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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4577823, member: 833"]
The NET is garbage.  As an efficiency measurement, it basically rewards schools for running up the score on bad teams.  There are other efficiency tools like KenPom that are better at measuring the same thing the NET does anyway..

On the other hand, I loved the RPI.  It was simple, transparent, and measured exactly what needed measuring.  Did a team win by playing against good teams?  The RPI was merciless to P6 bubble teams that loaded up on cupcakes in the preseason.  It was also very kind to major conference schools that played tough non-conference schedules.  Some “experts” would complain that it was possible to game the RPI by playing lots of mid-majors, including a couple on the road every year.  That is not gaming the RPI, that is what you want major conference schools to do.

Bobby Knight was one of the first coaches to figure out how the RPI worked, and it was great for the regional mid majors.  A case could be made that Butler is in a major conference today because Knight would schedule them in the 90’s to boost his RPI.  It was a win/win.
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