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Game Preview: NET Rankings are here, and the Longhorns have work to do

Joe Cookby:Joe Cook•12/04/24•

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Rodney Terry
Rodney Terry (Scott Wachter-Imagn Images)

NET, short for the NCAA Evaluation Tool, is the primary sorting tool for evaluating teams used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. The NCAA released the first NET rankings this week, and they were last updated on December 3.

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The Texas Longhorns are ranked No. 57 entering their road test against the NC State Wolfpack, and their trip to Raleigh gives Rodney Terry‘s team a chance to gain what is at this stage is likely a Quadrant 2 win.

The Longhorns are currently 6-1 with their sole loss on opening night versus Ohio State. The NCAA has not sorted individual games into quadrants quite yet, but Ohio State is likely to remain a Quadrant 1 game for quite some time.

Outside of the loss to the Buckeyes, Texas has not yet played a game considered to be Quadrant 2 or better. They’ll likely play two in the next two games, starting tonight against NC State then on Sunday versus Connecticut.

Here’s a look at the NET rankings among SEC teams. The Longhorns will start conference play on January 4.

The Southeastern Conference in NET

1 Tennessee

2 Auburn

7 Florida

9 Kentucky

15 Alabama

19 Georgia

26 Mississippi State

27 Ole Miss

35 Oklahoma

39 Texas A&M

42 Missouri

46 LSU

48 Arkansas

57 Texas

67 Vanderbilt

90 South Carolina

2024-25 Texas Longhorns

Tre Johnson, 6-foot-6, 190 lbs, Fr., Link Academy (Mo.), 21.1 pts, 2.9 reb, 2.0 ast

Arthur Kaluma, 6-foot-7, 225 lbs, Sr., Kansas State, 14.4 pts, 7.0 reb, 2.6 ast

Kadin Shedrick, 6-foot-11, 231 lbs, Gr.: 10.9 pts, 5.7 reb, 0.4 ast

Chendall Weaver, 6-foot-3, 180 lbs, Jr.: 6.7 pts, 6.3 reb, 1.7 ast

Julian Larry, 6-foot-3, 185 lbs, Gr., Indiana State: 8.3 pts, 2.1 reb, 3.6 ast

Jordan Pope, 6-foot-2, 175 lbs, Jr., Oregon State: 7.9 pts, 1.7 reb, 2.6 ast

Jayson Kent, 6-foot-8, 215 lbs, Gr., Indiana State: 6.5 pts, 2.8 reb, 1.0 ast

Ze’Rik Onyema, 6-foot-9, 235 lbs, Sr.: 4.0 pts, 2.3 reb, 0.4 ast

Tramon Mark, 6-foot-5, 200 lbs, Gr., Arkansas: 8.7 pts, 4.7 reb, 0.7 ast

Jamie Vinson, 6-foot-11, 225 lbs, Fr., Oak Hill Academy (Va.): 2.4 pts, 1.4 rebs, 0.2 ast

Devon Pryor, 6-foot-7, 185 lbs, So.: 2.5 pts, 2.0 reb, 0.5 ast

Cole Bott, 6-foot-6, 195 lbs, Gr. (walk-on): 0.0 pts, 0.3 rebs, 0.7 ast

Preston Clark, 6-foot-6, 220 lbs, R-So. (walk-on): 0.3 pts, 1.0 rebs, 0.3 ast

Nic Codie, 6-foot-8, 200 lbs, Fr., Dallas (Texas) Newman Smith: 0.0 pts, 0.7 reb, 0.0 ast

Malik Presley, 6-foot-6, 200 lbs, So., Vanderbilt

Anthon McDermott, 6-foot-5, 185 lbs, Fr., Hallsville (Texas) (walk-on)

Previous NC State starting five

G Michael O’Connell: 8.0 pts, 2.3 reb, 4.3 ast

G Jayden Taylor: 14.3 pts, 3.1 reb, 1.7 ast

G Trey Parker: 5.8 pts, 2.2 reb, 1.3 ast

F Brandon Huntley-Hatfield: 10.7 pts, 6.3 reb, 1.1 ast

G Dontrez Styles: 7.6 pts, 4.6 reb, 0.4 ast

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