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Gators plummet in NET rankings after losing to Texas Southern

Florida debuted at No. 22 on the NCAA men’s basketball NET rankings, but a loss to Texas Southern has the Gators way down 24 hours later.

After being ranked No. 22 in the initial NET rankings Monday, a loss to the previously winless Texas Southern Tigers has Florida basketball down to No. 57.

The Gators were perfect in November, but December has been anything but kind to Mike White and company. Shaky shooting and early foul trouble proved to be too much to overcome for Florida against Oklahoma, but a repeat of the same issues (and then some) against 0-7 Texas Southern has Gator Nation slamming the panic button.

A Quadrant 4 loss can kill when it comes time for NCAA tournament selection and seeding, and the upcoming conference schedule isn’t looking like a walk in the park with the way this Gators team is playing.

White said that this “was not who this team is” after the loss, but the outcome undoes every bit of progress made in the first few weeks of the season. Even if Florida manages to dominate North Florida on Wednesday, the Gators don’t have a shot at a Quadrant 1 win until they host Alabama on Jan. 5.

Speaking of the Crimson Tide, ‘Bama sits at No. 14 but there are two more SEC teams ranked above it. Tennessee is just ahead at No. 12 and 8-0 LSU somewhat surprisingly has the No. 2 spot with just one Quadrant 1 win. Auburn is just behind Alabama at No. 15 and Kentucky is the next highest at No. 39.

Arkansas has the same record as LSU but is ranked No. 43 and Mississippi State squeaked into the Top 50 at No. 49. Texas A&M is the final SEC team ranked ahead of Florida at No. 56.

The good news is that Florida is far from the first team to be upset this year and there’s plenty of time to turn things around. The final rankings are the ones that matter, and now is the time to work out issues rather than during SEC play.

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Here’s where Gators basketball ranks in the first NCAA NET rankings

The NCAA’s first men’s basketball NET rankings have the Florida Gators sitting among the top-25 teams in the nation and top-four SEC teams.

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s first men’s basketball NET rankings have the Florida Gators among the top-25 teams on its list heading into the thick of the 2020-21 season.

The initial standings have UF at No. 22, holding a 5-1 overall record while remaining undefeated in the Southeastern Conference at 2-0. However, Florida is just 1-1 in Quad 1 matchups, while they have dominated the lowest two quadrants going 3-0 against Quad 3 and 1-0 against Quad 4.

Despite losing their star forward Keyontae Johnson, the Gators have managed to win its two games without him in a manner that inspires a great deal of confidence for this team moving forward. With Florida’s SEC schedule now in full swing, UF will be put to the test to see if they can run with the big dogs.

Speaking of the SEC, the conference has just four teams in the top 25, with the Tennessee Volunteers near the top at No. 3 while the Missouri Tigers sit on the edge of the top 10 at No. 10, the Gators at No. 22, and the LSU Tigers — who the Gators recently defeated at home — at No. 23.

The top-25 teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball NET Rankings are listed below.

Rk School Conf Rec Road Neut Home Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
1 Gonzaga WCC 10-0 0-0 5-0 5-0 4-0 1-0 1-0 4-0
2 Baylor Big 12 9-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 6-0
3 Tennessee SEC 7-1 1-0 0-0 6-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 4-0
4 Illinois Big Ten 8-3 2-2 0-1 6-0 1-3 4-0 1-0 2-0
5 Villanova Big East 8-1 3-0 3-1 2-0 2-1 0-0 4-0 2-0
6 Michigan Big Ten 9-0 2-0 0-0 7-0 1-0 3-0 3-0 2-0
7 Iowa Big Ten 9-2 1-1 0-1 8-0 1-2 3-0 0-0 5-0
8 Houston AAC 8-1 2-1 1-0 5-0 4-1 0-0 2-0 2-0
9 Texas Big 12 8-1 1-0 3-0 4-1 1-1 4-0 0-0 3-0
10 Missouri SEC 7-1 2-0 1-0 4-1 4-1 1-0 2-0 0-0
11 Wisconsin Big Ten 9-2 1-1 0-0 8-1 0-1 4-1 1-0 4-0
12 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 7-1 0-1 0-0 7-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 5-0
13 Boise St. Mnt West 7-1 3-1 1-0 3-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 5-0
14 Colorado Pac-12 7-3 2-3 3-0 2-0 1-3 0-0 2-0 4-0
15 Clemson ACC 8-1 1-1 3-0 4-0 2-1 3-0 1-0 2-0
16 Colgate Patriot 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0
17 Rutgers Big Ten 7-2 1-1 0-0 6-1 3-2 1-0 1-0 2-0
18 Texas Tech Big 12 8-3 1-0 1-1 6-2 1-2 1-1 0-0 6-0
19 Oregon Pac-12 8-1 1-0 1-1 6-0 1-1 1-0 3-0 3-0
20 Drake MVC 10-0 4-0 1-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 5-0 5-0
21 Arizona Pac-12 9-1 2-1 0-0 7-0 1-1 1-0 3-0 4-0
22 Florida SEC 5-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 3-0 1-0
23 LSU SEC 6-2 0-2 1-0 5-0 0-2 0-0 2-0 4-0
24 Arkansas SEC 9-1 1-0 0-0 8-1 0-1 2-0 2-0 5-0
25 Syracuse ACC 6-1 1-1 0-0 5-0 0-1 1-0 3-0 2-0

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Michigan State Basketball ranked No. 13 in latest NCAA NET Rankings

Despite recent losses, MSU is still ranked in the top-15 of the new NET rankings.

This has been a frustrating part of the Michigan State Men’s Basketball season, with recent losses to Michigan, Indiana, Penn State, and Wisconsin, but the Spartans are still looked at favorably in the NCAA NET rankings. In games through February 8th, which includes yesterday’s loss to U of M, MSU is ranked at No. 13, just one spot below their previous ranking at No. 12.

The NET rankings have replaced the RPI as a tool for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Selection Committee to use to help select the NCAA Tournament seeding and field. The fact that the NET still looks at MSU so favorably makes a lot of sense, given that it just made them a 4-seed in the first tournament preview of the year.

Michigan State will face yet another big road test as they travel to Champaign, Illinois to face off against Illinois in a battle of two teams that are right at the top of the Big Ten standings.

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