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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.

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.