In Reply to: WBB. LSU lost 2nd in a row. posted by TheHappyBurgermeister on January 05, 2026 at 09:57:27
Not a fan of LSU (or their coach Mulkey) but the refs missed an out of bounds call on Vandy with 30 seconds left and a 3 point Vandy lead that would have given LSU the ball and at least a chance to possibly tie.
NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool) rankings (which change daily after all games are completed replacing RPI) seem to matter in seeding and through games of Jan. 04 2026 we moved to #2 (swapping places with SC) behind UCONN with SC, Texas, and LSU 3, 4, and 5, respectively. Since LSU is 5th per NET (after 2 losses) it appears they are not out of the competition for a top 4 overall seed.
Using NET as THE measuring stick our road games at AP #20 Nebraska (NET 16) and unranked Minnesota (NET 15) will be our toughest since our neutral site win against Oklahoma (NET 10) or loss to Texas (NET 4).
Winning on the road in the B10 seems more difficult (due to distances/multiple time zone changes) than in the old pac-10/12 where the mantra (IIRC) was "win at home and split on the road" to at least compete for a conference title. Removing the 5 0-4 teams in the B10 (Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers, Penn St., and Northwestern), all 0-2 at home and away, the other 15 teams are 20-4 at home and 14-10 away. The 4 home losses were (all rankings AP or Coaches poll, NOT NET, at the time the games were played) #19 Ohio St to #4 UCLA (75-82), #20 Nebraska to #17 sc (66-74), Oregon to #6 Michigan (87-92 2OT), and Minnesota to #7 Maryland (99-100 20T). So 2 wemt to OT (actually 2 OT) and we won by 7, sc by 8.