Selection Committee Games of Interest

[REDZONEDAN]

1 hour ago, HuskerFever said:

 

I think I'm freaking out BECAUSE the season is ending a week early 

 

[HolyBobpilgrimage]

A really discouraging night with a lot of upsets and wins from bubble teams. Ugh. Tonight baylor looks like theyll take out texas tech (come on, man!!!)

Half of me feels like we're probably in, but then a lot of miracle teams make runs at the end like this, and I don't need the stress!! This happens every year, some good teams are thrown out because others go out and get a huge upset or Cinderella their tourney. Makes it exciting, but man....

[HolyBobpilgrimage]

Baylor and their annoying neon green ?? maybe I just still hold that grudge for losing to them back 4 years ago 

[HolyBobpilgrimage]

Aaaaaaand it's official, bears win (And they're in now). That's a killer. And some really bad hero ball by Texas tech there at the end. Ugh. Garbage. ?

Edited February 18, 2018 by Wolv77

[hskr4life]

MUsttttttttt be nice to have multiple Quad 1 home games.....

[jayschool]

9 minutes ago, Wolv77 said:

Baylor and their annoying neon green ?? maybe I just still hold that grudge for losing to them back 4 years ago 

Should I again list my seven least favorite programs?

1. Western Kentucky

2. Xavier

3. Connecticut

4. New Mexico State

5. Pennsylvania

6. Arkansas

7. BAYLOR

[HuskerFever]

Final push for the busy Saturday slate:

 

North Carolina/Louisville 72-62 7:35 2nd
Ole Miss/Mississippi State 50-70 7:47 2nd
Utah/Washington State 9 p.m. CST
Marquette/Creighton 9 p.m. CST
Oregon/UCLA 9:15 p.m. CST

Oregon State/USC 10 p.m. CST

 

Other  

St Mary's/Portland 9 p.m. CST

[HuskerActuary]

14 hours ago, HuskerActuary said:

For those too busy to watch scores all day, I've edited royalfan's post to include what are probably the very most important games of the day for Nebraska's bubble purposes.

0-9 on these games so far. Just unbelievable

[HuskerFever]

1 minute ago, HuskerActuary said:

0-9 on these games so far. Just unbelievable

 

It looks to me that we won in the "teams we've played" and "stretch bubble/nice to lose" teams categories today. Horrible day for us otherwise.

[HuskerFever]

2 minutes ago, HuskerActuary said:

0-9 on these games so far. Just unbelievable

 

Just now, HuskerFever said:

 

It looks to me that we won in the "teams we've played" and "stretch bubble/nice to lose" teams categories today. Horrible day for us otherwise.

 

But I'll add... all can be corrected tonight if UCLA and USC both lose tonight. That would help us out a lot!

[HuskerActuary]

2 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

It looks to me that we won in the "teams we've played" and "stretch bubble/nice to lose" teams categories today. Horrible day for us otherwise.

I'll give you that. But with only three weeks left, those other two categories of games aren't as bad as important as the first (I am sure you would agree). 

[hskr4life]

We just need to do our part.  Win and we’re  in.

[HuskerFever]

I really wanted this UCLA/Oregon game not to go to overtime. I can't deal with Bill Walton anymore tonight.

[B1G Red]

1 minute ago, HuskerFever said:

I really wanted this UCLA/Oregon game not to go to overtime. I can't deal with Bill Walton anymore tonight.

He’s beyond obnoxious.

 

In other news, Creighton just moved one step closer to the bubble.

[HuskerFever]

Just now, HuskerFever said:

I really wanted this UCLA/Oregon game not to go to overtime. I can't deal with Bill Walton anymore tonight.

 

e.g.

 

1. He was giving the other commentator a lecture because he didn't know each Pac-12 team doesn't play each other twice anymore and just couldn''t let it go.

2. He was talking at length about Mark Zuckerberg.

3. Kevin Love showed up on the mic for a bit and then Walton started singing "Love is all you need. Ba-ba-ba-bababaran." (can't make that up)

4. Walton kept telling the other commentator "I know what they called on the court, but what do you believe?" at the very end of the game and kept pushing the envelope to the point where the other commentator said "I don't know what you're talking about" and "I'm not talking for the rest of this game."

[TourneyBound]

Well let’s flush this day down the toilet and start a new fresh day tomorrow... #mustwinout #justkeepwinnng #hadbetterdays

[HuskerFever]

On 2/16/2018 at 9:39 PM, HuskerFever said:

Lunardi's bubble watch through Feb. 15 games:

 

Last Four Byes
Providence: at Butler, Wednesday vs Seton Hall
Virginia Tech: at Georgia Tech, Wednesday vs Clemson
Kansas State: vs Iowa State, Wednesday vs Texas
NC State: at Wake Forest, Tuesday vs Boston College

 

Last Four In
Texas: at Oklahoma, Wednesday at Kansas State
UCLA: vs Oregon, Thursday at Utah
USC: vs Oregon State, Wednesday at Colorado
St. Bonaventure: vs Rhode Island, Wednesday vs Duquesne

 

First Four Out
Nebraska: Sunday at Illinois, Tuesday vs Indiana
Washington: vs Colorado, Thursday at Stanford
Syracuse: at Miami, Wednesday vs North Carolina
Baylor: vs Texas Tech, Tuesday vs West Virginia

 

Next Four Out
Boise State: vs Air Force, Wednesday at Colorado State
Penn State: Sunday at Purdue, Wednesday vs Michigan
Temple: Sunday vs Houston, Sunday vs UCF
Utah: at Washington State, Thursday vs UCLA

 

Updated.

Edited February 18, 2018 by HuskerFever

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

What a nightmare of a day for us. Our chances of making it with 22 wins took a hit today. Fortunately a lot of these teams still play each other so they’re bound to start getting some losses.

[Cowboy Kermit]

Not a great day in terms of us having bones thrown our way, just means we have to earn our way ourselves. Gotta make em believe. Keep the faith. We are oh so close. Tomorrow is a fun day for basketball in our conference. Let's embrace it. GBR. 

[HuskerFever]

11 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

SMU 94/UCF  62 - 10am ESPNU UCF -3 We want UCF
Texas 57/Oklahoma  22 - 11am ESPM Oklahoma - 6 1/2  We want OU
Syracuse 49/Miami 28- 11am CBS Miami - 4 1/2  Want Miami
Virginia Tech 59/Georgia Tech  158 - 11am ESPN2 Va Tech - 3 1/2 We want Georgia Tech
Providence 36 /Butler  44 - 11am Fox Butler - 7 1/2  I think better off with Providence but largely depends on future games -- (I'm considering this a win; like you said, it's tough to tell now, but we're closer to catching Providence than Butler)
Iowa State  93/Kansas State 58 - 12pm ESPNU Kansas St - 7 1/2  Need Iowa St
Michigan State 15/Northwestern  105- 1pm Fox Michigan St -8 Need Northwestern to help try to keep Ohio St on one line
Missouri 23/LSU  83 - 1pm ESPN2 LSU -1 I guess LSU but it is close to not being worth the risk of them getting back in the picture.   
Alabama  31/Kentucky   19-  1pm CBS Kentucky - 4 1/2 Cannot identify clearly either way.  Lean is to root for Alabama
East Tennessee State 61/Western Carolina 199- 1pm ESPN3  East Tenn St - 10 Need Western Carolina
Air Force  232/Boise State  46 - 1pm AT&T sports network if you have that  Boise - 15 1/2 Need Air Force
Auburn 4/South Carolina 85 - 2:30 SEC Network auburn - 6 
Texas A&M 18/Arkansas 32-  3pm ESPN Arkansas -3 Need Texas AM
Notre Dame 72/Boston College  82- 3pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3 BC -1 Need BC
NC State 60 /Wake Forest  121 - 3pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  Wake Forest -1 Need Wake Forest
Florida 56/Vanderbilt  114 - 3pm ESPN2 Florida -2 Need Vanderbilt
New Mexico State  47/Seattle  176- 3pm http://wacsports.com/watch/?Live=1766  No line Need Seattle
UNLV 115/San Diego State  117 - 3pm CBS Sports Network San Diego St - 4 1/2   Need SD St
San Jose State  309/Wyoming  77-  3pm http://gowyo.com/sports/2017/9/1/mountain-west-digital-network.aspx  Wyoming - 15 1/2  Need San Jose
Kennesaw State 283/Stetson  328 - 3pm ESPN3 No line  Need Stetson
Florida A&M  345/Delaware State  349 - 3pm http://www.dsuhornets.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPID=5813&DB_OEM_ID=12900&db_oem_id=12900  no line  We need Delaware st.  This is the worst game in the history of college hoops potentially as they are 4-47 combined and 345 and 349 in RPI out of 351
Northern Arizona/North Dakota - 4pm Pluto TV Online channel 240 North Dakota - 10 Need North Dakota
West Virginia 30/Kansas 8 - 5pm ESPN Kansas - 3 1/2  Need Kansas
Tennessee 12/Georgia 68 - 5pm SEC Network  Tennessee - 2 1/2  Need Tennessee to put Georgia out of its misery I think
Marshall  113/North Texas  189 -   5pm http://conferenceusa.com/watch/default.aspx?Live=4190&path=utsa  may be premium only Marshall - 1 1/2 need N. Texas
Eastern Illinois  280/Tenn-Martin 304- 6pm http://www.ovcdigitalnetwork.com/watch/?Live=6297&type=Live Tenn Martin - 2 1/2  Need E. Illinois
Saint Peter's 269 /Marist  327- 6pm ESPN3 Saint Peters - 2 1/2 Need Marist another horrific night brewing
Middle Tennessee 27/Louisiana Tech 168  - 6pm  facebook live on stadium  Middle Tennessee St -3 Need Louisiana Tech
UT San Antonio  192/Charlotte 318 - 6pm http://conferenceusa.com/showcase/embed.aspx?Live=3684 may be premium UTSA - 4 1/2  Need UTSA
Texas Tech 11/Baylor  54 - 6:30 ESPNU Texas Tech -1 Need Texas Tech
Rutgers  202/Maryland 64 - 7pm BTN Maryland - 11 1/2  Need Rutgers IMO for metrics booters played them twice -- (going with the border-tier for Maryland here)
Colorado 71/Washington 53 - 7pm Pac 12 Network Washington -4 Need Colorado
Oklahoma State 98/TCU   26- 7pm ESPN2 TCU -7 Need Oklahoma St
UT Arlington 162/Louisiana  45 - 7pm ESPN3 Louisiana -11 Need UT Arlington
Western Kentucky  55/Rice  329  - 7pm ESPN 3 Western Kentucky -11 Need Rice
North Carolina  7/Louisville  41 - 7:15 ESPN Louisville - 1 1/2 Need North Carolina
Ole Miss  120/Mississippi State  69- 7:30 SEC Network Mississippi St - 7 1/2  Need Ole Miss
Utah 51/Washington State  175 - 9pm ESPN 2 Utah - 7 1/2 Need Washington St
Marquette  67/Creighton  24 - 9pm FSN Creighton - 7 1/2  Need Creighton yuck
Oregon 89/UCLA  50-9:15 ESPN UCLA -5 Need Oregon
Oregon State 169/USC  42 - 10pm FS1 USC -8 Need Oregon St

 

Other  

St Mary's 35 at Portland  9pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  St Mary's - 14 1/2  Need Portland just in case slump continues.

 

That wraps up the night. So many opportunities and we couldn't catch a break. Only two more huge Saturday slates to take advantage of.

[HuskerFever]

Sunday's Games of Interest:

 

Ohio State/Michigan - toss up for multiple reasons; going with OSU for the #1 spot
DePaul/Seton Hall - knock off Seton Hall
Hartford/Vermont - stop the Vermont conversations
Nebraska/Illinois - no brainer
Houston/Temple - tough one, but going with Temple here
Loyola-Chigalo/Evansville - knock off L-C
Pittsburgh/Florida State - knock off FSU
Penn State/Purdue - going with Purdue since PSU is encroaching on us

 

Monday's Games of Interest:

 

Miami/Notre Dame - not sure how I feel about this one, lets go with Notre Dame
Maryland/Northwestern - looking for Maryland to move up a Tier
Coppin State/Delaware State - the broken record is playing 'JUST WIN AT LEAST ONE MORE GAME!'
Oklahoma/Kansas - not only will OU go 0-5, but KU will help the RPI

 

Tuesday's Games of Interest:

 

Illinois/Michigan State - played Illinois twice and also keeping MSU out of #1
Rutgers/Ohio State - looking to get OSU in the #1 spot

West Virginia/Baylor - need to knock off Baylor
Mississippi State/Texas A&M - going with A&M here
Boston College/NC State - win/win game
Creighton/Butler - another win/win game
The Citadel/East Tennessee State - need to quiet ETSU
Buffalo/Miami (OH) - need to quiet Buffalo as well
Indiana/Nebraska - no brainer
Ole Miss/Missouri - need Ole Miss here
Kentucky/Arkansas - thinking I'll go with Kentucky here
Vanderbilt/LSU - going with Vandy
New Mexico/Wyoming - need to quiet Wyoming

[HuskerFever]

Last night's games really really stung. It's almost like our wins now count as half a point improvement and other bubble teams are 2-3 times more valuable. We've got our work cut out for us.

 

Really the most important games I see today are all in the Big Ten. Ours, of course. Most people are looking for Ohio State to get that #1 Big Ten seed for a more favorable matchup in the tournament. And Penn State has a chance we to make some noise and catch up or pass us on the bubble.

 

Let's just focus on Illinois today, drown out the noise from the other games, then move on to the next one as other teams knock each other out.

[HuskerActuary]

8 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

Sunday's Games of Interest:

Houston/Temple - tough one, but going with Temple here

I'd go the other way on this one. Houston is pretty much in no matter what after their win versus Cincinnati. Temple is near the cut line depending on who you trust. I think we need Houston to win.

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

21 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

Last night's games really really stung. It's almost like our wins now count as half a point improvement and other bubble teams are 2-3 times more valuable. We've got our work cut out for us.

 

Really the most important games I see today are all in the Big Ten. Ours, of course. Most people are looking for Ohio State to get that #1 Big Ten seed for a more favorable matchup in the tournament. And Penn State has a chance we to make some noise and catch up or pass us on the bubble.

 

Let's just focus on Illinois today, drown out the noise from the other games, then move on to the next one as other teams knock each other out.

 

I’m going the other way on both of those games. Improving the Michigan win and improving the potential Penn State win.

Edited February 18, 2018 by Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty

[HuskerFever]

4 minutes ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

 

I’m going the other way on both of those games. Improving the Michigan win and improving the potential Penn State win.

 

Yeah it could go either way for multiple reasons. What's tough is if we drop any of these final 3 games, that semifinal matchup becomes ever more important. If we do win the final 3, then it shouldn't matter much.

 

Penn State is making a deep run at the end. Doesn't seem likely they'll win out, but if they do then it puts us in a real tough spot.