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Texas debuts at No. 68 in the NET Rankings

Joe Cookby: Joe Cook20 hours agojosephcook89

As the college basketball world wakes up after Feast Week, they’ll awake to the NCAA’s initial NET rankings. The Longhorns are No. 68 in the “primary sorting tool for Division I men’s basketball” in the race for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

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Here’s how NET works, per the NCAA.

The NET includes more components than just winning percentage. It takes into account game results, strength of schedule, game location, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses.

The SEC in NET

Texas plays teams with an asterisk once and teams with two asterisks twice

4 Vanderbilt*
12 Tennessee*
14 Alabama*
15 Kentucky*
19 LSU*
30 Auburn*
33 Florida*
36 Georgia**
45 Arkansas*
51 Missouri*
68 Texas
79 Texas A&M**
94 Oklahoma**
96 Ole Miss*
99 South Carolina*
172 Mississippi State*

Texas’ remaining non-conference schedule in NET

31 Virginia (Q2)
259 Southern (Q4)
at 8 UConn (Q1)
289 Le Moyne (Q4)
330 Maryland-Eastern Shore (Q4)

Quadrant 1 games

Quadrant 1 games are home contests against teams ranked 1-30, neutral site games against teams ranked 1-50, and road games against teams ranked 1-75

Wins

  • 11/26 – vs. NC State – W 102-97

Losses

  • 11/4 – vs. Duke – L 75-60

Quadrant 2 games

Quadrant 2 games are home contests versus teams ranked 31-75, neutral site contests against teams ranked 51-100, and away games against teams ranked 76-135

Wins

  • None

Losses

  • 11/24 – vs. Arizona State – L 87-86

Quadrant 3 games

Quadrant 3 games are home contests against teams ranked 76-160, neutral site games against teams ranked 101-200, and away games against teams ranked 136-240

Wins

  • None

Losses

  • None

Quadrant 4 games

Quadrant 4 games are home games against teams ranked 161 or higher, neutral site games against teams ranked 201 or higher, and away contests against teams ranked 241 or higher

Wins

  • 11/8 – Lafayette – W 97-60
  • 11/12 – FDU – W 93-58
  • 11/15 – Kansas City – W 71-55
  • 11/18 – Rider – W 99-65

Loses

  • None

The Chaminade game in the Maui Invitational does not count toward NET as the Silverswords are a Division II team.

This list will be updated throughout the season as Texas battles through non-conference and SEC play and fights for an appearance in March Madness in Sean Miller‘s first season on the 40 Acres.

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