hhctony Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Number crunching getting more detailed. Without sending this place into a tizzy; we are closer than most of you think. In a battle for 36 at-large spots, I only see 23 really solid teams right now. You can really start some good beer conversation after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBigRed Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 What's disappointing is that the biggest argument against us seems to be "Lack of Signature Wins" because we are 3-7 against the Top 50...here is 31-54 (last bubble team in) against the Top 50. Green indicates CBSSports.com has them in as of today. 31 North Carolina 5-3 (7 seed) 32 Pittsburgh 1-6 (7 seed) 33 Minnesota 3-5 (10 seed) 34 Memphis 3-6 (6 seed) 35 Kansas State 6-4 (8 seed) 36 Louisville 3-4 (5 seed) 37 George Washington 2-3 (8 seed) 38 Missouri 1-2 (10 seed) 39 Richmond 2-5 40 BYU 2-5 41 Xavier 1-3 (9 seed) 42 Southern Miss 1-1 43 Saint Joseph's 2-5 (11 seed) 44 Oregon 1-6 45 Oklahoma State 3-8 (11 seed) 46 California 3-5 (9 seed) 47 North Dakota State 0-2 (13 seed auto bid) 48 Stanford 4-6 (9 seed) 49 SMU 3-3 (11 seed) 50 Baylor 4-7 (11 seed) 51 North Carolina State 0-7 52 St. John's 1-5 53. Nebraska 3-7 54. Tennessee 2-6 (12 seed) 10 games against Top 50...ranks among the most for teams fighting for the 7-12 seeds. 3-7 is nothing to be embarrassed about when Oklahoma State is 3-8 and in the field...Tennessee is 2-6 and in the field...Xavier is 1-3 and in the field...Pittsburgh is 1-7 and a 7 seed. Our top 50 wins are just fine for a team on the bubble. Sorry we played a bunch of damn good teams. We can't all be like Missouri and only play 3 top 50 teams. trickey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhctony Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 At this moment, Jerry Palm has Tennessee, Georgetown, Providence and St. Joe's as his last four-in. I dare you to tell me their resume, at present, is better than Nebraska's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhctony Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 I'll say this. Our schedule is going to get reviewed heavily in the next seven days. And, if we beat Penn State and Purdue, well..... That, Palm would have a team like Dayton in the first four out tells me he has not even looked at our games. throwback 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuttlesworth Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 The DCI index which is used in the Massey Ratings has us at 35. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhctony Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 All - I am going to take my time to review some resumes tonight so that I have a better handle of what is in front of us. That said, everyone should review MilesDavis' post because that is exactly what we are up against. By my count I had 23 at-large that are clearly better than us at this time. But we have to win to keep up. Very little room for error for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuled2dance Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Jerry palms interview today was brutal. I was shocked that Nick made such a big deal about this guy dealin us a blow. He had to correct him on our remaining games and I felt like the guy was really reaching. He clearly had not done his he to prepare. Hope they didn pay for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBigRed Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Jerry palms interview today was brutal. I was shocked that Nick made such a big deal about this guy dealin us a blow. He had to correct him on our remaining games and I felt like the guy was really reaching. He clearly had not done his he to prepare. Hope they didn pay for him. Good to know because he said tonight on BTN Live that if we don't win our next 5 in a row that we won't get in. They had Terran Petteway on too and he said they feel like they need 20 wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfrad Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Jerry palms interview today was brutal. I was shocked that Nick made such a big deal about this guy dealin us a blow. He had to correct him on our remaining games and I felt like the guy was really reaching. He clearly had not done his he to prepare. Hope they didn pay for him. I was listening to the 590 guys, and they said that we might get in if we go 8-1 in the next 9 games. They said that might be enough, I had to chuckle to myself. That was winning the last 6 games plus 2 in the tournament. That would be another 2 top 25 RPI wins, and possibly 2 top 100 road wins. That probably gets us a 7 seed. We would be 14-3 in our last 17 games, in the 2nd toughest conference in the country. They claimed that the Big 10 was down this year. The top of the conference is down, but the bottom of the conference is up. 2014 RPI's 6. Wisconsin 15. Ohio State 16. Michigan 18. Michigan State 24. Iowa 33. Minnesota 53. Nebraska 91. Illinois 102. Indiana 104. Northwestern 109. Purdue 114. Penn State Final RPI's 2013 6. Michigan State 9. Ohio State 11. Michigan 12. Indiana 30. Minnesota 31. Wisconsin 38. Illinois 61. Iowa 103. Nebraska 127. Purdue 164. Northwestern 183. Penn State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhctony Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Palm may be right but there is no want to tell. It is what everybody else does around you as well that matters. Perhaps a bubble watch thread of games is in order?? BLB115 and ShortDust 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortDust Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Palm may be right but there is no want to tell. It is what everybody else does around you as well that matters. Perhaps a bubble watch thread of games is in order?? Yes please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfrad Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 North Carolina goes on the road to beat Florida State. I don't think Florida State was in any brackets, but it can't hurt for them to lose. roscoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc1394 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 So are we happy Oklahoma state is going to lose this, or mad? Edit: spoke too soon. Who do we want to win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleitus Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Jerry palms interview today was brutal. I was shocked that Nick made such a big deal about this guy dealin us a blow. He had to correct him on our remaining games and I felt like the guy was really reaching. He clearly had not done his he to prepare. Hope they didn pay for him. I was listening to the 590 guys, and they said that we might get in if we go 8-1 in the next 9 games. They said that might be enough, I had to chuckle to myself. That was winning the last 6 games plus 2 in the tournament. That would be another 2 top 25 RPI wins, and possibly 2 top 100 road wins. That probably gets us a 7 seed. We would be 14-3 in our last 17 games, in the 2nd toughest conference in the country. They claimed that the Big 10 was down this year. The top of the conference is down, but the bottom of the conference is up. Better than a 7 seed in those circumstances IMO... probably a 5 if we did that -- no joke. That would be winning 11 of our last 12, and 14 of our last 17, including 5-2 against teams in the RPI top 25 (win vs ohio state, michigan loss, msu win, wiscy would be a win, plus 2 wins in the big ten tournament as either a 3 or 4 seed -- which means we'd face 3 straight teams in the tournament with an RPI better than 25). That would jump our RPI into roughly the mid to low 20's... and a 1-2 seed jump over your RPI placing when a team is THAT hot isn't abnormal. This isn't the Ivy league we're talking about. This is the big ten and the selection committee knows it. We're in better shape than you think if we take care of business. Things get real interesting if we go 6-0. Don't expect it but let's not be so down on where we're at -- we're in pretty good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timforthewin Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hypothetically speaking, if we make the dance and earn the 12 seed play-in game, will us fans treat it as a legit tourney win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uneblinstu Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I will. A win is a win. Get'r done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred4 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 On cbssportsline they have a team comparison. .so its beee interesting comparing other teams to Nebraska. Take Minnesota. .we both have 3 road/neutral wins, we have 5 top 100 wins to their 4...we have a better conference record..we have been hotter than them and we beat them. They have a better RPI than us. .but everything else points to our resume being stronger yet they are a ten seed and we are barely on the bubble. Doesn't make a lot of sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcmatt Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hypothetically speaking, if we make the dance and earn the 12 seed play-in game, will us fans treat it as a legit tourney win? Assuming we win it...yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerFever Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hypothetically speaking, if we make the dance and earn the 12 seed play-in game, will us fans treat it as a legit tourney win? Assuming we win it...yes! Let's just play it safe and at least win the 'first round' and the actual first round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handy Johnson Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 We need to beat the Drunken Cheeseheads. Not only to ramp up our resume' and improve our B1G seeding, but running the table on a 9 game winning streak will pop the bubble once and for all. Illini and IU games will be tricky, but they should call us butter cuz "We're on a roll"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc1394 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 According to today's update of bracket matrix we appeared in 2 of 81 NCAA bracket projections today. A 12 seed on both occasions. So according to 2 prognosticators, we are in! For those who haven't been here, this is a cool site. The Bracket Project bracketmatrix.com Make that 3 brackets now. Movin up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb5856 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 According to today's update of bracket matrix we appeared in 2 of 81 NCAA bracket projections today. A 12 seed on both occasions. So according to 2 prognosticators, we are in! For those who haven't been here, this is a cool site. The Bracket Project bracketmatrix.com Make that 3 brackets now. Movin up Nice. At least 3 people have it right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hskr4life Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhctony Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Man. Minnesota is in EVERY BRACKET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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