NCAA Basketball 2023-24

For the 2nd straight year I’m not buying the Mountain West and their 6 teams

posted by Ironman92

So the committee can’t really say they consider NET rankings much

New Mexico NET #22

Duquesne NET #86

Both #11 seeds

BYU gets Duquesne and Clemson gets New Mexico

Wondering if any ACC dudes are on the committee lol

https://old.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/1bhb1tw/whats_the_point_of_the_net/kvcjq32/

This reddit comment pretty much sums it up. The NET rating of a team isn't a ranking of how good of a team they are, it's just used to put teams into piles of Q1, Q2, Q3 to determine if you're a quality victory or not. 

A true "power ranking" would be something like kenpom or BSPN's BPI where it ranks what it thinks the best teams are in order (2 would beat 5, etc)

posted by MontyBrunswick

https://old.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/1bhb1tw/whats_the_point_of_the_net/kvcjq32/

This reddit comment pretty much sums it up. The NET rating of a team isn't a ranking of how good of a team they are, it's just used to put teams into piles of Q1, Q2, Q3 to determine if you're a quality victory or not. 

A true "power ranking" would be something like kenpom or BSPN's BPI where it ranks what it thinks the best teams are in order (2 would beat 5, etc)

Ken Pom has them 23 and 86

ESPN BPI had thrm at 43 and 89

feel free to restate your original complaint but instead substitute NET for bpi and/or kenpom and then i won't have a retort

for fun, i looked up the KPI (another rating system the ncaa uses) and it has them a lot tighter. new mexico was 24th and duquense 35th.

some of these ranking systems have OSU in the 40's so...

posted by MontyBrunswick

feel free to restate your original complaint but instead substitute NET for bpi and/or kenpom and then i won't have a retort

Thanks for the correction…glad they keep it so simple. All 3, be it pertinent or not show huge gaps between the two teams that are both 11 seeds.

Wagner up 67-54 with 3:21 and hoping to hang on 

Not real sure that Virginia for any decent but looked like a tournament team this year.

What a miserable showing.

Virginia’s offense has been gross all season. Good riddance. 

Boise St a bad 10 seed in back to back years

Can these refs make a call without having to go nitpick at the monitor every time 

Tired of the Mountain West

Wouldn’t be March without Izzo/MSU winning a tournament game after being dead in the water all season. 

SEC 0-2 so far, both losses to a worse seed by double digits 

posted by friendfromlowry

SEC 0-2 so far, both losses to a worse seed by double digits 

Not greatly surprised….one I picked them a lot because SEC, but I also watched them tie with ACC in ACC/SEC challenge 

CSU beat Virginia and has assumed Virginia’s form. Sitting at 11 points at halftime. 

posted by GOONx19

CSU beat Virginia and has assumed Virginia’s form. Sitting at 11 points at halftime. 

Mountain West needs not have  5-6 teams every year