With the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee’s process becoming so analytically driven, scheduling is more important than ever. With every team being sorted by the NCAA’s proprietary “NET” system and each game being categorized between quadrant-1 and quadrant-4 (with 1 being the highest quality of game and 4 being the lowest) teams need to make sure they are getting enough quality quadrant-1 games, and wins–all while avoiding quadrant-3 and quadrant-4 losses.
The quadrants are as follows:
Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240
Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353
Florida entered last season as a projected NCAA Tournament team, but couldn’t take advantage of their quadrant-1 opportunities going 3-10 in those games, showing that when given opportunities to play NCAA Tournament caliber teams they would struggle.