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INDIANAPOLIS – Based on the NCAA’s new system for selecting and seeding teams for its national basketball tournament, the Butler Bulldogs would be advised to win Saturday at Saint Louis.

First rankings of the NET, or NCAA Evaluation Tool, were released Monday. NET replaces the NCAA’s previous ratings tool, RPI (Ratings Percentage Index).

There is little data, which helps explain why Ohio State, led by former Butler coach Chris Holtmann, comes out No.