Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, royalfan said: Your math is wrong plus it doesn't consider the difference between strengthening our road wins against home wins. 500-400 = 0.5556 499-401 = 0.5544 Difference = 0.0012 Opponents' Winning Percentage is worth half of the total RPI formula: 0.0012 * 0.5 = 0.0006 Good point about strengthening road wins. I still think the Maryland game being high-profile is more important, though. JMO. Edited February 4, 2018 by Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Quote
bigFRED Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 17 hours ago, HuskerFever said: New First Four Out: Boise State - Win vs. UNLV, 93-91 OT Georgia - Loss at Mississippi State, 57-72 Western Kentucky - Loss at UT San Antonio, losing 63-74 Nebraska - No game; next game Feb. 6 Next Out: SMU - No game; next game Feb. 8 South Carolina - Loss at Texas A&M, 60-83 Syracuse - Loss vs. Virginia, 44-59 Maryland - No game; next game Feb. 4 Four More: Notre Dame - Loss at NC State, 58-76 UCLA - Win vs. USC, 82-79 St. Bonaventure - Win at Duquesne, 84-81 Utah - No game; next game Feb. 4 So do we jump in front of Georgia and Western Kentucky here on Monday when the next bracket comes out?? If we don't then, then we should atleast with a win Tuesday. The last two teams in the actual bracket field are VA Tech and then Marquette. Va Tech beat Notre dame then lost to Miami this past week, and Marquette lost to Nova and Providence. Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, noahjb24 said: So do we jump in front of Georgia and Western Kentucky here on Monday when the next bracket comes out?? If we don't then, then we should atleast with a win Tuesday. The last two teams in the actual bracket field are VA Tech and then Marquette. Va Tech beat Notre dame then lost to Miami this past week, and Marquette lost to Nova and Providence. Lunardi posted these bracket standings around noon yesterday. So there's a good chance things will look different come Monday. But just remember that teams like Missouri, Washington, and Texas got some major wins this weekend so they might find a way into the charts again. Quote
GBR1197 Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 41 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: Lunardi posted these bracket standings around noon yesterday. So there's a good chance things will look different come Monday. But just remember that teams like Missouri, Washington, and Texas got some major wins this weekend so they might find a way into the charts again. Those 3 teams were already in his field in the seeding list he tweeted out yesterday. So those games shouldn’t affect us moving up past teams that lost Quote
Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 1 hour ago, noahjb24 said: So do we jump in front of Georgia and Western Kentucky here on Monday when the next bracket comes out?? If we don't then, then we should atleast with a win Tuesday. The last two teams in the actual bracket field are VA Tech and then Marquette. Va Tech beat Notre dame then lost to Miami this past week, and Marquette lost to Nova and Providence. Marquette and Va Tech were in his Last Four In and they lost as well. I think we’ll jump them and possibly be in his next bracket, pending any teams leapfrogging us like UCLA and St Bonny. Either way, a win against Minnesota would likely put us in his bracket. Quote
TheREALMattyIce Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 Huskers have dropped 4 spots in KenPom since the Wisconsin game. W. Kentucky losing was big, but overall, not a lot of help from other Teams in the last 5 days. Quote
Handy Johnson Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 I was surprised Lunardi had Kansas as a #1 seed Quote
huskerbaseball13 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 5:26 PM, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said: @HuskerFever This was Lunardi's update at noon today. We're in his First Four Out. And his Last Four In are NM State, Mizzou, Va Tech, and Marquette. Two of them took L's. Add in WKU's loss and we might be his first team out now. I know nobody on here was saying it, but this is why you have to laugh at those that would say oh..."Nebraska has to win out"..."Nebraska needs to win the Big 10 tournament." People forget that other bubble teams have suspect resumes as well. And with that, other bubble teams will continue to lose. If we finish 5-1 in the regular season the ball will still be in our court IMO. Buglem 1 Quote
Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 1 minute ago, huskerbaseball13 said: I know nobody on here was saying it, but this is why you have to laugh at those that would say oh..."Nebraska has to win out"..."Nebraska needs to win the Big 10 tournament." People forget that other bubble teams have suspect resumes as well. And with that, other bubble teams will continue to lose. If we finish 5-1 in the regular season the ball will still be in our court IMO. You have to note that every game we have left besides maybe Minnesota would be an unexpected and “bad” loss that would drop us down these rankings pretty quickly, including Maryland (can’t afford to lose a bubble game at home that we’re expected to win). I agree 5-1 would be a good finish, but a B1G tourney win might still be needed. Quote
huskerbaseball13 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said: You have to note that every game we have left besides maybe Minnesota would be an unexpected and “bad” loss that would drop us down these rankings pretty quickly, including Maryland (can’t afford to lose a bubble game at home that we’re expected to win). I agree 5-1 would be a good finish, but a B1G tourney win might still be needed. True, our margin for error is less than most other bubble teams but while other teams have a chance or numerous chances to get a "good win"...they have to win those games. It will be dependent on how things shake out with other bubble teams but finishing 5-1 may very well get us in as I'm assuming with that we also secure the #4 seed which would mean if we bow out early our loss would likely be to Michigan. Not ideal but it would not be like losing to a Iowa or Minnesota in the first round if we finish as the fifth seed. Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty 1 Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 39 minutes ago, huskerbaseball13 said: I know nobody on here was saying it, but this is why you have to laugh at those that would say oh..."Nebraska has to win out"..."Nebraska needs to win the Big 10 tournament." People forget that other bubble teams have suspect resumes as well. And with that, other bubble teams will continue to lose. If we finish 5-1 in the regular season the ball will still be in our court IMO. I cringe at just thinking about this every time, but just remember we're a week ahead of all those bubble teams too. So we could find ourselves in the "First Four In" after finishing out the season and then dropping out as other teams continue to build their resumes the next week. Just something to keep in mind. Either way it's going to take at least a Friday victory to make me feel comfortable about come Selection Sunday. Anything less and I'm on the edge of my seat. Quote
49r Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 13 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: I cringe at just thinking about this every time, but just remember we're a week ahead of all those bubble teams too. So we could find ourselves in the "First Four In" after finishing out the season and then dropping out as other teams continue to build their resumes the next week. Just something to keep in mind. Either way it's going to take at least a Friday victory to make me feel comfortable about come Selection Sunday. Anything less and I'm on the edge of my seat. Those other teams will also have just as many additional opportunities to have bad losses as well. It's pretty much a wash really. ShortDust 1 Quote
atskooc Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 43 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: I cringe at just thinking about this every time, but just remember we're a week ahead of all those bubble teams too. So we could find ourselves in the "First Four In" after finishing out the season and then dropping out as other teams continue to build their resumes the next week. Just something to keep in mind. Either way it's going to take at least a Friday victory to make me feel comfortable about come Selection Sunday. Anything less and I'm on the edge of my seat. If we're part of the "First Four in," then I don't think we have any bubble teams to worry about. If only. Noah121 1 Quote
hhcmatt Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 How much catharsis is being felt by those who experience the emotions of daily wins and loses for most every Div 1 team? Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 Believe it or not we received 4 votes in the AP poll this week and are 3 spots behind "First Four In". This is much more reassuring than getting zero national recognition up until last week. Nebrasketball1979 1 Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, atskooc said: If we're part of the "First Four in," then I don't think we have any bubble teams to worry about. If only. We can certainly be in the "First Four In" after the Big Ten tournament and still find ourselves not in the big dance. If any bubble team(s) below us makes a good run in their tournament the following week they could take our spot. That's all I was saying there. Edit: I meant "Last Four In". Edited February 5, 2018 by HuskerFever Noah121 1 Quote
atskooc Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: We can certainly be in the "First Four In" after the Big Ten tournament and still find ourselves not in the big dance. If any bubble team(s) below us makes a good run in their tournament the following week they could take our spot. That's all I was saying there. The first four in are the four top seeds, right? At least that's how I see it. We're looking at being the "last four in," right? I don't pay much attention to the prognostications, so I'm not sure what term is the correct one. But "first four in" doesn't make sense to me for where we are. Purdue and 'Nova, sure. Quote
hskr4life Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 10 minutes ago, hhcdimes said: Our home opener opponent. I still got some eligibility left.... Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 10 minutes ago, atskooc said: The first four in are the four top seeds, right? At least that's how I see it. We're looking at being the "last four in," right? I don't pay much attention to the prognostications, so I'm not sure what term is the correct one. But "first four in" doesn't make sense to me for where we are. Purdue and 'Nova, sure. I meant "Last Four In". So that adds to the confusion. But the bubble terminology goes: - First Four In (last four not in the big Field of 64) - Last Four In (plays in Dayton) - First Four Out (left out of the tournament) - Next Four Out (teams 5-8 left out of the tournament) We're in the "First Four Out" right now. Quote
atskooc Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 1 minute ago, HuskerFever said: I meant "Last Four In". So that adds to the confusion. But the bubble terminology goes: - First Four In (last four not in the big Field of 64) - Last Four In (plays in Dayton) - First Four Out (left out of the tournament) - Next Four Out (teams 5-8 left out of the tournament) We're in the "First Four Out" right now. So, the First Four are still a last four? I'll just stay confused. HuskerFever 1 Quote
Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Posted February 5, 2018 Report Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) 34 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: I meant "Last Four In". So that adds to the confusion. But the bubble terminology goes: - First Four In (last four not in the big Field of 64) Last Four Byes (last four in the tournament that do not have to play a play-in game) - Last Four In (plays in Dayton) - First Four Out (left out of the tournament) - Next Four Out (teams 5-8 left out of the tournament) We're in the "First Four Out" right now. I think you meant this. Edited February 5, 2018 by Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty Noah121, hhctony and HuskerFever 2 1 Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 6, 2018 Report Posted February 6, 2018 15 minutes ago, hskr4life said: UGH Syracuse... Are we the last P5 school without a Tier 1 win now? Sounds very familiar... Quote
HuskerActuary Posted February 6, 2018 Report Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: Are we the last P5 school without a Tier 1 win now? Sounds very familiar... I just started at the top of RPI and went down. Ole Miss is 0-8 Quote
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