HuskerFever

They gave teams more value for how they performed in the latter part of the season, previous rankings meant something, and a couple other things off the top of my head that are supposedly removed from this year's evaluation process.

I'll put this right here...

They should rename "Big Ten Network" to "Big Ten, not Nebraska."

What adds complexity to me is that this quadrant system is brand new this year. If we were still under last year's system I would feel far better. So how much will they emphasize this new methodology versus the resume test versus the eyeball test?

Keep the sunshine pumping! We're going to need it around here for the next two weeks!

Loving the optimism. I really am. But for those who think we're a shoe-in, can you tell me what our 2 best nonconference wins were?

Agree on the importance. But I'm not so sure we would be in yet in that scenario either. Swapping the losses doesn't help our biggest resume blunder of quality wins.

What about this thread?

Playing Illinois again would just be another "well you can't beat any good teams" argument. It's a trap game. Does us no good. I'm not sure why this is even a question yet. Illinois has 2 more games to play in the tournament before they would even get to us.

Bump. Side note: I'm so glad this thread still matters. After beating PSU, having other teams burst their bubble is evermore important for us.

We're also one shot away from being "First Team Out" according to Lunardi

Double Bye #1 Michigan State #2 Ohio State #3 Purdue #4 Nebraska Single Bye #5 Michigan #6 Indiana #7 Penn State #8 Maryland #9 Wisconsin #10 Northwestern First Round #11 Minnesota #12 Iowa #13 Illinois #14 Rutgers WEDNESDAY: #13 Illinois / #12 Iowa #14 Rutgers / #11 Minnesota THURSDAY: #9 Wisconsin / #8 Maryland TBD / #5 Michigan #10 Northwestern / #7 Penn State TBD / #6 Indiana FRIDAY: TBD / #1 Michigan State TBD / #4 Nebraska TBD / #2 Ohio State TBD / #3 Purdue

I need a little positivity right now. I can't handle hearing from the media after every single win that we're no good. Going with a homer article here: https://www.landof10.com/nebraska/nebraska-basketball-ncaa-tournament-2018-cornhuskers-selection-committee

What I find most unbelievable this season is that our longest losing streak was two. And we only hit that streak once!

45-28 Iowa over Northwestern at half. The Big Ten tournament bracket is starting to solidify.

It just changed: Status: No sleep til Brooklyn. (Fine, Manhattan, whatever.)

Well... but we still need Michigan to win so we can play them on Friday. Otherwise Lunardi will drop us from the bubble.

I PROMISE each and every one of you that you never predicted this would happen. The highest HHCC prediction was 12 conference wins (by @Vinny).

On that note, the Michigan boards are discussing whether it's better for them to play Iowa or Illinois

Pac-12 pundits say the same thing.

I'll be shocked if we're not #1 or #2 in the "First Four Out." Lunardi has been doing his song and dance orchestrating it where we needed to get to the Double Bye and beat Michigan all along.

And then some

And that wraps up the night.

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska neut. Michigan (as usual). 2) (BONUS -5 points) Predicting the exact number of Big Ten tournament wins by Nebraska (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "5") Note: I will update this thread to include the actual opponent once it is determined after Thursday's match-up of the #5/#12/#13 seed.

Updated. Not too shabby given the hand we were dealt. We did everything we could so within our control. Onto the Big Ten conference tournament.