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No. 13 Florida is ranked No. 6 in the first NET rankings released Monday by the NCAA.
NET stands for NCAA Evaluation Tool and it is used by the men’s basketball tournament’s selection committee to evaluate a team’s overall resume. Some factors the NET looks into is schedule strength, efficiency on offense and defense, scoring margins and the quality of wins and losses. A new factor included this year is a metric called “WAB,” which stands for Wins Above Bubble.
Net’s first run includes four SEC teams: Tennessee (1) and Auburn (2), which are both 7-0. Florida (6), which is 8-0, and Kentucky (8), which is 7-0.
— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) November 30, 2024
Shocking Loss For Shockers
Florida, which moved up five spots in Monday’s Associated Press and USA Today coaches rankings, routed Wichita State on Friday, 88-51, in the championship game of the ESPN Events Invitational at Wide World of Sports, a day after handling Wake Forest 75-58.
The Gators had a season-high 14 3-pointers. They managed to flip a three-point game into a 19-point lead by halftime. Florida used a 27-0 run that bridged the two halves: 16-0 to end the first and 11-0 to start the second.
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Florida has won its first eight games by an average margin of 22 points.
Up Next
Florida returns to the O’Connell Center for a 7:15 p.m. Wednesday contest against Virginia (5-2) as part of the annual ACC/SEC Challenge. ESPN2, ESNP 98.1-FM/850-AM WRUF will carry the game.
The Cavaliers hold spot No. 125 in the NET rankings. The Cavaliers are coming off a 67-41 win against Holy Cross. Virginia defeated UF 73-70 in a one-off neutral-site game at Charlotte last season.
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