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I genuinely feel bad for them in that they think “Debbie” or the more recent “Little Debby” is a clever and insulting nickname for Nebraska. Iowa fans are pretty special people.

KenPom says we get our first B1G road win at Washington. Edited to add: This is not an entry into the @cipsucks contest. Should be used as a data point only.

So how does he reconcile then having Gonzaga ahead of UCLA?

I personally don't think it matters much one way or another but it's nice to see the recognition. Keep winning and we'll get in there.

Tied with Arkansas for #27.

Tied for #27 with Arkansas: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll

Not quite. That would be Maryland at #364: Strength of Schedule Components: 105.6 194 108.5 310 106.1 Overall: -2.87 264 0.00 Non-conference: -11.91 364 0.00

I did this in the UCLA game thread, I'll do it again. See if you can guess which team's SOS is which. (Shouldn't be too difficult for anyone who has been paying attention) Strength of Schedule Components: 105.6 198 106.7 213 106.1 Overall: -1.14 202 0.00 Non-conference: -8.45 351 0.00 Strength of Schedule Components: 107.4 101 105.0 101 106.1 Overall: +2.48 91 0.00 Non-conference: -2.17 236 0.00

Looks like it did help in Torvik anyway, we're up to #28 there. Still #33 in KenPom.

Murray State got it done. Very nice, that will help us some.

Man, Murray State could do us a real solid today if they find a way to beat 12-1 (pom #72) Drake in Des Moines. Come on Racers!

Torvik's got us as a 7 seed now: https://www.barttorvik.com/tranketology.php

#33 is only good for 10th best in the league. Big Ten is looking like an 11 bid league right now, wow. Illinois rockets into the top ten after their impressive performance at Oregon. Michigan and Michigan State are tied for first place in the Big Ten and we are in a 6-way tie for third at the moment. I like seeing those W's next to teams ahead of us in the rankings, hope we can get some more. Okay, Here we go! KenPom rankings as of 1-05-24 ======================= B1G (2-1): 8. Illinois (H) 12. Michigan (H) 17. Michigan State (A) - L 20. UCLA (H) - W 21. Purdue (A) 25. Wisconsin (A) 26. Maryland (2) 27. Oregon (A) 30. Ohio State (2) 33. Nebraska 36. Penn State (A) 47. Northwestern (A) 55. Iowa (2) 56. Indiana (H) - W 76. Rutgers (H) 80. USC (H) 90. Washington (A) 120. Minnesota (H) Non-Conference (10-1): 212. UTRGV - W 249. Bethune Cookman - W 328. Farliegh Dickinson - W ---Sanford Pentagon--- 46. Saint Mary’s - L 51. @Creighton - W 246. South Dakota - W 219. North Florida - W —Diamond Head Classic--- 130. Murray State - W 174. Hawaii - W 82. Oregon State - W 248. Southern - W

I mean when Cale Jacobsen can come in to a game like this to give you spot minutes and you don't feel terribly concerned about it, that's when you know you have a deep team.

The answer is UCLA is the one on top (#160 overall SOS) and NU (#142) on the bottom. Ironically, this game improved UCLA's SOS quite a bit more than ours. #102 UCLA vs #109 NU now.

Up to #33. Torvik has us at #29.

They mentioned during the game that Meah was something like 21/21 on FG against UCLA in his career.

Here is the KenPom Strength of Schedule for each team. Can you tell which is which? Strength of Schedule Components: 107.0 117 107.0 221 106.2 Overall: +0.04 160 0.00 Non-conference: -3.15 272 0.00 Strength of Schedule Components: 107.3 108 106.7 201 106.2 Overall: +0.63 142 0.00 Non-conference: -2.59 252 0.00

KenPom says: 17 UCLA at 39 Nebraska B10 Nebraska 67-66 (51%) [67]

I find it extremely hard to believe Oregon has damn near a billion dollars in their NIL collective. I think this site is probably a more accurate representation of schools' NIL numbers: https://nil-ncaa.com

Yep, absolutely. For example, Creighton started the season off at something like 92% in (5 seed) and now they're down to like 22% (11 seed). Rutgers started off the season as a 4 seed and 90% in. Now they have a 0.5% chance of making the tourney.

This is pretty fun to play with. Right now, Torvik has Nebraska with an 82% chance at making the tourney, projecting an 8 seed: https://www.barttorvik.com/tourneycast.php