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KenPom says: 68 USC at 45 Nebraska B10 Nebraska 75-69 (73%) [68]

KenPom says: 47 Nebraska at 24 Maryland B10 Maryland 78-70 (75%) [70]

Feels like this one was missed: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sam-moore-singer-soul-man-in-sam-dave-duo-dies-89/

KenPom says: 85 Rutgers at 40 Nebraska B10 Nebraska 77-68 (79%) [71]

There are plenty of differences too, for example: Rutgers is 9-8 and 2-4 in the league, KenPom #90 with notable wins against Notre Dame, Penn State and UCLA (and very close losses to Alabama and Texas A&M) and is projected to end up 13-18 overall and 6-14 in the league. By mid-January of 2022 we were 6-12 (0-7), KenPom #159 and no notable wins. We did not get our second conference win until February 27th in the third to last game at Penn State (also our first road win of that season). We were 8-21 (2-16) at that point. We did not get to 9 wins overall until our next game at Ohio State on March 1st. We ended 10-22 (4-16) that year. Rutgers' average margin of loss this year is 8.25 (13.5 in league play) Our average margin of loss by mid January 2022 was 15.5 (19) Maybe the biggest similarity is Rutgers still hasn't gotten a road win...yet. But if we don't come out tomorrow with hair on fire, they could get one. Don't sleep on Rutgers is all I'm sayin. Two lottery picks is way better than our one (borderline 5*) second round guy and if they go on a little bit of a run this month, they still have things to play for.

Rutgers is quite a lot better this year than we were during the Bryce McGowens year.

Congrats to coach! He still owns that jackwagon Pitino.

And we were at 193 on the day after Christmas

KenPom says: 33 Nebraska at 16 Purdue B10 Purdue 74-67 (74%) [66]

Ask and ye shall receive: Strength of Schedule Components: 108.6 45 104.2 86 105.6 Overall: +4.38 61 0.00 Non-conference: -1.46 211 0.00

We seem to have a habit of doing that.

Their KenPom ranking actually went up after the loss...

(I approve of the parenthetical (as I also tend to abuse them))

This is "The Conversation" erasure and I will not stand for it! --also "The Poseidon Adventure", "The French Connection", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Superman" (1 and 2), "Young Frankenstein", "French Connection II", "Night Moves", "Reds"...and a couple of dozen other movies all starring Hackman before "Hoosiers".

Or..."Better to have a 15 point second half lead and blow it than to never have led at all"

Fred's system at ISU and the first couple of years at NU was perfectly suited to beat Iowa...but not much else in our case. Fred's system currently is perfectly suited to win a lot more games...but not against Iowa. It's a decent trade-off if you ask me.

Feel bad for coach in what is undoubtedly going to be his last year there. Been wondering if after he gets canned from SJSU he'll take the Doc Sadler route and do some consulting work or if he'll go back to the broadcast booth. He was always so good doing TV.

Indiana's only true league road game so far was against us. Their win vs an apparently overrated Penn State (which is looking much worse today than it did yesterday before Illinois damn near doubled 'em up) was at the Palestra in Philly and I'd be willing to bet the fan distribution there was maybe 60-40. KenPom has Indiana going on about a 9 game losing streak. In this next 9 game stretch they have 6 road games and the three at home are Illinois, Maryland and Michigan. I wouldn't be climbing on the Hoosier bandwagon juuuust yet.

By the way, this reply was given only as a data point and is in no way meant to imply an official entrance in this contest. So, if by chance we do, in fact, get our first road win at Washington (which I genuinely hope happens sooner) I will not be accepting any prize, that should be given to @HB and whoever else says Washington instead.

Lunardi's not good at this:

Looks like we're down to a 4.5 point dog in this one tonight.

Keep in mind, the drive from Minneapolis to Iowa City is only about 4 hours so...

KenPom says: 3 Nebraska at 55 Iowa B10 Iowa 79-78 (52%) [73] 3 bench scorers