Jim Boeheim, Syracuse basketball (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
In a move that Syracuse basketball and other programs will monitor, the NCAA is reducing the factors that it uses as part of its tournament evaluation tool.
When Syracuse basketball is perhaps in line for a possible Big Dance berth in the 2020-21 campaign or beyond, the Orange could prove at the benefit – or mercy – of a streamlined NCAA Evaluation Tool (“NET”).
That’s because the NCAA Division I men’s basketball committee has announced that, commencing with 2020-21, the NET system is changing to increase accuracy and become simpler by diminishing a five-component metric to just two, according to NCAA officials.