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[QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 2956499, member: 6357"]
It’ll be intriguing to see what the committee looks at most closely for seeding. Our efficiency numbers, especially on offense, have been trending upwards for several weeks now—and it’s been apparent from our improved play on the court (despite taking 4 losses to top 5 teams). We’re now at 33 in the BPI and 35 on KenPom. But our NET rating continues to lag stubbornly in the low 40s. I think the NET has some real flaws to it—which have been enumerated elsewhere. So I hope the committee recognizes that fact (that it’s a new metric they just developed) and they instead take a more holistic approach to giving out bids and seeding—using the NET but also the established efficiency metrics and overall resumes and quality wins.

Side note: i can’t believe I’m saying this but I feel bad for Clemson. Their efficiency numbers are now in the top 30, with a NET in the mid 30s, with basically a top 10 defense. But they’re outside the field on the BracketMatrix, despite rating significant higher than lots of teams seen as being in the field like Arizona State, Minnesota, Washington, Seton Hall, TCU, Oklahoma, Baylor, Central Florida. The reason? Because they only have one quad 1 win and 10 Q1 losses. They just couldn’t pull out Ws in some of their close games against Q1 teams, and that’s going to keep them home.
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