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Also— find it interesting— Memphis is still considered solidly in but looking more bubbly… however their similar resumes are all “miss” outside of a one.

If you use TRanks “similar résumé’s” feature, you have probably noticed a few things. 1. We used to compare heavily to our last NCAA tournament team, but that has since went by the wayside. 2. Every team we used to compare to was usually a team that was “in” albeit sometimes a higher seed. 3. We’re now about 50/50 in teams that were in and teams that missed as a direct comparison. This means that we’re starting to get into true bubble territory when compared to past teams. Safe to say our resume could use a boost and tomorrow would be a great boost at that.

Alas, the wheels appear to be starting to fall off in Manhattan. KSU after their strong B12 start against the bottom of the conference has now lost three in a row. While they were all to ranked teams and the first two were on the road, they got blown out of the water by 20 at home last night against Oklahoma. That drops them to 82 in the NET and our win moves to a Q2. They have a possible get right game (though it’ll be tough) against OSU in Stillwater this weekend before facing KU, BYU, TCU, Texas, and BYU in their following 5.

Even Launardi still has us in (Amie's bracket above). A win Thursday would be huge and can't be overstated.

Trying to omit that part lol

So now we have 3 chances to play on Peacock for the B1G tournament vs just 2! Yippeee!

The Maryland loss dropped us about 1-2 seed lines in most brackets. A Wisco win would move us back up 1-2 seed lines in most brackets. It also helps that the bubble is softttt. There are so many bubble teams because no one is stepping up and claiming their spot… us included. Bubble teams just keep squandering opportunities and bubble teams in mid-major conferences are losing games they shouldn’t. (Drake, Memphis, FAU has been close, Gonzaga)

So we’ll have the same double play year over year?

Would make sense as to why he went from a shoot around participant/game time decision to a “not playing/out” the day before the following game.

Results (1/29/24): Texas loses their opportunity for a signature win. Big 10 Games NONE Non-Con Opponents Games SC St 63 @ Maryland Eastern Shore 53 Jackson St 86 @ Florida A&M 88 Other Bubble Games Duke 77 @ Va Tech 67 Houston 76 @ Texas 72 Games To Watch (1/30/24): A lot of possible bubble teams playing bad opponents where a loss would be a huge wart on the resume. Syracuse, Clemson, and Seton Hall all fall into this category. Gonzaga is still on the outside looking in according to come, so another loss here can continue to help ensure that conference is only a 1 bid conference. Big 10 Games Illinois @ Ohio State Iowa @ Indiana Michigan @ Michigan St Non-Con Opponents Games Oklahoma @ Kansas State SE Missouri St @ Lindenwood Other Bubble Games Marquette @ Villanova Syracuse @ Boston College Miss St @ Ole Miss San Diego St @ Colorado St Louisville @ Clemson Seton Hall @ DePaul Loyola @ Gonzaga

New Mexico beat Nevada by like 30+ which probably knocks Nevada out of most brackets they were in. MWC still appears to be a 5 bid league when all is said and done though.

Right-- I'm not saying that weekend 1 or even 2 for that matter is make or break for the season. However, as you mentioned, having a solid 1st and 2nd weekend would mean that we're probably ahead of the learning curve for some of the young guys and good things are on the horizon. A not so great 1st and 2nd weekend means that we'll have a lot of work to do.

Big wins can overshadow a lot of warts on Selection Sunday. Not many teams in the conference, if any, will be able to point and say “we have wins over Wisconsin and Purdue” but we realistically could.

Oh the days! 10 years later and now you have to check yourself out.

Definitely our Non-Con SOS will be a talking point if we’re anywhere in bubble territory.

That’s sad— even though that letter was… woof… she seemed to be a lifelong Husker fan and attended the basketball games. This means she passed before seeing what so many of us are hoping to see once in our lifetimes.

Obviously Team A is us. Team B? Memphis. Top 25 team, was a “lock” for the tournament. American trending toward possibly only getting 1 bid.

I like Blind Resume Tests... so... who you got between these two if you had one bid to the tourney? It's probably pretty close. Team A: (15-6, 5-5) NET 62, KPI 27, SOR 38, BPI 68, KPom 53 Q1: 3-3, Q2: 2-3, Q3: 3-0, Q4: 7-0 NET SOS 67, Non-Con SOS 317 AVG NET Win 171, AVG NET Loss 59 Team B: (15-5, 4-3) NET 59, KPI 20, SOR 28, BPI 60, KPom 60 Q1: 2-2, Q2: 5-1, Q3: 3-2, Q4: 5-0 NET SOS 91, Non-Con SOS 68 AVG NET Win 145, AVG NET Loss 96

Results (1/28/24): While it's probably likely that both Memphis and FAU are in... the American is eating each other up right now. Memphis is 4-3 and FAU has had a lot of close calls. Memphis and FAU play each other twice. Neither seem like a Top 25 team right now though. Memphis will most likely fall behind us in the NET and we in the 60's. Big 10 Games Purdue 68 @ Rutgers 60 Non-Con Opponents Games NONE Other Bubble Games North Texas 63 @ FAU 66 Memphis 88 @ UAB 97 Nevada @ New Mexico (LATE) Games To Watch (1/29/24): Big 10 Games NONE Non-Con Opponents Games SC St @ Maryland Eastern Shore Jackson St @ Florida A&M Other Bubble Games Duke @ Va Tech Houston @ Texas

Well know quite a bit after weekend #1 crazily enough.

Especially when you had the Duke OC as they make it sound.

NET drops to 62. Quads: 3-3, 2-3, 3-0, 7-0 Remain Quad games as of today 1: Wisconsin, @Illinois, @Northwestern, @OSU 2: @Indiana, @Michigan 3: Michigan, Penn State, Minnesota, Rutgers Safe to say winning out at home is a near must.

Results (1/27/24): These are more fun to do when you’re inflated and not deflated. But alas, we move on. Non-Con opponents outside of KSU did really well. They may drop to a Q2 for a bit. Bubble games with so many games left are meh to go too in depth, but a lot of other bubbly teams sucked today too. Big 10 Games Maryland 73, Nebraska 51 Illinois 70, Indiana 62 Iowa 88, Michigan 78 Minnesota 83, Penn St 74 Northwestern 83, tOSU 58 Non-Con Opponents Games UT Martin 76, Lindenwood 67 Alcorn St 76, Florida A&M 67 Rider 66, Mt St Mary’s 62 Stony Brook 86, UNCW 78 Oregon St 84, Arizona St 71 Duquesne 68, Fordham 59 Cal St. Fullerton 68, Cal St Bakersfield 50 Creighton 85, DePaul 62 Houston 74, KState 52 UND 74, St. Thomas 64 SC State 66, Delaware St 64 Other Bubble Games Virginia 69, Louisville 52 Florida 102, Georgia 98 Providence 84, Georgetown 76 Marquette 75, Seton Hall 57 North Carolina 75, Florida St 68 BYU 84, Texas 72 Cornell 83, Pronceton 68 Miami 72, Pitt 68 Butler 88, VillaNova 81 Grand Canyon 67, UT Arlington 61 Miss St 64, Auburn 58 Duke 72, Clemson 71 TCU 105, Baylor 102 Utah St 90, Boise St 84 Wyoming 79, Colorado St 76 Washington St 78, Colorado 69 Indiana St 95, Bradley 86 Drake 77, Northern Iowa 63 Syracuse 77, NC ST 65 Cincinnati 68, UCF 57 Ole Miss 71, Texas A&M 68 Utah 43 @ Washington 62 (2nd half) Loyola 47 @ St. Marys 49 (2nd half) Gonzaga 56 @ Pacific 54 (2nd half) Games To Watch (1/28/24): Big 10 Games Purdue @ Rutgers Non-Con Opponents Games NONE Other Bubble Games North Texas @ FAU Memphis @ UAB Nevada @ New Mexico

Big drops back into mid to upper 50s for both KP and TRank.

Game 11… must win… we need you PBA! Huskers 78 Wisco 72