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No, he won't start over Tai as he Tai would move to the off guard. Lineup might look something like this: Trey Tai Sheilds Petteway Pitchford I'm not sure what anyone has seen in Tai that shows he can play the 2. His biggest strengths require him to have the ball in his hands: he absorbs contact well driving the line, kicks it out fairly well when he drives/runs into traffic, and shields the ball well when backing the ball up the court. Considering he moves poorly without the ball on offense and has no outside shot, why in the world would we want him to play the 2?

That's exactly what Coach Miles should be telling the team this week. But none of the people posting in this forum suit up for the games, and there's no harm in fans looking ahead to the contingency plans. That's kind of the whole point of internet message boards, right? Idle speculation and rumors?

Robin had a write-up today on the recruits that Nebraska is still after. The part on Ristic essentially said that NU will recruit him to the end, since any offer coming from Zona is contingent upon roster turnover. Nebraska's offer is not, at least for now. Ristic's "commitment" over the weekend is really more of a formality in stating AU is far and away his leader, but there is still a strong chance that they won't have room for him.

Providence won by 5.

Or the camera guys can pan the crowd during the HUSKER POWER chant, in search of a beret-adorned man with a scowl on his face.

Norm, I wish there was a way to "Like" your current signature.

Per NCAA uniform regulations there can't be more than a 10% color contrast in the body of the uniforms. Didn't know that. Thanks.

Jean Peck will love them, because she remembers the originals.

White on top of an off-white? Needs more contrast. But the design overall is pretty sweet

Jerry Palm updated his brackets to include results from last night. Has us as the 9th team out after the loss.

Hence why fortune tellers used to be burned at the stake.

BJ Walker was a turd. He was banging a girl that lived on the same dorm floor as my girlfriend at the time (now wife). He was pretentious and a womanizer. It didn't surprise me at all to see how he acted on the bench based on my interactions with him prior to that.

Bubble teams Cal ad Baylor both got blown out tonight. Obviously it would have been nice for us to pick up a road win, but we weren't the only ones to lay an egg.

We've still won 5 of our last 6. We've still got a shot at 20 wins. And we still have a chance to dance. Less of a margin for error now, but we're not done.

Jinx! You both owe me a Coke.

A couple halftime scores of note: Arizona is up 15 on Cal and Texas up 15 on Baylor. And George Mason held on to beat Richmond by 9. All of these things are good things.

Well then. Thanks a LOT boilers for blowing that huge lead. I didn't want to use my tv for the start of the Husker game anyway

On paper the Good Ol' Boy System should benefit us. Shawn Eichorst is in the same conference as the MSU AD, has a working relationship with the CU AD, and used to be in the same conference as the Wake Forest AD. That's 3 out of 10 committee members that are going to be found in the contacts of his blackberry. If we're right on the fence, I would think that's got to count for something.

So who do we want in Indiana vs. Wiscy? Indiana for RPI reasons, or Wisconsin for the potential signature win?

How they have 7 of 10 teams in the tournament from the Big 12 is perplexing to me. Jerry Palm projects 7 of 10 from the #1 RPI conference, and only 5 of 12 from the #2 RPI conference. I really, really hope the selection committee gives the B1G more love than most of the experts.

And Dayton is getting killed by St Joe's, they're down 29. Hooray!

…and that exception is that we CAN’T lose at home to Northwestern. Like many of you, I’ve scoured the internet and mentally compiled a list of our relative strengths and weaknesses. It seems like most pundits see 4 factors potentially working against us: 1. Not enough total wins 2. Not enough wins away from Lincoln 3. Too many losses to 100+ RPI teams, when compared to our number of wins against top 50 teams. 4. RPI Ranking – really more of a neutral than a weakness, but this has the potential to become a weakness Thankfully, we’re competing against other bubble teams, so it’s not like we need to shore up all of these issues to get into the field. Every bubble team has its problems. Our remaining contests provide the following potential impacts to our resume, relative to the 4 weaknesses above. The road games (Illinois & Indiana)-- A win in either game gives us more total wins, more road wins, and a higher RPI ranking, since road wins enhance RPI a lot more than home wins. A loss hurts in weakness #3, as that would add another loss to a team potentially finishing outside of the top 100. Northwestern game— A win only helps total wins, and none of our other resume deficiencies. A loss cripples our RPI, and makes our top 50 wins vs. non-top 100 losses balance even worse. Wisconsin game—A win gives us another total win and top 50 win. Bump in RPI would be less pronounced, since it’s at home. No effect on wins away from home. A loss would hurt RPI, just like any home loss does; however, this RPI drop will be marginally offset by the SOS factor. Conference Tourney games-- See effects for the road games. The main difference is that a win is worth only 1.0 on a neutral court vs. 1.4 on the road, so positive effect on our RPI will be negligible. For every game except Northwestern, there’s a chance to shore up our resume with a win or injure it with a loss. To me, that means none of those games is a true “must win,” as it’s really just a matter of getting enough total wins from the bunch. And to get to 20 wins, we would automatically shrink some of our weaknesses along the way. So to me it doesn’t matter if we miss out on that top 25 win opportunity against Wiscy, if in exchange we pick up a road win at Indiana (or vice versa). Now the one glaring exception in this is the Northwestern game. It’s a must win. If we lose to Northwestern, we’ve now got another bad loss on the resume, this time at home, that IMO would move our magic number up an extra game to 21. Or in other words, a loss that bad at home at the end of the year would require two positives to offset it (like a road win and top 25 win). Now obviously how other bubble teams finish effects our odds, as does teams like Wichita State taking care of business to keep their conference a one-bid league. But by and large, if we win 20 games and Northwestern is one of them, then we’re dancing. So let’s beat those Cats! And everybody else!

Providence survives at Butler. Florida State up 6 with 2 minutes to play against Pitt. Unfortunately, other bubble teams are also taking care of business today.

Do any sites have an RPI that calculates right after a game? Everywhere I check seems to calculate once a day at the most.

Both teams are talented, but underachieving. Illinois just seems more motivated right now then Indiana. And the Hoosiers are going to be gassed when we come to town.