One of the tools that the NCAA Selection committee uses to evaluate teams is the Team Sheet.
The Team Sheets on Bracketologists include most of the same information presented in an easier to use format. Over time, the NCAA has also removed outside metrics from the Team Sheet's but we've continued presenting that data.
20Arkansas20Arkansas
2Alabama2Alabama
5Tennessee
26Kentucky
35Auburn
22Memphis
73Florida20Arkansas
47Missouri
34Boise St
53Mississippi St
41Penn St35Auburn47Missouri73Florida
81Vanderbilt
76Colorado
129Ole Miss81Vanderbilt
157Georgia
153LSU153LSU
155DePaul
235South Carolina
209SMU
214Murray St
225Oregon St
228Wofford
204Abilene Christian
269Loyola Chicago
281Prairie View A&M
205Northwestern St
296Louisiana-MonroeThe NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET), relies on game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses. The NET was built to create a ranking system that was as accurate as possible while also evaluating team performance fairly. To ensure fairness, certain types of data were omitted from the model. Of key importance, game date and order were omitted to give equal importance to both early and late-season games. In addition, a cap of 10 points was applied to the winning margin to prevent rankings from encouraging unsportsmanlike play, such as needlessly running up the score in a game where the outcome was certain.
The committee often refers to "team sheets" when comparing team performance. The team sheets contain in-depth team information about strength of schedule, performance against teams sorted by quadrants and results.
Starting with the 2017-18 season, the team sheets took on a new look. This change included each team's NET, but also include a team's ranking in five other metrics: the ESPN strength of record and BPI rankings, as well as the KPI, KenPom and Sagarin rankings. In addition, a team's schedule and results are now broken down in four quadrants that place greater emphasis on games played on neutral courts and in true road environments.
Starting with the 2020-21 season, the publicly available team sheets were simplified to no longer include the 5 other metrics added in 2017-18 putting a larger emphasis on NET rankings however the team sheets used by the committee still include them.
To learn more about NCAA NET Team Sheets, Click Here.
