[Papa John]

The NCAA's NET rankings are still not convinced that the Stanford men are for real. We moved up from 58 to 53 after last night's win over UA. 

Remaining schedule with NET/Quadrant rankings as of today:
@ ASU--NET 120/Quadrant 2
vs USC--23/1
@ Cal--174/3
vs Cal--174/4
vs Colorado--17/1
vs Utah--106/3
@ UW--194/3
@ WSU--124/2
@ USC--23/1
vs Oregon--51/2
vs Oregon State--146/3

Note that quadrants change with NET rankings, so it's really the end of season NET rankings that matter. For the sake of argument, I'm going to assume that these rankings remain stable.

Being a bubble team, Stanford probably needs to achieve the following to ensure an NCAA bid:
1-2 in remaining Quadrant 1 games (currently 2-4)
2-1 in remaining Quadrant 2 games (currently 2-1)
4-0 in remaining Quadrant 3 games (currently 3-0)
1-0 in the remaining Quadrant 4 game (currently 3-0)

That would put Stanford at 18-8 (14-6), with a 3-6 record versus Q1 and 4-2 record versus Q2 teams. 14-6 should be good enough to ensure an opening round game against a quadrant 3 or 4 team (must win!) in the Pac-12 tournament.

[Papa John]

The NCAA's NET rankings are still not convinced that the Stanford men are for real. We moved up from 58 to 53 after last night's win over UA. 

Remaining schedule with NET/Quadrant rankings as of today:
@ ASU--NET 120/Quadrant 2
vs USC--23/1
@ Cal--174/3
vs Cal--174/4
vs Colorado--17/1
vs Utah--106/3
@ UW--194/3
@ WSU--124/2
@ USC--23/1
vs Oregon--51/2
vs Oregon State--146/3

Note that quadrants change with NET rankings, so it's really the end of season NET rankings that matter. For the sake of argument, I'm going to assume that these rankings remain stable.

Being a bubble team, Stanford probably needs to achieve the following to ensure an NCAA bid:
1-2 in remaining Quadrant 1 games (currently 2-4)
2-1 in remaining Quadrant 2 games (currently 2-1)
4-0 in remaining Quadrant 3 games (currently 3-0)
1-0 in the remaining Quadrant 4 game (currently 3-0)

That would put Stanford at 18-8 (14-6), with a 3-6 record versus Q1 and 4-2 record versus Q2 teams. 14-6 should be good enough to ensure an opening round game against a quadrant 3 or 4 team (must win!) in the Pac-12 tournament.