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Results (2/23/24): The fighting Timmy's were close early but couldn't get it done. Duquesne is the most up and down A10 team out there. Yeesh. Big 10 Games NONE Non-Con Opponents Games Iona 75 @ Rider 78 Duquesne 67 @ Fordham 79 Other Bubble Games Nevada 84 @ San Jose St 63 Games To Watch (2/24/24): Indiana and Penn State is probably a wash. Maybe Indiana since we played them twice. I would also say we want Illinois as Iowa would only be .5 games back if they win today. Individual notes for bubble games below. Want bolded teams to lose Big 10 Games Indiana @ Penn State Iowa @ Illinois Non-Con Opponents Games William & Mary @ Stony Brook BYU @ Kansas State North Dakota @ North Dakota St Delaware St @ SC St Alabama St @ Florida A&M Little Rock @ Lindenwood Oregon St @ Standford Other Bubble Games Notre Dame @ Syracuse (Likely a nail in coffin game for cuse if they lose) Washington @ Arizona (Don't want Washington with any momentum) Duke @ Wake Forest (Wake has a Q1 now thanks to FL being 30, but they really need this game) Boston College @ NC St (BC is a lot further out than NC St) Cincinnati @ TCU (Interesting choice here. TCU loss improves seeding, Cincy loss keeps them out) South Carolina @ Ole Miss (Want SC... Ole Miss on their way out) North Carolina @ Virginia (While Virg not near bubble yet, another loss improves our seeding chances) Oklahoma @ Oklahoma St (Oklahoma not near bubble yet, another loss improves our seeding chances) Air Force @ New Mexico (Obvious one here... a bad bad home loss would be great) Grand Canyon @ ACU (I was ready to write off GC earlier this week, but another loss wouldn't hurt) Va Tech @ Pitt (Need Pitt to lose again to completely knock them out) Texas @ Kansas (Texas not near bubble year, another loss improves our seeding chances) Drake @ Northern Iowa (Drake is right on everyone's bubbles. They can't afford a slip up and we don't want this being a two bid conference) Yale @ Columbia (I don't think this would be two bid, but a Yale loss wouldn't hurt) Princeton @ Dartmouth (See Yale note) Brown @ Cornell (See Yale note) Oregon @ Cal (Oregon still bubbly and a loss here would be a disaster) Boise St @ Wyoming (Boise probably not near bubble but improves our seeding chances) Villanova @ UCONN (Can't have Nova pick up a huge road win here) Texas A&M @ Tennessee (TA&M is right on the bubble line and has looked bad. Can't have a road win here) Colorado St @ UNLV (CSU not near bubble, but improves our seeding chances) UIC @ Indiana St (See Drake note) Butler @ Seton Hall (Ultimate bubble game, Torvak says Seton Hall) Miss St @ LSU (Miss St loss improves our seeding chances) Utah @ Colorado (Need Utah to continue to lose. Pac 12 likely a 2 bid league if so) Santa Clara @ Gonzaga (A loss would mean the Zags likely need the auto bid)

Things go from bad to worse in Memphis.

Our start down in Phoenix coupled with how we looked last weekend has turned some heads nationally. Win or possibly sweep this series and we’d be really turning heads.

Carey with a nice knock in the 8th, but is caught at the wall... he's had one of those games tonight where nothing will drop in there.

Dude from Arkansas has 17 K's through 6 innings. AGAINST OREGON STATE!!

Led to a run too! Nice!

This isn't a Grand Canyon team who beat a bunch of slack low end teams last week either. Their 4 wins are Georgetown, USC, BYU, and Ohio St.

Bats coming out swinging again!

This was true-- it was always about the "work we still needed to do" and not just our body of work to that point. If I remember correctly, some even thought we needed at least 2 wins in the B1G tournament that year... that even beating Michigan wouldn't get the job completely done. Looking at where we ended up that's not a stretch either.

Worst analogy in board history... but got some likes! LOL

That's a heck of a call.

Well this certainly will hold true this year as well.

To be fair, I’m sure most of Keisei’s shots are considered bad… but there’s very few shots he takes where anyone is upset.

Fan of the year!

Minnesota takes good shots and usually makes them. Need to make them feel uncomfortable Sunday!

We need to continue to be good shot makers.

You’re move Coach Rhule! Lol!

Here is our updated Team sheet. Note that the Minny road game is now a Q1 in current state while the game on Saturday will be a Q2!! A few other notes. - Getting that BPI into the 30's would be HUGE - Remember that a team who finishes with a sub 35 SOS and KPI has not been left out (I think I'm remembering this correctly) - While we are just 3-7 in Q1 currently, we do own a Q1A win (Purdue) which is a good thing. That win will still sick out on any resume. - Come on KSU... one more spot in the NET and we'd own another Q1 win... and a non-con road Q1 win to boot. - We're now nearly perfect in Q2 (4-1) and should Minny remain where they are in the NET and we win Sunday... our Q1 + Q2 record will be a solid 8-8 - Remaining games as it stands now- Minny Q2, Ohio St Q1, Rutgers Q3, Michigan Q2

This is correct. The article is for the committee... the bracket is from the Athletic.

Results (2/22/24): Just another ho hum 3/3 for Big 10 home teams! I think Purdue may have ended Rutgers chances and Minny should take over their spot on the deep bubble. Minny has a shot. That game on Sunday against... *checks notes*... Nebraska is HUGE for both teams. Stony Brook is on a nice run and is darn near in the Top 200. Biggest bubble game for us was that Tarleton St win... which I think ensures that conference is a one bid league. Big 10 Games Rutgers 68 @ Purdue 96 Ohio State 79 @ Minnesota 88 Michigan 62 @ Northwestern 76 Non-Con Opponents Games NC A&T 64 @ Stony Brook 80 UT Martin 106 @ Lindenwood 82 Oregon St 73@ Cal 81 Cal Poly 50 @ Fullerton 68 Other Bubble Games SMU 70 @ FAU 80 Grand Canyon 74 @ Tarleton St 77 Gonzaga 86 @ Portland 65 Washington St 77 @ Arizona 74 Games To Watch (2/23/24): Tim could do us a real solid favor tonight. A loss to SJSU would be bad bad for Nevada. Big 10 Games NONE Non-Con Opponents Games Iona @ Rider Duquesne @ Fordham Other Bubble Games Nevada @ San Jose St

Notes from committee! Free read! Biggest thing for me: we aren’t near the bubble and don’t want to be with our non con SOS. They'd have no problem putting us in Omaha per an almost direct in response to question asked. They look at when a team played another as well as where that finished in quads. Could bode well for our KSU Q1 win. We’ll also probably be thankful that game was on the road and not at home. Strengthened our non-con a bit.

Idk how you can list Rutgers and not Minny though…

To be fair, according to this, we’re more “in” than near the bubble with odds of 85% or better. So yes, last four byes, but more for seeding purposes than bubble in his mind as it stands today.

Yeah— I’m not surprised that we usually get our pick of early season series down south. Anyone would take the revenue Husker Nation brings for baseball (and all non-money making sports). We just travel so well.