hhcmatt Posted February 14, 2014 Report Posted February 14, 2014 Are FSU's road wins in addition to the 2 impressive neutral court W's? Yes, they also have 2 true road wins, so that's mostly why Lunardi has them in. Because it's certainly not their SOS or their great ACC record. I think it sucks that there is such a major emphasis on road/neutral wins now. What about, one year, rewarding the teams who take care of business on their home court and have a crazy fanbase that helps them play well, and thus, would probably travel in droves to see their team play in an NCAA game... Just sayin'. Florida State has lost to Virginia (18), Clemson (72) and Miami (108) at home. We've lost to Michigan (13). If that were emphasized instead of road/neutral, we'd be in. I don't get it. Who decided it was less embarrassing to have teams come in and beat you in your own gym than it is to go out to other teams' gyms and lose? "Oh yeah they get beat on their home floor all the time by teams on par or worse than them, but whoa, did you see that big road win they got a bad Miami team? Wow!" The RPI already heavily factors in road wins, I don't think it should also be evaluated as its own category as well. This is a great point. Counterpoint on the road/neutral: You can't fill a tournament stadium with fans and you're picking a team that has proven it will lose and/or won't be competitive when on the road...which defines all NCAA tournament games. At this point if you look at who FSU has lost to vs who we have lost to and who they have beaten vs who we have beaten, they have been more impressive. We're close though. Quote
GATA Posted February 14, 2014 Report Posted February 14, 2014 I have no problem with us being an at-best fringe NCAA tournament team right now. Frankly, we don't deserve it based on our terrible away record. The fact is, good teams (NCAA-worthy teams) should be able to win in another team's gym. Hopefully we can do a better job of this next year, because that's the next step in the maturation process. Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 14, 2014 Report Posted February 14, 2014 I have no problem with us being an at-best fringe NCAA tournament team right now. Frankly, we don't deserve it based on our terrible away record. The fact is, good teams (NCAA-worthy teams) should be able to win in another team's gym. Hopefully we can do a better job of this next year, because that's the next step in the maturation process. Nebrasketball is like a fine bottle of wine. It gets better with age. Quote
Swan88 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Posted February 14, 2014 Gotta love what's happening with Nebrasketball these days! How a team finishes a season is always more important than what happens early-on. That's a good thing for Nebrasketball because of the youthful nature of our team--improvements as the season goes along are almost always greater for a young team than for a senior-laden team. It could still happen, as Tim Miles said, on prospects for getting to the bottom of league standings, especially if some crucial injuries were to occur. But you've gotta like our chances for performing well over the remainder of the season and for good results of some sort in the post–season--and for some excellent recruiting results to follow! In years past (even during the late Nee days), any optimism around this time of year is always dashed by realities that follow. Dare we say/hope/think/expect/believe/wish that this year might be different? My money is on an affirmative answer to that question! hhcmatt 1 Quote
GoBigRed Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Posted February 17, 2014 http://espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology How in the hell does Lunardi have LSU ahead of us? Nebraska (14-10, 6-6 Big Ten, RPI 53, SOS: 25) Top 50: 3-7 Top 50 Wins: Ohio State (15), at Michigan State (18), Minnesota (33)Top 100: 4-7100+ Losses: vs. UAB (165), at Purdue (108), at Penn State (112)Road: 2-7 Neutral: 1-2 Home Losses: Michigan (16) LSU (15-9, 6-6 SEC, RPI 72, SOS: 78) Top 50: 3-2 Top 50 Wins: Kentucky (13), Missouri (38), vs. Saint Joseph's (43) Top 100: 5-6 100+ Losses: Rhode Island (175), at Texas A&M (135), at Alabama (118) Road: 2-6 Neutral: 2-1 Home Losses: Rhode Island (175), Tennessee (54) - Our 3 best wins are better than their second-best win. - Our 3 bad losses are all better than their 3 bad losses (and their worst loss was AT HOME). - Road/Neutral/Top 100 nearly identical. - Our RPI and SOS are considerably better. - All they have on us is a 3-2 record against the top 50, while we are 3-7. So I guess this is how they have a better resume than us.... Sorry that LSU has played: 13, 19, 34, 38, 43 While we've played: 8, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 18, 19, 24, 33 Or for ease of reading, that's 8, 13, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 18, 19, 19, 24, 33, 34, 38, 43 We've dealth with that and are one game worse record-wise. You're drunk, Lunardi. Quote
HuskerFever Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 How in the hell does Lunardi have LSU ahead of us? Given our recent history, we have a lot more to prove before anyone gives us any respect. Quote
GoBigRed Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Posted February 17, 2014 How in the hell does Lunardi have LSU ahead of us? Given our recent history, we have a lot more to prove before anyone gives us any respect. Shouldn't be like that. It should be about what's on paper. Team A vs. Team B. LSU has lost 3 of its last 4 to teams who aren't in the bracket. It's lone win was against a team also not in the bracket. I know we have tons of work to do and not saying we should be in the field. But to date, do we deserve it more than LSU? I sure as heck think so. The SEC is garbage RPIwise, and they are .500 in it. Quote
nuled2dance Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 We're nebraska we are the new kid on the block LSU has had more recent success. 10-8 is very possible maybe even better. Road games are tough but if we play the way we did yesterday we can win at Illinois and Indiana. It is possible. Wisconsin will be very tough! Lot of pressure on a young team vs the badgers make me nervous Quote
Bugeaters1 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Here is some of what the sporting news has to say about the dance. http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2014-02-16/you-want-to-talk-bubble-st-johns-nebraska-ncaa-tournament-oklahoma-state-providence-tennessee Quote
PimpMario Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Lets be honest, Joe probably doesn't do a lot of in depth resume analysis when picking the team he thinks will be the 8th runner up to making the tournament. I could see your complaint if LSU go the last at large seed and we are looking in, but the comparison for being included in a "next 4 out" section seems a little premature right now. Next Monday we will either be 8-6 in conference and firmly on the bubble or not and the bubble talk will be over. Quote
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