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yes, Georgia won last night. But Baylor and Pitt lost. That's life on the bubble, right? It's not just us and Georgia. Big picture I think yesterday was okay for us in the "how did bubble teams do?" world.

Looking at Jay Bilas ranking of teams in ESPN front page, he has the Huskers as the 67th team in his list. Yikes!

Some guys just clear space under the defensive board and he is one of them. Last guy I saw do that was Venson. Berke is not to that degree, but when he is under the defensive board, he is different than others - certainly different than Morgan or Meah. He is long and thick when it comes to clearing space. And I think that works for him when he is guarding on the perimeter. I'm sure that is why Fred says his metrics on defense are best on the team.

Of note, the ankle that Ashworth sprained was from the leg that he stuck about 3 feet forward in an effort to draw a foul. I like how Greggie took a subtle dig in his after-game presser by saying "he's a 3 pt shooter, defenseless. What can you do?" Well, for starters, you can land in the area you jumped from, not contort yourself trying to work the ref. Sorry for the rant...

Wisconsin takes down Big East's Pittsburgh, who was 6-0. Wisconsin now 7-0, and look pretty tough. Maryland also took down Villanova, who doesn't look so great this year. Good week for BIG vs Big East. Edit: oops, Pitt is not Big East, my bad.

Ok, that’s a little strong, but who’s got the info on them?

Guessing Cresswell and Conklin.

We are 55 right now and i think we would be in the dance, if it was called today. There are many ahead of us in this metric that would not be chosen ahead of us. Especially after last night. Yes, being in the 40's would be comforting, but I don't think it is required. And yes, we need Mich St to stay in Quad 1.

Love that this other stuff is even relevant!! #GBR Go FIghting Miles!!

Interested to see if Ohio St takes the Rutgers and NW approach of playing football against us and see if we wilt. Last couple games it seems the strategy on our high screening action has been to push and pull, especially against KT and RM, but really all of those cutters and screeners, and see if that throws us off. Then, of course, teams have figured out that they can crash the boards against us with success. Here's to hoping Josiah's toughness pairs with RM well and we can perservere.

Yeah, I kinda think that maybe Brice is just a very quiet, introverted guy. He doesn't celebrate after made shots like other guys, and he's not a talker either. Don't see him being the "alpha" that JPJ was. I don't think that Brice can go get his own shot at the end of the clock, but I certainly trust him taking and hitting an open shot if he has one.

13-5 through 18 games -- I don't think many would have predicted this at beginning of season. Yeah, there are different ways to get there, but whatever. Right now, it feels like season ended last night, but we all need to relax a little; this is not college football. You can have several bad losses and still achieve an end goal. Mast -- he needs to fix what happened last night quick. Cliff pushed him around, and if word gets around that that can happen, other bigs will do that for rest of year. I trust he will fix that against NU on Saturday. If we win Saturday (I think we will), we will be 14-5, 4-4, and in prime position going down the stretch. 3 of our 4 toughest conference games will be out of the way. I think only sure loss is @ Illinois. All other games are winnable. Just need to hang in there.

You are right, this is happening on the backside screen, but doing that involves 3 offensive players. That should free up a defender to cheat and be ready for this cross-court pass. But that top defender needs to recognize when his man goes to set that pick and make adjustment.

Iowa @ Minnesota. Who do we want to win? What would help our NET/Kenpom more?

Our defense was not ready for this game. Energy, or "X's and O's", or both, we were always behind. We weren't that way with Purdue. Is it the 2-day prep thing, or was it just effort that caused our guys to not know where the open shooter was? Also, I don't know why you would want to run with Iowa (or with Creighton). Slow down and run 15 seconds of offense, you will probably get a good shot. Anyway, we have more time to prep for Rutgers. It will be an ugly game so be prepared. If we go 1-1 on the road for this stretch, that is more than acceptable.