VIDEO: John Calipari Takes Subtle Shot at Duke Over Net Ratings
John Calipari is not one to keep quiet when he feels there has been an injustice. On Saturday, after the Kentucky Wildcats' wild comeback 71-70 victory over the Florida Gators, Calipari was unsurprisingly very vocal when discussing the current NET ratings. Calipari, who has a 10-year contract with Kentucky, doesn't have to worry about watching what he says as much anymore. And spoiler alert: when discussing the hated Duke University and their NET ratings, as compared to Kentucky's, he didn't.
Cal with a shot at Duke and the NET rankings pic.twitter.com/sRvdJYNoqC
— Shawn Smith (@gbbcountry) March 7, 2020
Coach Cal is absolutely correct. Why would a team which has lost three of its last four games to unranked opponents not even go down one spot in the NCAA's NET rankings? Something here seems a bit fishy.
In the Associated Press (AP) top 25 rankings, Duke dropped five spots from seventh to 12th due to those losses.
Duke has lost 3 of its last 4 to unranked opponents and has yet to drop from #6 in the NET rankings. This is apparently how the new math works. https://t.co/wymra5TVEr
— Alan Cornett (@alancornett) March 1, 2020
In only the NET ratings' second season of being implemented, there have been plenty of issues with the system already. Last year, FSU won a matchup against Wake Forest, and somehow moved down two spots, behind less-talented teams which FSU had already defeated.
So #FSU beat Wake by 7 on the road and dropped 2 spots in the NCAA's NET rankings. At 25-6 and 13-5 in the ACC, FSU sits at 19 in the NET rankings now. Behind Auburn (22-9), Wisconsin (21-9), Wofford (27-4), and Virginia Tech (23-7 including a H2H loss to FSU),
— Wayne McGahee III (@WayneMcGaheeIII) March 10, 2019
Calipari is absolutely right. Something has to be done about this rankings system, as it clearly has some issues that need to be fixed.