OmahaHusker

Feel like all 3 match up well with their respective destinations. Indiana is still living in Bobby Knight era in their head and want a dog that wins. Devries is definitely a dog. We'll see if the wins follow. McCollum likes to be left alone and doesn't require a lot of NIL for the players he's looking for. Great for Iowa. Medved is the Minnesota alumnus coming back to make them respectful in the B1G again, and has the chops to do it.

Lotta Omaha Catholics with cash. Dont see it wavering very much.

Agreed. Idk about Bolt. They do have time to turn it around but man when’s the last time a men’s program actually held up to preseason expectations? I’ll add for basketball it doesn’t help that your Omaha boosters give to football but give to Creighton for basketball.

University has bigger fish to fry. Need football at be good again. Volleyball to stay the top of nation. Baseball might need a new coach barring a complete turn around. Basketball is on the back burner and always will be.

Oil money yes. And boosters that care about basketball.

They absolutely have more NIL money than us.

Willard to Villanova rumors seeming more and more likely

They had never seen a center like what Kalkbrenner presents you could tell.

Iowa is gonna end up losing Devries and think they still have McCollum in the bag...and then McCollum will end up at WVU for more cash

I thought it'd be more NIL so that maybe we could use some of it for the transfer portal, but looks like it'll just be enough for the current seniors to split it up if they win. The path looks very winnable.

Sipple is entertaining, but he’s an old football head that just flirts with college basketball. I listened to that segment too and couldn’t believe how naive he was talking about making the tourney. Made it seem like it’s so easy. It’s extremely difficult over a 4 month stretch of games.

Saw a post on another board that talked about how basketball won’t get more NIL allocation from the university until the football program is back where fans expect it to be. I tend to agree. The asking prices for all of those guys in the portal was way too high for us to compete with.

Beating Iowa and Northwestern isn't going to do anything for us, so I wouldn't even sweat it. Maybe if we picked off Purdue or Wisco after that.

So is Omaha

Think Frankie is a good example of sometimes players are just where they're supposed to be, and the grass isn't always greener when you try and trade off current happiness for more money on a bigger brand. Lotta empty promises exchanged in the offseason in this current CBB landscape.

Each team that participates in the Crown gets $1 million in NIL, so we most definitely will be competing in it. https://x.com/TSBBracketology/status/1897754062508245097

Looking at the generator, if USC loses tonight and against UCLA Saturday we'd be in even if we lost to Iowa. I know that's asking a lot from Washington, but USC hasn't exactly been great lately either.

They had multiple opportunities all season and didn't take advantage. I think it's over unless they win the B1G tournament. It's a shame, because Brice may be the purest scorer I've ever seen in a Husker uniform. Dude is automatic, just doesn't have the jimmies and joes around him.

If OSU beats us and Indiana they're going to play their way in

The Vikings have won Playoff games though

I consider a win to get into the round of 32 as a true win and advance in the tournament, but technically yes you are correct it's also a tournament win.

Eye of the beholder. Technically, yes it is. I mean it's called the Field of 68. But also prepare for backlash if you die on that hill.

A win at Ohio State would do wonders

Agreed. Think we'd end up in Dayton.

This is correct. Conference tourney games mean very little anymore unless there's a bid stealer.