hskr4life Posted January 31, 2018 Report Posted January 31, 2018 10 minutes ago, hhctony said: Games for tonight as I'll be out of the loop the rest of the day and tomorrow, so maybe no updates to this until Saturday. Penn State (108) at Michigan State (24)-- The better PSU, the better our win and loss will be against them. LSU (81) at Tennessee (14)-- Tenn pretty much a lock. Want them to win. Pitt (183) at Miami (FL) (17)-- Pitt ain't making it, but makes the ACC look "Down" Louisville (20) at Virginia (1) -- probably doesn't matter for us-- What he said... but I like defense so... Houston (49) at Cincinnati (16)-- Bubble team here that I would like to go down. Lot of fence sitters in this conference. Providence (37) at Seton Hall (19)-- Seton Hall is more bubbly than we think, but Providence is 14-7 and a loss would put them at 14-8 and 5-4. West Virginia (29) at Iowa State (116) -- Strangely, ISU is in some bubbles on bracket matrix..... Florida State (35) at Wake Forest (127)-- GO DECS! Syracuse (34) at Georgia Tech (141)-- Knock the Cuse off the bubble. Maryland (60) at Purdue (8)-- I would rather have Maryland off the bubble and come to Lincoln limping toward the end of the season than with some fire for a road W. Mississippi State (70) at South Carolina (53)-- Interesting one. I think we have an edge on MSU right now... Virginia Tech (74) at Boston College (69)-- Two bubble teams. We have a W over one of them. Missouri (46) at Alabama (27)-- Two more bubble teams. I will take a Mizzou loss and them off the bubble. Alabama has a good win in OU that will help in the end. UConn (82) at UCF (68)-- While I don't think UCF is very very bubbly, a win would look better for us. Butler (32) at Marquette (47)-- This would hopefully be enough to start dropping Marquette out of brackets. They would be 4-6, 13-9. Texas (38) at Texas Tech (18)-- GROSS... but GO TECH! Arizona (13) at Washington State (164) -- this one likely in the doesn't matter range as well I'll try to whip up something tomorrow! Bold above means I think we want them to win. I'll add a few more for us... I would like to see George Mason beat St. Bonaventure to knock them down. Weird that they are still getting some attention in brackets. Need CSU to beat Wyoming as they are on the bubble in some brackets. Dang MW. LBSU is 12-12 and 6-2 in the Big West. Would be nice if they keep winning tonight. Quote
royalfan Posted January 31, 2018 Report Posted January 31, 2018 Ordered by time, how to watch, the line and who we want IMO. Penn State (108) at Michigan State (24) 5:30 BTN Michigan St -13.5 Want Penn St. since we play them twice and Michigan St. just once LSU (81) at Tennessee (14) 5:30 SECNetwork Tennessee -9 I think we want Tennessee to help eliminate LSU. Correct me if wrong Pitt (183) at Miami (FL) (17) 6 ESPN full court/watchespn/espn3 Miami -17 Want Pitt in case Miami collapses Louisville (20) at Virginia (1) -- 6 ESPN2 Virginia -10 Pry don't matter but Virginia better Houston (49) at Cincinnati (16) 6pm CBSSportsnetwork Cincinnati -9 We badly want Cincy here Providence (37) at Seton Hall (19) 6pm FS1 We want Seton Hall here as Providence closer to bubble West Virginia (29) at Iowa State (116) -- 6pm ESPNU LIkely doesn't matter much I suppose Iowa St slighly better? Florida State (35) at Wake Forest (127) -- 7pm ESPN full court/ESPN3/watchespn app Florida St -5 We need Wake Forest here Syracuse (34) at Georgia Tech (141) 7pm ESPN full court/ESPN3/watchespn app Pickem We need Georgia Tech here Maryland (60) at Purdue (8) 7:30 BTN Purdue -15 We need Purdue Mississippi State (70) at South Carolina (53) 7:30 S. Carolina -4 1/2 SECNetwork I am not sure which is best but seems like mayb Mississippi St. slightly? Virginia Tech (74) at Boston College (69) 8 pm ESPN Full Court, ESPN3 Watch espn app Va Tech -2.5 Need Boston College since we played them Missouri (46) at Alabama (27) 8pm ESPN2 Alabama -5 1/2 We want Alabama here UConn (82) at UCF (68) 8 pm CBSsportsnetwork UCF - 5 1/2 We want UCF since we played them Butler (32) at Marquette (47) 8 pm FS1 Marquette -2 I think we want butler to knock Marquette closer to us in RPI etc. Texas (38) at Texas Tech (18) 8 pm ESPNU TT -7 1/2 We Want Texas Tech here Arizona (13) at Washington State (164) -- 9 pm pac10 network Don't matter barring epic Arizona collapse. jayschool and Brick 1 1 Quote
OmahaHusker Posted January 31, 2018 Report Posted January 31, 2018 I agree with all of them except Penn State/MSU. Wouldn't we want Penn State to stay off the bubble? A win on the road at Michigan State would certainly build hype for them. Quote
Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Posted January 31, 2018 Report Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, royalfan said: Maryland (60) at Purdue (8) 7:30 BTN Purdue -15 We need Purdue I know this has been discussed on the board a bit, but I'm not convinced we want Maryland losing. If Maryland ended the year on a nice run but we beat them, it'd be a good win for our resume. With our lack of signature wins, I think strengthening our best wins (BC, Minnesota, @NW, Michigan, and in this scenario, Maryland) is really important. Even if it means that Maryland builds a better bubble resume in the process. They're just one team we're competing against for spots, but adding another quality win could boost us over multiple other teams. And like I've said before, conference standings don't matter. The committee will not say that the Big Ten only deserves five teams, meaning they'd have to omit Nebraska or Maryland. They look at resumes on an individual basis. If Nebraska and Maryland are both deemed to have worthy resumes, they'll both get in. Edited January 31, 2018 by Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Nebrasketball1979 1 Quote
hskr4life Posted January 31, 2018 Report Posted January 31, 2018 Just now, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said: I know this has been discussed on the board a bit, but I'm not convinced we want Maryland losing. If Maryland ended the year on a nice run but we beat them, it'd be a good win for our resume. With our lack of signature wins, I think strengthening our best wins (BC, Minnesota, @NW, Michigan, and in this scenario, Maryland) is really important. Even if it means that Maryland builds a better bubble resume in the process. They're just one team we're competing against for spots, but adding another quality win could boost us over multiple other teams. I mean it's just as easy for the committee to say "Well Maryland lost a road game at Nebraska but won one at Purdue. Nebraska couldn't win at Purdue even." I want bubble teams to lose. Period. The more bubble teams to lose, the better Nebraska is going to look. We just need to keep winning. Who we beat isn't going to matter if we win and other bubble teams lose. You're a big tier guy right? Well Maryland is pretty solidly in tier 2. Most likely cannot make it to tier 1 and will probably not drop to tier 3. So no, we want them to lose. rr52, royalfan, Nebrasketball1979 and 2 others 1 4 Quote
royalfan Posted January 31, 2018 Report Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, hskr4life said: I mean it's just as easy for the committee to say "Well Maryland lost a road game at Nebraska but won one at Purdue. Nebraska couldn't win at Purdue even." I want bubble teams to lose. Period. The more bubble teams to lose, the better Nebraska is going to look. We just need to keep winning. Who we beat isn't going to matter if we win and other bubble teams lose. You're a big tier guy right? Well Maryland is pretty solidly in tier 2. Most likely cannot make it to tier 1 and will probably not drop to tier 3. So no, we want them to lose. I am in this camp but do respect the though process of Cookie. I think he may be slightly overanalyzing this one though. Maryland beating a team like Purdue on the road give the selection folks a hell of a reason to put them in over us if it comes down to us for one of the last spots. Need to eliminate bubble teams IMO. Obviously, there are scenarios that can play out where it would be better if Maryland wins this game. But we have to go by what we know now to a large extent when determining who to root for today. Edited January 31, 2018 by royalfan Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty 1 Quote
Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Posted January 31, 2018 Report Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, hskr4life said: I mean it's just as easy for the committee to say "Well Maryland lost a road game at Nebraska but won one at Purdue. Nebraska couldn't win at Purdue even." I want bubble teams to lose. Period. The more bubble teams to lose, the better Nebraska is going to look. We just need to keep winning. Who we beat isn't going to matter if we win and other bubble teams lose. You're a big tier guy right? Well Maryland is pretty solidly in tier 2. Most likely cannot make it to tier 1 and will probably not drop to tier 3. So no, we want them to lose. I haven't necessarily committed to one way or the other. Just bringing it up for discussion. And yeah, I think the tiers are very important. So you're right, it's important for Maryland to stay in Tier 2. Look at their schedule, if they finish 3-5 (very possible) they could easily drop out of Tier 2. So yeah, I definitely agree we want them to lose tonight to Purdue. We don't want to be up against any team with that caliber of a road win. But I'll be rooting for them to go 4-4 or 5-3 down the stretch. That should keep them in T2 but not ahead of us for a tourney bid. Edited January 31, 2018 by Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty ShortDust 1 Quote
HuskerActuary Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 Penn State beating #5 Michigan State 38-27 in the second half. Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, HuskerActuary said: Penn State beating #5 Michigan State 38-27 in the second half. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this. We might be #4 in the conference with 4 teams slated for the tournament and 2 teams on the bubble ahead of us after this game. Quote
unl Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 I think we fare better with Penn State winning so it gives us a better game for No Sit Sunday. Right @hhctony ? Quote
hskr4life Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 PSU has totally fallen off the rails. Quote
hskr4life Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) Will update as the night progresses. Penn State (108) at Michigan State (24)-- The better PSU, the better our win and loss will be against them. This one doesn't hurt. It just would have been better for us if PSU won. LSU (81) at Tennessee (14)-- Tenn pretty much a lock. Want them to win. I don't think that LSU was going to be bubbly, but they for sure aren't now. Pitt (183) at Miami (FL) (17)-- Pitt ain't making it, but makes the ACC look "Down" Can't count on Pitt for anything. Louisville (20) at Virginia (1) -- probably doesn't matter for us-- What he said... but I like defense so... Louisville doesn't look great. Will be in though. Houston (49) at Cincinnati (16)-- Bubble team here that I would like to go down. Lot of fence sitters in this conference. Big win for the Husker bubble. Providence (37) at Seton Hall (19)-- Seton Hall is more bubbly than we think, but Providence is 14-7 and a loss would put them at 14-8 and 5-4. Hall Crushed Em. West Virginia (29) at Iowa State (116) -- Strangely, ISU is in some bubbles on bracket matrix..... Maybe there is a reason. ISU killed WVU tonight. Florida State (35) at Wake Forest (127)-- GO DECS! Heck Yes! Heck YES! Syracuse (34) at Georgia Tech (141)-- Knock the Cuse off the bubble. Yes baby! Big win gor GA TECH! Maryland (60) at Purdue (8)-- I would rather have Maryland off the bubble and come to Lincoln limping toward the end of the season than with some fire for a road W. Mississippi State (70) at South Carolina (53)-- Interesting one. I think we have an edge on MSU right now... Virginia Tech (74) at Boston College (69)-- Two bubble teams. We have a W over one of them. Missouri (46) at Alabama (27)-- Two more bubble teams. I will take a Mizzou loss and them off the bubble. Alabama has a good win in OU that will help in the end. UConn (82) at UCF (68)-- While I don't think UCF is very very bubbly, a win would look better for us. Butler (32) at Marquette (47)-- This would hopefully be enough to start dropping Marquette out of brackets. They would be 4-6, 13-9. Texas (38) at Texas Tech (18)-- GROSS... but GO TECH! Arizona (13) at Washington State (164) -- this one likely in the doesn't matter range as well I would like to see George Mason beat St.Bonaventure to knock them down. Weird that they are still getting some attention in brackets. Well... Bonnies Won Need CSU to beat Wyoming as they are on the bubble in some brackets. Dang MW. LBSU is 12-12 and 6-2 in the Big West. Would be nice if they keep winning tonight. Edited February 1, 2018 by hskr4life Quote
FredsSlacks Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 penn st losing is good. they had the tie breaker over us at the moment. it's likely going to come down to us or michigan for that 4th spot. Quote
hskr4life Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 So far our biggest helpers have been... Cincy over Houston and Seton Hall over Providence. Quote
unl Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 It's really going to give me a heart attack if we win out, lose the first conference tournament game and have to sit and wait for selection show. Over 20 wins and 10 or less losses with this schedule should be a done deal. Quote
royalfan Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 The reason I feel we wanted Penn St is simply because we play them twice so double the impact of their performance on our resume versus Michigan St. Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, royalfan said: The reason I feel we wanted Penn St is simply because we play them twice so double the impact of their performance on our resume versus Michigan St. All is said and done of course, but I'm seeing it from the angle that Penn State has that Tier 1 win that we have zero of. Not sure where that falls in importance in the committee's eyes. Quote
Nebrasketball1979 Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 Syracuse with a big loss tonight to lowly Ga. Tech. Boeheim gets everything coming to him, which hopefully is a top seed in the NIT before being put on indefinite probation next year. Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 Just now, Nebrasketball1979 said: Syracuse with a big loss tonight to lowly Ga. Tech. Boeheim gets everything coming to him, which hopefully is a top seed in the NIT before being put on indefinite probation next year. Definitely a grind-it-out 55-51 game in Atlanta. Hoping their bubble talk is all said and done for. Georgia Tech is not a good team this year. Quote
Nebrasketball1979 Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: Definitely a grind-it-out 55-51 game in Atlanta. Hoping their bubble talk is all said and done for. Georgia Tech is not a good team this year. Doc Sadler would be proud of the game plan and execution of the yellow jackets! Quote
hskr4life Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nebrasketball1979 said: Syracuse with a big loss tonight to lowly Ga. Tech. Boeheim gets everything coming to him, which hopefully is a top seed in the NIT before being put on indefinite probation next year. Be nice if Wake Forest can do the same! Quote
HuskerActuary Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, hskr4life said: Be nice if Wake Forest can do the same! They did it! This is turning into a good night for us. Quote
Nebrasketball1979 Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, hskr4life said: Be nice if Wake Forest can do the same! And they have - great bubble bursting night for the Huskers!!! See, sometimes it helps not to play to let all these mediocre teams pile up losses to bad teams. Quote
hskr4life Posted February 1, 2018 Report Posted February 1, 2018 Turning into a huge night for our bubble! Quote
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