Chuck Taylor

NU 67 Mich 51 1

NU 76 PSU 62

Unfortunately, doesn't look like it will impact us. This closes the case on the strippers. Doesn't add new penalties, as near as I can tell.

Similarly, how am I so mediocre when I'm obviously so brilliant?

The Eff FG% leader is Roby at 61.9%, Copeland at 54.5, JPJ and Evan are at 50.7.

NU 88 IU 69 4 Back on track!

This board has its share of stale jokes, head-scratching takes and incompetent trolls, but god love it, it has an uplifting tone of optimism. A (pick a number)-game winning streak is always just around the corner here. HOL is another world.

NU 74 Ill 52 I meant to type 62, but I'm gonna leave it this way since it looks better.

There are really 4 kinds of bracketologists (not a joke): 1. The ones predicting who will get in. 2. The ones stating who's in based on where things stand now. 3. The ones providing click bait for media sites. 4. The ones who don't know what the #^%&$# they're doing. I think we're getting the most love from the prediction bracketologists and the least from the ones who say where things stand now. I don't care what 3 and 4 think.

Lunardi headline today: Bracketology: Losses don't impact No. 1 Losses don't matter, so we don't have to win out after all!

Hey, everybody stay away from bracketology this morning and just enjoy the 20 wins. Stop and smell the roses, don't wake up and smell the coffee!

NU 71 Md 65

NU 88 Rutgers 61 We on a roll.

That KSU game just floored me after Texas looked so great against OU on Saturday. I said I was going to just enjoy our season and quit scoreboard watching. Just like I was going to fix that gutter before the first snowfall.

I don't have a problem with the statistical analysis, their formulas make the most sense in objectively seeing what's going on. But they do miss some things, like what's going on in Lincoln.

Call me Mr. Sunshine, but I just don't believe we're left out if we keep winning. I understand the tier system, but it's a tool and just winning counts for something. The thing we can't do is lose to a crap team.

I think it is being looked at. The tier system is a big thing, but not the only thing. The point of the tiers is encourage better scheduling. Some big schools (Syracuse is a good example) put together a weak home-only noncon, then made the tournament by winning home games against tough conference opponents. Teams that don't play (and win) road or at least neutral-site in noncon are penalized. It's a good idea, and while it's biting us now, it won't matter if we keep winning. Hmmmm, I think I just answered something that had already been answered. Groundhog Day, I guess.

One thing with the brackets is that some reflect the current state (if the season ended today) and some predict the eventual outcome, not really the same thing. Lunardi brags about accuracy, but it's based on his final bracket vs. the real thing. His accuracy during the season isn't impressive in the slightest. All the brackets tell us is that we have work to do, and everybody already knows that.

Also weird that Wisky, Iowa and Minnesota are all stuck in the mud right now with coaches who are staying. Really is a strange year. I'd equate Miles' situation with Pat Chambers'. How much progress does he need to show and how much do you want to keep the current players together next year? It's not an easy answer.

He's never right!

NU 88 MU 65 The train's rollin'!

NU 61 Wis 55 2 Back to winning fugly!

Excellent preview!

OK, I apologize for this, but a recent transfer popped into my head when I read this. So I looked to see if anything was up with him at Marquette and found this story from last week. Feel free to ignore, this is for anyone else who had the same thought: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2018/01/20/morrow-waits-chance-contribute-marquette-after-transferring-nebraska/1041404001/

NU 65 U of I 55 My picks have gotten better since we started winning!