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That was actually on a Saturday and the game was at Maryland.

Honor her tonight!!

Results (1/31/24): Overall, bubble teams keep doing what we need them to do for the most part. Some teams that were solidly in are looking more bubbly too. Boise St. cemented their place for the time being last night. Big 10 Games Northwestern 96 @ Purdue 105 Penn State 61 @ Rutgers 46 Non-Con Opponents Games Chicago St 60 @ Duquesne 65 Other Bubble Games Alabama 85 @ Georgia 76 St John's 77 @ Xavier 88 Notre Dame 53 @ Virginia 65 Wake Forrest 72 @ Pitt 77 Cincinnati 65 @ West Virginia 69 Richmond 83 @ Fordham 69 Indiana St 78 @ Belmont 72 Florida 94 @ Kentucky 91 Rice 74 @ Memphis 71 Valparaiso 70 @ Drake 81 Providence 65 @ Uconn 74 Boise St 86 @ New Mexico 78 Santa Clara 77 @ St. Mary's 82 Games To Watch (2/1/24): Biggest game of the day in Lincoln. We can greatly increase our chances at a bid with a win today. Big 10 Games Wisconsin @ Nebraska Non-Con Opponents Games Stony Brook @ Hofstra North Dakota @ South Dakota Western Illinois @ Lindenwood Hawaii @ Cal St Fullerton Oregon St @ UCLA Other Bubble Games Seattle U @ Grand Canyon Oregon @ USC San Diego @ San Francisco

A few big bubble results for us tonight! Not very many bubble teams are taking advantage of their big games or are losing games they shouldn't. Rice beat Memphis @ Memphis. Memphis might be out as of right now. While we don't have a ton of opportunities for quality wins this year, we also don't have anyone we really play that can be as bad of a loss as Rice. Slim margins for error when you get outside of the big 4 conferences. West Virginia beat Cincy. Cincy was outside of bubble, but still has/had at large hopes. This knocks them down a peg. They were still in 40/82 bracket projections on bracket matrix. Pitt beat Wake Forest. Wake was on the outside looking in, but were appearing in some brackets. Xavier beat St. Johns. The Jonnies were appearing in all brackets, but only at an 8 seed average. They are looking more bubbly each game. Alabama beat Georgia. Georgia had a long ways to go to get into consideration, but the path is even longer now.

Home games at Sporting KC's stadium and the Chiefs stadium.

LOL not sure how this got brought up, but peep page 1.... even in 2016 the games in front of us were always going into OT.

Chris Collins just went nuts at the end of the Northwestern and Purdue game. Ran out on the floor and pointed at a referee while yelling, got ejected. Wild end to the game.

The Nebrasketball Tweet Service has issued a Gary Emoji watch until Thursday at 10:00 PM.

I did see a tweet that the Big 12 had like 4-5 teams with 300+ Non Con SOS and 5-7 with 200+. Multiple teams had worse Non-Con SOS than us.

We realllly need PBA to show up for this one.

Results (1/30/24): KSU losing again knocks them down to a Q2 opponent for the time being. It's the Big 12, so almost any win is going to be a great one, but KSU is on a 3 game skid currently. The Cuse lose again to Boston college and find themselves on the outside of being outside looking in now. Villanova extended their skid to 5 games and appear far out of contention as well at just 11-10, 4-6. The Big 10 didn't have anything too crazy and we find ourselves in a 4 way tie for 5th currently at 5-5. Big 10 Games Illinois 87 @ Ohio State 75 Iowa 68 @ Indiana 74 Michigan 62 @ Michigan St 81 Non-Con Opponents Games Oklahoma 73 @ Kansas State 53 SE Missouri St 54 @ Lindenwood 58 Other Bubble Games Marquette 85 @ Villanova 80 Syracuse 75 @ Boston College 80 Miss St 82 @ Ole Miss 86 San Diego St 71 @ Colorado St 79 Louisville 64 @ Clemson 70 Seton Hall 72 @ DePaul 39 Loyola 58 @ Gonzaga 92 Games To Watch (1/31/24): Big 10 Games Northwestern @ Purdue Penn State @ Rutgers Non-Con Opponents Games Chicago St @ Duquesne Other Bubble Games Alabama @ Georgia St John's @ Xavier Notre Dame @ Virginia Wake Forrest @ Pitt Cincinnati @ West Virginia Richmond @ Fordham Indiana St @ Belmont Florida @ Kentucky Rice @ Memphis Valparaiso @ Drake Providence @ Uconn Boise St @ New Mexico Santa Clara @ St. Mary's

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.