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We know about the Ducks, the 2nd most Quad1 wins in the country, but it's the losses, to Minnesota and Nebraska that just don't make any sense. Or do they? Indiana, sitting in 10th place, just beat 6th place, Purdue, 73-58. 

After Illinois stomped the Ducks, 109-77, it looked like the Final Four for the Fightin' Illinini, since then, they've gone 8-9 and last night, on a neutral court, lost to Duke, 110-67. Maryland beat osu2,83-59, nobody could believe it. A game before Oregon beat the Terps, they lost to last place Washington. 

Maryland is in 3rd place now, 11-5, 21-6 overall. Last night, 10th place Indiana beat 6th place Purdue, 75-58. Little reason to believe that the last 3 or 4 games teams have are going to make any more sense, and the Tournament will definitely be crazy. Remember that team that went on a crazy run and won the last Pac-12 Tournament?

True, things are a little all over the place Oregon’s NET ranking doesn’t make sense.

From purely a numbers perspective, how are we not a top 25 NET team?

UOducksTK1 wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 7:38 pm True, things are a little all over the place Oregon’s NET ranking doesn’t make sense.

From purely a numbers perspective, how are we not a top 25 NET team?

Net has never made any sense, at least where Oregon is concerned. Before the 5 game losing streak, Oregon, with the 2nd most Q1 W's, was behind teams, below.500 in Q1games. The loss to Illinois dropped the Net quite a bit, so okay, maybe that makes sense. But after Illinois got plastered by Duke, they, now 6-9 in Q1 games, dropped from 18 to 23. Maryland is 6-5 in Q1, and their Net is 11.

I hope the ncaa tournament takes rpi and other data points into consideration, which hopefully will push Oregon to at least a 6 seed.

Potentially playing a 1 or 2 seed in the 2nd round would be a bummer.

Merganzer wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 7:54 pm

UOducksTK1 wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 7:38 pm True, things are a little all over the place Oregon’s NET ranking doesn’t make sense.

From purely a numbers perspective, how are we not a top 25 NET team?

Net has never made any sense, at least where Oregon is concerned. Before the 5 game losing streak, Oregon, with the 2nd most Q1 W's, was behind teams, below.500 in Q1games. The loss to Illinois dropped the Net quite a bit, so okay, maybe that makes sense. But after Illinois got plastered by Duke, they, now 6-9 in Q1 games, dropped from 18 to 23. Maryland is 6-5 in Q1, and their Net is 11.

Net including off/def ratings is just dumb. It's so subjective.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... cketology/

Jerry Palm has us as a #6 seed (Which makes us the #22 team overall) which seems like a pretty accurate spot for us given our resume.

Maryland and Illinois are both behind us.

The amount of parity in the Big Ten is no joke. Basically any team can beat anyone on a given night. RPI and SOS are going to have do some heavy lifting since NET isn't doing Oregon many favors.