Bracketology: Wins and losses should still matter to Selection Committee

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 8: Led by committee chairman Mark Hollis (3rd from L), the NCAA Basketball Tournament Selection Committee meets on Wednesday afternoon, March 8, 2017 in New York City. The committee is gathered in New York to begin the five-day process of selecting and seeding the field of 68 teams for the NCAA MenÕs Basketball Tournament. The final bracket will be released on Sunday evening following the completion of conference tournaments. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) /

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NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 8: The NCAA Basketball Tournament Selection Committee meets on Wednesday afternoon, March 8, 2017 in New York City. The committee is gathered in New York to begin the five-day process of selecting and seeding the field of 68 teams for the NCAA MenÕs Basketball Tournament. The final bracket will be released on Sunday evening following the completion of conference tournaments. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) /

The NET rankings added to the blind resumes

Now that we know the teams’ records let’s add some more information to the equation. The NET is the NCAA’s new sorting tool and the rankings are updated daily. The rankings are based on a set of five factors. The first is a Team Value Index which takes into account game results and the location of games (home, road, neutral).

It also measures what is called net efficiency, which takes a team’s offensive efficiency and subtracts its defensive efficiency to come up with a number. The third factor is winning percentage, and the last two factors are, adjusted winning percentage which gives a numerical weight dependent on a game’s location and scoring margin which is capped at 10 points.

Now with the explanation of the NET, how do the four team’s rank through Feb. 18? Here are the teams from the first page, with the addition of their NET ranking.

Team A: (17-9 (7-8 in conference) NET: 51

Team B: 22-5 (11-4 in conference) NET: 44

Team C: 15-10 (5-7 in conference) NET: 41

Team D: 21-4 (12-2 in conference) NET: 59

With the addition of the NET rankings does your opinion of who deserves the two at-large spots change?

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