ASU moves up over RU in my seeding from last night. RU a 9 seed but now the 2nd strongest nine. ASU resume caught up to RU
The issue is in the past 6 games and RU probably had that 18 NET ranking prior to them, in the past 6 games, RU got only one quality win over Illinois at home, no road wins and a struggle win over Northwestern which ended up hurting their NET, the road games all to tourney schools but losses nonetheless
So while other schools are shoring up their resumes and making their cases down the stretch, RU has added very little. Just one quality win. Meanwhile there has been alot of losing by RU opponents in the nonconference schedule as well dinging it further.
So while RU has a solid enough resume, other schools are catching up. So they desperately need a Q1 road win to quell fears.
Winning matters and RU is just 2-4 in the last 6
Oregon is 4-5 on the road...losing at ASU waant exactly surprising. Oregon has Arizona next.
I don't see the 7 position jump making sense anyway it's sliced. The opponents of RU has nothing to do with it, because with each win by teams like Wisconsin, SHU, Indiana, offsets Minnesota etc. If Indiana makes the dance and plays Purdue again, It's a wash because RU played and defeated both teams.
The NET is a guide but as mentioned by almost everyone on here, is formula based and not all road games are the same. If the committee is blind and believes playing at sleepy Stanford and Cal is the same as playing at Ohio State and Wisconsin/Purdue, there's nothing further from reality.
I just think for NCAA tournament purposes, the seeding is not results based and never has been for a LONG time. If the NCAA wants Duke on the 2 line and playing in MSG, they are not going to change their metrics, despite playing badly at UNC, where they should have lost and got every call from the refs late in that game. Lose by 20+ at NC State, nothing changes.
The NCAA tournament is about TV ratings and matchups that are compelling for TV . If that means it helps their brackets to have more west coast teams aligned in their brackets, that's 100% valid....but to explain ASU jumping 7 spots because their resume suddenly looks better, just because they beat Oregon at home, is BS.
This is about generating revenue, generating storylines, and aligning teams for matchups that could or would be interesting in games 1 and 2, not about strength of resume or a true seeding based on results. I have posted a couple of times, the difference between a 7 seed and a 10 seed or high 11 seed in this year's rankings is razor thin. Whatever makes the best storylines or game matchups dictates the seeding, not the true results/resume. If RU is seeded 11th or 9th or 7th, means very little in the process. It has to be very crystal clear that a team gets beyond a 7 seed area, in order for it to matter IMO.
