Nebrasketball vs Wisconsin
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Right now Lunardi has Michigan State, Maryland, Michigan, and Purdue as the only 4 in with OSU and Minnesota on the outside looking in. I think best case scenario we get 6 in and for us to get in we are gonna need all 22 of those wins. Damnit we needed to beat KU and Creighton.
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Taylor, Duby, Copeland, Allen, Watson, Palmer
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How Minnesota is considered a bubble team but Nebraska is not, is beyond me. They have beaten absolutely nobody, and NU beat them pretty handily.
I would like to see Okeke play more, but I have to assume he's just not bringing enough effort in practice. Don't know why else he would be strapped to the bench, given how thin the Huskers are inside.
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Miles won't play him in crunch time because he is lucky to draw rim on free throws. But then again, I believe they had 3 timeouts left. If it was me, I would call timeout if Wisky scored and sub him out offense for defense the last couple posessions.
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Well, their center accused of sexual assault started practicing with them again today. So there's that.
That's understandable but I'm not really talking about crunch time. He just doesn't seem to be getting many minutes at all.
The only way this team gets into the NCAA tournament is by winning the Big Ten tournament. We're 78th in RPI and have no ranked teams left on our schedule.
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Ahhh. Fun hater. Just when I was considering maybe getting excited, here you come with the facts.
Thank you for straightening me out (seriously)
I typically would agree with this, but without him tonight we probably don't win the game. Watson on the other hand looked like crap tonight, worst I have ever seen him play since putting on a Nebraska uniform... Yet we still won! It feels good to have our best player suck and still win convincingly... Meaning the game was never truly in doubt the final couple minutes of the game.
Saw it on BTN, winning in the last few minutes. Great game ! GBR
I like Watson as a ball-handler and on-ball defender, but he takes some of the worst contested midrange shots. Either jack up a three or take it to the rim.
I believe there is a stat that says only a couple of B1G teams that have finished 10-8 in conference or better have been left out of the NCAA tourney. If we win 12 of 18 we will be a 6 seed or better.
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You mean bench our top scoring player? C'mon.. Palmer needs to be on the court at all times
Not even close to accurate. The schedule is manageable for 20 to 21 wins. The key is avoiding bad losses. right now, they don't have any.
Can we not find someone better than Evan Taylor to eat some minutes? That guy is a liability every time he steps on the court.
Everybody making comments like "I didnt realize we lost tonight", you're being a politician.
You know it's not that simple.
Saying we should be happy with a 2 point win over this crappy team because we're historically not good is simplification at its finest.
The issue is that when we win games like this, it's due to the pure talent on the team. They win despite the poor coaching.
You know it's not that simple.
Saying we should be happy with a 2 point win over this crappy team because we're historically not good is simplification at its finest.
The issue is that when we win games like this, it's due to the pure talent on the team. They win despite the poor coaching.
This thread is embarrassing. You guys act like Nebraska has been to two final fours and two Sweet 16’s the past 4 seasons.. Oh wait...
If you look at schedules the rest of the way, I think a very good argument can be made that both Penn State and Nebraska finish with better records than Maryland and Minnesota. In fact, I think the Gophers could end up with a losing record in the conference.
Agree about Nebraska - not too sure about Penn State. Their conference wins are over an Iowa team that can’t get out of its own way and a pretty lackluster Northwestern. They’ve already lost to Wisconsin and Indiana, which this year are teams you need to beat in order to finish high in the conference standings.
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Heading into the season I’d have agreed that Watson is our best player but halfway through, he’s third best (at best). If his light comes on, this team could actually become special.
I get that the Big Ten is down but if NU can find a way to get to 11 regular Big Ten season wins we will be on the radar. Normally that would make us a lock but not this year unfortunately. Last night a win moved our RPI from 79 to 76...so it's going to be a tough hill to climb. Winning on the road at PSU would really help in that regard. I think at minimum we need to go 8-1 at home in the Big Ten to have a chance and IMO that's very doable.
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but their schedule is toast. Jim Delaney and his uneven scheduling for Basketball and Football may create a big problem for the league by season's end. Its going to benefit the Huskers, so I can't complain.
Wisconsin is a bad basketball team this year. But, they also have an uncanny ability to muddy things up and make it look very ugly for them and the other team. Just win baby. With that said, the Big 10 is as bad as its going to be for a long time IMO. I really thought the league would be solid this year but not so much. If Miles can't make it to the big dance with what many believe is his most athletic and most talented team then he should be given his walking papers.
People saying who is playing in the NCAA tourney in early January is similar to football "gurus" telling us what bowl we would be playing in December or January. That really didn't work out well. Minnesota is not going to the tourney. Lynch is practicing (it is a Pitino coaching) but the school just said he should be kicked out. He won't be back. I think if we have 22 wins and no bad losses we will make it in. And right now we have no bad losses.
Yeah but Penn State still has to play at OSU, at MSU and at Purdue - which are likely losses. They also have to go to Lincoln and play Michigan at home. So I just don't see a lot of wins left for Penn State, whereas Nebraska at least has its two least-winnable games behind them.
I tend to agree with this. There are different paths to the tourney, and right now Nebraska's is to pile up wins over mostly mediocre teams and hope that the W-L record outweighs what will likely be a soft RPI.
And NU did finish the non-conference slate without the usual inexplicable loss, which helps. St. John's, however, is doing its best to make that a bad loss - Johnnies lost at home last night to Georgetown and remain winless in Big East play. Seems like just a couple of weeks ago the basketball pundits were all slobbering over Chris Mullin as if he was going to take them to the Sweet Sixteen.
Yeah, that loss could start to haunt them. But the saving grace was it was played in November. The committee tends to weigh those games with less value.
The good news is the following:
UCF is going to push for a league title.
KU will finish 1 or 2 in the Big 12.
Michigan State and Purdue are going to finish in the top 10.
Creighton is going to push for top 3 in the Big East.
Agree, plus Wisconsin has Ethan Happ, who would be the best player on our team. I see the issues with the game last night, but I don't think they're getting enough credit for the W. I think they're still getting better and if that continues I'm excited.
I could see NU getting to 20 wins and then not making the NCAA
At PSU- around 50/50
Illinois W
MI- around 50/50
at OSU- loss
at Rutgers around 50/50
Iowa- W
at Wisconsin around 50/50
at Minnesota around 50/50
Rutgers- W
Maryland- L
at Illinois 50/50
Indiana- W
PSU- W
That means conservatively NU if they win 2 of the 6 50/50 type games- should end up regular season at 19-12, win one game in the tourney and end up
20-13 and head to the NIT. With losing just Duby, Taylor and Gill, NU looks to return a senior laden team with some young talent like Allen and Nana that could make some noise in 2019. Miles always seems to add someone that can be an immediate help- and hopefully is able to retain everyone he wants to. McViey will transfer- not a huge loss.
Or win the games you should and get half of the 50/50 games or better and end up with 21-22 wins and maybe be on the bubble. Tough to win on the road- That's being VERY optimistic
Next 3 games- then Rutgers away- will make or break the season
At PSU- around 50/50
Illinois W
MI- around 50/50
at OSU- loss
at Rutgers around 50/50
Iowa- W
at Wisconsin around 50/50
at Minnesota around 50/50
Rutgers- W
Maryland- L
at Illinois 50/50
Indiana- W
PSU- W
That means conservatively NU if they win 2 of the 6 50/50 type games- should end up regular season at 19-12, win one game in the tourney and end up
20-13 and head to the NIT. With losing just Duby, Taylor and Gill, NU looks to return a senior laden team with some young talent like Allen and Nana that could make some noise in 2019. Miles always seems to add someone that can be an immediate help- and hopefully is able to retain everyone he wants to. McViey will transfer- not a huge loss.
Or win the games you should and get half of the 50/50 games or better and end up with 21-22 wins and maybe be on the bubble. Tough to win on the road- That's being VERY optimistic
Next 3 games- then Rutgers away- will make or break the season
We just need to throw in some pattern stuff...flex cut and screens, once in awhile, to get guys moving and screening. Seeing too much unstructured, 5-man-scatter (high school-read and react) or 4-man (guys without ball) statue drill that looks like an NBA idea. More pick, pop, and mid-range...please! Can always get a 3-ball off, at some point. Needs to be either wide open, in rhythm, or last resort, IMO.
Iowa went 10-8 in the Big Ten last year, when the conference was much stronger, and they had 5 wins against Top 50 RPI teams. Granted they did only have 18 total wins and a bad loss to UNO - but they had a lot more good wins than we will have. Syracuse went 10-8 in the ACC last year and also had 5 Top 50 RPI wins, and didn't get in either. 10 conference wins will not get us in the tournament - especially since Ohio State is the only team left on our schedule in the RPI Top 50.
The Big Ten is seen as being way down this year. I don't think more than 4 will get in. The Top 3 seemed to be pretty locked in. I think Michigan and Maryland have the edge right now for the last spot, with Minnesota also in the hunt.
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