Utah State guard Steven Ashworth, left, and Utah Tech guard Cameron Gooden chase the ball through the first half of an NCAA school basketball recreation Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in Logan. Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal by way of Related Press
Earlier this week, the NET rankings debuted for the 2022-23 school basketball season.
They offered a glimpse at how every of the seven Division I Utah faculties stack up nationally slightly over a month into the season.
What did they present?
They backed up the robust begins for Utah State and Utah, supporting the thought each historically robust packages will likely be in competition for the NCAA Event and even convention titles.
As for the remainder, the state’s three Western Athletic Convention faculties — Utah Valley, Utah Tech and Southern Utah — sit squarely in the course of their conferences, whereas BYU and Weber State are having actually tough seasons, and sure much more tough instances forward.
Right here’s the place every Utah program sits within the NET rankings heading into this weekend’s play, what their report is to date towards opponents utilizing the NCAA’s quadrant system and who every group performs within the coming weeks.
The place do Utah faculties rank within the newest NET rankings?
No. 17: Utah State (7-0)
- 2-0 vs. Quad 2, 5-0 vs. Quad 3.
- The Aggies are highest-ranked amongst Mountain West Convention groups, forward of New Mexico (28), UNLV (38), Nevada (40), San Diego State (51) and Boise State (55).
- Up subsequent is Utah State’s fourth matchup towards a WCC opponent, No. 89 Loyola Marymount, in Las Vegas this Saturday, and the Aggies will play on the Diamond Head Traditional the week of Christmas in a subject that features Seattle (71), their first-round matchup, Iona (34) and Washington State (62).
No. 18: Utah (8-2)
- 2-2 vs. Quad 1, 2-0 vs. Quad 3, 4-0 vs. Quad 4.
- Utah is second amongst Pac-12 Convention groups, behind solely UCLA (14) and forward of Arizona (27), Arizona State (30), Colorado (53) and Washington State (62).
- The Utes, who beat Jacksonville State 99-65 on Thursday, play two groups ranked 200 or under — UTSA (Tuesday) and BYU (Saturday) — subsequent week.
No. 134: Utah Valley (5-4)
- 0-2 vs. Quad 1, 0-1 vs. Quad 2, 1-0 vs. Quad 3, 2-1 vs. Quad 4.
- UVU is sixth amongst WAC groups, intently trailing New Mexico State (108), Tarleton State (118) and Grand Canyon (130) — the WAC’s high groups are Sam Houston (20) and Seattle (71).
- The Wolverines, recent off a 75-60 victory over BYU, play at Northern Arizona (272) this Saturday and have a recreation at Oregon (84) on Dec. 20 of their ultimate recreation earlier than convention play.
No. 151: Utah Tech (4-5)
- 0-3 vs. Quad 1, 0-1 vs. Quad 2, 1-0 vs. Quad 3, 3-1 vs. Quad 4
- Utah Tech is seventh amongst WAC groups and the center of three straight Utah WAC faculties within the NET rankings.
- The Trailblazers play Division III opponent Chapman on Friday, and their subsequent Division I opponent is residence towards Lindenwood (324) on Dec. 22.
No. 181: Southern Utah (6-4)
- 0-2 vs. Quad 1, 0-1 vs. Quad 3, 2-1 vs. Quad 4
- Southern Utah is eighth amongst WAC groups, simply forward of Stephen F. Austin (187) and California Baptist (201).
- The T-Birds play Cal State Fullerton (212) in a neutral-site recreation in Las Vegas on Saturday and have a matchup at a Pac-12 program — Colorado (53) — within the ultimate recreation earlier than convention play.
No. 213: BYU (5-5)
- 0-1 vs. Quad 1, 0-1 vs. Quad 2, 1-2 vs. Quad 3, 3-1 vs. Quad 4.
- BYU is eighth amongst West Coast Convention groups — seventh-place Portland is No. 139 — and forward of solely San Diego (232) and Pacific (251).
- The Cougars play Creighton (32) in Las Vegas this Saturday, forward of every week that features video games towards Division II Western Oregon (Thursday) and residential towards No. 18 Utah (Saturday).
No. 328: Weber State (2-7)
- 0-3 vs. Quad 2, 0-3 vs. Quad 3, 1-1 vs. Quad 4.
- Weber State is tenth (final) amongst Huge Sky packages, trailing most intently Japanese Washington (271) and Northern Arizona (272).
- The Wildcats play Division II Saint Martin’s on Saturday and have in-state street video games at Utah State (Dec. 19) and BYU (Dec. 22) within the subsequent two weeks.