgia	16-16
153	Old Dominion	18-12
154	Northern Kentucky	20-13
155	South Dakota State	18-13
156	Utah Tech	11-19
157	Stetson	15-14
158	Harvard	12-14
159	Richmond	15-18
160	South Florida	14-18
161	Long Beach State	15-16
162	Tarleton State	13-17
163	DePaul	10-23
164	Portland	12-19
165	Eastern Kentucky	20-14
166	Longwood	18-12
167	Montana	16-14
168	Boston College	16-17
169	California Baptist	15-16
170	Louisiana Tech	12-18
171	Cleveland State	20-13
172	Wyoming	8-22
173	Navy	17-13
174	Quinnipiac	19-12
175	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	20-11
176	Chattanooga	15-17
177	Western Kentucky	15-16
178	FGCU	16-15
179	Georgia Tech	13-18
180	Grambling State	22-9
181	Norfolk State	18-11
182	Bryant	15-13
183	Brown	14-13
184	Radford	19-15
185	North Carolina Central	14-12
186	Notre Dame	11-21
187	Weber State	16-15
188	East Carolina	16-17
189	New Mexico State	6-15
190	Pacific	14-17
191	Drexel	16-15
192	UTEP	12-18
193	Buffalo	13-17
194	Texas State	14-18
195	Wright State	16-15
196	Saint Thomas	17-14
197	Appalachian State	13-16
198	Gardner-Webb	13-16
199	Saint Bonaventure	14-18
200	Saint Joseph’s	16-17
201	Pepperdine	7-22
202	Rice	16-16
203	Northwestern State	21-11
204	Queens	15-15
205	UMass	15-16
206	Abilene Christian	9-17
207	Georgia Southern	14-16
208	Siena	17-15
209	SMU	10-22
210	Milwaukee	19-12
211	George Washington	15-16
212	Detroit	13-19
213	Murray State	16-15
214	Howard	19-13
215	North Dakota State	14-17
216	Northern Iowa	13-18
217	Rider	15-14
218	FIU	12-18
219	SIUE	16-14
220	Minnesota	9-22
221	Florida State	9-23
222	Oregon State	10-21
223	La Salle	15-19
224	Sacramento State	12-18
225	Delaware	16-16
226	Wofford	14-16
227	Mercer	12-19
228	Morehead State	18-12
229	Western Carolina	15-16
230	San Diego	9-20
231	Northern Arizona	10-23
232	Maryland Eastern Shore	14-13
233	Campbell	14-18
234	South Carolina	11-21
235	Northern Colorado	12-19
236	Jacksonville	10-16
237	Purdue Fort Wayne	15-15
238	North Florida	12-17
239	North Alabama	15-15
240	UMBC	17-14
241	Jacksonville State	10-18
242	Southeast Missouri	17-17
243	Georgetown	7-25
244	Alcorn State	18-14
245	Western Illinois	13-14
246	Niagara	15-15
247	Robert Morris	14-17
248	Army	15-16
249	Portland State	10-19
250	Tennessee-Martin	15-14
251	UTA	8-21
252	Northern Illinois	12-18
253	Idaho State	9-21
254	Winthrop	13-17
255	South Carolina Upstate	14-16
256	Southeastern Louisiana	15-14
257	Southern Indiana	13-17
258	Bellarmine	12-18
259	Boston University	14-17
260	UTRGV	11-17
261	American	17-15
262	Canisius	9-20
263	Nicholls	12-15
264	Fairfield	12-18
265	Rhode Island	9-22
266	East Tennessee State	10-20
267	Mount Saint Mary’s	12-20
268	New Hampshire	13-15
269	Loyola-Chicago	10-21
270	Tennessee Tech	13-17
271	Lafayette	11-23
272	Oakland	12-19
273	North Dakota	11-20
274	Lehigh	14-14
275	Maine	11-17
276	Southern	13-17
277	UC San Diego	8-20
278	Prairie View A&M	11-19
279	Dartmouth	8-18
280	Tennessee State	14-14
281	Illinois State	11-21
282	Marist	13-20
283	Arkansas State	10-20
284	Bowling Green	9-20
285	UIC	11-20
286	Miami (OH)	9-20
287	Denver	13-17
288	UTSA	8-22
289	Valparaiso	10-21
290	High Point	12-17
291	Georgia State	7-21
292	Morgan State	11-16
293	Coastal Carolina	8-20
294	Texas Southern	12-21
295	Bucknell	11-20
296	ULM	8-21
297	Cal State Bakersfield	9-22
298	South Dakota	10-19
299	Chicago State	7-20
300	Binghamton	11-18
301	Fairleigh Dickinson	19-16
302	Manhattan	11-18
303	Texas A&M-Commerce	12-20
304	Charleston Southern	8-21
305	Jackson State	14-19
306	Saint Peter’s	13-18
307	Merrimack	16-16
308	Cal Poly	6-25
309	UMKC	10-20
310	Idaho	8-22
311	Wagner	13-13
312	Northeastern	10-20
313	California	3-29
314	Stonehill	13-17
315	Louisville	4-28
316	William & Mary	11-20
317	Omaha	8-23
318	North Carolina A&T	10-19
319	Alabama A&M	12-18
320	Eastern Michigan	7-23
321	Loyola-Maryland	11-20
322	Little Rock	8-21
323	Western Michigan	5-23
324	Tulsa	5-25
325	Austin Peay	6-22
326	Sacred Heart	15-17
327	Stony Brook	9-22
328	Coppin State	9-23
329	Central Michigan	8-21
330	Central Arkansas	8-22
331	The Citadel	9-22
332	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	6-21
333	Cal State Northridge	5-25
334	NJIT	6-23
335	Elon	6-24
336	Saint Francis (PA)	11-18
337	Holy Cross	8-22
338	Lindenwood	8-21
339	McNeese	10-23
340	New Orleans	10-20
341	Columbia	5-22
342	Albany	6-23
343	Central Connecticut	10-22
344	Eastern Illinois	7-22
345	Incarnate Word	9-19
346	Alabama State	7-23
347	South Carolina State	4-26
348	Bethune-Cookman	10-20
349	Hampton	7-24
350	Evansville	5-27
351	Monmouth	7-26
352	Presbyterian College	3-27
353	Saint Francis (NY)	12-16
354	VMI	4-25
355	Delaware State	5-23
356	Lamar	6-22
357	Houston Christian	7-22
358	Mississippi Valley State	5-27
359	Florida A&M	5-22
360	IUPUI	3-27
361	Green Bay	3-29
362	Long Island	1-26
363	Hartford	2-23

By Quad

Quad Wins		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
1	Houston	7-2	8-0	7-1	9-0
2	Alabama	13-5	6-0	7-0	3-0
3	UCLA	8-5	9-0	5-0	7-0
4	Tennessee	7-7	3-3	6-0	7-0
5	Purdue	10-4	9-1	5-0	5-0
6	Gonzaga	6-4	5-0	8-1	8-0
7	Texas	14-8	4-0	1-0	7-0
8	UConn	7-6	6-1	4-1	8-0
9	Kansas	17-7	4-0	3-0	3-0
10	Arizona	9-2	7-4	5-0	7-0
11	Saint Mary’s (CA)	2-3	7-2	11-2	5-0
12	Marquette	8-5	6-0	6-1	8-0
13	Fla. Atlantic	2-1	4-2	11-0	12-0
14	San Diego St.	5-5	6-1	13-0	2-0
15	Baylor	11-10	4-0	0-0	7-0
16	Duke	5-6	7-2	4-0	10-0
17	Creighton	3-9	7-2	5-1	6-0
18	Utah St.	2-5	9-1	13-0	1-2
19	Texas A&M	7-6	5-1	6-0	7-2
20	Iowa St.	10-11	2-2	1-0	6-0
21	Arkansas	4-10	4-2	10-1	2-0
22	Xavier	9-6	4-2	4-1	8-0
23	Memphis	4-4	9-3	7-1	6-0
24	Kansas St.	9-8	4-1	3-0	7-0
25	West Virginia	6-13	6-1	1-0	6-0
26	Kentucky	6-7	6-1	3-2	6-1
27	Virginia	5-5	6-1	5-1	9-0
28	TCU	8-11	5-0	0-0	8-1
29	Boise St.	3-5	9-2	6-2	5-0
30	Indiana	6-9	6-2	4-0	6-0
31	Maryland	3-10	6-2	3-0	9-0
32	Auburn	3-10	6-1	8-1	3-0
33	Michigan St.	5-9	8-2	2-1	4-0
34	Illinois	2-11	7-1	4-0	7-0
35	Miami (FL)	5-5	6-0	7-1	7-1
36	Oral Roberts	0-4	1-0	6-0	19-0
37	Nevada	4-5	3-3	11-2	3-0
38	North Texas	1-3	3-2	11-1	9-1
39	Iowa	4-7	9-3	1-2	5-1
40	Rutgers	4-7	6-3	2-4	7-0
41	Northwestern	7-6	4-5	1-0	9-0
42	Missouri	6-9	4-0	6-0	8-0
43	Oklahoma St.	6-12	4-2	3-1	5-0
44	Liberty	0-3	1-2	6-3	16-0
45	NC State	1-6	7-4	5-0	10-0
46	North Carolina	1-9	6-4	7-0	6-0
47	Oregon	2-9	7-4	5-1	5-0
48	Penn St.	7-7	5-5	4-1	6-0
49	Mississippi St.	4-8	4-3	5-1	8-0
50	Southern California	3-6	7-2	6-1	6-1
51	Col. of Charleston	0-1	2-0	12-2	16-0
52	Ohio St.	3-13	7-4	0-1	6-1
53	VCU	0-1	5-3	12-1	10-2
54	New Mexico	3-5	3-2	10-3	5-1
55	Drake	1-1	3-3	10-3	12-0
56	Providence	4-8	3-2	3-1	11-0
57	UAB	2-4	1-3	9-1	12-1
58	Iona	0-1	0-2	7-2	20-2
59	Kent St.	0-3	2-1	11-1	13-1
60	Clemson	4-4	3-2	7-2	9-2
61	Michigan	2-12	6-2	5-0	4-1
62	Florida	2-13	1-2	9-1	4-0
63	Texas Tech	5-13	0-3	2-0	9-0
64	Yale	0-2	2-3	9-1	8-2
65	Sam Houston	1-3	1-1	10-2	9-1
66	Arizona St.	5-6	4-5	5-0	8-1
67	Pittsburgh	4-4	3-5	5-1	10-1
68	Oklahoma	6-14	3-3	3-0	3-0
69	Colorado	3-7	4-4	6-3	4-2
70	Cincinnati	1-7	2-3	6-2	11-0
71	UCF	2-6	3-4	4-4	9-0
72	Bradley	0-5	4-2	6-2	14-0
73	Washington St.	1-11	6-3	3-1	7-1
74	Utah Valley	1-2	3-2	9-3	9-1
75	Villanova	2-11	3-3	6-2	6-0
76	Virginia Tech	4-6	2-5	5-2	8-1
77	Seton Hall	4-9	2-4	3-1	7-1
78	Dayton	1-1	1-7	10-3	10-1
79	Utah	2-9	3-5	3-1	9-0
80	Wisconsin	5-7	6-6	1-1	5-0
81	Vanderbilt	5-11	5-0	5-2	5-1
82	Toledo	0-1	3-2	8-3	15-1
83	Marshall	0-0	2-2	8-5	13-1
84	Santa Clara	1-5	3-1	11-2	7-1
85	BYU	1-7	1-4	8-3	7-1
86	Hofstra	1-2	3-1	5-4	14-2
87	Southern Miss.	1-0	2-4	5-3	14-0
88	Furman	0-2	1-0	9-3	14-2
89	Louisiana	0-2	1-3	10-1	12-1
90	Wake Forest	1-9	4-2	5-2	9-1
91	UNLV	2-7	3-1	8-5	5-0
92	Nebraska	3-10	4-5	2-0	7-1
93	Indiana St.	0-1	2-4	5-4	14-3
94	James Madison	0-2	2-2	8-3	9-4
95	San Jose St.	3-8	3-2	7-3	6-0
96	UC Irvine	1-1	1-3	8-6	11-1
97	Stanford	1-11	3-5	2-2	8-1
98	St. John’s (NY)	1-11	1-3	6-1	10-0
99	Saint Louis	1-5	2-4	9-2	8-1
100	UC Santa Barbara	0-0	3-1	9-5	13-1
101	Colgate	0-1	1-0	2-5	22-2
102	Akron	0-4	1-4	6-3	13-0
103	Montana St.	0-2	2-1	6-5	15-1
104	Grand Canyon	1-2	2-1	8-7	10-1
105	Tulane	2-5	4-0	5-5	9-1
106	South Alabama	0-5	2-4	5-4	10-3
107	LMU (CA)	2-3	3-5	4-4	9-0
108	San Francisco	0-6	4-3	6-3	9-2
109	Vermont	0-3	1-3	5-3	16-1
110	Colorado St.	1-12	2-1	5-4	6-1
111	Princeton	0-1	2-2	8-3	9-2
112	Wichita St.	0-7	2-3	6-3	9-2
113	Southern Utah	0-5	3-0	7-7	8-0
114	UNC Greensboro	0-2	1-1	6-6	11-3
115	Kennesaw St.	0-4	2-0	8-2	13-2
116	Charlotte	1-4	1-2	5-4	11-4
117	Middle Tenn.	1-4	3-2	6-5	7-3
118	Belmont	1-1	1-4	7-5	11-1
119	UMass Lowell	0-1	0-2	5-0	19-5
120	Southern Ill.	1-2	2-4	6-2	13-2
121	Cal St. Fullerton	0-2	3-2	7-6	8-3
122	Washington	2-8	3-6	4-1	7-1
123	Youngstown St.	0-0	0-0	4-7	18-2
124	Ole Miss	1-12	1-6	4-1	6-2
125	Temple	3-4	4-4	4-6	5-2
126	Syracuse	0-7	1-5	8-1	8-2
127	Hawaii	0-0	1-5	6-5	14-1
128	Eastern Wash.	0-1	1-4	6-3	14-2
129	Towson	0-2	1-3	5-3	15-4
130	Duquesne	0-1	1-3	8-6	11-2
131	Butler	2-12	3-4	2-1	7-1
132	Cornell	0-2	2-3	2-6	11-0
133	Ohio	0-2	1-7	5-2	12-3
134	Fordham	0-2	2-1	6-4	17-1
135	Troy	0-2	0-5	6-5	11-1
136	Samford	0-1	1-3	4-4	13-2
137	UC Riverside	0-3	3-3	7-4	11-2
138	SFA	0-2	0-4	7-4	9-3
139	George Mason	0-2	1-3	9-5	10-3
140	UNC Asheville	1-1	0-1	4-2	20-3
141	Penn	0-5	1-3	7-2	8-3
142	Missouri St.	1-3	2-4	4-5	9-3
143	Seattle U	1-2	1-3	5-6	11-1
144	UNCW	1-4	1-3	5-2	15-1
145	Davidson	0-3	2-4	6-7	7-2
146	Fresno St.	0-7	3-5	3-7	4-1
147	UC Davis	0-1	0-5	2-7	14-1
148	Lipscomb	0-2	1-2	5-4	11-5
149	Air Force	0-7	2-4	3-3	9-4
150	Ball St.	0-1	2-5	2-3	14-3
151	LSU	1-11	1-6	3-1	9-1
152	Georgia	1-7	3-4	3-5	9-0
153	Old Dominion	0-1	2-4	7-4	9-3
154	Northern Ky.	0-2	1-3	5-4	14-3
155	South Dakota St.	1-4	0-3	2-4	15-2
156	Utah Tech	0-4	0-5	5-7	6-3
157	Stetson	0-4	0-1	6-7	9-1
158	Harvard	0-2	2-4	2-3	8-5
159	Richmond	0-2	1-4	5-10	9-2
160	South Fla.	1-5	1-4	4-6	8-3
161	Long Beach St.	0-4	1-3	5-7	9-2
162	Tarleton St.	0-4	1-5	6-5	6-2
163	DePaul	1-13	2-6	2-3	5-1
164	Portland	0-7	1-5	3-6	8-1
165	Eastern Ky.	0-4	1-2	6-3	10-4
166	Longwood	0-1	0-1	2-5	16-5
167	Montana	0-2	0-4	4-6	12-2
168	Boston College	1-7	3-4	6-3	6-3
169	California Baptist	0-2	1-4	6-4	8-6
170	Louisiana Tech	0-6	0-5	2-7	10-0
171	Cleveland St.	0-1	0-4	4-5	16-2
172	Wyoming	1-7	1-8	2-6	4-1
173	Navy	0-2	1-1	2-2	14-8
174	Quinnipiac	0-2	1-1	4-0	14-9
175	A&M-Corpus Christi	0-3	0-0	1-1	18-6
176	Chattanooga	0-1	1-4	3-9	11-3
177	Western Ky.	1-4	0-4	5-6	9-2
178	FGCU	1-3	0-0	6-7	9-5
179	Georgia Tech	0-8	2-6	3-3	8-1
180	Grambling	0-2	2-2	0-0	20-5
181	Norfolk St.	0-4	0-0	2-3	16-4
182	Bryant	0-3	1-2	2-3	12-5
183	Brown	0-3	0-4	4-5	10-1
184	Radford	0-3	0-0	2-5	15-6
185	N.C. Central	0-3	0-0	2-7	12-2
186	Notre Dame	0-6	2-5	2-8	7-2
187	Weber St.	1-0	0-5	4-8	11-2
188	East Carolina	0-5	3-4	2-7	11-1
189	New Mexico St.	0-2	1-6	2-5	3-2
190	Pacific	0-2	1-5	7-6	6-4
191	Drexel	0-0	1-5	4-5	11-5
192	UTEP	0-5	1-4	2-7	9-2
193	Buffalo	0-4	0-5	4-5	9-3
194	Texas St.	0-1	3-5	2-8	9-4
195	Wright St.	0-0	0-2	4-8	12-5
196	St. Thomas (MN)	0-3	0-3	3-3	14-5
197	App State	0-0	1-6	2-7	10-3
198	Gardner-Webb	0-1	0-1	2-8	11-6
199	St. Bonaventure	1-0	0-4	7-8	6-6
200	Saint Joseph’s	0-1	0-7	4-7	12-2
201	Pepperdine	0-4	0-9	2-7	5-2
202	Rice	1-4	0-5	5-3	9-3
203	Northwestern St.	1-3	0-0	2-3	18-5
204	Queens (NC)	0-1	1-3	3-7	11-4
205	Massachusetts	0-2	2-2	6-10	7-2
206	Abilene Christian	0-4	0-3	4-9	5-1
207	Ga. Southern	0-0	0-7	4-5	10-4
208	Siena	0-1	2-0	1-4	14-10
209	SMU	1-8	1-8	2-5	6-1
210	Milwaukee	0-2	0-1	7-3	11-5
211	George Washington	0-0	0-4	5-9	10-3
212	Detroit Mercy	0-3	0-3	3-8	10-5
213	Murray St.	1-2	1-7	3-4	11-2
214	Howard	0-3	0-0	4-6	15-3
215	North Dakota St.	0-5	0-3	3-2	11-7
216	UNI	0-2	0-6	3-8	10-2
217	Rider	1-2	0-1	0-4	14-7
218	FIU	0-5	2-2	4-6	6-5
219	SIUE	0-1	1-1	2-2	13-10
220	Minnesota	1-9	2-10	1-2	5-1
221	Florida St.	2-7	0-10	1-4	6-2
222	Oregon St.	0-10	2-7	2-2	6-2
223	La Salle	0-3	0-3	7-7	8-6
224	Sacramento St.	0-1	0-4	1-10	11-3
225	Delaware	0-2	1-3	5-7	10-4
226	Wofford	1-1	0-3	4-7	9-5
227	Mercer	0-0	1-3	0-12	11-4
228	Morehead St.	0-2	0-2	2-1	15-6
229	Western Caro.	0-1	0-3	3-7	12-4
230	San Diego	0-5	1-2	3-8	5-5
231	Northern Ariz.	0-4	0-4	5-7	5-8
232	UMES	0-3	1-1	1-5	12-4
233	Campbell	0-1	0-0	5-9	9-8
234	South Carolina	1-9	2-4	2-8	6-0
235	Northern Colo.	0-4	1-2	0-9	11-4
236	Jacksonville	1-2	0-2	2-8	7-4
237	Purdue Fort Wayne	0-2	1-1	2-7	12-5
238	North Florida	0-4	0-4	4-3	8-6
239	North Ala.	0-3	1-1	4-7	10-3
240	UMBC	0-1	0-4	1-3	16-6
241	Jacksonville St.	0-3	0-4	2-5	8-6
242	Southeast Mo. St.	0-3	0-0	2-4	15-9
243	Georgetown	0-11	1-7	0-5	6-2
244	Alcorn	0-2	1-4	2-3	15-4
245	Western Ill.	0-2	0-1	1-6	12-5
246	Niagara	0-2	0-3	3-1	12-9
247	Robert Morris	0-1	0-2	3-8	11-6
248	Army West Point	0-0	0-2	1-4	14-10
249	Portland St.	0-2	0-3	4-8	6-6
250	UT Martin	0-1	0-2	0-3	15-8
251	UT Arlington	0-3	2-4	4-11	2-3
252	NIU	0-3	2-4	0-7	10-4
253	Idaho St.	0-0	0-6	3-6	6-9
254	Winthrop	0-2	0-3	4-6	9-6
255	USC Upstate	0-2	0-1	4-8	10-4
256	Southeastern La.	0-1	0-3	2-4	13-6
257	Southern Ind.	0-1	0-0	3-4	10-11
258	Bellarmine	0-6	0-2	3-6	9-4
259	Boston U.	0-1	0-2	0-5	14-9
260	UTRGV	0-3	1-3	1-8	9-3
261	American	0-0	0-1	4-1	13-13
262	Canisius	0-2	0-3	1-5	8-10
263	Nicholls	0-4	0-2	0-3	12-6
264	Fairfield	0-2	0-3	2-2	10-11
265	Rhode Island	0-1	0-5	3-9	6-7
266	ETSU	0-0	0-3	3-9	7-8
267	Mount St. Mary’s	0-3	0-2	3-3	9-12
268	New Hampshire	0-0	0-5	3-4	10-6
269	Loyola Chicago	0-2	1-5	3-9	6-5
270	Tennessee Tech	0-1	0-3	0-4	13-9
271	Lafayette	0-2	0-5	2-6	9-10
272	Oakland	0-2	0-5	3-8	9-4
273	North Dakota	0-4	0-1	2-7	9-8
274	Lehigh	0-0	0-5	1-2	13-7
275	Maine	0-1	0-6	2-5	9-5
276	Southern U.	0-4	0-2	0-2	13-9
277	UC San Diego	0-2	1-2	2-12	5-4
278	Prairie View	0-4	1-0	0-3	10-12
279	Dartmouth	1-0	0-4	4-8	3-6
280	Tennessee St.	0-0	0-2	1-2	13-10
281	Illinois St.	0-2	0-4	4-6	7-9
282	Marist	0-1	0-2	1-5	12-12
283	Arkansas St.	0-0	0-4	1-12	9-4
284	Bowling Green	0-1	0-3	2-9	7-7
285	UIC	0-3	0-6	0-7	11-4
286	Miami (OH)	0-2	0-5	1-6	8-7
287	Denver	0-2	0-1	0-6	13-8
288	UTSA	0-5	0-5	4-4	4-8
289	Valparaiso	0-2	1-6	0-8	9-5
290	High Point	0-0	1-1	0-8	11-8
291	Georgia St.	0-1	0-3	2-10	5-7
292	Morgan St.	0-3	1-2	1-4	9-7
293	Coastal Carolina	0-1	0-4	3-7	5-8
294	Texas Southern	0-4	1-3	1-2	10-11
295	Bucknell	0-1	0-1	0-5	11-13
296	ULM	0-2	1-7	2-6	5-6
297	CSU Bakersfield	0-0	0-7	2-10	7-5
298	South Dakota	0-2	1-3	2-5	7-9
299	Chicago St.	0-4	0-4	0-7	7-5
300	Binghamton	0-1	0-5	2-5	9-7
301	FDU	0-1	0-0	1-2	16-12
302	Manhattan	0-3	0-1	2-1	9-13
303	Tex. A&M-Commerce	0-1	1-0	3-7	8-12
304	Charleston So.	0-1	0-2	1-9	7-9
305	Jackson St.	0-5	0-2	1-4	13-8
306	Saint Peter’s	0-2	0-2	0-4	13-10
307	Merrimack	0-2	0-3	0-4	16-7
308	Cal Poly	0-0	0-9	2-9	4-7
309	Kansas City	0-4	2-1	1-5	7-10
310	Idaho	0-0	0-2	4-7	4-13
311	Wagner	0-0	1-2	0-1	12-10
312	Northeastern	0-2	0-4	1-7	9-7
313	California	0-9	1-10	1-6	1-4
314	Stonehill	0-3	0-2	0-1	13-11
315	Louisville	0-9	1-6	0-9	3-4
316	William & Mary	0-3	0-3	3-6	8-8
317	Omaha	0-6	0-3	0-6	8-8
318	N.C. A&T	0-3	1-2	1-8	8-6
319	Alabama A&M	0-2	0-1	1-4	11-11
320	Eastern Mich.	0-3	0-4	3-5	4-11
321	Loyola Maryland	0-2	0-2	0-3	11-13
322	Little Rock	0-2	0-2	1-1	7-16
323	Western Mich.	0-2	0-6	1-4	4-11
324	Tulsa	0-6	0-6	1-9	4-4
325	Austin Peay	0-3	0-2	1-8	5-9
326	Sacred Heart	0-2	0-1	0-2	15-12
327	Stony Brook	0-3	0-3	0-9	9-7
328	Coppin St.	0-3	0-3	2-9	7-8
329	Central Mich.	1-2	0-2	0-9	7-8
330	Central Ark.	0-4	0-2	2-5	6-11
331	The Citadel	0-2	0-4	2-7	7-9
332	Ark.-Pine Bluff	0-5	0-1	0-3	6-12
333	CSUN	0-1	0-4	2-10	3-10
334	NJIT	0-1	0-3	0-7	6-12
335	Elon	0-3	0-1	0-8	6-12
336	Saint Francis (PA)	0-2	0-2	0-2	11-12
337	Holy Cross	0-1	0-2	1-2	7-17
338	Lindenwood	0-2	0-2	0-3	8-14
339	McNeese	0-4	0-2	1-3	9-14
340	New Orleans	0-2	0-1	1-4	9-13
341	Columbia	0-3	1-2	0-8	4-9
342	UAlbany	0-3	0-3	1-6	5-11
343	Central Conn. St.	0-1	0-2	0-3	10-16
344	Eastern Ill.	1-2	0-1	1-2	5-17
345	UIW	0-1	0-1	1-4	8-13
346	Alabama St.	0-4	0-3	0-4	7-12
347	South Carolina St.	0-2	0-3	2-9	2-12
348	Bethune-Cookman	0-3	0-0	0-3	10-14
349	Hampton	0-1	0-6	0-7	7-10
350	Evansville	0-2	0-6	0-10	5-9
351	Monmouth	0-2	0-8	0-8	7-8
352	Presbyterian	0-1	0-2	0-9	3-15
353	St. Francis Brooklyn	0-1	0-1	0-3	12-11
354	VMI	0-0	0-3	0-12	4-10
355	Delaware St.	0-4	0-1	0-7	5-11
356	Lamar University	0-1	0-1	0-4	6-16
357	Houston Christian	0-3	0-0	0-4	7-15
358	Mississippi Val.	0-4	0-5	0-2	5-16
359	Florida A&M	0-5	0-0	0-4	5-13
360	IUPUI	0-2	0-1	0-8	3-16
361	Green Bay	0-0	0-5	1-10	2-14
362	LIU	0-2	0-3	0-2	1-19
363	Hartford	0-0	0-2	0-5	2-16

By Conference

1	Houston	AAC	31-3
23	Memphis	AAC	26-8
70	Cincinnati	AAC	20-12
71	UCF	AAC	18-14
105	Tulane	AAC	20-11
112	Wichita St.	AAC	17-15
125	Temple	AAC	16-16
160	South Fla.	AAC	14-18
188	East Carolina	AAC	16-17
209	SMU	AAC	10-22
324	Tulsa	AAC	5-25
16	Duke	ACC	26-8
27	Virginia	ACC	25-7
35	Miami (FL)	ACC	25-7
45	NC State	ACC	23-10
46	North Carolina	ACC	20-13
60	Clemson	ACC	23-10
67	Pittsburgh	ACC	22-11
76	Virginia Tech	ACC	19-14
90	Wake Forest	ACC	19-14
126	Syracuse	ACC	17-15
168	Boston College	ACC	16-17
179	Georgia Tech	ACC	13-18
186	Notre Dame	ACC	11-21
221	Florida St.	ACC	9-23
315	Louisville	ACC	4-28
109	Vermont	America East	22-10
119	UMass Lowell	America East	24-8
182	Bryant	America East	15-13
240	UMBC	America East	17-14
268	New Hampshire	America East	13-15
275	Maine	America East	11-17
300	Binghamton	America East	11-18
334	NJIT	America East	6-23
342	UAlbany	America East	6-23
44	Liberty	ASUN	23-8
115	Kennesaw St.	ASUN	23-8
148	Lipscomb	ASUN	17-13
157	Stetson	ASUN	15-13
165	Eastern Ky.	ASUN	17-13
178	FGCU	ASUN	16-15
204	Queens (NC)	ASUN	15-15
236	Jacksonville	ASUN	10-16
238	North Florida	ASUN	12-17
239	North Ala.	ASUN	15-14
241	Jacksonville St.	ASUN	10-18
258	Bellarmine	ASUN	12-18
325	Austin Peay	ASUN	6-22
330	Central Ark.	ASUN	8-22
53	VCU	Atlantic 10	27-7
78	Dayton	Atlantic 10	22-12
99	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	20-12
130	Duquesne	Atlantic 10	20-12
134	Fordham	Atlantic 10	25-8
139	George Mason	Atlantic 10	20-13
145	Davidson	Atlantic 10	15-16
159	Richmond	Atlantic 10	15-18
199	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	14-18
200	Saint Joseph’s	Atlantic 10	16-17
205	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	15-16
211	George Washington	Atlantic 10	15-16
223	La Salle	Atlantic 10	15-19
265	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	9-22
269	Loyola Chicago	Atlantic 10	10-21
7	Texas	Big 12	26-8
9	Kansas	Big 12	27-7
15	Baylor	Big 12	22-10
20	Iowa St.	Big 12	19-13
24	Kansas St.	Big 12	23-9
25	West Virginia	Big 12	19-14
28	TCU	Big 12	21-12
43	Oklahoma St.	Big 12	18-15
63	Texas Tech	Big 12	16-16
68	Oklahoma	Big 12	15-17
8	UConn	Big East	25-8
12	Marquette	Big East	28-6
17	Creighton	Big East	21-12
22	Xavier	Big East	25-9
56	Providence	Big East	21-11
75	Villanova	Big East	17-16
77	Seton Hall	Big East	16-15
98	St. John’s (NY)	Big East	18-15
131	Butler	Big East	14-18
163	DePaul	Big East	10-23
243	Georgetown	Big East	7-25
103	Montana St.	Big Sky	23-9
128	Eastern Wash.	Big Sky	21-10
167	Montana	Big Sky	16-14
187	Weber St.	Big Sky	16-15
224	Sacramento St.	Big Sky	12-18
231	Northern Ariz.	Big Sky	10-23
235	Northern Colo.	Big Sky	12-19
249	Portland St.	Big Sky	10-19
253	Idaho St.	Big Sky	9-21
310	Idaho	Big Sky	8-22
140	UNC Asheville	Big South	25-7
166	Longwood	Big South	18-12
184	Radford	Big South	17-14
198	Gardner-Webb	Big South	13-16
233	Campbell	Big South	14-18
254	Winthrop	Big South	13-17
255	USC Upstate	Big South	14-15
290	High Point	Big South	12-17
304	Charleston So.	Big South	8-21
352	Presbyterian	Big South	3-27
5	Purdue	Big Ten	29-5
30	Indiana	Big Ten	22-11
31	Maryland	Big Ten	21-12
33	Michigan St.	Big Ten	19-12
34	Illinois	Big Ten	20-12
39	Iowa	Big Ten	19-13
40	Rutgers	Big Ten	19-14
41	Northwestern	Big Ten	21-11
48	Penn St.	Big Ten	22-13
52	Ohio St.	Big Ten	16-19
61	Michigan	Big Ten	17-15
80	Wisconsin	Big Ten	17-14
92	Nebraska	Big Ten	16-16
220	Minnesota	Big Ten	9-22
96	UC Irvine	Big West	21-11
100	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	25-7
121	Cal St. Fullerton	Big West	18-13
127	Hawaii	Big West	21-11
137	UC Riverside	Big West	21-12
147	UC Davis	Big West	16-14
161	Long Beach St.	Big West	15-16
277	UC San Diego	Big West	8-20
297	CSU Bakersfield	Big West	9-22
308	Cal Poly	Big West	6-25
333	CSUN	Big West	5-25
13	Fla. Atlantic	C-USA	29-3
38	North Texas	C-USA	24-7
57	UAB	C-USA	24-9
116	Charlotte	C-USA	18-14
117	Middle Tenn.	C-USA	17-14
170	Louisiana Tech	C-USA	12-18
177	Western Ky.	C-USA	15-16
192	UTEP	C-USA	12-18
202	Rice	C-USA	15-15
218	FIU	C-USA	12-18
288	UTSA	C-USA	8-22
51	Col. of Charleston	CAA	30-3
86	Hofstra	CAA	23-9
129	Towson	CAA	21-12
144	UNCW	CAA	22-10
191	Drexel	CAA	16-15
225	Delaware	CAA	16-16
312	Northeastern	CAA	10-20
316	William & Mary	CAA	11-20
318	N.C. A&T	CAA	10-19
327	Stony Brook	CAA	9-22
335	Elon	CAA	6-24
349	Hampton	CAA	7-24
351	Monmouth	CAA	7-26
299	Chicago St.	DI Independent	7-20
363	Hartford	DI Independent	2-23
123	Youngstown St.	Horizon	22-9
154	Northern Ky.	Horizon	20-12
171	Cleveland St.	Horizon	20-12
195	Wright St.	Horizon	16-15
210	Milwaukee	Horizon	18-11
212	Detroit Mercy	Horizon	13-19
237	Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon	15-15
247	Robert Morris	Horizon	14-17
272	Oakland	Horizon	12-19
360	IUPUI	Horizon	3-27
361	Green Bay	Horizon	3-29
64	Yale	Ivy League	19-8
111	Princeton	Ivy League	19-8
132	Cornell	Ivy League	15-11
141	Penn	Ivy League	16-13
158	Harvard	Ivy League	12-14
183	Brown	Ivy League	14-13
279	Dartmouth	Ivy League	8-18
341	Columbia	Ivy League	5-22
58	Iona	MAAC	27-7
174	Quinnipiac	MAAC	19-12
208	Siena	MAAC	17-15
217	Rider	MAAC	15-14
246	Niagara	MAAC	15-15
262	Canisius	MAAC	9-20
264	Fairfield	MAAC	12-18
267	Mount St. Mary’s	MAAC	12-20
282	Marist	MAAC	13-20
302	Manhattan	MAAC	11-18
306	Saint Peter’s	MAAC	13-18
59	Kent St.	MAC	26-6
82	Toledo	MAC	26-7
102	Akron	MAC	20-11
133	Ohio	MAC	18-14
150	Ball St.	MAC	18-12
193	Buffalo	MAC	13-17
252	NIU	MAC	12-18
284	Bowling Green	MAC	9-20
286	Miami (OH)	MAC	9-20
320	Eastern Mich.	MAC	7-23
323	Western Mich.	MAC	5-23
329	Central Mich.	MAC	8-21
181	Norfolk St.	MEAC	18-11
185	N.C. Central	MEAC	14-12
214	Howard	MEAC	19-12
232	UMES	MEAC	14-13
292	Morgan St.	MEAC	11-16
328	Coppin St.	MEAC	9-23
347	South Carolina St.	MEAC	4-26
355	Delaware St.	MEAC	5-23
14	San Diego St.	Mountain West	26-6
18	Utah St.	Mountain West	25-8
29	Boise St.	Mountain West	23-9
37	Nevada	Mountain West	21-10
54	New Mexico	Mountain West	21-11
91	UNLV	Mountain West	18-13
95	San Jose St.	Mountain West	19-13
110	Colorado St.	Mountain West	14-18
146	Fresno St.	Mountain West	10-20
149	Air Force	Mountain West	14-18
172	Wyoming	Mountain West	8-22
55	Drake	MVC	26-7
72	Bradley	MVC	24-9
93	Indiana St.	MVC	21-12
118	Belmont	MVC	20-11
120	Southern Ill.	MVC	22-10
142	Missouri St.	MVC	16-15
213	Murray St.	MVC	16-15
216	UNI	MVC	13-18
281	Illinois St.	MVC	11-21
285	UIC	MVC	11-20
289	Valparaiso	MVC	10-21
350	Evansville	MVC	5-27
301	FDU	NEC	17-15
307	Merrimack	NEC	16-16
311	Wagner	NEC	13-13
314	Stonehill	NEC	13-17
326	Sacred Heart	NEC	15-17
336	Saint Francis (PA)	NEC	11-18
343	Central Conn. St.	NEC	10-22
353	St. Francis Brooklyn	NEC	12-16
362	LIU	NEC	1-26
219	SIUE	OVC	16-14
228	Morehead St.	OVC	17-11
242	Southeast Mo. St.	OVC	17-16
250	UT Martin	OVC	15-14
257	Southern Ind.	OVC	13-16
270	Tennessee Tech	OVC	13-17
280	Tennessee St.	OVC	14-14
322	Little Rock	OVC	8-21
338	Lindenwood	OVC	8-21
344	Eastern Ill.	OVC	7-22
3	UCLA	Pac-12	29-5
10	Arizona	Pac-12	28-6
47	Oregon	Pac-12	19-14
50	Southern California	Pac-12	22-10
66	Arizona St.	Pac-12	22-12
69	Colorado	Pac-12	17-16
73	Washington St.	Pac-12	17-16
79	Utah	Pac-12	17-15
97	Stanford	Pac-12	14-19
122	Washington	Pac-12	16-16
222	Oregon St.	Pac-12	10-21
313	California	Pac-12	3-29
101	Colgate	Patriot	25-8
173	Navy	Patriot	17-13
248	Army West Point	Patriot	15-16
259	Boston U.	Patriot	14-17
261	American	Patriot	17-15
271	Lafayette	Patriot	11-23
274	Lehigh	Patriot	14-14
295	Bucknell	Patriot	11-20
321	Loyola Maryland	Patriot	11-20
337	Holy Cross	Patriot	8-22
2	Alabama	SEC	29-5
4	Tennessee	SEC	23-10
19	Texas A&M	SEC	25-9
21	Arkansas	SEC	20-13
26	Kentucky	SEC	21-11
32	Auburn	SEC	20-12
42	Missouri	SEC	24-9
49	Mississippi St.	SEC	21-12
62	Florida	SEC	16-16
81	Vanderbilt	SEC	20-14
124	Ole Miss	SEC	12-21
151	LSU	SEC	14-19
152	Georgia	SEC	16-16
234	South Carolina	SEC	11-21
88	Furman	SoCon	24-7
114	UNC Greensboro	SoCon	18-12
136	Samford	SoCon	18-10
176	Chattanooga	SoCon	15-17
226	Wofford	SoCon	14-16
227	Mercer	SoCon	12-19
229	Western Caro.	SoCon	15-15
266	ETSU	SoCon	10-20
331	The Citadel	SoCon	9-22
354	VMI	SoCon	4-25
175	A&M-Corpus Christi	Southland	19-10
203	Northwestern St.	Southland	21-11
256	Southeastern La.	Southland	15-14
263	Nicholls	Southland	12-15
303	Tex. A&M-Commerce	Southland	12-20
339	McNeese	Southland	10-23
340	New Orleans	Southland	10-20
345	UIW	Southland	9-19
356	Lamar University	Southland	6-22
357	Houston Christian	Southland	7-22
36	Oral Roberts	Summit League	26-4
155	South Dakota St.	Summit League	18-13
196	St. Thomas (MN)	Summit League	17-14
215	North Dakota St.	Summit League	14-17
245	Western Ill.	Summit League	13-14
273	North Dakota	Summit League	11-20
287	Denver	Summit League	13-17
298	South Dakota	Summit League	10-19
309	Kansas City	Summit League	10-20
317	Omaha	Summit League	8-23
83	Marshall	Sun Belt	23-8
87	Southern Miss.	Sun Belt	22-7
89	Louisiana	Sun Belt	23-7
94	James Madison	Sun Belt	19-11
106	South Alabama	Sun Belt	17-16
135	Troy	Sun Belt	17-13
153	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	18-12
194	Texas St.	Sun Belt	14-18
197	App State	Sun Belt	13-16
207	Ga. Southern	Sun Belt	14-16
283	Arkansas St.	Sun Belt	10-20
291	Georgia St.	Sun Belt	7-21
293	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	8-20
296	ULM	Sun Belt	8-21
180	Grambling	SWAC	22-9
244	Alcorn	SWAC	18-13
276	Southern U.	SWAC	13-17
278	Prairie View	SWAC	11-19
294	Texas Southern	SWAC	12-20
305	Jackson St.	SWAC	14-19
319	Alabama A&M	SWAC	12-18
332	Ark.-Pine Bluff	SWAC	6-21
346	Alabama St.	SWAC	7-23
348	Bethune-Cookman	SWAC	10-20
358	Mississippi Val.	SWAC	5-27
359	Florida A&M	SWAC	5-22
65	Sam Houston	WAC	21-7
74	Utah Valley	WAC	22-8
104	Grand Canyon	WAC	21-11
113	Southern Utah	WAC	18-12
138	SFA	WAC	16-13
143	Seattle U	WAC	18-12
156	Utah Tech	WAC	11-19
162	Tarleton St.	WAC	13-16
169	California Baptist	WAC	15-16
189	New Mexico St.	WAC	6-15
206	Abilene Christian	WAC	9-17
251	UT Arlington	WAC	8-21
260	UTRGV	WAC	11-17
6	Gonzaga	WCC	27-5
11	Saint Mary’s (CA)	WCC	25-7
84	Santa Clara	WCC	22-9
85	BYU	WCC	17-15
107	LMU (CA)	WCC	18-12
108	San Francisco	WCC	19-14
164	Portland	WCC	12-19
190	Pacific	WCC	14-17
201	Pepperdine	WCC	7-22
230	San Diego	WCC	9-20

Men’s Basketball and NET Rankings: A Deeper Dive

Introduction to NET Rankings

Ever tuned into a men’s basketball game and wondered how those net rankings were determined? Well, welcome to the world of the NCAA Evaluation Tool, commonly known as NET.

What is the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET)?

The NCAA launched this new ranking system as an evolution in assessing team performance. Unlike older systems, NET provides a comprehensive picture, factoring in multiple elements from game results to game locations and opponent ranking.

Why the new ranking system matters?

In the fluid landscape of college basketball, where every dribble counts, having an accurate and holistic ranking system is crucial. This is where NET shines, becoming an instrumental tool, especially when it’s March Madness season!

The Quadrant System Explained

A crucial part of NET is the Quadrant System. But what are these quadrants?

Quadrant 1: Home 31-75 Neutral, 51-100 Away

This is the crème de la crème. Wins here are gold. Think of it as playing against top-tier teams in high-pressure situations.

Quadrant 2: Home 31-75 Neutral

Still highly valuable, but slightly less intense than Quadrant 1 games.

Quadrant 3: Home 76-160 Neutral, 101-200 Away

Mid-tier games fall under this category. While wins are crucial, losses here can be significant setbacks.

Quadrant 4: Home 161+ and Neutral 201+

This quadrant represents the lower tier of games. Winning is expected for top teams, but an upset can drastically hurt a team’s net rank.

Breaking Down the Components

Team Value Index and its significance

In essence, the Team Value Index gauges the quality of a team’s wins. It’s an intricate balance, considering both who you beat and where you beat them.

Adjusted Win Percentage: What does it reveal?

This metric zeroes in on the team performance, revealing patterns in winning. Do teams fare better at home or away? It provides a clear snapshot.

Defensive Efficiency and Net Efficiency: The balance

Both components offer insight into a team’s defensive prowess. It’s not just about scoring; it’s about how well you can defend. A high defensive efficiency rating means you’re locking down opponents, while net efficiency evaluates the team’s overall balance.

The Importance of Game Location

Game locations, be it home, neutral, or away, significantly affect the NET ranking. High-pressure away games against top-tier teams are gold mines for boosting rankings, but they come with increased risks.

Team Sheets: A Snapshot of Performance

These are basically a team’s resume. Everything from wins, losses, to opponent’s free throw attempts can be found here. They provide a snapshot of how teams fare under different conditions.

NET Rankings and March Madness

Come March, all eyes are on the NCAA tournament. Predicting the landscape is no easy task, but with NET rankings, we have a reliable compass, guiding us through the chaos, helping in assessing teams based on their season-long performances.

Conclusion: The Evolution of College Basketball Rankings

From relying solely on win-loss records to now, delving deep with metrics like net efficiency, the world of men’s basketball rankings has evolved. And as fans, it only adds layers to our enjoyment, understanding the sport’s nuances as we cheer our teams on.

Moreover, the selection committee has shown a pronounced inclination towards the quadrant 1 games when determining the brackets for the NCAA tournament. This not only rewards teams for playing tougher opponents but also gives us fans thrilling games to watch.

Speaking of rewarding, the system takes into account offensive efficiency just as meticulously as its defensive counterpart. After all, a game where you score prolifically but allow just as many points can be as problematic as a low-scoring one.

Another crucial statistic? Opponent’s turnovers. In games I recall like the ones with scores 23-11 or 26-8, the ability of a team to force mistakes and capitalize on them made all the difference.

Now, while the top tiers, especially quadrant 1 home games and those in the neutral 1-50 away category, get a lot of attention, it’s worth noting that every game counts. Even matches that don’t seem to impact a national champion race or determine conference champions can play a pivotal role in NET rankings. A game at home 1-30 neutral can have as much impact on the team sheets as any big-ticket game.

To put this into perspective, consider this: A game where the score is 14-18 can shift the total points average of a team, affecting their rank. Games with scores like 5-27 or 17-15 might seem outliers, but they provide invaluable data, especially when analyzing close games.

Of course, there are certain scores, say 20-13 or 9-23, that resonate with fans due to their historical significance or sheer unpredictability. These numbers, like 26-9, 31-6, 8-23, 9-22, and 11-21, aren’t just statistics; they tell tales of underdogs triumphing or giants faltering.

Remember the game with a scoreline of 16-17? It was a nail-biter, emphasizing how even a single point can have monumental consequences, whether you’re aiming for a quadrant 1 home advantage or trying to bolster your standing in the eyes of the selection committee.

One important component often overlooked is the away games, even those that fall in categories like away 241. Every match, every point, every play contributes to the broader narrative, defining the journey of teams through the season.

Whether you’re analyzing scores like 19-14, 23-13, or 15-16, the NET system ensures that each data point, each game, and each moment is valued. After all, in the road to March Madness and the quest to be crowned the national champion, every dribble counts.

In Closing

With the ever-growing emphasis on analytics in sports, tools like NET rankings in college basketball serve as a beacon. They offer a comprehensive look into team performances, weighing in on everything from offensive efficiency to the ability to force opponent’s turnovers. For fans, players, and analysts, the NET system has added layers of depth, enriching the beautiful game of basketball.

NET has been around for 5 years now as the preferred tool of the NCAA selection committee. More elements than only winning percentage are included in the NET. It considers game outcomes, the difficulty of the opponent’s schedule, the venue of the game, the scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the caliber of victories and losses. It serves as both a predictive and results-driven metric.

After consulting with the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, leading basketball analytics specialists, and Google Cloud Professional Services, the NET rankings methodology was upgraded in the summer of 2018.

The 2017-18 season’s late-season games, including those from the NCAA tournament, served as the initial test sets for a rating algorithm that made use of machine learning methods. The model was improved until it was as accurate as feasible by using it to forecast game results in test sets.

The NET makes advantage of that model.

A team’s first game counts the same as its 30th game because the NET rankings did not take into account the game order or date.

The NET will no longer use winning percentage, adjusted winning percentage, or scoring margin as a result of the modifications announced in May 2020. After consulting with Google Cloud Professional Services, which collaborated with the NCAA to create the original NET, the committee decided to make the alteration.