NCAA Tournament Watch

[hskr4life]

Was running through a quick glance at some bubble teams and man… Indiana St is way way out at this point.  Probably needs the auto bid.

 

They don’t have any quality left in the regular season to boost them.  Their singular Q1 win is teetering on a Q2 and likely will get there which would leave them winless in Q1.  It’s over for them pending an auto bid.

[hskr4life]

Rest of bubble teams in thread too.

Edited February 21 by hskr4life

[AuroranHusker]

56 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Rest of bubble teams in thread too.

 

I was tracking until JBR said that Nebraska needs to be able to win on the road, does no one count winning in Sioux Falls or Manhattan, Kansas? I understand NU beating Oregon St. isn't the greatest accomplishment, but hardly anybody wins at the Octagon of Purpleness !

 

Edited February 21 by AuroranHusker

[hskr4life]

18 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

I was tracking until JBR said that Nebraska needs to be able to win on the road, does no one count winning in Sioux Falls or Manhattan, Kansas? I understand NU beating Oregon St. isn't the greatest accomplishment, but hardly anybody wins at the Octagon of Purpleness !

 

 

I think it's all about what you "hear" sometimes.  And if you watch our games the announcers always start out with our road woes and how we're winless on the road in conference... yada, yada.  Then later, there might be a side comment about how we won in Manhattan or are 1-0 in neutral games.  That win in Manhattan was huge and is growing larger by the day.  That's one we can still point to and, should we win 1-2 on the road to end the year hear, say "see, we've got 2-3 true road wins".

[AuroranHusker]

16 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

I think it's all about what you "hear" sometimes.  And if you watch our games the announcers always start out with our road woes and how we're winless on the road in conference... yada, yada.  Then later, there might be a side comment about how we won in Manhattan or are 1-0 in neutral games.  That win in Manhattan was huge and is growing larger by the day.  That's one we can still point to and, should we win 1-2 on the road to end the year hear, say "see, we've got 2-3 true road wins".

 

I do agree that it's an albatross right now being winless on the Big Ten road, as the only other B1G team without a road conference victory is Ohio St. -- and they fired their coach !! Tonight it changes, the Big Red will beat the Hoosier-daddy outta 'em.

 

[Vinny]

The team that makes me scratch my head in that list is Utah. They could finish with a record a game below us and be in while we would be out? Are their wins over Wake, WSU and St. Mary’s better than Purdue, NW, Wis and MSU?

[REDZONEDAN]

Illinois….you hate to see it

[unl]

Does anyone know what it would take to get us above the last four byes? As nice as it is to see Nebraska on the brackets, I’d love it to be above that last ten in. Could it happen if we lose only at Ohio state?

[brfrad]

15 minutes ago, unl said:

Does anyone know what it would take to get us above the last four byes? As nice as it is to see Nebraska on the brackets, I’d love it to be above that last ten in. Could it happen if we lose only at Ohio state?

We for sure would be a lock.  I'd say we're looking at an 8/9 seed.

[hskr4life]

31 minutes ago, unl said:

Does anyone know what it would take to get us above the last four byes? As nice as it is to see Nebraska on the brackets, I’d love it to be above that last ten in. Could it happen if we lose only at Ohio state?

We’ll probably be above the last 4 bye area until we lose again.  Especially if we beat Minny.  But in a lot of updates tomorrow, we should be in that 9-10 seed range.

[AuroranHusker]

4 hours ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

I do agree that it's an albatross right now being winless on the Big Ten road, as the only other B1G team without a road conference victory is Ohio St. -- and they fired their coach !! Tonight it changes, the Big Red will beat the Hoosier-daddy outta 'em.

 

 

Yes, they did.

 

[FredsSlacks]

22+ wins is probably the only way to avoid sweating it out on selection sunday. 

 

i still think we'd be in with 21, but don't think it'd be a sure thing.

Edited February 22 by FredsSlacks

[HuskerActuary]

2 hours ago, FredsSlacks said:

22+ wins is probably the only way to avoid sweating it out on selection sunday. 

 

i still think we'd be in with 21, but don't think it'd be a sure thing.

This is a perfectly worded post. I agree with every piece of it.

 

The nice thing is that unless we collapse, only getting 21 wins is starting to look unlikely.

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

Despite K-State’s best efforts to free fall, they moved up four spots to 77 last night without even playing.

 

Huge opportunity Saturday as they host BYU. KSU will probably be favored, but with BYU being way overrated in NET it’d be a big win as far as the numbers are concerned.

[brfrad]

 

 

I have figured out we could get a 2 seed.  That would be incredible. 

[Vinny]

43 minutes ago, brfrad said:

 

 

I have figured out we could get a 2 seed.  That would be incredible. 

Don’t know what’s less believable, us getting the 2 seed, or Illinois falling to the 7 seed.

[hskr4life]

While the 2 seed is definitely a reach… a top 4 seed is certainly in play with the schedule we have remaining!  Would be great to achieve that!

[Norm Peterson]

15 hours ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

I was tracking until JBR said that Nebraska needs to be able to win on the road, does no one count winning in Sioux Falls or Manhattan, Kansas? I understand NU beating Oregon St. isn't the greatest accomplishment, but hardly anybody wins at the Octagon of Purpleness !

 

 

Yeah, I think only about half the teams that go there win, so this checks out as true.

[hskr4life]

 

[Chuck Taylor]

Move us to "should be in." Last night did it for me, I'm checking flights and hotels. I know this is Nebraska basketball, but I don't see us falling apart in these last 4 games, and we've done enough on Feb 22 to be in

[AuroranHusker]

3 hours ago, HuskerActuary said:

This is a perfectly worded post. I agree with every piece of it.

 

The nice thing is that unless we collapse, only getting 21 wins is starting to look unlikely.

 

Let's just keep rollin' through the rest of the schedule. Three consecutive double-digit victories already, keep it goin'!!

 

[AuroranHusker]

Just now, Chuck Taylor said:

Move us to "should be in." Last night did it for me, I'm checking flights and hotels. I know this is Nebraska basketball, but I don't see us falling apart in these last 4 games, and we've done enough on Feb 22 to be in

 

I'm prayin' that OMAHA is still a distinct possibility if they keep rollin' through the remaining schedule, including the BTT. GBR

 

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Yeah, I think only about half the teams that go there win, so this checks out as true.

 

Tang started out 28-2 at home, maybe this season hasn't gone as well, i.e. Nebrasketball broke them (as we did to UW), but the Purple Reign still beat K.U. at their Octagon, so it's kinda snarky to act like it wasn't a big win for N.U.

 

[AuroranHusker]

2 hours ago, hskr4life said:

While the 2 seed is definitely a reach… a top 4 seed is certainly in play with the schedule we have remaining!  Would be great to achieve that!

 

A double bye would be incredible. And it would likely mean the Husker were rollin' during the final few regular season games, as 3 straight double-digit wins would indicate the trajectory remains within reach for top 4 in the B1G. GBR

[49r]

2 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Yeah, I think only about half the teams that go there win, so this checks out as true.

 

Yeah it's amazing the difference in what having (and then not having) Keyontae Johnson on your team makes eh?