Starting with the popularity contest part of this, two wins on the road, one over a ranked team, the other also a Quad 1 win, were only enough to bump the UVA Basketball team up two spots in this week’s AP Top 25.
Virginia (16-2, 5-1 ACC) is 14th in this week’s poll.
It’s all just for entertainment purposes only, so, whatevs.
UVA Basketball: Last week
- UVA Basketball: Virginia slugs out 72-68 win at SMU to improve to 16-2
- UVA Basketball: McKneely goes for 23, but ‘Hoos get the Top 25 road win
The ‘Hoos won at Louisville (13-5, 3-3 ACC) on Wednesday; Louisville is ranked 23rd this week, down three spots.
The other win was at SMU (13-5, 2-3 ACC), which is 33rd in the NET as of the start of the business day on Monday.
Not impressive enough, apparently.
Resume: Inside the numbers
The wins at the ‘Ville and at SMU have Virginia at 4-1 in Quad 1 games this season.
For context, last season’s team was 2-9 in Quad 1s; the 2023-2024 team, which got an at-large NCAA bid, was 2-8 in Quad 1s.
The 2022-2023 team that won a share of the ACC regular-season title was 5-5 in Quad 1s.
Upcoming Quad 1 opportunities on the schedule include:
- North Carolina (NET: 29), Jan. 24
- Ohio State (NET: 37), Feb. 14 (neutral: Nashville)
- at Duke (NET: 2), Feb. 28
The home games with Miami (Feb. 21) and NC State (Feb. 24) could end up being Quad 1s.
Miami is currently at 31 in the NET; State is at 34.
Home games against teams ranked in the Top 30 of the NET are considered Quad 1.
Quad 1 key – neutral: NET 1-50; road: NET 1-75.
Virginia is 4-1 right now in Quad 2 games.
A lot of those still on the schedule:
- at Notre Dame (NET: 78), Jan. 27
- Syracuse (NET: 75), Feb. 7
- at Florida State (NET: 134), Feb. 10
- Wake Forest (NET: 57), March 3
- Virginia Tech (NET: 58), March 7
Quad 2 key – home: 31-75; neutral: 51-100; road: 76-135.
NCAA Tournament metrics
- BartTorvik: 8
- KPI: 11
- ELO: 13
- SOR: 13
- NET: 14
- RPI: 14
- KenPom: 14
- BPI: 22
Average: 13.6
NCAA Tournament seed projection: 3/4 seed line
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