Big Ten NET and RPI rankings
So is the selection committee primarily using the NET rankings to help determine seeding now for the tournament? Some of the rankings are similar but some of them are very different. It looks like MSU is in big trouble, although I still feel like if they get close to .500 in conference they will get selected. Maybe that’s me just being cynical but I feel like they will give Izzo the favor. Here are the rankings.
UM 3 NET, 2 RPI
Illinois 4 NET, 23 RPI
OSU 7 NET, 8 RPI
Iowa 8 NET, 58 RPI
Wisconsin 18 NET, 54 RPI
Purdue 24 NET, 29 RPI
Rutgers 28 NET, 37 RPI
PSU 31 NET, 62 RPI
Maryland 43 NET, 38 RPI
IU 45 NET, 82 RPI
Minnesota 49 NET, 36 RPI
MSU 85 NET, 129 RPI
NW 88 NET, 168 RPI
Nebraska 169 NET, 221 RPI
February 12th, 2021 at 1:53 PM ^
MSU definitely still has a path to the tournament. It will be tough but it is there. If they beat Iowa tomorrow that is huge. They have 7 scheduled regular season games left. If they go 4-3 in those games that gets them to 8-10 in conference. I think that would get them in but it would be close.
February 12th, 2021 at 1:57 PM ^
Maybe, but they would be 14-10 with a pretty low NET ranking still I would think. Probably need 2 big ten tournament wins also.
February 12th, 2021 at 2:03 PM ^
They will need to win the BigTen Tournament in order to get in, I think.
February 12th, 2021 at 2:15 PM ^
Going back and looking at MSUs schedule, maybe close to .500 wouldn’t be enough. The only team they have beat that has a winning record is Rutgers. And they lost by 30 in the rematch.
February 12th, 2021 at 5:30 PM ^
If they get close to 0.500 they will have done it beating good teams - so they will get a good boost in the metrics and at least be on the bubble.
I think Indiana and Maryland are the "easiest" games left on their schedule. If they win 4-5 games before the tourney they will have beaten at least 2 of Iowa, OSU, M, Purdue, and Illinois..
February 12th, 2021 at 1:55 PM ^
So if the season ended right now, The bottom 3 are out of the tourney. Indiana would be a coin flip. IU, Maryland and PSU are probably in, everyone else is in?
February 12th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
PSU is "probably" or "close to" in .... you're not the first person I've heard say this.
But Penn State is 7-9! Objectively, PSU is not that bad a team, and there are less OOC games this year to use to inflate a record. But, 7-9 is a losing record.
I hope the NCAA doesn't set any sort of precedent and give an at-large to a team with an overall losing record. That should be a minimum standard, full stop (IMO).
February 12th, 2021 at 2:06 PM ^
I think we get 9 in, maybe 10. I think anywhere from Purdue to MSU is a coin flip for the rest of the year. Those games amongst each other will determine who goes in the end.
February 12th, 2021 at 2:45 PM ^
To talk MSU for a second, I think they need to go 3-4 in their 7 scheduled remaining games to have a chance. That'd be 13-11, and would have to include 1-2 really good wins.
that'd probably put them near 50ish in NET I think, and would probably get them to 7th-8th in the B1G?
and while I don't really think they'll deserve a bid, reading the tea leaves the selection committee is going to throw out any logic with #blueblood teams and get them into the tourney if there's any possible way.
February 12th, 2021 at 5:06 PM ^
MSU, Nebby, and NW better hope the really don’t use RPI...
February 12th, 2021 at 11:05 PM ^
WTF is a nebby?
February 12th, 2021 at 5:31 PM ^
Our RPI is almost always terrible/ far worse than all of our other rankings. I like the looks of #2.