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Stats Corner: The NET, it Was Only a Suggestion

The bracket is out, Nevada is in (7th seed seems low), so is Utah State (8th seed is higher than I thought they would get, but lower than I believe they earned), and the whining has become. North Carolina State thought that having the second least difficult out-of-conference schedule, 352 out of 353, would not be problem (wrong), and Clemson, Ole Miss, and Texas (NET Rankings of 35, 36, and 38 respectfully) were also left out. Both N.C. State and TCU specially called out the NET ranking in their official statements. TCU coach Jamie Dixon said during his press conference “You look at the NET, there are six teams that had a lower NETs than us.