Norm Peterson Posted December 13, 2022 Report Posted December 13, 2022 19 minutes ago, 49r said: Back down to #81 now. That's probably because Creighton keeps on losing. Those bastards. Silverbacked1 and NUtball 2 Quote
Norm Peterson Posted December 15, 2022 Report Posted December 15, 2022 57 minutes ago, 49r said: Back up to #80. We'll get another boost when we thump Kansas State. nuhusker7 and Swan88 2 Quote
Dead Dog Alley Posted December 20, 2022 Report Posted December 20, 2022 We were at 83 this morning; last year's final number 83, Maryland, ended up at 15-17. Comparing this years Nebraska regular season schedule (with current rankings) to Maryland's of last year (with final rankings); Nebraska has seven more games against the top 60 than Maryland did last year: 2023 Number 83 Nebraska 2022 Number 83 Maryland 7 Purdue 13 Iowa L 7 Purdue L 13 Iowa L 16 Indiana L 14 Purdue L 18 Ohio State 19 Virginia Tech L 20 Illinois 20 Illinois W 20 Illinois 20 Illinois L 21 Iowa 27 Michigan L 21 Iowa 31 Ohio State W 26 Memphis L 31 Ohio State L 27 Maryland 37 Wisconsin L 27 Maryland 42 Michigan State L 28 Rutgers 42 Michigan State L 31 Creighton W 48 Indiana L 33 Penn State 48 Indiana L 33 Penn State 54 Vermont W 35 Wisconsin 59 Florida W 38 Oklahoma L 77 Rutgers W 40 Michigan State 77 Rutgers L 40 Michigan State 85 Richmond W 50 Michigan 87 Northwestern W 51 St. John's L 87 Northwestern L 52 Kansas State L 88 Penn State W 56 Northwestern 109 Minnesota W 146 Florida State W 113 George Mason L 175 Boston College W 120 Hofstra W 178 Minnesota 127 Louisville L 178 Minnesota 140 Nebraska W 187 Queens 204 Brown W 288 Maine W 226 George Washington W 312 Omaha W 231 Quinnipiac W 353 Arkansas Pine Bluff W 302 Lehigh W 49r 1 Quote
49r Posted December 21, 2022 Author Report Posted December 21, 2022 We've bled some spots since the last KenPom update, primarily due to several of our non-con opponents hitting a rough stretch lately and also a larger than expected loss to Kansas State. Otherwise everything is kind of going as expected. Ken has us with 6 conference wins right now. If we can somehow figure out a way to flip two of the losses to wins I gotta think we have a puncher's chance at some post season action. Time will tell. Would sure like to start by flipping that Iowa game to a win. Other than that there isn't a lot of change going on. Maryland, Florida State and Boston College also have slipped some over the last week. Once again, let's give it up for Tim Miles and the San Jose Spartans! They started off the week with a one point loss at Pacific, a game they led pretty much the whole way until the last 90 seconds but just couldn't hang on in the end. They did finish up the week with a convincing home win against Cal Poly, however. The Spartans wrapped up non-con with a 9-4 record and are up to #158. Starting to get serious year two Coach Miles vibes around here. (Ironically, Ken predicts San Jose to get 6 conference wins as well. Might be interesting to see if either of us can beat those expectations.) Okay, that's today's KenPom update. Here we go! KenPom rankings as of 12-21-22======================= B1G (0-2):7. Purdue - L17. Ohio State18. Indiana - L20. Illinois21. Iowa25. Maryland27. Rutgers33. Penn State35. Wisconsin 39. Michigan State46. Michigan47. Northwestern87. Nebraska181. Minnesota Non-Conference (7-4):303. Maine - W289. Omaha - W---Gavitt Games---52. @St. John's - L353. Arkansas Pine-Bluff - W---ESPN Events Invitational---34. Oklahoma - L26. Memphis - L145. Florida State - W---B1G/ACC Challenge---174. Boston College - W30. @Creighton - W49. Kansas State - L---Battle In The Vault---185. Queens University of Charlotte - W LNKtrnsplnt 1 Quote
hskr4life Posted December 21, 2022 Report Posted December 21, 2022 NET basically lines up as we are #81 in the NET. Our Company: #79- Providence, #80- Colorado State, #82- UMASS Lowell, #83- Michigan Quad Record: Q1 (1-6), Q2 (0-0), Q3 (1-0) Q4 (5-0) To Go: Q1 (11 Games) Q2 (5 Games) Q3 (0 Games) Q4 (2 Games) Quote
hskr4life Posted December 29, 2022 Report Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) Tim Miles picked up a nice win tonight down at SJSU. Previously once beaten UNLV goes down. SJSU cracked the top 150 in KP. Edited December 29, 2022 by hskr4life Red Don 1 Quote
49r Posted December 29, 2022 Author Report Posted December 29, 2022 6 hours ago, hskr4life said: Tim Miles picked up a nice win tonight down at SJSU. Previously once beaten UNLV goes down. SJSU cracked the top 150 in KP. Coach is doing a lot of things right out in San Jose. Love to see it! Red Don and HB 2 Quote
Norm Peterson Posted December 29, 2022 Report Posted December 29, 2022 3 hours ago, 49r said: Coach is doing a lot of things right out in San Jose. Love to see it! The most Nebraska Basketball thing ever would be in a couple of years, after Ben Johnson proceeds to fail at Minnesota (he's headed that direction despite how things started last season), the Gophers finally hire Tim Miles who goes onto propel Minnesota regularly into the top half of the league and stomp our asses with regularity. And all the people on this board who rejoiced when Miles was fired and pretended that lack of AD support had nothing to do with our lack of success (in recruiting especially) will be out here saying, well, he just wasn't ready yet as a coach when he was at Nebraska, that he needed to go cut his teeth at a place like San Jose before heading to a P5 program. I mean, I can just see this happening. Two years. Maybe three. hskr4life, Vinny, Silverbacked1 and 5 others 2 6 Quote
cornfed24-7 Posted December 29, 2022 Report Posted December 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Norm Peterson said: The most Nebraska Basketball thing ever would be in a couple of years, after Ben Johnson proceeds to fail at Minnesota (he's headed that direction despite how things started last season), the Gophers finally hire Tim Miles who goes onto propel Minnesota regularly into the top half of the league and stomp our asses with regularity. And all the people on this board who rejoiced when Miles was fired and pretended that lack of AD support had nothing to do with our lack of success (in recruiting especially) will be out here saying, well, he just wasn't ready yet as a coach when he was at Nebraska, that he needed to go cut his teeth at a place like San Jose before heading to a P5 program. I mean, I can just see this happening. Two years. Maybe three. Followed up by year 6 is really year 1 for Hoiberg tcp 1 Quote
Norm Peterson Posted December 30, 2022 Report Posted December 30, 2022 Top 80, bitches. jayschool and 49r 1 1 Quote
49r Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Posted December 30, 2022 It was both satisfying and disheartening to highlight the Iowa name and slide it down as far as I did this morning. Good win but we still have a ways to go to be able to compete at the top of this league. The good news I see us being able to compete well against the teams in the 40's and below and there seems to be a growing number of those in the Big Ten. Rutgers is surging towards the top of the league due largely to an impressive win at home over Indiana and a 1 point loss at Ohio State. Can they keep it up? Illinois has dropped precipitously since their huge loss to Dennis Gates' Mizzou team. (great hire for Missouri by the way). So, we finish up 2022 with an 8-6 record. We'll need to get 8 more wins for NIT eligibility; can we get them? KenPom says there are 6 games left where we are favored by or an underdog by one or two points. We need to win all of those toss-ups and take care of business in both Minnesota games to get there. Tall task, but not impossible. I would have laughed in your face two months ago if you had told me we would end December with a puncher's chance at the post season. Currently KenPom has predicted a 15-16 (8-12) regular season finish for us. Tim Miles update: The Spartans get a nice win this week over UNLV at home to move up to #144. Big road game for him and his guys this weekend at Colorado State. I'm sure this one has some extra meaning for coach. Good luck coach and beat those Rams! Okay, that's today's KenPom update. Here we go! KenPom rankings as of 12-30-22======================= B1G (1-2):7. Purdue - L14. Ohio State19. Indiana - L22. Rutgers25. Maryland30. Illinois35. Wisconsin 41. Penn State43. Michigan State46. Iowa - W52. Northwestern65. Michigan77. Nebraska199. Minnesota Non-Conference (7-4):306. Maine - W285. Omaha - W---Gavitt Games---61. @St. John's - L355. Arkansas Pine-Bluff - W---ESPN Events Invitational---33. Oklahoma - L28. Memphis - L151. Florida State - W---B1G/ACC Challenge---161. Boston College - W24. @Creighton - W51. Kansas State - L---Battle In The Vault---181. Queens University of Charlotte - W Quote
kldm64 Posted December 30, 2022 Report Posted December 30, 2022 Man, if they could have somehow got that Purdue win, we'd be potentially looking at NCAA tournament right now. Quote
Norm Peterson Posted December 30, 2022 Report Posted December 30, 2022 1 hour ago, 49r said: Tim Miles update: The Spartans get a nice win this week over UNLV at home to move up to #144. Big road game for him and his guys this weekend at Colorado State. I'm sure this one has some extra meaning for coach. Good luck coach and beat those Rams! Since we're updating on teams not on our schedule, let me just add that North Texas is 10-3, kenpom #57, and they beat UNO by 30. millerhusker and 49r 2 Quote
millerhusker Posted December 30, 2022 Report Posted December 30, 2022 1 hour ago, 49r said: Good win but we still have a ways to go to be able to compete at the top of this league. The good news I see us being able to compete well against the teams in the 40's and below and there seems to be a growing number of those in the Big Ten. Eh, there's really no difference between the teams at the top of the league and the teams near the bottom. The order will change quite a bit as the year goes on. Wouldn't be a surprise at all if Northwestern beat Ohio State this weekend. Purdue and Minnesota seem to be the only outliers thus far. Even then, we definitely competed with Purdue and Minnesota could very well beat us. hugh42 1 Quote
Art Vandalay Posted December 30, 2022 Report Posted December 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, millerhusker said: Eh, there's really no difference between the teams at the top of the league and the teams near the bottom. The order will change quite a bit as the year goes on. Wouldn't be a surprise at all if Northwestern beat Ohio State this weekend. Purdue and Minnesota seem to be the only outliers thus far. Even then, we definitely competed with Purdue and Minnesota could very well beat us. Totally agree. Not a team in the league we can not beat on a given night (or lose to as well). It’ll be a roller coaster ride Quote
throwback Posted December 31, 2022 Report Posted December 31, 2022 Just by the eye test, I thought Memphis was the best team we played in the non-con. Looking like they're trending in the right direction to eventually be the highest ranked KenPom team, too. Quote
hskr4life Posted January 1, 2023 Report Posted January 1, 2023 SJSU 2-0 in MW play and 11-3 overall. Congrats Tim! Red Don 1 Quote
49r Posted January 1, 2023 Author Report Posted January 1, 2023 2 hours ago, hskr4life said: SJSU 2-0 in MW play and 11-3 overall. Congrats Tim! Should probably put this in the Tim Miles thread but... ...congrats, coach. I know this win must mean a whole lot to you! tcp and cornfed24-7 1 1 Quote
49r Posted January 1, 2023 Author Report Posted January 1, 2023 Also, San Jose's KenPom ranking has gone from 232 to now 127 so far this season. Quote
tcp Posted January 1, 2023 Report Posted January 1, 2023 glad timmeh's having success in SJ. good hire for them. would love to see a win over Sparty now so I can get on this damned bandwagon and stay on. Quote
MichHusker Posted January 1, 2023 Report Posted January 1, 2023 49 minutes ago, tcp said: glad timmeh's having success in SJ. good hire for them. would love to see a win over Sparty now so I can get on this damned bandwagon and stay on. Well i would think if there was ever a time to beat MSU at the breslin center it would be right before they play Michigan. Things are set up nicely hhcmatt and tcp 1 1 Quote
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