Where every SEC men’s basketball team stands in updated NET rankings

Mar 12, 2020; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; View of SEC logo on the court after the announcement the SEC Conference Tournament was cancelled at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

The SEC got thumped on Saturday in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, falling to the Big 12 7-3 in the final challenge.

Mizzou, Mississippi State and Tennessee were the only SEC men’s basketball teams to win against the Big 12 on Saturday, and now a few SEC squads have dropped in the updated NET rankings.

As of Sunday, Jan. 29, here’s a look at where all 14 SEC men’s hoops squads stand in the updated NET rankings:

  • No. 2 — Tennessee
  • No. 4 — Alabama
  • No. 28 — Arkansas
  • No. 31 — Auburn
  • No. 35 — Kentucky
  • No. 44 — Texas A&M
  • No. 45 — Mizzou
  • No. 50 — Florida
  • No. 54 — Mississippi State
  • No. 93 — Vanderbilt
  • No. 112 — Georgia
  • No. 117 — Ole Miss
  • No. 136 — LSU
  • No. 273 — South Carolina

Here’s a look at what the NET rankings are and how they’re calculated:

We’ll see how things change moving forward with more SEC games coming this week.

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  • Vols are really rolling now. JJJ is finally healthy, Vescovi is a stud and what about Ziegler, he is as tough as they come. Go Big Orange!!!

    • It's one game at a time. I think UGA has talent, it's just a matter of getting the right guys in the places. Could just as easily lost yesterday but winning in OT is a confidence builder for sure.

    • We need all the positive news we can get right now, and this has been a most pleasant surprise so far. Still shouldn’t lose to Vandy at home, but I’ll take it.

  • First, not saying Missouri should be a top 25 team, but do not understand the NET ratings. MU has more Quad 1 wins / better Quad 1 record (W-L) than 15 of the teams above them (and no Quad 2-4 losses). Including below 4 teams they have beaten (IL, AR 1-1, Iowa St, and KY).
    E.G. Utah St, is 0-3 in quad 1, same overall record, and yet is 12 spots above. Is this beauty contest points or something not evident?

    • This is what CBB has turned into. Muddy the waters with these nothing metrics. That way, the blue bloods can always get in and others (like my Aggies last year) are left with their d!ck in their hand wondering how the hell they didn't make the tourney.

    • The computers don't like our defense and punishes us greatly for it.

      I've never been a huge fan of stats / metrics / algorithms determining everything, including how you should view a team. Eye test is much more important IMO and anyone who knows the sport should be able to watch a few games and get a feel for how good a team is, what they're strengths and weaknesses are, etc.

      Nothing worse than getting in an argument with some loser who doesn't know the sport, never played the sport, and have them throw a bunch of stats in your face or use the transitive property argument. I didn't need a computer to tell me that Mizzou has a bunch of great shooters, likes to play fast and force turnovers, has a really deep bench, is below average at defense and can't rebound to save their life. I watched two games. First one gave me a hunch. Second one confirmed.

  • I don’t know how they buy their rankings and I don’t care. They are completely meaningless. A conference record means something if everyone plays everyone an equal number of games. That’s the end of real comparisons in the sport. The metric used the most is the NCAA tournament and a one game match up against an opponent sometimes says who was better, sometimes doesn’t. Don’t bother us with basketball news except maybe conference play where we can have a relative judgement.

    On Missouri I need to hear more substance out of Dennis Gates before I start expecting a champ out of him. If a game is not both a science and an art… why are we watching something that’s an accident?

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