HuskerFever

Lunardi posted these bracket standings around noon yesterday. So there's a good chance things will look different come Monday. But just remember that teams like Missouri, Washington, and Texas got some major wins this weekend so they might find a way into the charts again.

I have a source that says you're wrong. Just don't ask who it is because they're out of town on a mission to the moon right now.

Marist lost 64-98 Boston College won 80-72 OT Illinois lost 67-75 Wisconsin lost 63-66

I guess that's what happens when you're using your phone to post updates and realize that you were wrong about who was at home and try to make an edit.

Opponent status: - Marist losing at home to Iona, 36-60 15:45 to go - Boston College losing at home to Georgia Tech, 33-40 16:23 to go - Ohio State beating at home to Illinois, 34-30 halftime just ended - Wisconsin beating on the road to Maryland, 6-2 16:27 1st to go

Yeah, definitely not arguing that from any former Missouri Valley fan. The old Big East is arguably better. But the new Big East has some high quality teams that I've enjoyed watching over the decades. I'm sure that's just a fun hoops conference to be part of. But to come out to say a conference is averaging 3.2 bids a year is laughable. I am curious to see how BPI conference rankings will differ from tournament play. It was noticeably wrong in college football bowl games this last season. Should be a fun one.

2016-2017 Big East: 7 Big Ten: 7 2015-2016 Big East: 5 Big Ten: 7 2014-2015 Big East: 6 Big Ten: 7 2013-2014 Big East: 4 Big Ten: 6 2012-2013 (the year the old Big East ended) Big East: 8 Big Ten: 7

Added quadrant records through Feb. 3 games (above).

Had some ahead of us lose, but there were some sorta-still-alive bubble teams get some huge Tier 1 wins this weekend.

At this point in the season, how much do you think these people are tweaking their models to adjust to other hard-to-measure variables versus leaving their model as-is?

If you're interested in what our opponent's remaining schedule looks like, here you go. It's still early to determine which ones are the biggest heavy hitters, but as of today the ones in bold are games that might be worth checking out: Eastern Illinois 02/08 at SIU-Edwardsville 02/10 vs Austin Peay 02/15 at Southeast Missouri State 02/17 at Tenn-Martin 02/22 vs Murray State 02/24 vs SIU-Edwardsville North Texas 02/08 at UAB 02/10 at Middle Tennessee 02/16 vs Western Kentucky 02/17 vs Marshall 02/22 at Florida Intl 02/24 at Florida Atlantic 03/01 vs UT San Antonio 03/03 vs UTEP St. John's 02/07 at Villanova 02/10 vs Marquette 02/14 at DePaul 02/21 at Marquette 02/24 vs Seton Hall 02/28 vs Butler 03/03 at Providence North Dakota 02/08 at Weber State 02/10 at Idaho State 02/15 vs Southern Utah 02/17 vs Northern Arizona 02/24 vs Northern Colorado 03/01 at Sacramento State 03/03 at Portland St UCF 02/06 at Cincinnati 02/11 at Memphis 02/14 vs South Florida 02/17 vs SMU 02/21 at Tulsa 02/25 at Temple 03/01 vs Wichita State 03/04 vs Tulane Marist 02/04 vs Iona 02/08 at Saint Peter's 02/10 vs Rider 02/15 at Fairfield 02/17 vs Saint Peter's 02/23 at Niagara 02/25 at Canisius Long Beach State 02/10 vs Cal Poly 02/15 vs UC Santa Barbara 02/22 at Hawai'i 02/24 at CS Fullerton 03/01 at UC Santa Barbara 03/03 vs UC Riverside Boston College 02/04 vs Georgia Tech 02/06 at Notre Dame 02/10 vs Miami 02/13 at Pittsburgh 02/17 vs Notre Dame 02/20 at NC State 02/24 at Miami 02/28 vs Syracuse 03/03 at Florida State Creighton 02/07 at DePaul 02/10 vs Xavier 02/13 vs Bemidji State (But why?) 02/17 vs Marquette 02/20 at Butler 02/24 vs Villanova 02/27 vs DePaul 03/03 at Marquette Kansas 02/06 vs TCU 02/10 at Baylor 02/13 at Iowa State 02/17 vs West Virginia 02/19 vs Oklahoma 02/24 at Texas Tech 02/26 vs Texas 03/03 at Oklahoma State UT San Antonio 02/10 at UTEP 02/15 at Old Dominion 02/17 at Charlotte 02/22 vs Southern Miss 02/24 vs Louisiana Tech 03/01 at North Texas 03/03 at Rice Delaware State (Your coach and fans might have given up on you, but we haven't; break that 18-game losing streak!) 02/05 at North Carolina A&T 02/12 at Norfolk State 02/17 vs Florida A&M 02/19 vs Coppin State 02/24 at Howard 02/26 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 03/01 vs Morgan State Stetson 02/08 at South Carolina Upstate 02/10 at NJIT 02/15 vs Lipscomb 02/17 vs Kennesaw State 02/22 vs Florida Gulf Coast Illinois 02/04 at Ohio State 02/08 vs Wisconsin 02/11 vs Penn State 02/14 at Indiana 02/18 vs Nebraska 02/20 at Michigan State 02/22 vs Purdue 02/25 at Rutgers Indiana 02/25 at Rutgers 02/09 vs Minnesota 02/14 vs Illinois 02/17 at Iowa 02/20 at Nebraska 02/23 vs Ohio State Iowa 02/06 vs Michigan State 02/10 at Ohio State 02/14 at Michigan 02/17 vs Indiana 02/21 at Minnesota 02/25 vs Northwestern Maryland 02/04 vs Wisconsin 02/07 at Penn State 02/10 vs Northwestern 02/13 at Nebraska 02/17 vs Rutgers 02/19 at Northwestern 02/24 vs Michigan Michigan 02/06 at Northwestern 02/11 at Wisconsin 02/14 vs Iowa 02/18 vs Ohio State 02/21 at Penn State 02/24 at Maryland Michigan State 02/06 at Iowa 02/10 vs Purdue 02/13 at Minnesota 02/17 at Northwestern 02/20 vs Illinois 02/25 at Wisconsin Minnesota 02/06 vs Nebraska 02/09 at Indiana 02/13 vs Michigan State 02/19 at Wisconsin 02/21 vs Iowa 02/25 at Purdue Northwestern 02/06 vs Michigan 02/10 at Maryland 02/13 at Rutgers 02/17 vs Michigan State 02/19 vs Maryland 02/22 vs Wisconsin 02/25 at Iowa Ohio State 02/04 vs Illinois 02/07 at Purdue 02/10 vs Iowa 02/15 at Penn State 02/18 at Michigan 02/20 vs Rutgers 02/23 at Indiana Penn State 02/07 vs Maryland 02/11 at Illinois 02/15 vs Ohio State 02/18 at Purdue 02/21 vs Michigan 02/25 at Nebraska Purdue 02/07 vs Ohio State 02/10 at Michigan State 02/15 at Wisconsin 02/18 vs Penn State 02/22 at Illinois 02/25 vs Minnesota Rutgers 02/05 vs Indiana 02/10 at Nebraska 02/13 vs Northwestern 02/17 at Maryland 02/20 at Ohio State 02/25 vs Illinois Wisconsin 02/04 at Maryland 02/08 at Illinois 02/11 vs Michigan 02/15 vs Purdue 02/19 vs Minnesota 02/22 at Northwestern 02/25 vs Michigan State

Overall not a bad day. Started off poorly, then got a lot of good losses in the middle of the day, then finished off poorly. Biggest heavy hitters was probably: St. John's got a big win at home against Duke NC State and is probably close to a lock Missouri, Alabama, and Texas are inconsistent but building their resumes South Carolina, Syracuse, and Georgia are likely out Western Kentucky didn't do themselves any favors Delaware State sucks Washington just keeps hanging around

Take your pick. Collier took naps during halftime, Doc took naps during tipoffs, and Miles takes naps during late 2nd half timeouts.

And while we're at it, Monday isn't looking too interesting either: Syracuse/Louisville - current 6 seed (Louisville) versus current bubble team; Syracuse is likely out so this is a toss-up Delaware State/North Carolina A&T - c'mon man! 2.0

There is really not much going on this Sunday. Here's the Games of Interest: Seton Hall/Villanova - likely doesn't matter, but Villanova winning doesn't hurt Wisconsin/Maryland - probably looking for Maryland to improve its RPI Arizona State/Washington State - ASU is likely in, but they are 4-6 in Pac-12 play In sort there's really not much impacting our bubble watch on Sunday. Get out of the house, go to Conlee's,and say hi to @cipsucks, and watch the Super Bowl.

New First Four Out: Boise State - Win vs. UNLV, 93-91 OT Georgia - Loss at Mississippi State, 57-72 Western Kentucky - Loss at UT San Antonio, losing 63-74 Nebraska - No game; next game Feb. 6 Next Out: SMU - No game; next game Feb. 8 South Carolina - Loss at Texas A&M, 60-83 Syracuse - Loss vs. Virginia, 44-59 Maryland - No game; next game Feb. 4 Four More: Notre Dame - Loss at NC State, 58-76 UCLA - Win vs. USC, 82-79 St. Bonaventure - Win at Duquesne, 84-81 Utah - No game; next game Feb. 4

I still get the sense that Lunardi is hesitant to put us close to in. Maybe next week?

AND NEBRASKA!!!

Still got some work to do, but I like it!

Just today?

Performance today (Saturday, Feb. 3): Last Four Byes Texas A&M - Win vs. South Carolina, 83-60 Providence - Win at Marquette, 77-75 Houston - Win at UCF, 69-65 Marquette - Loss vs. Providence, 75-77 Last Four In SMU - No game; next game Feb. 8 NC State - Win vs. Notre Dame, 76-58 Boise State - Win vs. UNLV, 93-91 OT Virginia Tech - Loss vs. Miami, 75-84 First Four Out Missouri - Win vs. Kentucky, 69-60 Georgia - Loss at Mississippi State, 57-72 Western Kentucky - Loss at UT San Antonio, losing 63-74 Washington - Win vs. Arizona, 78-75 Next Four Out Syracuse - Loss vs. Virginia, 44-59 UCLA - Win vs. USC, 82-79 Utah - No game; next game Feb. 8 Nebraska - No game; next game Feb. 6

BracketMatrix has us knocked down to only being in 1 bracket now. I'm going to chalk that up as: 1. A bye week 2. We'll see some bigger shifts after this weekend's games (other teams falling and hopefully we move up a few)

UT San Antonio is up 37-25 at half against Western Kentucky. This would be a HUGE one for us if they can pull off the win.

Using this to update throughout the day. Green means the bold team won. Red means the bold team lost.

HEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNIE!