IMO they are going to lean hard into this one.
If you read the article, they basically provided 3 results metrics, (KPI, SOR, and RPI) and 3 predictive/performance metrics (KenPom, Sagarin, BPI) to the committee last season. We don't know how things will be weighted currently but this new NET metric is attempting to provide some sort of middle ground between Preditive and Results based metrics. I think that is about as good as they can do without having the members debate the vagaries between BPI and KPI.
I actually like the idea of using one metric primarily. That way we have a really good idea of who they will select, and if there is a huge outlier, it's something that can be really questioned and investigated.
This is presuming 2 things - we have at least a pretty good idea of what the NET formula is, and the committee makes itself available for real questioning in regard to who they pick for the tourney.