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I dunno, I think both things can be true. Maybe the season was doomed from the jump, AND bad calls that go against Nebraska impact the results of individual games.

Brice took over, gave me reminders of James Palmer dropped 34 in Columbus the year we finished 4th in the Big Ten and didn't even get to host a game in the NIT. Also, he set the school scoring record with 43. Which somehow isn't going to be the headline :(

https://bball.notnothing.net/bracket.php?conf=big10m I'm sure someone has this mapped out with what's possible, but I think we could finish anywhere from 8th to 17th. But that obviously requires a lot of upsets either way. Realistically, I'd say: 3-0 = 9 seed 2-1 = 10 seed 1-2 = 12 seed 0-3 = 16 seed Too many games left and too much of a logjam at the 9-15 range of the standings.

About time to dust off the Big Ten tournament seeding generator: https://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=mbb Chalk results put Nebraska as a 10 seed, playing Northwestern. Winner plays Illinois, and then Maryland. Honestly (and this is classic Nebrasketball sunshine pumping), I like that path much better than being the 9 seed, playing Ohio State and then Wisconsin. But to Matt's point, a NW win/ILL lost doesn't do anything other than the aesthetics of having a 20 at the start of the record.

When Morgan is out there, it looks like overcommitting and giving the ballhandler either points or an assist 100% of the time

JLaw hitting the game-winner 4-point play last night

I actually disagree. I hope Creighton loses every game from now until eternity, locking it into a Quad 18Z. And if Nebraska doesn't make the tournament, that's okay because I'd rather have my arch-nemesis fail than find any success on my own.

Coming out of halftime, here were the possessions: Berke layup Juwan block Sam layup Washington scores Brice dunk Washington stop Washington turnover Juwan layup Washington turnover Juwan dunk Washington Timeout Stops on 3/4 possessions and scores on 5/6 possessions (all at the rim). Pretty pretty pretty good!

None of the talking heads are any good at Bracektology. Bracket Matrix 5 year average has Palm at #164, Lunardi at #118, and DeCourcey at #71 out of 179.

Road win at Oregon. Make the signature wins include at Creighton, Oregon and home against UCLA, Illinois. Right now people are lumping Indiana in the signature win category and there's no way that'll last through the season.

Illinois is down Ivisic, so that allows the possibility of 2 or even 3 role players going off and having a career night against the Huskers.

Let me be very clear. Do I think a turnaround is going to happen? No. Is there a path to the tournament? Yes. 8 of the remaining 11 are Quad 1 games. Protect home court with an upset win against Michigan or Illinois, steal a road win or two at Washington/Penn State/Northwestern/Ohio State, and Nebraska's firmly on the bubble. One underrated benefit of the bottom 3 teams not going to the Big Ten Tournament is that I don't have to convince myself that 5 games in 5 days for the auto bid is possible.

It always felt like also all they came on good back cuts to the rim. This helps keep the defense honest and gives a little more space for those guys to get shots off.

As a matter of principle, firing talk can only occur in the rock bottom thread (please no one actually revive that one from the dead)

Finding some humor in the parallels between this post and the basketball team.

KenPom has them as the 5, 12, and 11th best defenses in adjusted defensive efficiency. Nebraska comes in at 21st.

A game of runs... UCLA 7-0 run Nebraska 15-0 run UCLA 15-0 run Nebraska 9-0 run UCLA 2-0 run

For as physical as that first half was, it's wild there were only 6 fouls on Nebraska and 7 on UCLA.

111 total points in 2 OTs is disgusting.

Doug is dead, Schefter killed him

First DNP for Gavin Griffiths this season.

IIRC correctly, it was tied at 64. Game ends 85-68. All gas, no brakes to the finish.

Look at Nebraska, tied for 3rd in D1 basketball players per million residents. Obviously a lot of them aren't at high-major programs, but there's been some players coming out of the state recently.

Haskell was loaded that year, I forgot how good they were.

John Hohl has more FGs that Kalkbrenner did last night, in case you're keeping score at home