Net update - #33

[msstate7]

NET explained

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...ng-replace-rpi

[msstate7]

#37 (no change)

Need some wins from NW. They're currently #59. Need them in the top 50 for a Q1 win.

Big games today...
NW at Purdue (-12.5)
Penn st at Rutgers (-6.5)
UAB at north Texas (-7.5)

GT beating North Carolina helped out some. They need to keep winning. They have home wins over Duke and Carolina now, so that loss while not good looks better

[msstate7]

#44 (down 7)

Here's sec...
#5 bama
#6 Tenn
#8 auburn
#26 Kentucky
#38 South Carolina
#39 Florida
#49 aTm
#61 OM
#85 Georgia
#93 lsu
#130 ark
#137 mizzou
#226 vandy

[BuckyIsAB****]

#44 (down 7)

Here's sec...
#5 bama
#6 Tenn
#8 auburn
#26 Kentucky
#38 South Carolina
#39 Florida
#49 aTm
#61 OM
#85 Georgia
#93 lsu
#130 ark
#137 mizzou
#226 vandy

My God we would rip the football team apart if they played like this bunch does and getting excited to pat them on the back about beating teams ranked 85 and below

[Quaoarsking]

My God we would rip the football team apart if they played like this bunch does and getting excited to pat them on the back about beating teams ranked 85 and below

When was the last time the football team didn't play like this on the road against a likely top 10 team / SEC champion?

[Homedawg]

When was the last time the football team didn't play like this on the road against a likely top 10 team / SEC champion?

There's a fact

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

When was the last time the football team didn't play like this on the road against a likely top 10 team?

2020 vs UGA. Took like 45 scholarship players and make UGA fight for that W

[msstate7]

2020 vs UGA. Took like 45 scholarship players and make UGA fight for that W

So 4 seasons ago.

[Homedawg]

My God we would rip the football team apart if they played like this bunch does and getting excited to pat them on the back about beating teams ranked 85 and below

We do have wins against 2 top 8 teams so there's that too.

[Quaoarsking]

The takeaway from the NET ratings is "we're still on track to be one of the 68 teams to make the tournament."

This will be the first time we've done it in back-to-back years since 2008 and 2009. People will complain about anything.

[msstate7]

The takeaway from the NET ratings is "we're still on track to be one of the 68 teams to make the tournament."

This will be the first time we've done it in back-to-back years since 2008 and 2009. People will complain about anything.

If we do make it, it will be only the 6th time in our history to go back-to-back. It would be 2/2 for Jans.

[BuckyIsAB****]

That?s fair points. But all I was saying was no one would be talking about how we save the season by beating bad teams and not even getting off the bus on the road.

[msstate7]

That?s fair points. But all I was saying was no one would be talking about how we save the season by beating bad teams and not even getting off the bus on the road.

Maybe it will change with no saban, but as long as I see Saban and oats on their sidelines, I knew we were beat. They own us

[Quaoarsking]

At this point in our program, I define seasons like this:

• Good season - make the NCAA Tournament
• Meh season - make the NIT
• Bad season - don't make either

Obviously I want us to become a more prestigious program that gets high seeds and makes the 2nd (or 3rd) weekend more often, but I just don't think that's a realistic expectation of the program today. If Jans gets us into the Tournament again this year (which isn't guaranteed but still 80% according to Torvik), I would say he's 2/2 on having a good season.

[LC Dawg]

My God we would rip the football team apart if they played like this bunch does and getting excited to pat them on the back about beating teams ranked 85 and below

We celebrated a bowl streak with multiple.500 and sub .500 seasons.

[BuckyIsAB****]

We celebrated a bowl streak with multiple.500 and sub .500 seasons.

And we are celebrating this team beating Vandy at home to put us at 3-6 in conference play

[msstate7]

And we are celebrating this team beating Vandy at home to put us at 3-6 in conference play

Funny you didn't mention the 2 top 10 wins at home.

[RezDog7]

NIT bound at best. This team is hot garbage.

[LC Dawg]

And we are celebrating this team beating Vandy at home to put us at 3-6 in conference play

No one is celebrating anything. We are 3-6 against the toughest conference schedule in the country so far and have wins over the #6 and #8 NET teams (along with the Vandy win that you mentioned).
We haven't yet played the five worst teams in the conference.
Our schedule gets easier now and we have to win the easier games if we want to make the NCAA tournament.
That's just starting facts.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

So 4 seasons ago.

3 seasons yeah.

For football, we only have 1 (maybe 2) road top 10 games a year, and the talent gap is quite wide between us and them. So yes, you have to go back a few season to find a time our team played well at a top 10 team. That's the criteria of my comment; "when was the last time our football team played well on the road vs a top 10 team?"