Bracketology 2024/2025

[49r]

Penn State is the head scratcher for me.  Ain't played nobody yet.  Yeah, they beat Purdue but this year's Purdue team does not look like anything special.  But that's what happens when you game the metrics by blowing out overmatched opponents.  Reminds me a little bit of the 2018-19 Husker team.

[hskr4life]

Idk if these random non-con away games for P4 teams are going to continue. But watching this Alabama @ North Dakota game has been fun.

 

Could be a new recruiting tool in the portal.

[hskr4life]

Also— keep an eye on this kid should he want to transfer. Was a walking bucket tonight.

He’s up to 40 on Bama.

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by hskr4life

[hskr4life]

5 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Also— keep an eye on this kid should he want to transfer. Was a walking bucket tonight.

He’s up to 40 on Bama.

 

 

 

[hskr4life]

Getting that true road win off our back prior to January this year is going to be nice!

[AuroranHusker]

Just now, hskr4life said:

Getting that true road win off our back prior to January this year is going to be nice!

 

Are we forgetting Omaha already...........

 

 

[hskr4life]

Just now, AuroranHusker said:

 

Are we forgetting Omaha already...........

 

 

Beating two mid-majors basically counts as 1 full true road win. Lol!

 

In all seriousness— Thanks for that catch though!

[Dead Dog Alley]

1 minute ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Are we forgetting Omaha already...........

 

 

Was that even against a Division 1 team?

[AuroranHusker]

1 minute ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

Was that even against a Division 1 team?

 

It was against a team from Omaha, that much I do know. 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2024 by AuroranHusker

[hskr4life]

These turn of the calendar brackets should be fun to see. Here’s our updated Team Sheet.

 

 

[millerhusker]

ESPN power index has us as an 8 seed right now. Almost every game is a big opportunity the rest of the way and it starts with UCLA on Jan. 4. They are highly thought of currently but i think our defense matches up very well against them and what they do offensively. The crowd should be roaring for that one. 

[hskr4life]

 

[LincecumFan]

55 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

So am I seeing this correctly that if we beat OK in the opening round we would then face Duke (provided they win their opening round game)? Has NU ever played Duke in a men's basketball game before?

[TourneyBound]

On 12/26/2024 at 10:04 AM, millerhusker said:

ESPN power index has us as an 8 seed right now. Almost every game is a big opportunity the rest of the way and it starts with UCLA on Jan. 4. They are highly thought of currently but i think our defense matches up very well against them and what they do offensively. The crowd should be roaring for that one. 

 

Boy I just looked at Seat Geek for some tickets.... I know its a Saturday afternoon game but Yikes  Big money for those!  National televised game on FOX is going to be awesome!  Cant wait!!

[hskr4life]

Our Non-Con SOS looks decently respectable in its current form. We're sitting at 216 and that includes...

 

1 Q1 game (Win over CU)

2 Q2 games (Win over OSU, loss to St. Marys)

2 Q3 games (Wins over Hawaii and Murry St)

6 Q4 games (Rest of cupcakes)

 

However, depending on how CU, Oregon St, and St. Mary's do, all three of those will be fluctuating between Q1 and Q2 throughout the year. Also, depending on how North Florida and UTRGV do, they are in a position where they could see a bump up to a Q3 game.

 

Non-Con SOS was something I was worried about with the schedule we put together. However, winning all three in Hawaii, having that Hawaii game be a true road game, and our cupcakes performing better than expected have all led to a really respectable Non-Con SOS so far. Our overall SOS will only get better throughout the year.

[AGHANSEN]

This is from JBR Bracketology who does a good job on Twitter.

 

[kldm64]

This is the website I like to use as takes into account more than just one person or website opinion.

 

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

[throwback]

3 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Non-Con SOS was something I was worried about with the schedule we put together. However, winning all three in Hawaii, having that Hawaii game be a true road game, and our cupcakes performing better than expected have all led to a really respectable Non-Con SOS so far. Our overall SOS will only get better throughout the year.

[hskr4life]

9 minutes ago, throwback said:

 

Yeahh-- our cupcakes performing better are helping to offset the hurt that mid-majors are causing by not having as good of a season.

[Dead Dog Alley]

On 12/27/2024 at 2:51 PM, LincecumFan said:

So am I seeing this correctly that if we beat OK in the opening round we would then face Duke (provided they win their opening round game)? Has NU ever played Duke in a men's basketball game before?

 

Only in the alternate universes where NU didn't piss the Xavier game down their leg in 1991

[bigred4]

2 hours ago, AGHANSEN said:

This is from JBR Bracketology who does a good job on Twitter.

 

This seems reasonable.  It would be nice if Oregon St would be quad 1 but don't think they will be, but that would give us 2 quad 1 non con wins away from home (assuming creighton is top 75).  

 

Winning both games this week puts us in really good position.  One concern is how much committee puts into analytics because I think we will have games (like MSU) where we aren't making shots and not getting to line especially on road and could get blown out a few times which would drag those numbers down.

[hskr4life]

20 minutes ago, bigred4 said:

This seems reasonable.  It would be nice if Oregon St would be quad 1 but don't think they will be, but that would give us 2 quad 1 non con wins away from home (assuming creighton is top 75).  

 

Winning both games this week puts us in really good position.  One concern is how much committee puts into analytics because I think we will have games (like MSU) where we aren't making shots and not getting to line especially on road and could get blown out a few times which would drag those numbers down.

If we play D like we have in just about every game outside of MSU, we should never get blown out. Even if we only score 55.

[hskr4life]

 

[hskr4life]

Thank you GG for that personal 8-0 run last night to trick the NET and giving us a huge bump. Updated metrics team

sheet heading into conference play. Firmly in currently and beating UCLA would probably put us in the 6-7 seed range.

 

Heading into January having to play ourselves out is much better than having to lag to get in.

[hskr4life]

I was curious, so last years final numbers (After Texas A&M)

 

NET: 33 (-5)

KPI: 27 (+12)

SOR: 24 (-5)

BPI: 37 (+1)

KPom: 28 (-9)

 

So we're right there with last years resume already.