Technically the NET doesn't determine whether a team gets in or where it's seeded. It's about properly understanding a team's resume to accurately gauge who that team has beaten.Many only seen to care about our ooc losses, which were underwhelming performances. That same team beat the crap out of uconn. Beat mq. Played cu to triple ot anf has won six other BE GAMES against better teams than we list to earlier. Three of whom get ncaa consideration and have better net than us.
Sometime logic suggests that this team has just gotten better. A person interested in having the best teams in the nation play in the tourney will understand that. The NET never will.
If we dont win a bunch of our remaining games. All for naught. If we do, screw the NET. And i think many on the committee will do just that. If not why not just pick and seed by NET.
A good example is Villanova. Currently ranked #41 in Kenpom (proxy for NET) and #95 in RPI. Meanwhile the 22-3 Samford is #72 in Kenpom and #36 in RPI. RPI literally only incorporates winning percentage. The idea behind NET is that you get proper credit for winning a road game against Villanova. A road win against Villanova is more impressive than a road win against Samford, even though Samford has a much better RPI.
However, NET itself is not supposed to be used to actually evaluate a team - because basketball is about whether you win or lose a game. There is no difference between winning by 20 or winning by 2, and obviously a win should not be worth more if you shoot 60% instead of 35%. Q1 / Q2 / etc. records matter but not the NET itself. The NET is a tool to evaluate a team's resume, but not the team itself.
With one major caveat - the NET can possibly introduce bias. When the committee evaluates teams, perhaps they let the NET ranking influence their decision - even though it is by no means supposed to. But by the letter of the law the NET cannot be used to evaluate a team itself.