The No. 1 team in college basketball — as of now, and according to the NCAA’s official men’s hoops metric — is Ohio State. The Buckeyes sit atop the NET rankings, which made its 2019-20 debut Monday. It’s the second straight season Ohio State has been the top team in the first version of the NET rankings. Here’s the initial top 20. 1. Ohio State2. Kansas3. San Diego State4. Butler5. Baylor6. Gonzaga7. Auburn8. Louisville9. Stanford10. Dayton11. Maryland12. West Virginia13. Duke14. Wichita State15. Arizona16. Memphis17. Oregon18. Penn State 19. Liberty20. Duquesne The NET rankings, which are in their second year of existence and are the most highly prioritized sorting system for Division I men’s basketball, will be viewable to the public every day for the remainder of the season. The NET is important because, like the (thankfully now-dead) RPI before it, it functions as the classification instrument that influences much of the…
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