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Game #08 at Michigan State Results (52-89 L) Picked NU: 18 (33%) Average NU Score: 73.1 Average Opp Score: 74.9 Average HHCC Score: 101.9 Median HHCC Score: 99.0 Mode HHCC Score: 93 1 aphilso1 59 2 bigred4 59 3 colhusker 59 4 roscoe 59 5 UnicamMan 59 6 TourneyBound 87 7 Woody Boyd 87 8 brfrad 90 9 Crush78 90 10 demone 90 11 MichHusker 90 12 NeeandMe 90 13 AGHANSEN 93 14 AuroranHusker 93 15 BugeaterZ 93 16 hal9000 93 17 HuskerFever 93 18 HuskerMB 93 19 KenPom 93 20 LNKtrnsplnt 93 21 SkersHoops 93 22 4NUfans 96 23 BjoeHusker 96 24 Busch Light 96 25 REDZONEDAN 96 26 TheNovice 96 27 hhcmatt 99 28 jimmykc 99 29 MitchMcGaryMunchies 99 30 roundball3 99 31 BigTate 102 32 Bugeaters1 102 33 Noah121 102 34 Ralph Wiggum 102 35 BLB115 105 36 basketballjones 108 37 cornfed24-7 119 38 NU Follower 119 39 emwilliams 120 40 Vinny 120 41 75unlgrad 124 42 twinswingohuskers 124 43 HuscurAdam 125 44 CanadianHusker 126 45 Handy Johnson 126 46 EAbby 127 47 hskr4life 127 48 Nebrasketball1979 127 49 nuhusker7 127 50 Silverbacked1 127 51 Cazzie22 128 52 Huskerpapa 128 53 throwback 128 54 MJW82 129

Not a great week. But, people, the sky is not falling. Two-thirds of you picked Nebraska to lose to Michigan State. Maybe the margin of defeat was surprising, but the result wasn't. Nebraska now has a chance to even the score and get to 1-1 in conference play before the end of the calendar year. On to the next one. HHCC Standings - End of Week 05 1 aphilso1 286 U3 2 KenPom 313 NC 3 AGHANSEN 316 NC 4 SkersHoops 328 U2 5 NeeandMe 329 U3 6 bigred4 333 U15 7 hskr4life 336 D6 8 basketballjones 342 D3 9 HuskerFever 356 U5 10 BjoeHusker 357 NC 11 LNKtrnsplnt 361 U8 12 roundball3 362 U3 13 hhcmatt 364 U4 14 Bugeaters1 365 D1 15 demone 365 U7 16 Huskerpapa 367 D9 17 MichHusker 368 U8 18 Crush78 378 U10 19 AuroranHusker 379 U8 20 UnicamMan 381 U18 21 Vinny 381 D10 22 colhusker 383 U17 23 NU Follower 383 D7 24 CanadianHusker 384 D15 25 75unlgrad 387 D13 26 cornfed24-7 389 D6 27 TourneyBound 390 U7 28 Nebrasketball1979 392 D10 29 4NUfans 394 U1 30 TheNovice 397 U3 31 roscoe 399 U13 32 nuhusker7 403 D9 33 Handy Johnson 404 D9 34 Busch Light 407 U2 35 Silverbacked1 408 D9 36 twinswingohuskers 417 D7 37 jimmykc 419 NC 38 Woody Boyd 424 U4 39 throwback 426 D8 40 EAbby 427 D8 41 Cazzie22 437 D6 42 BugeaterZ 438 U5 43 Ralph Wiggum 441 NC 44 MitchMcGaryMunchies 443 U1 45 REDZONEDAN 447 U4 46 BigTate 450 U2 47 BLB115 450 D1 48 emwilliams 452 D8 49 MJW82 465 D8 50 Noah121 467 U1 51 HuscurAdam 479 D1 52 brfrad 490 NC 53 hal9000 519 NC 54 HuskerMB 559 NC 55 Sidelines - Nebraska 633 NC 56 NUtball 719 NC 57 Faux Mike Peltz 784 NC 58 1sdpad2 805 NC 59 mmackey5 826 NC Biggest Rise UnicamMan U18 Biggest Fall CanadianHusker D15 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

This is the important part. Lose, and that narrative of "nine seasons since a winning record" lingers in every pregame/postgame talk for at least another year. Not a narrative we need lingering over our heads.

As a Nebraska fan, no 30-point lead is safe. It's just best to wait until the game is officially over.

I expected us to start 0-2. No surprises for me there. And given the new expanded Big Ten, we won't have to worry about any of these any time soon. Move on after this first wave of conference games and be ready to play in January. Otherwise that December Bracketology thread is going to be a very sad place to visit.

Stuck in reverse.

Scarlet & Cream - 72 Candy Stripers - 82

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Still a wild play.

Ten lords a-leaping.

What a stat from the announcers: "Florida A&M has played in front of 6,700 total fans across the entire season. Now they are playing in front of 9,000 Nebraska fans tonight."

Ken Pomeroy looks like a ghost in this press conference.

Wow. Time flies. It's February already??

...but did that #4 seed beat the national championship runner-up in the regular season?