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GhostOfJoeMcCray
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not that there's a very realistic chance of that happening, but hypothetically that would potentially put us at 10-6 in Q1.    Here were the teams last year who had 10 or more Q1 wins:

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This conversation with the wife hit me like a bus.   Me: Blabbering on about the bubble and how weak it is, but also Nebraska needing to win and everything in between.   Her: So wh

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Our 6 Q1 wins put us in a tie for 11th best in the nation in terms of number of Q1 wins. There are just 18 teams with 6 or more Q1 wins. Our six wins put us in the same company as Purdue, Mississippi

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OmahaHusker

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53 minutes ago, Fastbreaker said:

Does a win at Dayton give us our first NCAA win?  It would really cheapen it in my estimation.  

 

Eye of the beholder. Technically, yes it is. I mean it's called the Field of 68. But also prepare for backlash if you die on that hill. 

hhcmatt

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In 1949 we played in the NCAA playoff as the champion of the Big Seven to make the 8 team NCAA tournament, essentially in the top 16  Players got watches from the NCAA. Technically didn't count as a NCAA tournament appearance.

 

A win in a 68 team or 128 team NCAA tournament win would be a tournament win because it's the NCAA tournament. That simple.

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2 hours ago, Fastbreaker said:

Does a win at Dayton give us our first NCAA win?  It would really cheapen it in my estimation.  

 

Just win and build from there.  Hopefully winning one game isn't the peak.

OmahaHusker

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1 hour ago, Art Vandalay said:

Not really. When you look up our official ncaa record it will show 1 tournament win. There is no real legitimate argument against it.

 

I consider a win to get into the round of 32 as a true win and advance in the tournament, but technically yes you are correct it's also a tournament win. 

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4 hours ago, Fastbreaker said:

Does a win at Dayton give us our first NCAA win?  It would really cheapen it in my estimation.  

The NCAA really messed up when they labeled them play in games. They made those 4 teams red headed stepchildren.  By their logic, when the field went from 32 teams to 64, in 1985, that first round should have been considered play in games.  

 

Winning in a 68 team field is no less honorable than winning in a 64 team tournament.

 

Just win, Huskers, and this discussion is moot.

 

LincecumFan

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2 hours ago, cipsucks said:

The NCAA really messed up when they labeled them play in games. They made those 4 teams red headed stepchildren.  By their logic, when the field went from 32 teams to 64, in 1985, that first round should have been considered play in games.  

 

Winning in a 68 team field is no less honorable than winning in a 64 team tournament.

 

Just win, Huskers, and this discussion is moot.

 

I agree. These teams were selected by the committee to play in the NCAA Tournament, so why do they have to "play to get in"? They're really just opening round games, IMHO.

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Not really much to do with bracketology but Michigan St. hits shot from over half court to beat Terps 58-55. Just don't see Maryland doing much in NCAA tourney with their lack of depth. So they will probably make Sweet 16. MSU on other hand has 10 guys that play 14+ minutes/game and still took desperation shot to win. College basketball...ya just never know? 

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On 2/26/2025 at 8:20 AM, hskr4life said:

Bubble Watch 2/26

 

- According to T-Rank, our biggest rooting interests tonight are Oregon St over San Francisco, USC over Ohio St, Kentucky over OU, Penn St over Indiana, Rice over Memphis. This is actually a pretty decent list today and I agree with all of them.

 

- My personal Bubble Watch:

 

Georgetown over UCONN-- While it wouldn't knock UCONN out, their resume is on the lighter side of things. They have that Q3 loss to Seton Hall, their loss to CU is on the verge of going Q3, and this loss to GTown would be a possible third Q3 loss.

 

A&M over Vandy-- Vandy is one of those SEC teams that looks to be in, but they aren't quite locked. They finish @A&M, Missouri, Arkansas, @Georgia. So four huge games that would give them Q1 wins or wins over other bubbly teams. We don't want the Q1 wins and will cross the bubble games when we get there.

 

K-State over UCF-- Not a huge game either way, but KSU is further away than UCF.

 

Fordham over George Mason-- There is talk that with a weak bubble, teams like GMU could steal a bid. So root against that.

 

Rhode Island over Dayton-- See above.

 

Evansville over Drake-- Drake is a nice story, but I don't want them stealing out bid. A loss here almost assures that.

 

Penn St @ Indiana-- a toss up maybe? A close Indiana win could keep PSU a Q1 loss AND move Indiana up to a Q2A win. But Indiana is also on the bubble, so... IDK.

 

Seton Hall over Nova-- Don't want Nova going on a run even though they aren't super close right now.

 

Kentucky over Oklahoma-- Keep Oklahoma dropping. They are tough at home though. OU will need more than this win, BUT it would be a good start for them.

 

Arizona over Utah-- The Craig Smithless Utes stilll would have a shot if they go on a run.

 

Virginia over Wake Forest-- I would say this is a huge bubble swing game for us as a loss likely damages Wake's resume bad. They can't afford to lose this one.

 

Creighton over DePaul-- Puke.. but we need that resume boost Creighton gives us when they win.

 

Texas @ Arkansas-- Toss up? Both are projected 11 seeds on BM and a loss likely drops one of them off right now.

 

USC over Ohio St-- keeps OSU off the bubble, keeps USC a Q2 loss, and Ohio St likely wouldn't move up to Q1 with a win anyways.

 

California over SMU-- SMU is bubbly and a loss here would be damaging.

 

Oregon St over San Francisco-- THE BIGGEST bubble game of the night doesn't tip until 10 PM. This is a double resume boost for us should Oregon St win. San Francisco is squarely on the bubble. A win over OSU would give their resume a boost. An OSU win for us improves our Non-Con SOS and could move them to a Q2A win.

 

UCONN won, Vandy with a huge road win that will go a long ways. I think Vandy only probably needs 1 more win to lock.

 

PSU stayed a Q1 loss-- Indiana stayed a Q2B win by 1 spot. Indiana solidifying it's spot on the bubble though as Dimes mentioned.

 

Oklahoma loses a heartbreaker. They have 3 games left and I believe still could get in at 7-11. EEK. They'd have to win @Ole Miss, @Texas, and home against Mizzou. Not the most difficult but not easy either.

 

Biggest bubble result was UVA over Wake and if they can't win at Duke, could need the auto bid.

 

Arkansas won in OT and Texas remains outside looking in. OSU inching closer to a Q1 win again. USC stays Q2.

 

San Fran over Oregon State. Dang it. Huge road win for SFU.

unl

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Yes this is off topic but how would you like to go from pac 10 to west coast playing San Francisco instead of UCLA? Yikes!

 

The more I think about the Minnesota game, yes the goal is to win but we need to show we’re ok and win this somewhat comfortably. Need the mojo back. 

hskr4life

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Going deeper into the IU vs OSU vs Neb scenario... it's pretty juicy.

 

OSU only has two games left. Nebraska and @Indiana. Sucks because they have a whole week to prep for us and rest up. Meanwhile we have to play on Saturday and turn around and travel for a Tuesday game.

 

Indiana has their west coast trip to Washington and then Oregon before finishing with OSU at home. As we know, it's not the toughest of west coast trips.

 

Nebraska has Minny, @OSU, and Iowa. Two very winnable games on there.

 

Basically everyone has every chance to play themselves in based on schedule. OSU has two of the other bubble teams left. Beat both and they are likely in. Indiana has an easyish road trip against Washington and a beatable Oregon. Then another bubble OSU team. Nebraska has two of the bottom teams in the B1G fighting to make the B1G tournament and another bubble team on the road. Need the two home games for sure to likely secure at least Dayton.

 

Like I said... each of the three could play themselves in and out.

millerhusker

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54 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

For this Nebraska team, no game is winnable.

I would just say every game is lose-able. Last year, there was no way in hell we were gonna lose any of those home games down the stretch. Our average margin of victory per conference win last year was 15 ppg. That's nuts. We just handled teams consistently. This year I am nervous for every game and it'd be a shock if we beat a conference opponent by double digits. Hopefully that happens on Saturday. 

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