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Message: [QUOTE="MU in MKE, post: 3377409, member: 9984"] Presumably, if the algorithm for the NET is not fully revealed, the NET is more difficult to manipulate (unlike the RPI). That means the NET can do what it is meant to do, measure the quality of the teams, without being meddled with in scheduling or during games. I watched the NET very closely last year, and while not perfect (I have my own gripes, such as rewarding teams that play at a very slow pace, aka B10 teams), it is a far superior metric. The reason Kenpom is used as an example so often when talking about the NET is because KP was the closest system the NET replicated. Some of the criticisms here are just a product of it being too early to judge the NET (you will see a lot of wild swings at this point in the season) and the rest is just misunderstanding. For example, feasting on cupcakes won't have the desired outcome you want unless you REALLY beat up on them. If you want to move up when playing cupcakes, the margin of victory you need will vary depending on how bad the opponent is. A 175 cupcake vs a 250 vs low 300's team will need an increasingly large margin or you could actually see your NET drop. I saw this a lot last year when we (Marquette) beat 300+ NET teams by a wide margin but our NET rating went down. [/QUOTE]