2023 NET Rankings

GMG_Dallas · February 15, 2023

Up to 47 today. Despite their 9 point win at UNLV, SJSU only moved up 1 spot to 101. Would really like for them to go up to the top 100 so we can have an OOC Quad 2 win.

golfingomez · February 17, 2023

ESPN taking notice.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/insider/story/_/id/35583387/bubble-watch-2023-ncaa-tournament-march-madness-bracket-selection

Jason Howeth · February 17, 2023

1 minute ago, golfingomez said:

ESPN taking notice.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/insider/story/_/id/35583387/bubble-watch-2023-ncaa-tournament-march-madness-bracket-selection

For us non-ESPN+ subscribers?

golfingomez · February 17, 2023

8 minutes ago, Jason Howeth said:

For us non-ESPN+ subscribers?

my bad, they moved UNT in the 'work to do category' one of only 6 total mid-majors (including Gonzaga and St. Mary's) to make their article

North Texas Mean Green

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With an eight-point road victory at Louisiana Tech, Grant McCasland's group has now won seven in a row and reached 22-5. North Texas dropped two games to Florida Atlantic but is 12-1 against the rest of Conference USA. For a second consecutive season, Mean Green guard Tylor Perry is lighting up the league with made shots from both sides of the arc and at the line at a listed height of 5-foot-11. UNT is one of 35 active Division I programs that has not faced a major-conference opponent this season. Nevertheless, the Mean Green clock in as a top-50 team in the NET rankings. (updated Feb. 16)

southsideguy · February 17, 2023

we cant find them to play us (major conference)

greenminer · February 17, 2023

greenminer · February 17, 2023

Cooke County Kid · February 18, 2023

JUST KEEP ON WINNING, that will take care of everything!!!

Glory to the Green · February 18, 2023

19 hours ago, golfingomez said:

my bad, they moved UNT in the 'work to do category' one of only 6 total mid-majors (including Gonzaga and St. Mary's) to make their article

North Texas Mean Green

With an eight-point road victory at Louisiana Tech, Grant McCasland's group has now won seven in a row and reached 22-5. North Texas dropped two games to Florida Atlantic but is 12-1 against the rest of Conference USA. For a second consecutive season, Mean Green guard Tylor Perry is lighting up the league with made shots from both sides of the arc and at the line at a listed height of 5-foot-11. UNT is one of 35 active Division I programs that has not faced a major-conference opponent this season. Nevertheless, the Mean Green clock in as a top-50 team in the NET rankings. (updated Feb. 16)

An announcer quoted UTEP’s coach during a broadcast (paraphrasing), “If we don’t have to play UNT, we don’t want to play UNT.”

MrAlien · February 18, 2023

at lot of those bubble schools are trending in the wrong direction

If NC looses to NC State tomorrow then they are done...USC probably has 2-3 losses left on their schedule and Memphis has to play Houston twice and visit Wichita st. UNT would still need to win out and Utah St would probably need another loss in order to move UNT into contention.

Green Lantern · February 18, 2023

On 2/7/2023 at 1:33 PM, UNTLifer said:

How does the MWC get 4-5 bids?

No reason for them to get 5 and CUSA get 1. Our league reps in the NCAA Tournament have consistently over performed while perennially being under-seeded. Don’t know how the committee doesn’t see this.

greenminer · February 18, 2023

19 minutes ago, Green Lantern said:

No reason for them to get 5 and CUSA get 1. Our league reps in the NCAA Tournament have consistently over performed while perennially being under-seeded. Don’t know how the committee doesn’t see this.

It's probably the toughest reality of MBB right now. Top tier mid majors - which usually includes 2-3 CUSA teams - really really struggle to schedule games against top competition....As Grant and Co have said, no one wants to play us.

On the committee's end, they want to see evidence that a team is worthy and we don't bring any (of that evidence) to the table. The committee generally prefers trusting major programs that have played high-level competitoin - even if they've lost all of the games! - over teams that just lack said evidence.

So, here we are, one of a small handful of programs with stellar records but zero-to-few quality games to put on our resume. It isn't that we are bad, it's that we haven't been afforded evidence that reflects we're good. Not the kind of evidence, anyways, that the committee likes to see.

IIRC, this was one of the main reasons why Indiana got picked over us last year.

Edited February 18, 2023 by greenminer

akriesman · February 18, 2023

What an amazing job this staff does every season. It seems like every year there is a lot of roster turnover and by the end we finish higher than the preseason predictions.

I am really enjoying this 6 year ride, starting with the CBI championship.

MrAlien · February 18, 2023

MWC is a solid basketball conference, they have 5 schools in the top 50 in NET (PAC12 has 2 in the top 50 in NET). The problem with CUSA is the bottom of the conference is so bad it makes it hard to advance in the rankings. This will change when we get to the AAC, Wichita and Memphis are very capable of being top 50, as well as a few other programs.

DeepGreen · February 18, 2023

5 hours ago, MrAlien said:

UNT would still need to win out and Utah St would probably need another loss in order to move UNT into contention.

May the god of UNT Basketball make this happen.

NT80 · February 18, 2023

5 hours ago, MrAlien said:

UNT would still need to win out and Utah St would probably need another loss in order to move UNT into contention.

Utah St. has a tough game tonight (7pm CBSSN) against Nevada (20-6).

GMG_Dallas · February 19, 2023

Important game of the night IMO: Clemson losing to 4-23 Louisville. Clemson has been a bubble team in most brackets. Surely that'll be in the minds of decision makers come selection sunday.

Ok State got clobbered, Wisconsin lost (to another bubble team in Rutgers), Pitt lost. Few important games tomorrow. Sadly, Utah State beat Nevada. Will be interesting to see what the next bracket talk looks like.

BillySee58 · February 19, 2023

We held firm at 46. Charlotte is up to 111, which is the 4th highest NET in CUSA. A Quad 2 win would be nice here, especially if we could win by a decent margin.

CMJ · February 19, 2023

Honorable Mention on Busting Brackets. https://bustingbrackets.com/2023/02/19/2023-bracketology-kentucky-indiana-and-texas-tech-among-weeks-biggest-winners/

GMG_Dallas · February 19, 2023

I think Clemson losing all but ends their at large hopes. They had been a "final 4" candidate. Good news for us.

NT80 · February 19, 2023

10 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Important game of the night IMO: Clemson losing to 4-23 Louisville. Clemson has been a bubble team in most brackets. Surely that'll be in the minds of decision makers come selection sunday.

Ok State got clobbered, Wisconsin lost (to another bubble team in Rutgers), Pitt lost. Few important games tomorrow. Sadly, Utah State beat Nevada. Will be interesting to see what the next bracket talk looks like.

Nevada had a 15 point lead at half, then fell apart in second half.

GMG_Dallas · February 19, 2023

4 hours ago, NT80 said:

Nevada had a 15 point lead at half, then fell apart in second half.

Yeah really sucks they couldn't finish it. During the UH - Memphis half time show they said UNC should all be out with this loss to NC State. North Carolina is 0-9 in Quad 1 wins. I realize we've played very few Quad 1s but 0-9 is hard to justify putting in the field. It'll come down to their conference tournament at this point and if they can make a run there.

GMG_Dallas · February 20, 2023

Memphis lost to Houston and Maryland lost to Nebraska. Not that Maryland is in bubble talks, they're a "should be in," but any high major collapses are welcome.

Big game right now with Oregon in a close one against Washington state. Really need the cougars to win this one.

NT80 · February 20, 2023

1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Memphis lost to Houston and Maryland lost to Nebraska. Not that Maryland is in bubble talks, they're a "should be in," but any high major collapses are welcome.

Big game right now with Oregon in a close one against Washington state. Really need the cougars to win this one.

Wash St wins 68-65.

GMG_Dallas · February 20, 2023

Just now, NT80 said:

Wash St wins 68-65.

Yup. Didn't think they'd pull it out after Oregon came back from down 10 to up by 1 but they figured out a way to make more plays. Scrappy win. I'll take it.

Now to Boise State who is currently in. Would like them to beat UNLV. Not sure where they Rebels stand in all this but if Boise State is already in, I'd rather another MWC team not sneak their way into conversations.