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Message: [QUOTE="visitingcock, post: 4486002, member: 6872"] Best thing Creme has written so far: [I].......... "This is the time of year when Bracketology takes on a more analytical slant, rather than being quite so speculative. The NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool) ratings are the foundation for that analysis. .......... As is said every year with NET -- or the RPI before it -- these ratings aren't the end-all, be-all. The straight NET rating is one piece of criteria. It's also the foundation for others such as significant wins, strength of schedule, strength of conference and bad losses. The NET is a formula that includes offensive and defensive efficiency, wins and losses, the strength of the opponent played and the location of the game. It's more inclusive than the RPI because it includes the efficiency portions (how a team played) in addition to the results. The pure NET ranking of a team won't strictly determine its seed, but these will be the ratings to watch the rest of the season. The more time goes by, the more important they become.[/I]" SCar was the number five NET ranked team at the end of the 2021 conference tournaments but was a number one seed by the committee due to SOS (and maybe quality of losses that year.) I think the same rationale would apply to UConn this year. [/QUOTE]