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The thing is... 12-6 probably puts us in a double bye for the tournament which means we probably have to beat maryland and/or michigan again in new york to get in the tournament. Maybe I'm wrong. If we go 13-5 then I'm not sure that game will matter. Either way we need to keep winning.

If youd have told anyone we'd be up 3 with under seven we'd have all liked our chances

It should probably be noted... If we should so happen to tie for fourth with michigan (seems moderately likely) we now have the tiebreaker. Also have a win toward the total in case of a 3 way tie. Guess I'm trying to say that the odds just got way better for us in getting a double bye for the conference tourney.

Interesting that we are also about to win the tiebreaker for the 4seed in the B1g if we should so happen to need it. Theyre the most likely competition for that any way

Three of next five IMO... If we hold on.

Keep the pressure on defensively. We can definitely win this if we do that. Shooting 58% isnt hurting.

Id take those odds. 1 in 4.5 just seems high... Vegas hasnt done well with us vs the spread this year for sure...

Survive and advance. It wont be the last game we have to do that...

With that record... As blasphemous as it sounds I'd have some serious moments preferring a deep NIT run... More games for a team that could be very good next year rather than a crapshoot against a 6 seed or a play-in game. I want to see how we play purdue. If we give them all they can handle for most of the game... my opinion will be very different than if we are blown out. Hard to put so much on one game but as mentioned we have no great wins right now... Ncaa borderline cases are made with great wins and hot endings. We are still learning what this team can be in my opinion.

Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Iowa Rutgers Maryland Indiana Penn state Of those, michigan and maryland are the only games that the team has a pulse in my opinion. We should win 8 at home. Should. Helps that we already beat the best or second best opponent.

That was pretty much my point. Could be the 3 seed with that. Even with rpi in the 50s, could the committee leave out the 3 seed in the B1g tourney? That would take some very strange things happening in my opinion.

12-6 would put us as a first round bye in the b1g tourney. Odds are, the committee looks past the rpi at that point and takes us because the b1g likely has 5-6 teams. 11-7 might do it with a top 4 finish. He is right with the math I think but more goes into it than rpi. Not much more... But more.

Talk to me after purdue -- win or lose. It is a tough matchup... We dont necessarily have to win just make it interesting for most of the game. I want to see what we do. That may sound simplistic but... Let it all hang out there boys. Nobody giving us a shot any way... Why not?

I like stealing those gifts. Funny thing is... With our schedule... It gets significantly easier after purdue. If we win that game we have the inside track for a conference bye and an ncaa bid -- don't kid yourself that isnt a slight exaggeration.

Miles probably does understand it but he has to worry about player development too. If we lose a game this year because of it and jordy takes things seriously and next year... Well... you get where I am going considering we return pretty much everyone. If we solidify that post, next year this team is looking awful good at this point.

We stole one of those five or six road games that we could steal. Take the next one and things get REAL interesting. Fast. Anyone think we would start conference 2-2 or better? I heard a LOT of 0-4 talk. Take care of the vault and sneak a couple more road wins... It is VERY doable (it wouldnt even be very sneaky to win at rutgers or penn state).

If we hit twenty wins in the big ten, even in a down year, we will be in... Including the tournament obviously. Assuming we win and are 10-5 going back into conference play... I see zero games we cant win with purdue being the hardest game. We should also get hot down the stretch with the bulk of the "easy" games there. That's good for tourney shots. Games we should win against the lower half of the conference at home imo : Wisconsin at home Illinois at home Iowa at home Rutgers at home Penn state at home Indiana at home Games we should win but might not : Penn state on road Rutgers on road If we simply take care of those 8 games and "sneak" two more wins (not exactly a stretch) we should be fine or damn close. Maybe need a tourney win to clinch it. Other winnable games : Michigan at home Northwestern on the road Wisconsin on the road Maryland at home Illinois on the road Harder games : Ohio state on the road Minnesota on the road Purdue on the road If you look at it that way, it looks flat out manageable.. And I think at this point I would be very disappointed if we dont make the dance.

I'd say the sheer number of thumbs down should tell you by numbers how big of an asshat you are being.

A lot of nnebraska fans go to the "if we don't hire coach k it is the wrong hire" school of coach hiring. Miles is a lot of things. Bad coach isnt one of them. Now .. Is he a good one? We shall see. But our rpi and ncaa hopes are fine right now. Just need to win some games.

Currently we are rpi 55 which puts us solidly NIT and having a legit shot at the ncaas. Let it play out for Christ's sake.

Nobody below us had a minnesota win. If anything it seems we should be about right where we are at. We can move up if we win, fall off if we don't.

Current rpi is 55. Just saying....

Home vs away... Honestly our best shot to win is the game we shoot well.

If you hit elbows at 50% and threes at 35% the threes win over the course of a season. If you shoot better it is obvious which wins. Streakier but better math... Which is why it has been faded out. Scoring explosions win games when you can play d along with it... Generally speaking of course.

He never said that... Or I didnt read it that way. He said nothing more than we didnt run a triple option in our heyday. He is correct.