Cats are NET # 7. They are 5-2 in Quadrant 1 games, 3-2 in Quadrant 2, 5-0 in Quadrant 3, and 4-0 in Quadrant 4 for our 17-3 record.
We have lost to NET # 3 (Duke), # 43 (Alabama) and # 63 (Seton Hall).
The Seton Hall loss is a Quadrant 2 loss; the other two are Quadrant 1 losses.
Kentucky has 7 Quadrant 1 games remaining (home v Tennessee, LSU and Auburn; away v Tennessee, Miss. State, Ole Miss and Florida, all of whom are in the top 40). Cats have 3 Quadrant 2 games remaining (home game vs Florida and Arkansas, away game vs Missouri), and one Quadrant 3 game (home vs South Carolina).
The quadrants are determined as follows:
Home games 1-15, Neutral 1-25, and Away 1-40 are supposed to be Quadrant 1A. 1B is (H 16-30); (N 26-50) and (A 41-75).
Home games 31-55, Neutral 51-75, and Away 76-100 are supposed to be Quadrant 2.
I believe the NCAA will use the NET rankings as they see fit, so I'm not horribly persuaded that this means that much. But let's pretend it does.
I'd like to see Seton Hall move into Quadrant 1B if possible. The game was a neutral court game, so Seton Hall, NET # 63, would need to improve to 50 to make that happen.
How are they doing?
Well, when they played Kentucky they were 5-3, I think. The win made them 6-3.
Since Kentucky, they have defeated Rutgers, Sacred Heart, # 21 Maryland, St. Johns, Xavier, lost a 1-point game to DePaul, beat Butler by 1, lost to # 10 Marquette by 4, lost to Providence, lost to DePaul, lost to Villanova and then snapped the 4-game losing streak with a win over Providence.
They stand at 13-8 after the win over Providence. The 4-game losing streak really hurt.
Who is upcoming?
Butler, Creighton, Georgetown, Creighton, Xavier, St. John's, Georgetown, Marquette, and Villanova. Some of those teams have bigger names than teams, but still formidable enough, and those 9 games give them a chance for a boost. For NET purposes, that's 5 Quadrant 1 games, 2 Quadrant 2 games, and 2 Quadrant 3 games. The Marquette game (NET # 18) and Villanova (NET # 2) are both at home.
WAG that they need a strong 7-2 showing in them; maybe even 8-1 to get into the top 50.
Attached is Kentucky's NET sheet.
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