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It’s gotta happen soon right? Indiana was down a bunch to NW and didnt exactly look inspired. Huskers 76 Indiana 70

Results (2/18/24): Shocker in the Big 10. Is Minny actually good? Is Memphis THAT bad? South Florida one to watch as bid stealer. How far is FAU from bubble? Probably far far. Big 10 Games Purdue 69 @ Ohio St 73 Northwestern 76 @ Indiana 72 Rutgers 70 @ Minnesota 81 Non-Con Opponents Games Rider 104 @ Manhattan 62 Other Bubble Games FAU 86 @ South Florida 90 Murray St 72 @ Drake 95 Memphis 79 @ SMU 106 Seton Hall 68 @ St John’s 62 Utah 70 @ UCLA 69 Games To Watch (2/19/24): K-State @ Texas is the biggest bubble game of the day. Big 10 Games NONE Non-Con Opponents Games SC St @ Howard Florida A&M @ Alcorn St Kansas State @ Texas Other Bubble Games None

Looks like he oversees their NIL dealings for basketball. https://www.rumbleinthegarden.com/2023/8/1/23815224/st-johns-hires-former-assistant-matt-abdelmassih-as-new-mens-basketball-general-manager

https://redstormsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster He doesn’t appear on the coaches roster as far as I can tell.

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Y’all gotta see the quotes coming out of this Pitno press conference. He went off!

Threatening to pass us in the standings as well. Very important week coming up in Lincoln. Win both, which we can, and we’re feeling really good heading into the final 3 games.

There’s bad in the refereeing world, and then there is this tip toss

Memphis isn’t just on the bubble… they are so far off the bubble, they may not even get in if they win out and lose the conference tournament championship game. They look bad.

Really disappointing weekend considering how yesterday and today went. 2-1 and even 3-0 were there for the taking.

We’re absolutely road dogs in the next two. Indiana and OSU are still Indiana and OSU. Michigan will be the interesting one. Is Juwan a dead man walking at that point? Do they fire him before we play them? Norm has said this a lot, but that’s the one where we’ve never won before.

South Florida led by 25 and that’s down to 7

Didn’t get a full update out today but watch FAU @ South Florida (didn’t realize that USF led that conference and they are a potential bid stealer. Murray St @ Drake (could use drake to have another L Northwestern @ Indiana (a NW loss puts us in a tie in the standings and may move us closer to them in bubble standings too) Memphis @ SMU (Need to continue to see Memphis downfall Seton Hall @ St John’s (ultimate bubble game) Rutgers @ Minny (some are back on the Rutgers bandwagon) Utah @ UCLA (UCLA is hot and Utah is not so a Utah loss knocks them down even more)

I’ve started to follow the metrics and everything a lot more this year. Mostly because of how we’re doing and it’s the first time in a long time that it has affected us. From what I gathered and personal opinion… Your NET ranking doesn’t ranking itself doesn’t really mean squat in determining whether you get in or not. Instead your opponents NET ranking is more important as that determines the Quads which the committee does factor in as. So while it’d be nice to be closer to MSU in the NET, I’d much rather have them where they are and give us a Q1 win. SOR (strength of record) and KPI are result based metrics. Basically how would other teams do with you’re schedule? From what I’ve seen, no team in the last, I think 5, years has been left out with a SOR AND KPI below 45. We’re currently at 39 KPI and 37 SOR. However I’m sure losing a bad game would drop that. Result based metrics are more used in determining who gets in from what I gathered. BPI and KenPom are considered predictive metrics and are used in seeding more so than who gets in. Not saying they don’t have any influence on who is in. These metrics have greatly improved for us in the last few weeks. We were in the 60’s at one point for both and now have both into the 40’s with POM sitting right at 40. Basically our team sheet looks really good right now and I think being considered one of the last 8 teams in stings because of all our metrics. But if you project out the rest of the regular season, it makes sense that we could end up close to the bubble. No real chance to improve the resume and metrics with who is on the schedule. Winning out at home is an absolute must and almost assures us no Q3 or Q4 losses. Then winning 1-2 on the road does a couple of things including helps the Nebraska doesn’t win away from home narrative and gives us another Q2 win or two.

Honestly, the longer we go into the season, the more this thread is feeling like it’s moot! We control our own destiny. We don’t “need” to follow other bubble teams just yet and should we do what we need to, we won’t have to.

Didn’t see this before I posted.

Overall a great day so far! We took care of business which is the main thing. But bubble teams have lost and gotten blown out in some too. A&M L by 25 Wake L still no Q1 win Butler L by 22 Texas L by 21

Ohhh Wisconsin. SMH

JLaw plays better when we play 100 MPH

Appeared he was the only one to help KT on the inbounds. Don’t know where the rest of our guards went…

Great start! And it hasn’t been anything big like back to back treys or a big dunk. Just grinding our way to a 12 point lead. PSU looks a little lost on O. Their guard who still hasn’t scored has passed a lot up.

Surprised they aren’t trying to love the rim. Expect them to do so to start the half. PSU started off fouling and then stopped getting called for them.

This reminds me of some of Docs grinders back in the day.

Was huge! Shows you how selfless he is. He was wide open, but take the easier points.

Bryce… my man… if you see you’re in a 1 V 2 situation and pull it out, don’t drive into a 1 V 3 situation a few seconds later.