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With Selection Sunday here for the NCAA Tournament, here's what to know about the NCAA's NET rankings and Quad win system used for March Madness.
March Madness will be officially underway in just a few hours when the full 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket is released. There are a handful of teams that are considered "locks" for the 68-team field that will get underway on Tuesday, March 17 with the first set of First Four games in Dayton. There are also a handful of teams that have already secured their spot in the field by way of winning their respective conference tournaments.
But as the countdown to the Selection Sunday bracket reveal show on CBS at 6 p. m. ET continues to tick down, there are some final bracket prognostications and debates ongoing about the bubble, which perhaps is as loaded as ever from past years.
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Join USA TODAY’s Bracket Challenge today! Though one never knows what exactly takes place in these conversations, especially those a part of the selection committee, one can almost be certain that NET rankings and Quad 1 records will be brought up at some point during them. But what exactly are quadrant wins, and how do they impact the NET rankings?
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