It literally is in place to compare Minnesota and penn state.
Team X and team Y are competing for a bubble spot.
Team X beat Minnesota
Team Y beat Penn state
Who has the better quality win.
According to NET team Y should get in because they beat quad 1 penn state on a neutral court. While team Y gets a quad 2 win for beating Minnesota on a neutral court.
This is obviously a hypothetical situation. But you can see why doing a bad job can have a major impact on many teams. Not just the teams misplaced in the rankings but the teams that played those teams and how they compare in seeding and placement in the tourney.
I do not like net
As far as your question goes... when was the game played cuz penn st was arguably the better team the last 3rd of the season.....
You are not getting my point...the net is stupid...its based on variables within variables within variables and reinforces itself exponentially...My point is i would rather be precise than accuarate... ...It would be much easier just to take multiple ranking systems (one ranking system should be soley based on wins) take the average and boom simple...Instead of relying on a singular system that weights things different (wins, efficiency)
and hey lets give the committee a chance we have no idea what they are about to do..i think they have done an excellent job considering the circumstances for the last 80 years or so..lets ask sid..happy b day