NET Rankings released

[ACECARD]

Updated through last night games:

159 Evansville
176 Illinois State

Everything you need to know about these rankings.

Yes, that would bring those rankings into some question.

[GoAcesgo]

They must give deductions for each player arrested..haha

[Redbirdgrad]

Yes, that would bring those rankings into some question.

If ISU and Evansville played 10 times right now, neutral site... whats the result.

Seriously asking.

[GoAcesgo]

Yes, that would bring those rankings into some question.

If ISU and Evansville played 10 times right now, neutral site... whats the result.

Seriously asking.

It's really to early to tell for me to make that call, I think in about 3 weeks we will know more.

[Redbirdgrad]

It's probably 8 to 2. Easily.

[Snaggletooth]

The rankings are a sorting tool.

The issue isn't people don't understand what rankings do.
The issue is the metrics used in order to do this sorting.

The NET rewards a Jank-like schedule. That's not good for mid-level teams.

I think u underestimate the stupidity out there. There are some who think everything with NET will be fine in about a month. As soon as they released info graphic u could tell this was going to go badly. The real question will be how bad will it be.

[mvfcfan]

It's probably 8 to 2. Easily.

Neither school has made it to the NCAA tournament this century, so what difference does it make?

[BirdsEyeView]

It's probably 8 to 2. Easily.

Neither school has made it to the NCAA tournament this century, so what difference does it make?

ISUr is in the NCAA tournament right now

[BravesBU]

NET certainly appears flawed, but I think had this rating system been in place two years ago, ISU’s 17-1 conference record probably gets them in the tournament. It rewards winning, specifically winning by 10+ points, regardless of level of competition. That may not be the worst thing for the MVC. Having a week team in your conference won’t hurt as much provided you take care of business against them. I’d prefer it take into account other factors, like strength or schedule, and more spefically strength of losses (IE a blowout loss to a good team not hurting you as much as a close loss to a bad team), but this is what we’ve got and if the MVC can put together a strong December, and one or two teams can have great conference seasons (3 or less losses, with no blowouts), it could lead to them becoming a 2 bid league again.

[sixth ace]