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Maybe, but one of those wins better be over Maryland, Michigan or Ohio State. The other remaining games will make for nice wins, but they’re not really resume boosters.
I had to drive to Omaha to fly out for work tomorrow. Pavelka is awesome! You never realize how much you miss a radio broadcast, until you do.
Maybe, but Penn State is in a free fall and I don’t see many wins left on Northwestern’s schedule.
I really think the Huskers will win more than three games down the stretch. But the point of my response was that IF they only win three more, they’re probably back on the bubble.
If Nebraska goes 9-11 in Big 10 play they have a 81.2% chance of making the dance. This site will show you all the odds you need.
NW is down 2 starters including their best player. Really should win at least 3 of 4 of them, psu on the road, Iowa, and Minnesota.
Win at least 1 of MD and Mich at home. Win the first one in the conference tourney.
That's 21 wins and we're easily in.
Win at least 1 of MD and Mich at home. Win the first one in the conference tourney.
That's 21 wins and we're easily in.
Not sure we're quite that high, but I don't consider myself a bracket expert. If we can get MD and Mich both, that would be huge. We're still only #49 in the NET, even after today. The USC and rutgers losses are hurting us there.
Yea very odd at our lack of upward movement #49 NET. We have more quad 1 wins than 15 of the 20 teams ahead of us and NU has zero quad 3/4 losses.
KenPom is more inline with reality - #39
Yeah I think the Huskers are in pretty good shape, but still need to take care of some business down the stretch. Beating another tournament team or two would take the drama out of Selection Sunday.
NET uses school past history which IMO makes it my least used metric when I look for tournament teams.
Teams like North Carolina
They are ranked 5 spots ahead of Nebraska and there is not one metric that is higher than ours. According to BPI our strength of schedule is 45th and NC is 67th... so even that isn't higher this year, but some how they are ranked higher than NU in both the BPI and NET. It makes zero sence.
NC is 14-10 overall and Nebraska is 16-8
Nebraska is 5-6 vs Q1 and North Carolina is 1-9
I usually write more, but those two metrics alone should show you how flawed the BPI and NET are.
BPI
NC = 30
NU = 43
NET
NC = 46
NU = 49
There is something wrong with both of those metrics, and IMO should not be used like they are. North Carolinas history should have nothing to do with this years team. No way should they even be close to where they are sitting right now.
NU's 5 best wins
@Creighton
@Oregon
UCLA
Illinois
Ohio State
NC best wins
UCLA
PITT
Dayton
GT
@Hawaii
SMU
NO way should NC be ranked higher
I totally agree with you, but unfortunately NET still seems to carry quite a bit of weight with the committee. Last year Wisconsin had a similar resume to Nebraska except they had more "good losses" in the non-conference so their NET was 23. Badgers were gifted a #5 seed and NU got stuck in the 8-9 game.
