First NET Ranking

PuddinDaStunna said:
USF moves up to 65. If they can eke their way into the Top 50 that would be a Q1 win.
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They still have a game at #11 Alabama and H/H with Memphis, who will most likely make a huge jump in the Net Rankings before the season is over.
 
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Vandy is 4?

Great job scheduling, coach!

Losing is alright if you're going to have the courage to schedule high caliber teams. That is what helps teams to be ready for March.
 
strangering said:
Vandy is 4?

Great job scheduling, coach!

Losing is alright if you're going to have the courage to schedule high caliber teams. That is what helps teams to be ready for March.
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didn't schedule Vandy - but we did get into the Atlantis MTE (one of the top 3 mostly every year) so we have chances to play against 5 teams that are normaly P5 schools. (last I remember is that only one team per conference is allowed to participate in a particular MTE each year)

If I recall correctly Auburn was the original representative from the SEC that was going to be in the 2025 Atlantis tournament but they backed out to go to Las Vegas Showcase and get their 1 million dollars in NIL/revenue share and Vandy had an opening and jumped in just before the formal announcement of who was playing )

but AGREE 100% that it was great to win the first game in Bahamas and get the opportunity to be in the winners bracket and play Vanderbilt
(not sure Vandy will be top 10 by season's end but they are a very good team (top 25 IMO) but if we were to play them in March or even February the game would be a lot closer (not sure their will be the same gap between us and would expect VAndy would not shoot lights out again) but I am the eternal optimist about our RAMS
 
share the ball said:
didn't schedule Vandy - but we did get into the Atlantis MTE (one of the top 3 mostly every year) so we have chances to play against 5 teams that are normaly P5 schools. (last I remember is that only one team per conference is allowed to participate in a particular MTE each year)

If I recall correctly Auburn was the original representative from the SEC that was going to be in the 2025 Atlantis tournament but they backed out to go to Las Vegas Showcase and get their 1 million dollars in NIL/revenue share and Vandy had an opening and jumped in just before the formal announcement of who was playing )

but AGREE 100% that it was great to win the first game in Bahamas and get the opportunity to be in the winners bracket and play Vanderbilt
(not sure Vandy will be top 10 by season's end but they are a very good team (top 25 IMO) but if we were to play them in March or even February the game would be a lot closer (not sure their will be the same gap between us and would expect VAndy would not shoot lights out again) but I am the eternal optimist about our RAMS
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And we need New Mexico to step up. Their NET is lower than I hoped. I don't know how good Santa Clara (current NET is 37) is projected to be this season, but it would be nice if New Mexico can take them down tomorrow at home before they come to Richmond.
 
Mistachill said:
And we need New Mexico to step up. Their NET is lower than I hoped. I don't know how good Santa Clara (current NET is 37) is projected to be this season, but it would be nice if New Mexico can take them down tomorrow at home before they come to Richmond.
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yeah -
I was worried about the fall off with New Mexico after Dent transferred to UCLA (supposedly $3 million was his payday) and Pitino jr left for X - soon after anyone with eligibilityat NM left leaving the new coach to replace the Whole Roster - He has a good reputation as a coach from San Diego (not State). -also coach was a late hiree after all the pitino jr drama between Villanova, VCU etc and finally X

but MWC is a step up for him and even the one or two players he brought over are probably a little mismatched

but good coaches can sometimes get their teams to quickly buy-in and still be successful

go rams
 
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yeah -
I was worried about the fall off with New Mexico after Dent transferred to UCLA (supposedly $3 million was his payday) and Pitino jr left for X - soon after anyone with eligibilityat NM left leaving the new coach to replace the Whole Roster - He has a good reputation as a coach from San Diego (not State). -also coach was a late hiree after all the pitino jr drama between Villanova, VCU etc and finally X

but MWC is a step up for him and even the one or two players he brought over are probably a little mismatched

but good coaches can sometimes get their teams to quickly buy-in and still be successful

go rams
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No more of a step up than Martelli, Jr. coming to VCU from Bryant. Martelli, Jr. also brought two players that had to adjust to a higher profile school. New Mexico got a decent coach in the offseason.
 
Wolfpack Ram said:
No more of a step up than Martelli, Jr. coming to VCU from Bryant. Martelli, Jr. also brought two players that had to adjust to a higher profile school. New Mexico got a decent coach in the offseason.
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yup (might even say Olen's UCSD team was at a slightly higher level than Bryant)

-and Eric Olen has been a head coach for 12 years at San Diego before coming to NM - (7 years at D2 level and successful) 5 years at D1 (first 4 were transitional years where they were ineligible for NCAA tourney and in first year eligible made it to the dance with final NET in mid 30s). Martelli only had 2 years HC experience as we know

at UC San Diego they took great care of the ball and were a very unselfish team that played defense - in that approach the two coaches definitely differ in their philosophies ( while Martelli's approach is more popular with today's athletes I readily agree you can win with many different approaches at the college level)

would imagine that will be lot of their DNA at NM when he gets his type of players and the time to get their buy-ins

the one guy (howell) that starts that followed him plays 25ish minutes and is their leading assist man with an assist to turnover ratio of 32/13 or 2.46 to 1, (no one at VCU that plays has one above 2, Evans our leader has a 1.77 ratio) as well as Howell averaging around 5 points a game while shooting a robust 8% from 3 pt land. ) (1-13)
other UCSD guy that followed him plays around 6 minutes a game. (which likely means he played double digit minutes in blow out games and limited to none in most other competitive games at NM (sort of like Mitchell to date though with Fermin absence and Lazar's tendency to be injured, Keyshawn has a new role with added minutes)

go rams and go "telli"

Personally I think the level of transfer martelli got maybe a little better than what Olen was able to do - Martelli was hired maybe one week before Olen was hired if my memory has not been too much damaged

supposedly NM spends similar revenue share dollars with basketball that VCU does (but until we see real reports on spending we must rely upon the school's assertions)
 
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AlienAiden said:
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I'm trying to figure out why SLU is so high. They have played zero games against Q1 opponents, and are 1-1 in Q2. I guess it's one of those early season NET oddities. GMU is about where they should be now, after losing to VT.
 
SteveMM said:
I'm trying to figure out why SLU is so high. They have played zero games against Q1 opponents, and are 1-1 in Q2. I guess it's one of those early season NET oddities. GMU is about where they should be now, after losing to VT.
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Schertz is using the scheduling philosophy that he had at Indiana State. He will have a gaudy record but if he loses in the A10 tourney he might be left holding that record waiting on the NIT selection show.
 
AlienAiden said:
Schertz is using the scheduling philosophy that he had at Indiana State. He will have a gaudy record but if he loses in the A10 tourney he might be left holding that record waiting on the NIT selection show.
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The SLU schedule seems stronger than GMU's at least. Grand Canyon and Santa Clara are potentially good games, and they won both of them. Stanford looks good on paper, but they're a middling ACC team at best ... and SLU lost to them.

Edit: Actually, GC is 145 in the NET. Nevermind.
 
SteveMM said:
The SLU schedule seems stronger than GMU's at least. Grand Canyon and Santa Clara are potentially good games, and they won both of them. Stanford looks good on paper, but they're a middling ACC team at best ... and SLU lost to them.

Edit: Actually, GC is 145 in the NET. Nevermind.
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I watched the game that Youngstown State beat Grand Canyon. GC is a weird team. They beat Utah and they should still get 20+ wins.
 
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