2024 Bracketology

Hayseed said:
If we win out, are we a 6 or 7 seed? Someone explain why Creighton with the same record is a 3 or 4 seed? Are they a legacy like Pinto and Flounder of the Delta house and get an easy start?
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Thedy didn't get blown out by Iowa, Maryland, Wisconsin & Creighton.  Huskers are playing really well right now, but the Huskers have some blowout losses earlier in the season.  Creighton is 12-8 in quads 1-2, Huskers are 7-8.

 
ECisGod said:
Thedy didn't get blown out by Iowa, Maryland, Wisconsin & Creighton.  Huskers are playing really well right now, but the Huskers have some blowout losses earlier in the season.  Creighton is 12-8 in quads 1-2, Huskers are 7-8.
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Thank you!  This is what I was getting at.  It's very simple: quad 1 & 2 record.  Big 10 is getting very little respect due to the blue bloods being at the bottom of the conference.

 
Creighton's NET is 11. Nebraska's is 41. Simplest way to describe the discrepancy. Don't bother with the polls they don't mean much for March Madness.

For further reason as to why they look different with similar records is that the B1G isn't very good and if I remember right we only got Purdue, Illinois, Wiscy, and MSU once so really about as weak of a conference SOS as you can get. Creighton is also tied for the most road wins in the Power 6 which the computers love, something basically every pundit said for weeks was holding Nebraska's resume back.

 
Omaha-Husker said:
Creighton's NET is 11. Nebraska's is 41. Simplest way to describe the discrepancy. Don't bother with the polls they don't mean much for March Madness.

For further reason as to why they look different with similar records is that the B1G isn't very good and if I remember right we only got Purdue, Illinois, Wiscy, and MSU once so really about as weak of a conference SOS as you can get. Creighton is also tied for the most road wins in the Power 6 which the computers love, something basically every pundit said for weeks was holding Nebraska's resume back.
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Polls never mean anything in basketball.

The B1G is the second best conference in most computer rankings (behind the Big 12).  They don't have any truly horrible teams - Michigan is the worst in the NET at 120.  There are 4 teams in the NET top 25 & ten in the top 80.

Big East is 4th, but are really pulled down by DePaul being at 320 & Georgetown at 198.  The other 9 teams are all in the top 65.

 
The most realistic scenario for Nebraska to play in Omaha is being the 10 in the West, although if they go on a run in the Big Ten tournament, the 7 in the West could be in play. 

 
Hayseed said:
Someone explain why Creighton with the same record is a 3 or 4 seed? Are they a legacy like Pinto and Flounder of the Delta house and get an easy start?
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Creighton has the 12th toughest schedule in the country while Nebraska has the 43rd toughest schedule (and we're probably gonna drop a bit because the last 3 games are against the dregs of the Big Ten). Also Creighton is 2.5 games better in Quad 1&2 games. The pitiful nonconference scheduling was always going to prevent us from locking in a 5 seed or better without a really dominant conference record. 

 
Omaha-Husker said:
Creighton's NET is 11. Nebraska's is 41. Simplest way to describe the discrepancy. Don't bother with the polls they don't mean much for March Madness.

For further reason as to why they look different with similar records is that the B1G isn't very good and if I remember right we only got Purdue, Illinois, Wiscy, and MSU once so really about as weak of a conference SOS as you can get. Creighton is also tied for the most road wins in the Power 6 which the computers love, something basically every pundit said for weeks was holding Nebraska's resume back.
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We split with Wisconsin this year, but otherwise yeah, exactly this. Not playing anyone except Creighton and KSU in the nonconference + lucking out with the easiest possible conference schedule kind of put a cap on Nebraska's seeding possibilities this year without doing something crazy like running the table in the B1G

 
SouthLincoln Husker said:
Thank you!  This is what I was getting at.  It's very simple: quad 1 & 2 record.  Big 10 is getting very little respect due to the blue bloods being at the bottom of the conference.
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Yeah, Big Ten is way down this year.  

That is okay though...NU getting a 10 seed is fine...the next seed they would want is a 7.  

8/9 sucks.

 
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