Bracketology 2024/2025

[cozrulz]

32 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

Did our NIT Title Team in ‘96 have an 11 or 9 game losing streak? We couldn’t remember @ the Zoo Bar today while watching our season melt away. We went from getting Top 25 Votes to OUT of the B1G Tournament in the snap of a finger. 

 

9.

 

just have to start a 5 game win streak sooner.

[Cazzie22]

I believe this thread is for the eternal optimists.

[HuskerFever]

Just have to give a quick shout out and special thanks to @hskr4life for giving us some early season Bracketology life early in the season.

 

She left as fast as she came. Que sera sera.

[AuroranHusker]

6 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

I believe this thread is for the eternal optimists.

 

Find a way to win the next one. Then do it again. It's not an impossible task. That winning mindset has to start with effort, attitude, and positive body language from the squad, and ultimately, it takes 1 win to potentially turn this around.

 

[Shawn Eichorst's Toupee]

Just now, AuroranHusker said:

 

Find a way to win the next one. Then do it again. It's not an impossible task. That winning mindset has to start with effort, attitude, and positive body language from the squad, and ultimately, it takes 1 win to potentially turn this around.

 

 

Let me be very clear. Do I think a turnaround is going to happen? No. Is there a path to the tournament? Yes. 8 of the remaining 11 are Quad 1 games. Protect home court with an upset win against Michigan or Illinois, steal a road win or two at Washington/Penn State/Northwestern/Ohio State, and Nebraska's firmly on the bubble.

 

One underrated benefit of the bottom 3 teams not going to the Big Ten Tournament is that I don't have to convince myself that 5 games in 5 days for the auto bid is possible.

[hskr4life]

18 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

Just have to give a quick shout out and special thanks to @hskr4life for giving us some early season Bracketology life early in the season.

 

She left as fast as she came. Que sera sera.

Happy to help! Hopefully it gave everyone some good fun through New Years!

[AuroranHusker]

10 minutes ago, Shawn Eichorst's Toupee said:

 

Let me be very clear. Do I think a turnaround is going to happen? No. Is there a path to the tournament? Yes. 8 of the remaining 11 are Quad 1 games. Protect home court with an upset win against Michigan or Illinois, steal a road win or two at Washington/Penn State/Northwestern/Ohio State, and Nebraska's firmly on the bubble.

 

One underrated benefit of the bottom 3 teams not going to the Big Ten Tournament is that I don't have to convince myself that 5 games in 5 days for the auto bid is possible.

 

I'm kind of in the same boat, I wouldn't expect a turnaround to happen but it's not out of the realm of possibility. It will take a lot of soul searching by the squad. I do expect a spirited effort against the Illini, similar to what we saw from USC last time in a bit of a desperation mode. I guess we'll find out how resilient these guys truly are in the weeks ahead. I am still hopeful for things to happen that we probably wouldn't expect to happen at this particular moment in time. GBR

[hskr4life]

16 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

I'm kind of in the same boat, I wouldn't expect a turnaround to happen but it's not out of the realm of possibility. It will take a lot of soul searching by the squad. I do expect a spirited effort against the Illini, similar to what we saw from USC last time in a bit of a desperation mode. I guess we'll find out how resilient these guys truly are in the weeks ahead. I am still hopeful for things to happen that we probably wouldn't expect to happen at this particular moment in time. GBR

Lightning in a bottle? We’ve done it before!

[AuroranHusker]

Just now, hskr4life said:

Lightning in a bottle? We’ve done it before!

 

Anything is possible. Gotta believe !!

 

[Cazzie22]

I need to see some evidence that a turnaround is possible.

[Norm Peterson]

I really hate doing this. OK, I almost hate doing this. In a way, I hate doing this. But I feel compelled to do this:

 

11

11

Texas Tech

Big 12

15-4

4-0

1-2

3-2

2-2

4-0

6-0

[huskerkid21]

I still have hope - at least until the final whistle blows against Illinois. Lets just say we play our frickin tales off and hang on to win that one. one would hope that would be a confidence builder. at that point the rest of the year becomes win out at home by any means necessary (yes even Michigan because in this scenario in my head (which will definitely happen) we are sniffing a tourney appearance by the time they come to Lincoln and the boys know it so they go out and win that as well.

On the road then its all about beating Washington while probably losing all our other road games. In that scenario we get to 19 wins and were at least on the bubble with a chance to make some noise in the Big ten tourney. And WHO KNOWS in this fantasy land dream scenario we could go out and win TWO on the road and were safely in with 20 wins!!

 

On the other hand if we lose to Illinois in humiliating fashion we may not win another game this year. That's all I got at this point and as always go Skers #optomist

[hskr4life]

 

We're notable!!

[OmahaHusker]

57 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

We're notable!!

 

Honestly reminds me of this scene lol

 

[HuscurAdam]

3 hours ago, hskr4life said:

 

We're notable!!

 

Same energy...