NCAA NET (2/9)
1. Connecticut
2. UCLA
3. South Carolina
4. Texas
5. LSU
6. Michigan
7. Louisville
8. Vanderbilt
9. Duke
10. Minnesota
11. Oklahoma
12. Michigan State
13. TCU
14. Maryland
15. Iowa
16. Kentucky
17. Ohio State
18. Mississippi
19. North Carolina
20. USC
21. Tennessee
22. West Virginia
23. Oregon
24. North Carolina State
25. Nebraska
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31. Washington
34. Illinois
58. Indiana
71. Purdue
79. Wisconsin
96. Penn State
130. Northwestern
149. Rutgers
Wonder if you have thought about adding WAB (Wins Above Bubble) to your weekly update. The NCAA Committee is using WAB this season as well. WAB brings back the idea of who you beat rather than just how you play. When there are big conflicts between the NET and WAB, my guess is that WAB/4 will be more predictive of seeding than NET/4.
Per the NCAA "WAB was added this season to complement the NET metric. It does not factor in margin of wins or losses or a team’s efficiency — it only measures the quality of your resume based on the results. WAB is results-based and goes beyond strength of schedule to show how a team actually did against that schedule. Each game's result is assigned a value between 1 and -1, and that cumulative total determines a team’s ranking.
As explained in the NCAA's principles and procedures for this year's bracket, WAB shows how many more or fewer wins a team has compared to what a bubble team would average against that same schedule. The WAB uses the NET as the basis for opponent strength,
with "bubble team" being defined as a team ranked 45th in the NET, based on a study of recent women's basketball seasons."
NCAA WAB (2/9)
1.
UCLA
2. Connecticut
3. South Carolina
4. Texas
5. Louisville
6.
Michigan
7.
Ohio State
8. Vanderbilt
9.
Iowa
10. LSU
11.
Michigan State
12. Baylor
13. Duke
14. West Virginia
15.
Maryland
16. Tennessee
17.
USC
18. Alabama
19. Mississippi
20. TCU
21. North Carolina
22. Oklahoma
23.
Minnesota
24. Kentucky
25. Texas Tech
28. Washington
31. Oregon
32. Illinois
35. Nebraska
59. Indiana
70. Wisconsin
90. Purdue
112. Penn State
118. Rutgers
129. Northwestern
With conference play now in full swing, it’s not too early to start thinking about Selection Sunday. The the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee will release the 2026 Championship Bracket on March 15. Keep up with everything they will be discussing in the selection room.
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