NCAA Tournament Projections

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, uneblinstu said:

Wait...why is the MSU game here a probable L?

 

1.  4- and 5-star recruits hitting stride; and

2.  I think we snuck a couple away from them the last 3 years and our luck as far as that goes has to run out sometime.

[HuskerFever]

9 minutes ago, 49r said:

Perfect!  Arrested Development has to be one of the greatest shows of all time.

 

The greatest show that nobody watched when it aired.

[HuskerFever]

Just now, Norm Peterson said:

2.  I think we snuck a couple away from them the last 3 years and our luck as far as that goes has to run out sometime.

 

So you're saying Miles might have a chance next year against the-team-to-the-north-that-shall-not-be-named?

[Norm Peterson]

Just now, HuskerFever said:

 

So you're saying Miles might have a chance next year against the-team-to-the-north-that-shall-not-be-named?

 

Um, actually, yeah. 

[49r]

7 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Um, actually, yeah. 

 

 

Are you insane?  Look what they got coming back.  They're only *really* losing Watson, and I'm sure they have some mid-major transfer sitting out right now that's gonna all of a sudden blow up and turn into All American next year....plus it's back at their house again next year.

 

They might be better next year than they are this year:

 

CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS
NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
1	Davion Mintz	G	6-3	175	FR	Charlotte, NC
5	Jordan Scurry	G	6-2	205	FR	Dedham, MA
15	Martin Krampelj	F	6-9	225	FR	Grosuplje, Slovenia
23	Justin Patton	C	7-0	230	FR	Omaha, NE
24	Kobe Paras	G	6-6	200	FR	Manila, Philippines
2	Khyri Thomas	G	6-3	205	SO	Omaha, NE
4	Ronnie Harrell Jr.	G	6-7	195	SO	Denver, CO
0	Marcus Foster	G	6-3	210	JR	Wichita Falls, TX
11	Tyler Clement	G	6-1	185	JR	Shawnee, KS
14	Kaleb Joseph	G	6-3	180	JR	Nashua, NH
32	Toby Hegner	F	6-10	235	JR	Berlin, WI
10	Maurice Watson Jr.	G	5-10	175	SR	Philadelphia, PA
13	Cole Huff	F	6-8	220	SR	Altadena, CA
21	Isaiah Zierden	G	6-3	190	SR	Minneapolis, MN
40	Zach Hanson	C	6-9	245	SR	Pierre, SD

[hhcmatt]

I'm crunching the numbers and 11-7 in the conference getting us into the tourney relies an awful lot on who you beat. You probably need 1-2 wins in the conference tourney as well. It would be extremely beneficial for us ATM for Indiana and Maryland, two teams we won't face again, to win the rest of their games. You should definitely root for Gardner-Webb, a team who hasn't won since they beat us here.

 

12-6 should do it for sure. There are some Michigan St examples you can look at on this.

10-8? Did we beat Wisconsin and Purdue?

[a0t0w0]

18 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Are you insane?  Look what they got coming back.  They're only *really* losing Watson, and I'm sure they have some mid-major transfer sitting out right now that's gonna all of a sudden blow up and turn into All American next year....plus it's back at their house again next year.

 

They might be better next year than they are this year:

 

CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS
NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
1	Davion Mintz	G	6-3	175	FR	Charlotte, NC
5	Jordan Scurry	G	6-2	205	FR	Dedham, MA
15	Martin Krampelj	F	6-9	225	FR	Grosuplje, Slovenia
23	Justin Patton	C	7-0	230	FR	Omaha, NE
24	Kobe Paras	G	6-6	200	FR	Manila, Philippines
2	Khyri Thomas	G	6-3	205	SO	Omaha, NE
4	Ronnie Harrell Jr.	G	6-7	195	SO	Denver, CO
0	Marcus Foster	G	6-3	210	JR	Wichita Falls, TX
11	Tyler Clement	G	6-1	185	JR	Shawnee, KS
14	Kaleb Joseph	G	6-3	180	JR	Nashua, NH
32	Toby Hegner	F	6-10	235	JR	Berlin, WI
10	Maurice Watson Jr.	G	5-10	175	SR	Philadelphia, PA
13	Cole Huff	F	6-8	220	SR	Altadena, CA
21	Isaiah Zierden	G	6-3	190	SR	Minneapolis, MN
40	Zach Hanson	C	6-9	245	SR	Pierre, SD

 

O ye, of little faith.

[49r]

4 minutes ago, a0t0w0 said:

 

O ye, of little faith.

 

 

I mean, a starting lineup of:

 

Foster

Harrell

Hegner

Patton

 

Plus "unknown nobody that is sitting out his transfer year who will become all-world"...

 

That's formidable!

 

So I looked it up, and that transfer is some kid from Syracuse, apparently... 4* top-50 type kid.  He's totally not a bust unlike our 4* transfers who totally are.

 

We'll lose by 40.

[BugeaterZ]

Creighton may not get Patton back next year

[khoock]

7 minutes ago, BugeaterZ said:

Creighton may not get Patton back next year

Patton or Foster tbh. It's not likely both are gone. But there's still a chance. Patton is blowing up and Foster is a kid I can see pulling a TP3 move and gambling with the draft (assuming he'll have his degree come spring?)

[49r]

2 minutes ago, BugeaterZ said:

Creighton may not get Patton back next year

 

He's coming back.  He's nowhere to be found in current mock draft boards:

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2017/

http://www.draftsite.com/nba/mock-draft/2017/

http://www.nbadraft.net/2017mock_draft

[a0t0w0]

53 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

I mean, a starting lineup of:

 

Foster

Harrell

Hegner

Patton

 

Plus "unknown nobody that is sitting out his transfer year who will become all-world"...

 

That's formidable!

 

So I looked it up, and that transfer is some kid from Syracuse, apparently... 4* top-50 type kid.  He's totally not a bust unlike our 4* transfers who totally are.

 

We'll lose by 40.

Psst. Your blue is showing.

[AuroranHusker]

2 hours ago, swoof said:

Last time we lost to Michigan State was Miles' first season wasn't it?

 

In the Devaney Center, and it was a marginally close game. Nebraska had Dylan Talley & FROSH Shavon Shields and not much offense elsewhere. It was an 8-9 pt. loss. Nebraska hasn't lost to MSU since mid-Febr. 2013!!

[aphilso1]

It pains me to say this...but if their underclassmen return, they'll still be good next year.  They lose 3 guys in their rotation, but only 1 of their top 4 players in terms of minutes. 

 

That being said, if we return everyone who has remaining eligibility, we should be significantly better than the last time they saw us. 

[AuroranHusker]

Just now, AuroranHusker said:

 

In the Devaney Center, and it was a marginally close game. Nebraska had Dylan Talley & FROSH Shavon Shields and not much offense elsewhere. It was an 8-9 pt. loss. Nebraska hasn't lost to MSU since mid-Febr. 2013!!

 

Just found the boxscore, yeah, it was the Talley/Shields show. I hadn't recalled that Ray Gallegos went 0-13!! Whoa... 1 point.

 

[hhcmatt]

6 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

I hadn't recalled that Ray Gallegos went 0-13!! Whoa... 1 point.

 

The greatest 30% 3pt shooter in school history

[AuroranHusker]

1 minute ago, hhcdimes said:

 

The greatest 30% 3pt shooter in school history

 

Certainly 0-10 will curtail hopes of 33%, i.e. 50% eFG.

 

 

Edited January 4, 2017 by AuroranHusker
*For clarity*

[khoock]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

 

I mean, a starting lineup of:

 

Foster

Harrell

Hegner

Patton

 

Plus "unknown nobody that is sitting out his transfer year who will become all-world"...

 

That's formidable!

 

So I looked it up, and that transfer is some kid from Syracuse, apparently... 4* top-50 type kid.  He's totally not a bust unlike our 4* transfers who totally are.

 

We'll lose by 40.

How could you be so disrespectful to forget Omaha's own and Benson alum Khyri Thomas. Kid is a baller.

 

I'm just bustin your chops btw.

[swoof]

52 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

In the Devaney Center, and it was a marginally close game. Nebraska had Dylan Talley & FROSH Shavon Shields and not much offense elsewhere. It was an 8-9 pt. loss. Nebraska hasn't lost to MSU since mid-Febr. 2013!!

That first season was sad offensively. I went to the Oregon game out here and I remember being impressed with young Shavon but he came down super hard on his head or hip and I think the team managed less than 40 points the entire game.

[AuroranHusker]

2 minutes ago, swoof said:

That first season was sad offensively. I went to the Oregon game out here and I remember being impressed with young Shavon but he came down super hard on his head or hip and I think the team managed less than 40 points the entire game.

 

I noticed that NU-UO boxscore looking earlier: 60-38. Huskers lost to the Ducks the prior year, but scored twice as much as the game in Eugene!!

 

Nearly a decade ago in Omaha at the somewhat new Qwest Center, NU scored around 90. (went back & checked, and it was 88-79 in OT -- and the year before that, NU played 'em in Portland at the Rose Garden, lost 68-56).

 

 

Apparently NU's offense is only effective against the Ducks in Nebraska, it seems. Wow.

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, a0t0w0 said:

Psst. Your blue is showing.

Long con.

[49r]

12 minutes ago, khoock said:

How could you be so disrespectful to forget Omaha's own and Benson alum Khyri Thomas. Kid is a baller.

 

I'm just bustin your chops btw.

 

Damn, I knew I was forgetting someone...

[brfrad]

3 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Some Quotes from those that have us "in"

 

"-Nebraska is rolling. With Big Ten play opening with road wins at Indiana and Maryland, Nebraska is not only in the field but a dark horse for a regular season Big Ten championship."

 

Ok, which one of us sunshine pumper wrote this?

[hhcmatt]

...that's my secret Captain. This thread was always off the rails.

[49r]

3 hours ago, 49r said:

 

They might be better next year than they are this year

 

 

Hopefully they can avoid playing such an embarrassingly soft non-con next year.