We are 10-7 with 0 Q1 wins and 2 Q2 wins, yet we are 48 in NET. For example Memphis is 12-5 with 1 Q1 wins and 3 Q2 wins and they are 50. Missouri is 13-4 with 2 Q1 wins and 1 Q2 win and they are 53. Wisconsin is 11-5 with 2 Q1 wins and 3 Q2 wins and they are 69. Georgia is 13-4 with 1 Q1 win and 2 Q2 wins and they are 93. Knowing how NET works and how to manipulate it is incredibly helpful.
6th place in the conference: 2022-23 Southeastern Conference Standings Team CONF GB OVR Alabama 5-0 - 15-2 Texas A&M 4-0 0.5 12-5 Auburn 4-1 1 14-3 Tennessee 4-1 1 14-3 Georgia 3-1 1.5 13-4 Florida 3-2 2 10-7 Vanderbilt 2-2 2.5 9-8 Missouri 2-3 3 13-4 Kentucky 2-3 3 11-6 South Carolina 1-3 3.5 8-9 LSU 1-4 4 12-5 Arkansas 1-4 4 12-5 Mississippi State 1-4 4 12-5 Ole Miss 0-5 5 8-9
we are also #6 in the SEC in kenpom . With A&M (rising) and Mississippi St (falling) on the road this week, this is a chance to move back into the march madness discussion, with most experts thinking that there could be 7 SEC teams going to the tournament 2023 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings
I choose to think of us as tied with UGA for 5. They've played one less conference game and we have the head-to-head. That said, kudos to CMW for starting 3-1. Didn't see that coming at all. Of course, #225 schedule helps. They beat Auburn, but the other two wins were against the bottom two SEC teams.
Interesting, with all the broadcast love given to A&M these days, we're actually several KenPom spots ahead of them.
No quad 3-4 losses and only one quad 2 loss really helps us. We have basically lost a bunch of tough games on the road or at neural sites, and that mitigates the poor record to some degree.
Hopefully they only finish with 2-3 losses because any loss in that conference will make their NET plummet.
It's best for the Gators if FAU runs rampant over that conference and makes the NCAAT. I gotta hand it to FAU, that was a good team they put on the floor against us. If we played it today, I'd bet on the Gators, but it would still be a tough game.
Scheduling has almost nothing to do with NET. NET is manipulated by running up the score which we've done against some mid-lower level teams while keeping it close in most of the losses, hence a slightly higher NET than you'd expect based on the W/L results alone.
Strength of schedule matters to committee come tourney time. At end of day, these stats are only important to bubble teams. If top 6 in SEC at end of the season, we likely make the NCAA tournament. If 8th, NET and SOS matter for bubble selections
