VectorVictor
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Bracketology
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ScottyIce
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A little more information:
Louisville: vs Virginia & @ NC State (Going to be a tough road, but unfortunately if they win either, they are probably locked in)
USC: vs UCLA (both on bubble, winner probably gets a spot)
Baylor: vs OU & @ KState (not sure why they are in right not, but hopefully they lose 2 and are done)
Texas: @ Kansas & vs WV (they are done, shouldn't even be in consideration)
Syracuse: @ BC & vs Clemson (I like our chances here)
UCLA: @ USC
NEB: JWB
Miss. State: vs Tennessee & @ LSU (looks good for us here too)
I still don't really fully understand what is going on with K-State, Florida, VT, Miami, St. Bon & OU...but the next couple weeks will provide the clarity needed.
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ColoradoHusk
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It's discouraging to see the "bracket experts" not penalize teams when they lose games this late in the season, because they consider them "good losses". I guess all that matters now is good wins and bad losses.
It would be great to see the NCAA selection committee give a big middle finger to the "bracket experts" in the media, and put NU comfortably in the tournament, but that is probably wishful thinking.
It would be great to see the NCAA selection committee give a big middle finger to the "bracket experts" in the media, and put NU comfortably in the tournament, but that is probably wishful thinking.
BIG ERN
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There has only been 1 P6 team in NCAA history to win 22 regular season games (record) and not make the tournament--- 2009 Florida. They won their 1st game of the SEC tourney to get to 23 wins, lost second game. 23 wins is also tied for the highest total wins without making the tournament. The field changed to 68 teams in 2011 so we would technically be the first team ever if we lost to Michigan and didn't get in.
deedsker
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https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/team/nebraska-cornhuskers/bracketology
Team Rankings thinks we are more than likely in. :dunno
Team Rankings thinks we are more than likely in. :dunno
Blackshirts007
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I think we can all agree the next few weeks waiting are going to be miserable.
HS_Coach_C
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A couple things I hope the committee looks at that can't really be measured:
Nebraska beat Mississippi State in an away exhibition game. They are a fellow bubble team. Yeah exhibition, but still. NU had a 23 point lead in that game.
Nebraska's loss to UCF looks worse than it was. The game was in Orlando, so if it was counted as an away game our RPI would be 4 spots higher than it is because it was a "neutral site" game. UCF also had Tacko Fall for that game, and he's been out much of the rest of the year with an injury. He's one of their leading scorers and best defenders.
Minnesota was ranked #14 when Nebraska beat them in December - before they had injuries and suspensions that made them terrible.
The St. John's loss looks worse than it is. It's a very talented, albeit wildly inconsistent team, that knocked off Villanova and Duke. Nebraska also played them when they had Marcus Lovett who averaged 32.7 minutes per game. He was injured not long after that.
The Boston College win is better than it looks. BC beat Duke, Florida St., & Miami, and they had close losses to Virginia, Clemson, & at Miami.
Outside of the Illinois loss (who also beat fellow bubble team Missouri) Nebraska has taken care of business against teams with lower RPI's than them.
Of the 6 games against top 50 RPI teams, they only got 2 at home, with a big win over Michigan and a 1 point loss to potential 1-seed Kansas.
There have only been 2 games all year where Nebraska didn't compete well (St. John's & Michigan St.) and both of those were very early in the year.
Nebraska beat Mississippi State in an away exhibition game. They are a fellow bubble team. Yeah exhibition, but still. NU had a 23 point lead in that game.
Nebraska's loss to UCF looks worse than it was. The game was in Orlando, so if it was counted as an away game our RPI would be 4 spots higher than it is because it was a "neutral site" game. UCF also had Tacko Fall for that game, and he's been out much of the rest of the year with an injury. He's one of their leading scorers and best defenders.
Minnesota was ranked #14 when Nebraska beat them in December - before they had injuries and suspensions that made them terrible.
The St. John's loss looks worse than it is. It's a very talented, albeit wildly inconsistent team, that knocked off Villanova and Duke. Nebraska also played them when they had Marcus Lovett who averaged 32.7 minutes per game. He was injured not long after that.
The Boston College win is better than it looks. BC beat Duke, Florida St., & Miami, and they had close losses to Virginia, Clemson, & at Miami.
Outside of the Illinois loss (who also beat fellow bubble team Missouri) Nebraska has taken care of business against teams with lower RPI's than them.
Of the 6 games against top 50 RPI teams, they only got 2 at home, with a big win over Michigan and a 1 point loss to potential 1-seed Kansas.
There have only been 2 games all year where Nebraska didn't compete well (St. John's & Michigan St.) and both of those were very early in the year.
VectorVictor
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Well, this is encouraging.
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MileHighHusker
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If only we had that Kansas game. If we don't make the tournament I'm going to regret having gone to that game. Only game I went to all season and only home loss.
Minnesota_husker
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That game and the Ohio State game loom large. A win in either gives us enough ammunition but now who knows.