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The NCAA released their first NET rankings of the 2021-22 season with Arizona receiving a NET ranking of #3. https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/ranking_summary?academic_year=2022&division=1&org_id=29&ranking_period=28&sport_code=MBB

The NET rankings will be updated daily from here on out and are used by the NCAA come tournament seeding time. One of the big components of the NET rankings are the type of wins (quad 1-4) a team has.

• Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75.
• Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135.
• Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240.
• Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353

Upcoming this week Arizona has a chance at two Quad 1 wins https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/22483/teams/527497/team_sheet

• 12/8 vs #12 Wyoming
• 12/11 @ #48 Illinois

Key states  - Full stats here https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/ranking_summary?academic_year=2022&division=1&org_id=29&ranking_period=28&sport_code=MBB

• Arizona is currently, 0-0 in quad 1, 2-0 in quad 2, 0-0 in quad 3, and 5-0 in quad 4 games.
• Arizona's opponents' NET ranking is 288

Arizona is nationally ranked

• #4 Assist to Turnover ration (1.81)
• #1 Assists per Game
• #4 Defensive Rebounds per Game
• #2 Field-Goal Percentage Defense
• #1 Scoring Margin
• #1 Scoring Offense
• #2 Total Rebounds per Game

If you need a refresher on NET rankings, see below

https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/1067063960753573889

Article from NCAA explaining NET rankings
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/2018-08-22/net-rankings-what-know-about-college-basketballs-new-tool-help

Great posts DT, thanks