this program doesn't deserve the fan support it gets.
creighton in the elite 8 with their best player being from Aurora Nebraska
k-state in the elite 8 with their best player being someone who we wouldn't let come here
gonzaga in the elite 8 with a player from omaha who made the winning assist against ucla, and openly chose to be a bench player at gonzaga over being a starter at nebraska.
san diego st- in elite 8. arop from omaha is one of their top bench players.
the NU athletic department probably has more money than all these schools combined. absolutely no excuse to have the worst power 5 basketball program in history.
we were close, but the big 10 is looking really bad in the ncaa tourney right now.
we're gonna need a lot more talent for next year. 9 big ten teams are in the top 50 recruiting rankings. nebraska not 1 of them.
more than 16 wins...
if tominaga stays, you have one of the best backcourt rotations in the big10.
3 upper class big men
gary, rice, dawson can all play a role on a winning team
if you add a couple quality transfers you have a top 25 roster.
oh wow. i had no idea international players weren't getting NIL money. that's insane.
but if his goal is to play in the nba, i would think his best option is to play another college season.
could we not afford to pay him 500k? doesn't seem like much for a guy who basically just averaged 20 ppg in the big 10 and has a massive international following. i feel like fred would pay himself to increase his chances of a contract extension.
didn't we pay the DE from TCU 500k to get 3 sacks last year...
regardless what the kenpom says, if it comes down to the committee picking an 18 win wisconsin team or 19 win nebraska team, i think we have a good chance because we are the hotter team and more people will want to watch us.
so we are probably in the 80s now? wisconsin is listed as the last 4 in with 16 wins at 75...
i would imagine 2 more wins puts us right in the mix, and 3 more wins probably gives us a really good shot at making the tourney.