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B1G standings thru week 5:
10-2 Illinois
8-4 NU
8-4 Purdue
10-5 Michigan
9-6 Iowa
7-5 Indiana
6-6 Ohio St
5-7 Mich St
 
6-9 Maryland
6-9 Penn St
4-8 Minnesota
3-9 Rutgers
2-10 N'western
 
Week 6 B1G Schedule
Iowa at NU Illinois at Maryland Minnesota at Penn St Mich St at Ohio St Rutgers at Indiana Purdue at N'western Michigan OFF Remaining Schedule for Contenders
Illinois: at MD, vs Ohio St, vs Iowa, at Purdue (remaining opponent record 29-25) NU: vs Iowa, at Minn, vs Indiana, at MSU (25-26) Purdue: at NW, vs Indiana, at Mich, vs Illinois (29-22) Michigan: at MSU, vs Purdue, at Indiana (20-16) Iowa: at NU, vs NW, at Illinois (20-16) Indiana: vs Rutg, at Purdue, at NU, vs Mich (29-22) Ohio St: vs MSU, at Illinois, vs NW, at Rutg (20-28) Outside of OSU, we have the easiest schedule remaining by a little bit, but it's going to take some work to catch Illinois, especially if they win the series at Maryland this weekend. And don't sleep on OSU if they can win at Illinois, as they have the weakest schedule the last two weeks. Lots of games left where the contenders are playing each other.
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B1G Boyd's World RPIs (http://boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html) through 10 weeks:
19 Nebraska (25-12) (-3 spots vs last week) 46 Maryland -- WLW (25-16) (3 H) (+7) 51 Ohio St (19-17) -- WWL (3 H) (-7) 58 Rutgers (23-16) -- LWL (3 A) (-12) 69 Purdue (25-15)* (+2) 70 Illinois (23-13)* (-1) 77 Indiana (22-18) (3 H) (-7) 96 Michigan (20-21)* (+7) 106 Iowa (22-15) (3 H) (+24) 113 N'western (12-23) -- WWW (3 A) (-6) 114 Michigan St (14-19) (3 A) (+4) 151 Minnesota (16-18) (3 A) (-10) 160 Penn St (19-17)* (-8) * NU doesn't play
 
Non-con opponents:
22 Oklahoma (24-14) -- L (1 N) (-3) 28 Texas Tech (29-13) -- L (1 N) (+9) 34 K-State (24-15) (1 H) (+4) 49 bluebirds (28-9) -- Lx (2 A) -- L (1 H) (-4) 65 Coll of Charleston (28-10) -- WWW (3 A) (+16) 68 South Alabama (23-17) -- LWW (3 H) (+18) 86 Kansas (21-15) -- L (1 A) (1 H) (+7) 99 Nicholls (27-14) -- WWW (3 H) (+1) 107 Grand Canyon (22-18) -- WWLW (4 A) (-16) 112 Wichita St (21-20) -- WL (2 A) (-11) 121 Baylor (18-20) -- W (1 N) (-4) 197 New Mexico St (17-22) -- WW (2 H) (+14) 215 South Dakota St (17-20) (1 H) (+4) 220 North Dakota St (12-22) -- W (1 H) (-19) 294 Omaha (12-23) -- W (1 H) (-5) The Pac-4:
64 Oregon (27-12) (-1) 92 USC (19-21) (-13) 174 Washington (13-19-1) (+16) 189 UCLA (13-24) (-23)  
What our quads look like right now:
Q1: 1-5 (7 total games) (0 change in total games from last week)
L – Oklahoma (N) L – Texas Tech (N) LX – bluebirds (A) LWL – Rutgers (A) Q2: 9-4 (17 total games) (-4)
WWW – Coll of Charleston (A) WL – Wichita St (A) L – Kansas (A) X – K-State (H) L – bluebirds (H) WWW – Northwestern (A) WLW – Maryland (H) XXX – Michigan St (A) Q3: 11-3 (21 total games) (+4)
W – Baylor (N) WWLW – Grand Canyon (A) LWW – South Alabama (H) WWW – Nicholls (H) X – Kansas (H) WWL – Ohio St (H) XXX – Indiana (H) XXX – Minnesota (A) Q4: 4-0 (8 total games) (0)
WW – New Mexico St (H) W – N Dakota St (H) W – Omaha (H) X – S Dakota St (H) XXX – Iowa (H)  ---------
Quad 1: Home games vs. RPI 1-25, neutral site games vs. 1-40, road games vs. 1-60 Quad 2: Home games vs. RPI 26-50, neutral site games vs. 41-80, road games vs. 61-120 Quad 3: Home games vs. RPI 51-100, neutral site games vs. 81-160, road games vs. 121-240 Quad 4: Home games vs. RPI 101+, neutral site games vs. 161+, road games vs. 241+  
We have several opponents dancing on the edge of Q2 / Q3, so those numbers may go back and forth a bit over the final month. We're also to the point where everyone has played enough games where you're not going to move a lot in RPI unless you have a really horrible or really dominant week. 
 
Even though we're still on the edge of hosting, we're going to have to play a lot better than we have in April to get there. This week is huge in that regard, as we can't lose home games to Q3 and Q4 teams without it costing us quite a bit, I would imagine. Plus we need to win the regular season to have any shot of hosting, so we really have to pick it up from here.
 
Great chance to win an emotional series this weekend to propel us into May on a high note. Lose the series this weekend to an Iowa team that is starting to round into form, and we'll still be on shaky ground heading into the time when you want to be playing your best.
 
Outside of a couple of big offensive performances, it's been incredibly frustrating to see our bats not heat up as the weather improves like we normally do. Until Sunday, we had so many weak, unconfident swings in key spots with RISP or 2 strikes. When you think how Columbus has been carrying us of late (and Brumbaugh and Sanderson to an extent), and all three of them have had long stretches were they weren't playing regularly through the first half of the season, it's a little frightening how much other guys have dropped off / stagnated since March. 
 
I know we changed up the pregame work a bit Sunday, so maybe that will be a turning point.
 
We should be scoring at a much higher rate than we are with how many runners we are putting on base. With an uncertain bullpen now, it's time for the offense to start pulling its own weight.
 
With the pitchers, it's been unbelievable how many poor results we're having after getting 2 strikes on the hitters. Not sure why we are giving up so many hits on 2-strike pitches, but that has to change if we're going to get back on track. Guys have to trust their stuff and hit spots. You start thinking about what the pitching staff would look like without Sears & Worthley (and Mac and Walsh much of the time), and it's pretty bleak. Again, a number of guys who've stagnated / regressed from where they were in March.
 
It just feels like we have a major confidence problem right now on the bump and in the box. Losing will do that, especially blowing a couple of multi-run 9th inning leads, but coaches need to figure it out and make the adjustments to get the mojo back. Maybe Sunday was the first step
 

Offensively Keisei could do so much more than shoot threes. Standing in the corner waiting for kick outs is the opposite of what Keisei did. I understand your point, but he’s an  Admiral now. He deserves the corresponding respect. 

Hugley, if true
 

I love it when Husker players WANT to be here.  This article about Sears was a good read.

https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/baseball/it-s-go-time-how-brett-sears-went-from-struggling-reliever-to-nebraska-baseball-ace/article_35356d37-15e5-51de-859a-849f5660900d.html
 
 

He grew up a Husker fan in a Husker household. He knew NU coaches had inquired about him but never reached out directly. So on a cold January day he drove to Lincoln to perform at a team prospect camp.
  “I said, ‘I’m just going to put myself in front of them and make them recruit me,’” Sears said. “I did well and committed.”
  Coaches liked the fastball and initially saw him as a reliever. That projection became cloudier as Sears struck out 114 batters and walked just 22 with a 3.06 ERA across 85 innings at Central that spring. SEC and Big 12 schools checked in on him. Kansas State came with a strong late offer that gave the pitcher pause.
Playing for the Huskers — with his family of Big Red backers nearby across the Missouri River — was too surreal to pass up.

Until they pass a Legislative Resolution that clearly states that Creighton Sucks, I have no positive things to say about the State Legislature

It appears as if Memphis has just entered the...
 

This is a thinking man's forum

Too busy watching Keisei

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To truly maximize your NIL potential you need a mix of party and business to your game.

B1G Standings
2-1 Maryland 2-1 Iowa 2-1 Penn St 2-1 Illinois 1-2 Indiana 1-2 Purdue 1-2 Mich St 1-2 Michigan 0-0 NU 0-0 Rutgers 0-0 N'western 0-0 Ohio St 0-0 Minnesota  
This week's conference games:
NU at N'western Rutgers at Mich St Maryland at Michigan Minnesota at Iowa Purdue at Ohio St Penn St at Illinois Indiana BYE  
B1G Boyd's World RPIs (http://boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html) through 6 weeks:
10 Nebraska (17-5) (-6 spots vs last week) 36 Maryland (18-6) (3 H) (-4) 39 Rutgers (17-7) (3 A) (0) 54 N'western (10-11) (3 A) (+10) 73 Iowa (13-10) (3 H) (+18) 80 Ohio St (10-11) (3 H) (-27) 106 Indiana (12-12) (3 H) (-41) 108 Illinois (10-12)* (+32) 109 Purdue (16-9)* (-30) 136 Michigan (9-15)* (0) 139 Michigan St (9-12) (3 A) (+26) 148 Minnesota (10-10) (3 A) (+64) 215 Penn St (12-9)* (-46) * NU doesn't play
 
Non-con opponents:
15 Oklahoma (14-9) -- L (1 N) (-10) 19 K-State (17-6) (1 A) (1 H) (+37) 46 bluebirds (17-3) (2 A) (1 H) (+11) 58 Wichita St (15-8) -- WL (2 A) (+13) 59 South Alabama (14-10) -- LWW (3 H) (+7) 63 Texas Tech (17-7) -- L (1 N) (+7) 72 Kansas (12-10) (1 A) (1 H) (+21) 92 Coll of Charleston (14-8) -- WWW (3 A) (+40) 97 Grand Canyon (13-10) -- WWLW (4 A) (-2) 118 North Dakota St (7-16) -- W (1 H) (+6) 125 South Dakota St (11-12) (1 H) (+2) 142 Nicholls (17-10) -- WWW (3 H) (-39) 149 Baylor (8-15) -- W (1 N) (+6) 222 New Mexico St (10-13) -- WW (2 H) (+11) 298 Omaha (4-18) -- W (1 H) (+2) The Pac-4:
62 Oregon (15-7) (-15) 101 Washington (6-11) (+3) 166 UCLA (9-12) (+10) 181 USC (8-15) (-10) What our quads look like right now:
 
Q1: 1-2 (13 total games) (+6 games from last week)
L – Oklahoma (N) WL – Wichita St (A) XX – bluebirds (A) X – K-State (A) X – K-State (H) XXX – Northwestern (A) XXX – Rutgers (A) Q2: 6-2 (13 total games) (-1)
L – Texas Tech (N) WWLW – Grand Canyon (A) WWW – Coll of Charleston (A) XXX – Maryland (H) X – bluebirds (H) X – Kansas (A) Q3: 3-1 (17 total games) (-8)
W – Baylor (N) LWW – South Alabama (H) XXX – Ohio St (H) XXX – Iowa (H) XXX – Michigan St (A) XXX – Minnesota (A) X – Kansas (H) Q4: 7-0 (11 total games) (+2)
WWW – Nicholls (H) WW – New Mexico St (H) W – N Dakota St (H) W – Omaha (H) XXX – Indiana (H) X – S Dakota St (H) Quad 1: Home games vs. RPI 1-25, neutral site games vs. 1-40, road games vs. 1-60 Quad 2: Home games vs. RPI 26-50, neutral site games vs. 41-80, road games vs. 61-120 Quad 3: Home games vs. RPI 51-100, neutral site games vs. 81-160, road games vs. 121-240 Quad 4: Home games vs. RPI 101+, neutral site games vs. 161+, road games vs. 241+  
Big week on tap - a win at K-State would look really good on our resume by the end, as KSU (and KU) are going to continue to get a nice Big XII bump in the RPI all season. And I can't imagine NW is going to stay Q1, but they're vastly improved from a year ago, which is stunning considering the turmoil they've had in that program. Even winning Q2s at NW is helpful, thanks to it being on the road.
 
Big opportunity to go on the road & truly establish ourselves as a regional host contender this week.
 
This is a schedule to this point that gives a northern team a chance to host a regional, even if we lose a few of the projected Q1 games to Q2. Even our B1G opponents should help us in RPI, based on who we play on the road and who we miss. Huge jump by C of C the past two weeks has been a big help to our RPI.
 
As far as the back end, Minnesota did its part this past week to get far away from Q4, and now we need Indiana to get it's sh*t together at least a little bit to limit our Q4 games as much as possible.
 
We're at the point in the season where we're trying to string 3-1 weeks. If we can go 3-1 every week from here on out, we're going to be around 41 total wins and we'll be around 18 B1G wins, which often is enough to win the league. With this impressive start against a pretty salty schedule, we put ourselves in a position where we don't need a bunch of unbeaten weeks.
 
Stringing 3-1s isn't easy, and we'll probably have a clunker of a weekend at some point -- hopefully not this week, as this will be a tough one. But we've done a helluva job to this point to put ourselves in this spot. Most years, we're hoping to string 3-1s at the start of B1G play just to have a shot to win the league and to squeak into a regional, so this has been a tremendous start.
 
 

   

Hearing he might have left because the coach was sleeping with him mom

J-Law quickly vaulted up my list with how genuine he greeted my bro and I after such a painful defeat in Memphis. He was so kind and gracious with his time (while his own 'bro' waited...) that I leaned in for a hug. He wished us well on our journey home. Wow, that's an impressive young man. He could have been surly and sulked, he chose to be a great human being. And that means a lot to a big NU fan, I'll sing his praises as long as I live. That's a good dude, J-Law. GBR Always.

Yup. Seems like 'heard you get an A if your roommate dies' sort of talk

Only the second home game we lost all year

Dang, now I'm out

Why are we collectively so afraid to call it a great season?  Yeah, we got boat raced in the tourney.  One and done, I get it it.  But the YEAR is on the Mount Rushmore of Husker Hoops seasons.  And beyond the wins and losses, this team was a joy to cheer for.  
 
The year was fun and exciting and full of far more ups than downs.  Don't be afraid to call it what it truly was: great.

The point was that we are going to be Champions.

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So just to summarize for everybody. We are two days away from Selection Sunday and we've been able to narrow down the potential sites we could play in to 8.

Got this in an email from the university. I have no idea where this is, I've never been to Minneapolis.
 

I. Don't. Think....you're using it properly.
 
Did it come with an instructions booklet?