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Game Result Picked NU% Majority vs. Eastern Illinois W 100% Correct vs. North Texas W 100% Correct at St. John's L 70% Incorrect vs. North Dakota W 97% Correct neut. UCF L 70% Incorrect neut. Marist W 100% Correct neut. Long Beach State W 100% Correct vs. Boston College W 96% Correct at Michigan State L 9% Correct vs. Minnesota W 36% Incorrect at Creighton L 39% Correct vs. Kansas L 42% Correct vs. UTSA W 100% Correct vs. Delaware State W 100% Correct vs. Stetson W 100% Correct at Northwestern W 71% Correct at Purdue L 27% Correct vs. Wisconsin W 94% Correct at Penn State L 66% Incorrect vs. Illinois W 100% Correct vs. Michigan W 52% Correct at Ohio State L 44% Correct at Rutgers W 93% Correct vs. Iowa W 97% Correct at Wisconsin W 83% Correct at Minnesota W 84% Correct vs. Rutgers W 100% Correct vs. Maryland W 98% Correct at Illinois L 94% Incorrect vs. Indiana W 97% Correct vs. Penn State W 93% Correct neut. Michigan L 89% Incorrect neut. Mississippi State L 69% Incorrect Correct 26 Incorrect 7 Total 33

Game #33 neut. Mississippi State (59-66 L) Picked NU: 34 (69%) Average NU Score: 70.1 Average Opp Score: 67.5 Average HHCC Score: 34.5 Median HHCC Score: 37.0 Mode HHCC Score: 46 BONUS Average Prediction: 1.9 NIT Wins Actual: 0 Number of Winners: 14 1 hhcdimes -16 2 demone 11 * (-5 bonus) 3 hal9000 14 * (-5 bonus) 4 Handy Johnson 14 5 khoock 14 * (-5 bonus) 6 NUtball 14 * (-5 bonus) 7 aphilso1 15 * (-5 bonus) 8 ConkintheCorner 15 * (-5 bonus) 9 36red 16 * (-5 bonus) 10 KenPom 20 * (-5 bonus) 11 big red22 22 * (-5 bonus) 12 HB 26 * (-5 bonus) 13 jayschool 29 * (-5 bonus) 14 NebrasketballJake 29 * (-5 bonus) 15 Husker4Life 30 16 AuroranHusker 31 17 UnicamMan 31 * (-5 bonus) 18 Chuck Taylor 34 19 cjbowbros 35 20 brfrad 36 21 HolyBobpilgrimage 36 22 jimmykc 36 23 TheNovice 36 24 colhusker 37 25 runsoastowin 37 26 twinswingohuskers 38 27 Noah121 39 28 REDZONEDAN 39 29 Buglem 40 30 Crush78 40 31 Dead Dog Alley 40 32 4NUfans 41 33 LNKtrnsplnt 41 34 Blindcheck 42 35 HuskerFever 42 36 NeeandMe 42 * (-5 bonus) 37 basketballjones 43 38 Huskerpapa 43 39 Silverbacked1 43 40 Neon Budreau 44 41 BjoeHusker 45 42 75unlgrad 46 43 emwilliams 46 44 hskr4life 46 45 mrjam 46 46 throwback 46 47 pmd9 52 48 RexxRacerX 55 49 jdostal 88

Considering how lively this season was, it's hard to believe how quickly it passed. I sincerely hope each one of us is able to appreciate it for the joy we got out of it and continue to support the team to build some continuity for next season. Thank you to everyone who participated in HHCC this season. It's been a fun one! I personally started to drop quite a few spots in the final couple of weeks, but at least I still have bragging rights over Ken Pomeroy! Just because the season is over it doesn't mean you can't stop by to say 'hi' from time to time. Until next season! Week 19 includes: Game #33 neut. Mississippi State 2017-2018 HCC Final Standings 1 jimmykc 778 NC * 2 Husker4Life 835 NC * 3 hhcdimes 860 U2 * 4 AuroranHusker 896 D1 * 5 HB 924 U1 6 ConkintheCorner 934 U3 * 7 aphilso1 947 U5 8 HuskerFever 962 NC * ^9 KenPom 964 U2 * 9 trickey 976 D6 10 Buglem 986 D1 * 11 TheNovice 999 U2 * 12 swoof 1005 D6 13 brfrad 1006 U2 * 14 runsoastowin 1008 D2 * 15 Dead Dog Alley 1027 U1 * 16 cjbowbros 1033 U2 * 17 NeeandMe 1050 U2 * 18 khoock 1059 U2 19 HolyBobpilgrimage 1067 U3 * 20 huskercwg 1071 D6 21 NUtball 1073 U4 22 hal9000 1080 U5 * 23 Crush78 1092 D2 24 REDZONEDAN 1095 D1 * 25 Bugeaters1 1103 D8 26 twinswingohuskers 1127 U2 * 27 demone 1141 U10 28 4NUfans 1142 U2 29 jayschool 1143 U6 * 30 Noah121 1149 U1 * 31 UnicamMan 1155 U11 32 pmd9 1157 U5 * 33 1sdpad2 1158 D8 34 bigred4 1167 D7 35 emwilliams 1168 NC * 36 LNKtrnsplnt 1180 U5 * 37 BjoeHusker 1181 D4 38 huskerbaseball13 1199 D8 39 Blindcheck 1214 U3 40 nuhusker7 1216 D7 41 Busch Light 1233 D3 42 HuskerPower #nato73 1238 D3 43 Silverbacked1 1238 U1 44 jdostal 1244 D1 45 hskr4life 1247 NC 46 Chuck Taylor 1266 NC * 47 big red22 1284 U7 48 mrjam 1295 U1 49 throwback 1301 U1 * 50 colhusker 1305 U1 51 basketballjones 1338 U2 52 MitchMcGaryMunchies 1342 D5 53 Vinny 1356 D5 54 75unlgrad 1361 U2 55 BDL415 1374 D3 56 Nebrasketball5 1399 D1 57 WestOHusker 1421 NC 58 NebrasketballJake 1428 U2 59 Red Don 1451 D1 60 Ralph Wiggum 1490 D1 61 MichHusker 1593 NC 62 Handy Johnson 1616 U1 63 HuskerCager 1645 D1 64 Neon Budreau 1676 NC 65 boomer1 2014 NC 66 Jurgey 2146 NC 67 TheBowmaster 2183 NC 68 Nebrasketball1979 2195 NC 69 dustystehl 2228 NC 70 oly_10 2351 NC 71 Jugular 2391 NC 72 cornfed24-7 2456 NC 73 kdorn3 2491 NC 74 Cazzie22 2518 NC 75 Erdbeereis 2540 NC 76 BigTate 2568 NC 77 huskers29 2617 NC 78 LK1 2626 NC 79 nubest79 2658 NC 80 BugeaterZ 2660 NC 81 TheGolfGang 2675 NC 82 JBARGIE 2678 NC 83 ZAYWHAT! 2687 NC 84 Skersby90 2728 NC 85 hguy44 2739 NC 86 Section_316 2743 D1 87 uneblinstu 2750 NC 88 jason2486 2751 NC 89 Lnolley11 2754 D3 90 Atupe 2773 D1 91 36red 2796 NA 92 Boots 2808 D2 93 rwmctrofholz 2810 D2 94 noahjb24 2811 D1 95 bkamler 2821 D1 96 Huskerpapa 2823 NA 97 Minnesota_Husker 2825 D2 98 busticket 2827 D2 99 Papa Gordon 2827 D2 100 Swan88 2827 D2 101 Lifetimesker 2834 D2 102 RexxRacerX 2835 NA 103 SittinOnThatDallasMaverick 2836 D3 104 TomEadesSucks 2841 D3 105 Faux Mike Peltz 2842 D3 106 soxnskers 2850 D3 107 Rome4Lyfe 2863 D3 Biggest Rise demone U10 Biggest Fall 1sdpad2 D9 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change) ^ = Celebrity member: KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) * = Did not miss a game prediction

Remaining Teams: ACC: 4 vs. ACC, ACC, Big 12, WCC ACC will automatically lose one team Big 12: 4 vs. ACC, Big East, Big Ten, SEC Big 12 has the chance to knock down all remaining Power 6 conferences Big Ten: 2 vs. Big 12, SEC SEC: 2 vs. Big 12, Big Ten Big East: 1 vs. Big 12 Last remaining Big East; only 2 remaining #1 seeds Missouri Valley: 1 vs. Mountain West Either MVC or MWC remain Mountain West: 1 vs. Missouri Valley Either MVC or MWC remain West Coast: 1 vs. ACC

Here's another way to look at it. Only look at the performance of the Top 4 teams of all of the power conferences (by highest seeds). Here's what we get: 1. Big 12: 6-1 (86%) 2. Big Ten: 6-2 (75%) 3. ACC: 5-2 (71%) 4. SEC: 5-3 (63%) 5. Big East: 4-3 (57%) 6. Pac-12: 0-3 (0%)

Assuming this West Virginia 24-point lead holds up, here's the conference outlook through the Round of 32 games: 1. MVC: 2-0 (100%) 1. WCC: 2-0 (100%) 3. Big Ten: 6-2 (75%) 4. Big 12: 8-3 (73%) 5. ACC: 10-5 (67%) 6. MWC: 2-1 (67%) 7. SEC: 8-6 (57%) 8. Big East: 5-5 (50%) 9. America East: 1-1 (50%) 9. Big South: 1-1 (50%) 9. Conference USA: 1-1 (50%) 9. MAC: 1-1 (50%) 9. SWAC: 1-1 (50%) 14. Atlantic 10: 2-3 (40%) 14. AAC: 2-3 (40%) 16. Atlantic Sun: 0-1 (0%) 16. Big Sky: 0-1 (0%) 16. Big West: 0-1 (0%) 16. Colonial: 0-1 (0%) 16. Horizon: 0-1 (0%) 16. Ivy: 0-1 (0%) 16. MAAC: 0-1 (0%) 16. MEAC: 0-1 (0%) 16. Northeast: 0-1 (0%) 16. Ohio Valley: 0-1 (0%) 16. Patriot: 0-1 (0%) 16. Southern: 0-1 (0%) 16. Southland: 0-1 (0%) 16. Summit: 0-1 (0%) 16. Sun Belt: 0-1 (0%) 16. WAC: 0-1 (0%) 32. Pac-12: 0-3 (0%)

Are you sure he wasn't singing this?

If UMBC wins this game, who would've thought that the top left bracket Sweet Sixteen teams would be: SEC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, and America East?

THIS TOURNAMENT IS MADNESS!

Remember when we played Clemson last year and were pretty evenly matched? My, how far Clemson has come in just one season.

Not what you were asking, but this stat came up during the Auburn/Clemson game: "Fourth time in tournament history that a #11 seed has made it to the Sweet 16." (Loyola-Chicago and Syracuse this year are included)

That's like, your opinion: man;

Colorado State is still hunting for a replacement. https://sports.yahoo.com/spurs-assistant-becky-hammon-will-not-take-colorado-state-mens-job-164922327.html

Here's the Power Conference standings after Saturday's games: Big Ten: 5-1 (83%) -- (3 teams remaining) Michigan (S16), Michigan State (R32), Purdue (R32) Big 12: 6-3 (67%) -- (4) Kansas (S16), Texas Tech (S16), Kansas State (R32), West Virginia (R32) ACC: 7-4 (64%) -- (5) Duke (S16), Clemson (R32), Florida State (R32), North Carolina (R32), Syracuse (R32) Big East: 5-3 (63%) -- (3) Villanova (S16), Butler (R32), Xavier (R32) SEC: 7-5 (58%) -- (3) Kentucky (S16), Auburn (R32), Texas A&M (R32) Pac-12: 0-3 (0%)

Houston had about 5 different chances to close out the game against Michigan, but somehow Michigan found a way to nail an ugly 3-point buzzer beater shot to win the game.

This is probably one of the more amicable departures for us.

I'd like to think we were the reason for UMBC's unprecedented achievement against UVA last night. Because of us, they were able to build their program and get to the motivation to make history. You're welcome. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3637227&DB_OEM_ID=100

Coach Taylor?

James Naismith?

I blame Rasmussen for seeding #1 Virginia/#16 UMBC and #8 Creighton/#9 Kansas State. He obviously used his powers to give Creighton their best opportunity to get to the Sweet Sixteen. Yet his own team failed him.

Tyronn Lue?

A nice little jab at Wichita State from their former Missouri Valley Conference. And, I suppose a nice little jab to Creighton a little later in the day.

It's also a computer problem too (which is devloped by humans nonetheless). If you base it off of RPI, then you might put a higher valued team in than another, but that's only because their opponent's opponents played better in that given year. So even that doesn't tell you who the best teams are.

A direct quote from the selection committee when they put Oklahoma and Arizona State in the field.

Not great company to surround yourself around...