Michigan has moved up to #4 in the NET rankings
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings
I believe Illinois dropped from 4 to 6. Michigan goes from 5 to 4.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:14 AM ^
It is interesting to note that Baylor is ahead of us (ranked 2) and we have the identical 10-0 record. We both have 1 quadrant 1 win. Yet, Michigan is 5-0 in quadrant 2 wins, Baylor is just 1-0. Im not sure what is propelling Baylor ahead of us in the algorithm.
Follow up ... here are the Big Ten teams ....
4 MichiganBig Ten10-02-00-08-01-05-02-02-0
6 IllinoisBig Ten8-32-20-16-01-34-01-02-0
8 IowaBig Ten9-21-10-18-01-23-00-05-0
10 WisconsinBig Ten9-21-10-08-11-13-11-04-0
31 MinnesotaBig Ten10-30-30-010-02-31-04-03-0
35 MarylandBig Ten6-51-30-05-21-40-15-00-0
36 Ohio St.Big Ten8-31-31-06-00-32-01-05-0
37 RutgersBig Ten7-31-20-06-12-22-11-02-0
38 Penn St.Big Ten3-41-20-02-22-30-10-01-0
44 IndianaBig Ten7-40-23-14-10-34-11-02-0
47 PurdueBig Ten7-50-42-15-00-43-11-03-0
51 NorthwesternBig Ten5-31-20-04-11-21-11-02-0
81 Michigan St.Big Ten8-32-20-06-10-32-02-04-0
180 NebraskaBig Ten3-70-30-03-40-40-00-33-0
January 7th, 2021 at 9:25 AM ^
Baylor is 3-0 in neutral site games. Maybe that explains the difference.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:07 AM ^
You could make an argument that every game is a neutral-site game this year.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:16 AM ^
Saw that the other day prior to this win and we were pretty much identical except they had 6 quad 4 wins and we have 5 quad 2 wins. Not sure what the disparity is.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:54 AM ^
Probably due to preseason rankings and they haven’t lost yet. Michigan started of vastly under ranked and has had to claw their way to where they are.
January 7th, 2021 at 8:24 PM ^
If you watch Baylor, they pass the eye test way more than we do. While our team is great, they are filled with gigantic, athletic freaks who can also shoot and play suffocating D. If you look at Kenpom, they are 3 on O and 5 on defense. No other team is top five in both, Wisco is the only team top 10 in both, and barely at 10 adjO and 7 adjD. Tbh, I think Baylor would beat Gonzaga.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:15 AM ^
I know it says it's been updated "through games Jan. 06 2021" but I don't believe them.
Minnesota wouldn't move up 1 spot (from 32 to 31) after taking that kind of beating. Michigan State also moved from 109 to 81 since the last rankings, but they didn't play last night (they did thrash Rutgers two nights ago, though).
It seems like they have their website automatically updates the date each new day, but the data is still two days old.
January 7th, 2021 at 11:45 AM ^
Hard to say... here's a capture of the rankings from yesterday before the game.
Rank | Prev | School
4 | 4 | Illinois
5 | 6 | Michigan
31 | 43 | Minnesota
January 7th, 2021 at 9:18 AM ^
System is showing its bias. No way Duke is ahead of UTEP. ;-p
January 7th, 2021 at 9:21 AM ^
Only 3 more spots to go!
January 7th, 2021 at 9:35 AM ^
They looked like a 1 seed last night.
Keep it going!
January 7th, 2021 at 9:50 AM ^
It's a nice feather in the cap but rankings end up sorting themselves out by season's end. That being said, I couldn't be more elated with how this team has performed. From the close OT upset with Oakland they overcame until now, this team is growing leaps and bounds and definitely has earned their ranking
January 7th, 2021 at 10:30 AM ^
Only 3 more spots to go.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:36 AM ^
#1 in RPI! Long live RPI!
January 7th, 2021 at 10:44 AM ^
RUN WISCONSIN OFF THE COURT NOW!!
January 7th, 2021 at 12:13 PM ^
go for 3?
January 7th, 2021 at 12:13 PM ^
Weird double post...
January 7th, 2021 at 12:13 PM ^
I see ASU is hold steady at #107 and 4-3 including a loss to UTEP.
BUILD THAT BRAND Mr. Christopher!!!
(not bitter at ALL ....... even if I am not sure I would trade him for Chaundee on this team)