Woof. Mens NET drops to 44

[StarkVegasSteve]

We beat Vandy, we may end up playing them in round 1 of the tournament. They're playing well right now. We lose to Vandy, we could drop all the way to 11th, which puts us in essentially a play-in game vs. LSU or SC. A win against either of them does us absolutely no good. In that scenario, we probably need to win 2 games. We would play the 6-seed if we end up in the 11/14 game. There are a ton of teams that could end up 6th through 11th at this point. Just saying, relying on a win in the SECT to get us in is definitely no gimme. We need to beat Vandy, but winning on that stupid court is always tough.

ETA: Wins against Drake, Georgia, and Florida would have us as locks pushing for a 4 to 6 seed right about now.

We cannot drop to 11th. UGA clinched the 11 seed last night with their loss.

[R2Dawg]

For us to drop is stupid. That tells you the NET formula ain't right. We won against a team that Bama had to have OT to beat. We pass the eye test and many other tests. We are a NCAAT team, plain and simple and anyone that watches basketball says so. They also go on to say no top team wants to face us. One even said us at a 10 or 11 ain't right. We are more like a 5 seed talent and team performance wise. I tend to agree.

Our oneness that everyone plays with is amazing. Everyone seems to be on the same page. The first half last night was as good on O moving the ball as I've seen from anyone all year.

We should firmly be in tourney at this point.

[sleepy dawg]

I'm looking for the exact formula, not just a vague description of it. I want to calculate NET in Excel like I used to with RPI in order to double check WarrenNolan and the NCAA.

"Team Value Index" needs to be more transparent

I guess you're right... I emailed warren Nolan to see if he could help out. I doubt he does, but I've had luck in the past emailing other types of sites with questions.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Maybe with our new Hump renovations we can eliminate the coach from the floor altogether and have them sit 12 rows up to give the old fans that do not cheer closer seats to the floor.

[PMDawg]

We cannot drop to 11th. UGA clinched the 11 seed last night with their loss.

Good to know. I just glanced at the standings. Any way it goes, we are going to be playing someone like Vandy, Auburn, or Arkansas for our tournament life (potentially) if we lose at Vandy. We're in a better spot than we expected going into the season, but it's still fairly dangerous.

[klong-dog]

And a good chance to play Vandy again in the first game of SEC tourney. Against Vandy in Nashville twice in as many days.

[PMDawg]

And a good chance to play Vandy again in the first game of SEC tourney. Against Vandy in Nashville twice in as many days.

Yep.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Good to know. I just glanced at the standings. Any way it goes, we are going to be playing someone like Vandy, Auburn, or Arkansas for our tournament life (potentially) if we lose at Vandy. We're in a better spot than we expected going into the season, but it's still fairly dangerous.

If we lose Saturday then our outlook is very simple. SURVIVE AND ADVANCE.