Stackhouse said he couldn't clear his bench in blowout due to NET

[Sean Miller Fan]

Vanderbilt below a Florida team it swept in NET rankings: Jerry Stackhouse doesn't like it

Vanderbilt basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse criticized the NCAA's NET rankings after a win over Florida.

www.tennessean.com

Cant believe they still use this. Cant believe there isn't an uproar.

 

[303vND]

COMPLETE JOKE!! But what else is new regarding college athletics?

 

[SteelBowl70]

Vanderbilt below a Florida team it swept in NET rankings: Jerry Stackhouse doesn't like it

Vanderbilt basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse criticized the NCAA's NET rankings after a win over Florida.

www.tennessean.com

Cant believe they still use this. Cant believe there isn't an uproar.

They wanted to use data to quantify quality wins and bad losses but created a badly flawed system to do so.

 

[CaptainMurphy]

Vanderbilt below a Florida team it swept in NET rankings: Jerry Stackhouse doesn't like it

Vanderbilt basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse criticized the NCAA's NET rankings after a win over Florida.

www.tennessean.com

Cant believe they still use this. Cant believe there isn't an uproar.

He’s right. You want to get the bench guys in to get experience. I think, if I was a coach, I’d prioritize getting bench guys in over winning by an extra 5 or 10 points to appease the NET.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Vanderbilt below a Florida team it swept in NET rankings: Jerry Stackhouse doesn't like it

Vanderbilt basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse criticized the NCAA's NET rankings after a win over Florida.

www.tennessean.com

Cant believe they still use this. Cant believe there isn't an uproar.

Can’t believe there’s another NET thread.

 

[upj87]

He’s right. You want to get the bench guys in to get experience. I think, if I was a coach, I’d prioritize getting bench guys in over winning by an extra 5 or 10 points to appease the NET.

there are bench guys and end of the bench guys...end of the bench guys "experience" at garbage time not worth it anymore as there is and never has been any great value to 2 or 3 minutes of slop play ...that's just the way it is..

 

[TD_6082]

Something Stackhouse rarely has to worry about.

 

[Thee Jackie Treehorn]

there are bench guys and end of the bench guys...end of the bench guys "experience" at garbage time not worth it anymore as there is and never has been any great value to 2 or 3 minutes of slop play ...that's just the way it is..

It's the way it is, but it's not the way it has to be.

There's something to be said for a guy like Aidan Fisch getting an opportunity like he did at the end of the Syracuse game. There's a reason the student section goes nuts when a walk-on scores and there's a reason his teammates mobbed him on court after the game. Look, it's not one of the most important things to discuss, sure, but college basketball will have lost a charming feature if coaches are afraid to let the end-of-bench guys get an occasional minute of play due to concerns about scoring margins affecting the team's metrics in a blowout.

 

[upj87]

It's the way it is, but it's not the way it has to be.

There's something to be said for a guy like Aidan Fisch getting an opportunity like he did at the end of the Syracuse game. There's a reason the student section goes nuts when a walk-on scores and there's a reason his teammates mobbed him on court after the game. Look, it's not one of the most important things to discuss, sure, but college basketball will have lost a charming feature if coaches are afraid to let the end-of-bench guys get an occasional minute of play due to concerns about scoring margins affecting the team's metrics in a blowout.

I know, and it does it beg for an added Bruce
Hornsby verse but the point I was responding to was the giving guys on the bench "experience" angle. I really does not.

 

[AllegeneeGenacGenac]

They wanted to use data to quantify quality wins and bad losses but created a badly flawed system to do so.

It's mostly garbage in, garbage out. It's becoming clear why they didn't want to publicly release the formula, and it's not because people will game the system because that's already happening as enough data points are accumulated to reverse engineer it.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

It's the way it is, but it's not the way it has to be.

There's something to be said for a guy like Aidan Fisch getting an opportunity like he did at the end of the Syracuse game. There's a reason the student section goes nuts when a walk-on scores and there's a reason his teammates mobbed him on court after the game. Look, it's not one of the most important things to discuss, sure, but college basketball will have lost a charming feature if coaches are afraid to let the end-of-bench guys get an occasional minute of play due to concerns about scoring margins affecting the team's metrics in a blowout.

In a rare situation like a senior night blowout, I agree with getting the reserves in. However, beyond that, I don't think you can afford to ever take your foot off the gas. The win/loss result is only about as important as scoring margin so when you are up 20, its extremely important to try to stretch it to 30 rather than giving up a late run and only winning by 10. If Clemson makes the NCAAT, it will be SOLELY because they beat FSU and NC St by a combined 70 points. Win those by 2 and they have no chance.