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A closer look at Tennessee's NET ranking, Quad 1 record and remaining Quad 1 games

IMG_3593by:Grant Ramey•about 20 hours•

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Felix Okpara, Tennessee Basketball | Scott Wachter-Imagn Images
(Scott Wachter-Imagn Images) Jan 11, 2025; Austin, Texas, USA; Tennessee Volunteers forward Felix Okpara (34) reacts after drawing a foul while scoring against the Texas Longhorns during the first half at Moody Center.

Tennessee Basketball’s 74-70 win at Texas Saturday night at the Moody Center in Austin was the fourth Quad 1 win of the season for the Vols. It was also the second of a run of what is currently eight straight Quad 1 games, a sign of things to come with SEC play underway.

The Vols have 15 games left on schedule, with 12 of the 15 being Quad 1 games. The only exceptions are a pair of Quad 2 games (Missouri and Vanderbilt at home) and a Quad 3 game (South Carolina at home).

Tennessee dropped to No. 6 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the Coaches Poll on Monday, as a result of the 73-43 loss at No. 5 Florida last week, a Quad 1 loss and the only loss of the season so far for the Vols.

Tennessee (15-1, 2-1 SEC) will look to add its first Quad 1 home win when it faces No. 23 Georgia (14-2, 2-1) on Wednesday (8 p.m. Eastern Time, SEC Network). The Bulldogs entered the rankings on Monday after home wins over Kentucky and Oklahoma last week.

The Vols are No. 4 in the NET rankings, behind No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Duke and No. 3 Houston. Tennessee is one of 12 teams with four Quad 1 wins. Two teams (Auburn and Oregon) have seven Quad 1 wins and two teams have five (Duke and Marquette).

Tennessee has a 1-0 record in Quad 2, a 4-0 record in Quad 3 and a 6-0 record in Quad 4.

The NCAA’s Quadrant system is divided by NET ranking of opponents and games played at home, away and at neutral sites:

NCAA QuadrantsHomeAwayNeutral
Quad 11-301-501-75
Quad 231-7551-10076-135
Quad 376-160101-200135-240
Quad 4161-353201-353241-353
NCAA Quadrant System

Tennessee’s Remaining Games

Remaining Quad 1 Games (NET): (26) Georgia, Wednesday; (42) at Vanderbilt, Saturday; (18) Mississippi State, Jan. 21; (1) at Auburn, Jan. 25; (13) Kentucky, Jan. 28; (8) Florida, Feb. 1; (17) at Oklahoma, Feb. 8; (13) at Kentucky, Feb. 11; (17) at Texas A&M, Feb. 22; (68) at LSU, Feb. 25; (5) Alabama, March 1; (23) at Ole Miss, March 5

Remaining Quad 2 Games: (34) Missouri, Feb. 5; (42) Vanderbilt, Feb. 15

Remaining Quad 3 Game: (91) South Carolina, March 8

Quad 1

(NET) OpponentW/LScoreLocation
(35) LouisvilleWin77-55Away
(20) BaylorWin77-62Neutral
(9) IllinoisWin66-64Away
(5) FloridaLoss73-43Away
(39) TexasWin74-70Away
Tennessee Quad 1 Games

Quad 2

(NET) OpponentW/LScoreLocation
(23) ArkansasWin76-52Home
Tennessee Quad 2 Games

Quad 3

(NET) OpponentW/LScoreLocation
(136) VirginiaWin64-42Neutral
(143) SyracuseWin96-70Home
(102) MTSUWin82-64Home
(149) Norfolk StateWin67-52Home
Tennessee Quad 3 Games

Quad 4

(NET) OpponentW/LScoreLocation
(248) Gardner-WebbWin80-64Home
(202) MontanaWin92-57Home
(301) Austin PeayWin103-68Home
(272) UT MartinWin78-35Home
(207) MiamiWin75-62Neutral
(340) Western CarolinaWin84-36Home
Tennessee Quad 4 Games

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