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KSU took an L up in Ames last night. Played pretty well most of the game until Tang got a T with a few minutes left and things derailed. ISU fans were definitely on Tang…

Northwestern’s win bumped them back up to a Q-2 giving us 5 Q1 + Q2 victories. 3-3, 2-2, 3-0, 7-0 are the quad records.

Big one tonight in the Mo Val… Drake loses to an awful Missouri State. Some were talking them being a 2 bid league but even more than that, they were a few notches above us in the NET and Pom

Sounds like a good job for Lawrence/Hoiberg.

Go watch that pass on the TV and watch Fred. The pass actually went to Fred and he grabbed the ball and slammed it (dribbled hard) into the floor out of frustration. It was a total Dad move that I and many others would do and know our dads would do as well. I laughed when I watched that back today.

I think they end up with 4 for sure and probably 5. 6 will be a stretch as they’ll end up beating themselves up. However, if Air Force can put together a few games like last night, that’ll help… and UNLV is always a tough out. Go SJSU though!

There were a few times early that he got caught on bad switches and they took advantage. Unfortunately that’ll happen with the type of defense we run.

Don’t know if it was the same board, but saw one poster say “why can’t we have a crowd like that”

Mast getting love from NBA Draft people. I believe that 3.1 assist number leads most, if not all, Bigs.

CJ is the poster child for working for what you want and making the most of your role. Too many times guys take the easy route and transfer if they lose a starting spot or their PT diminishes. Not CJ and I gotta say… it’s a breath of fresh air. B1G 6th man is definitely there for the taking.

Rewatching the game. We only had 26 points with 4 1/2 minutes to go in the 1st half. Finished the half with 43. 26 points in the first 15:30 17 points in the final 4:30

I think this team will steal one or two on the road. One of them might even be unexpected… similar to that MSU game in Petteway’s year where we danced. What'll be most important for us is not losing those road games by 10+ as have been the case lately. Those are metric KILLERS. We keep jumping around so much in the NET and other metrics because we win big then lose big. Our team sheet looks… actually… really good. Overall SOS is 71 now, Strength of record and KPI both now sit at 31!

Fun fact— JLaw, Bryce, Hoiberg, and CJ are the only players to play in every game so far this year. Everyone else has either missed or been a DNP in at least 1 game. #Depth!!!!!

And STILL undefeated in Q3 & 4. Good wins + no bad losses = good things come March.

Helps that Mast was out there basically doing what Keisei usually does. That allows you to keep more of a defensive guard lineup in there late.

Maryland 68 Huskers 64

For those interested, Warren Nolan has Team Sheets available. Here is ours updated after our game against OSU. https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2024/team-net-sheet?team=Nebraska

Don't know where he is getting 6, but with NET as of right now... we have 4. NW dropped to a Q3, but are only 3 back of being a Q2.

Wednesday games of the B1G Tournament are on Peacock. *DUCKS*

If we end up making the tourney, we're going to look back at this stretch! 2-0 against two bubbly teams (NW on the right side of the bubble and OSU on the wrong side) and beat both without Gary. That is HUGE!

We’re 1-0 in games I forget to hit the “Submit Reply” button.

That was a MASTerful performance!

We’re pretty solidly in most brackets on bracket matrix after that NW win. Believe it or not, beating other bubbly teams allows you to move up and them to move down. Highest seed was an 8 Lowest seed was “out” in two of 76 brackets.

One of our Q1 wins is a true road OOC win over a team from the top conference in the nation. You’d have to think that’ll stand out too and I wonder how many other Tier 2 teams can boast that. I worry about how our Non-Con SOS will look like a black eye come March if we’re on that bubbly line. I feel like that could be a reason why we “shouldn’t” make it should they need one. There is precedent for that as well. Now, if we can stack some wins and win a big game or two, that Non-Con SOS is moot. One thing we’ve done to help separate ourselves is beat other bubbly teams. KSU, MSU, Northwestern are all teams riding that 10-11 seed line. We’re in 74/76 bracket matrix projections right now with an average seed under 10. MSU is barely above us and NW/KSU are below us. Those three wins are huge when it comes to H2H discussions.

I hope not. Honestly the list of guys who went through a 2nd year slump only to kill it the rest of their career at Nebraska, probably outnumbers the number of guys to be here for all 4 years. Heck CJ went through a 2nd year slump here. I can also think of players like Tai Webster, and I think even Glynn Watson who all had a 2nd year slump that had people questioning.