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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4519138, member: 12088"] I think it’s more complicated than just a bunch of factors. NET is the primary factor, but it is a crude instrument early in the season because of the way it calculates SoS. But late in the season it becomes much more precise. For example, LSU has a high NET ranking that is probably not an accurate measure of how good they are as a team. By the end of February, however, NET rankings will give a better picture of team quality. Charlie departs from NET now because it isn’t accurate enough yet. So he supplements it with “eye test” judgments. Even so, he still has LSU as a #2 seed which strikes me as too high. When the committee makes its final decisions, they are not required to follow NET exclusively. But this tool will be accurate enough that it won’t be as necessary to supplement it as it is now. Also, the main motivation for looking beyond NET is because geographic considerations (like not placing too many teams from one conference in the same region or sub-region) will require it. [/QUOTE]