So, during a break at work today (that I'm still on, really) I went over to the CBSSportsline.com website to check out college basketball scores, and decided to visit the conference standings section. Next to each team, in addition to overall record, etc., they also list the NET rating.
As of the moment, our beloved Cyclones come in at #219 for the NET score. I decided to read through each conference and see how many different teams from all of these different conferences, both Power 5, mid-major, and low-major alike, compared to us.
It's really f*cking ugly.
I'll paste the link if anyone wants to check it out for themselves, but the entire American Athletic Conference have better NET ratings then we do. 6 teams out of the MAAC have a better rating. 9 teams out of the 'effin Patriot League(!) have a better NET rating.
With the exception of the Ivy League, who isn't playing this season, every single conference in Division I basketball has at least one team that has a better NET rating than Iowa State, and yes, that does include the SWAC (Prairie View A&M) whom we are otherwise undefeated against.
Obviously we are really, really bad this season, but looking at all of these numbers really sheds a light on just how bad this season's team is; as in historically, all-time bad.
I really, really want us to beat TCU later on today if for no other reason so that we can at least jump ahead of teams like Bellarmine and Niagara.
Here's the link to the standings if you can stomach it;
As of the moment, our beloved Cyclones come in at #219 for the NET score. I decided to read through each conference and see how many different teams from all of these different conferences, both Power 5, mid-major, and low-major alike, compared to us.
It's really f*cking ugly.
I'll paste the link if anyone wants to check it out for themselves, but the entire American Athletic Conference have better NET ratings then we do. 6 teams out of the MAAC have a better rating. 9 teams out of the 'effin Patriot League(!) have a better NET rating.
With the exception of the Ivy League, who isn't playing this season, every single conference in Division I basketball has at least one team that has a better NET rating than Iowa State, and yes, that does include the SWAC (Prairie View A&M) whom we are otherwise undefeated against.
Obviously we are really, really bad this season, but looking at all of these numbers really sheds a light on just how bad this season's team is; as in historically, all-time bad.
I really, really want us to beat TCU later on today if for no other reason so that we can at least jump ahead of teams like Bellarmine and Niagara.
Here's the link to the standings if you can stomach it;