HuskerFever

Well...

...and just like that. Opportunity wasted.

Why doesn't Illinois run their 77% three pointers play?

GOT IT!

0-0. New game. Let's win!

Really need to get these defensive rebounds. Illinois getting cold, but they're getting multiple chances.

LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!

Hopefully more than the last place team in the Big Ten wants it...

Alright alright. I'm okay with the finish. Fix the three point miracle defense and backdoors and we're right in this.

#2 3PT FG defense?

Our offense looks flustered.

Just need to get out of this slump. Our defense is playing well, but the shots are falling for Illinois. Once they start getting cold we should start to shine.

Got just a little breathing room with the Vermont loss.

The ball is falling Illini's way right now.

Update: Ohio State/Michigan 62-74 Final DePaul/Seton Hall 77-82 Final Hartford/Vermont 46-47 13:41 2nd Houston/Temple 3 p.m. CST Loyola-Chicago/Evansville 4 p.m. CST Pittsburgh/Florida State 5 p.m. CST Penn State/Purdue 7 p.m. CST

Quick check-in: Ohio State/Michigan 28-33 Halftime DePaul/Seton Hall 38-42 18:56 2nd Hartford/Vermont 4-0 19:05 1st Houston/Temple 3 p.m. CST Loyola-Chicago/Evansville 4 p.m. CST Pittsburgh/Florida State 5 p.m. CST Penn State/Purdue 7 p.m. CST

I don't mind that mentality...

All I can think about while watching this Ohio State/Michigan game is:

That's right. Challenge the assumptions, not the computers! (that is, until they take over the world...)

We're at that time of year when some teams go hot and other teams cool down. Just out of curiosity, I took a look at the teams with at least a W5 streak or a L5 streak. Here's the results: Team Conference Winning Streak Vermont Am East W15 Grambling SWAC W11 Michigan State Big Ten W10 Charleston Colonial W10 Weber State Big Sky W9 Middle Tennessee C-USA W9 Rider MAAC W9 Murray State Ohio Valley W9 Gonzaga WCC W9 St. Bonaventure A10 W8 Idaho Big Sky W6 Nebraska Big Ten W6 Canisius MAAC W6 Lehigh Patriot W6 South Dakota Summit W6 South Dakota State Summit W6 North Carolina ACC W5 Baylor Big 12 W5 Northeastern Colonial W5 Marshall C-USA W5 Old Dominion C-USA W5 Harvard Ivy W5 Hampton MEAC W5 Mercer Southern W5 Nicholls Southland W5 SE Louisiana Southland W5 Team Conference Losing Streak Chicago State WAC L22 Delaware State MEAC L21 Northwestern State Southland L17 Incarnate Word Southland L16 Pittsburgh ACC L14 San Jose State MWC L14 Charlotte C-USA L12 Longwood Big South L9 Alabama A&M SWAC L9 Minnesota Big Ten L8 Morehead State Ohio Valley L8 Ole Miss SEC L7 Pepperdine WCC L7 South Florida AAC L6 Northern Arizona Big Sky L6 Sacramento State Big Sky L6 Rice C-USA L6 Princeton Ivy L6 Texas State Sun Belt L6 SMU AAC L5 Tulane AAC L5 Georgia Tech ACC L5 Oklahoma Big 12 L5 Iowa Big Ten L5 Boston University Patriot L5

Yeah it could go either way for multiple reasons. What's tough is if we drop any of these final 3 games, that semifinal matchup becomes ever more important. If we do win the final 3, then it shouldn't matter much. Penn State is making a deep run at the end. Doesn't seem likely they'll win out, but if they do then it puts us in a real tough spot.

Last night's games really really stung. It's almost like our wins now count as half a point improvement and other bubble teams are 2-3 times more valuable. We've got our work cut out for us. Really the most important games I see today are all in the Big Ten. Ours, of course. Most people are looking for Ohio State to get that #1 Big Ten seed for a more favorable matchup in the tournament. And Penn State has a chance we to make some noise and catch up or pass us on the bubble. Let's just focus on Illinois today, drown out the noise from the other games, then move on to the next one as other teams knock each other out.

Sorry, Penn State.