The main computer model utilized to help determine which at-large teams make the NCAA Tournament field likes what Darian DeVries is cooking up in Bloomington.
The NCAA released its first NET rankings for the 2025-26 college basketball season, and Indiana is ranked No. 11. The NET rankings will now be updated daily through Selection Sunday.
This is the highest IU basketball has been ranked in the NET since December of 2022.
The Hoosiers are the fourth-highest ranked team from Big Ten, following No. 1 Michigan, No. 3 Purdue, and No. 10 Michigan State.
The 2025-26 men’s basketball season marks the eighth season of the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings, which replaced the RPI prior to the 2018-19 campaign as the primary sorting tool for evaluating teams.
The NCAA Tournament Committee uses the NET to help facilitate the selection of the field.
Games like IU’s 23-point win over Marquette are particularly helpful in the NET rankings, which factor in performance against expectations. Indiana was expected to win that contest by a much smaller margin at the analytic sites like Bart Torvik and KenPom.
The two main factors utilized to compile the rankings include the Team Value Index (TVI), which is a result-based feature that rewards teams for beating quality opponents, particularly away from home, as well as an adjusted net efficiency rating.
The adjusted efficiency is a team’s net efficiency, adjusted for strength of opponent and location (home/away/neutral) across all games played. For example, a given efficiency value (net points per 100 possessions) against stronger opposition rates higher than the same efficiency against lesser opponents and having a certain efficiency on the road rates higher than the same efficiency at home.
Using the quadrant system for the NET, the quality of wins and losses is organized based on game location and the opponent’s NET ranking.
So far, Indiana has not played any Quad 1 games. They are 1-0 in Quad 2, 1-0 in Quad 3 and 5-0 in Quad 4.
Here is how the Quads are determined:
- 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
IU (7-0) opens league play on Wednesday at NET No. 144 Minnesota. They’ll then face No. 6 Louisville on a neutral floor in Indianapolis.
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