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What a wild year it has been. It's hard to believe we're just over 365 days since Hoiberg gave a major scare to college basketball fans everywhere. Instead of these athletes being able to go back to their dorms and finish up the semester, we were left in a whirlwind of uncertainty where nothing was constant. Many of these athletes didn't have a gym or hoop to train, many were stuck at home during the offseason not even knowing if we'd have a season or not. Many worrying about the safety of their family and friends. I say that all to remind us of the sacrifices these student athletes have made, to further their playing career and also represent the university. This season didn't get even close to what we would have liked, but if anything this season has taught many of us just to appreciate the game. To appreciate that we were able to find a way to play 96% of our scheduled games. If you're looking on the bright side of things, just be thankful that we weren't an at-large team last season getting snuffed from an NCAA tournament bid. And that we aren't going into the Big Ten tournament title game this season having to forfeit due to testing positive for COVID. So at least there's that. There's a lot of things to be optimistic about going into next season, but it's all going to start with offseason training and the locker room. Time will tell. Without further adieu, here are your final results for this season's Husker Hoops Central Challenge. KenPom rose up quickly in the title chase, but just couldn't quite close the deal. If Nebraska defeated Penn State in the Big Ten tournament, there was a very good chance hhcmatt would have taken the title home. This caused some movement to take place within the Top 5 in the final prediction of the season, but HuskerFever narrowly took the lead when it mattered the most. As always, thanks for taking part in HHCC! Your participation is what continues to make this such a fun event to hold us over throughout the good seasons and the bad. Here's to next season; another season where you get your chance to prove you're better than Ken Pomeroy! 2020-2021 HHCC Final Standings (End of Week 16) 1 HuskerFever 754 U2 * ^2 KenPom 756 D1 * 2 REDZONEDAN 831 U3 * 3 hhcmatt 842 D2 * 4 BLB115 864 NC * 5 TheNovice 870 U2 * 6 LNKtrnsplnt 872 D3 * 7 BjoeHusker 884 D1 * 8 brfrad 911 U1 * 9 Crush78 926 D1 * 10 UnicamMan 927 NC 11 NUtball 933 NC * 12 roscoe 941 U7 * 13 Bugeaters1 983 NC * 14 AuroranHusker 986 D2 * 15 hskr4life 988 NC * 16 colhusker 992 U2 * 17 Cazzie22 996 U3 * 18 Ralph Wiggum 1001 U7 19 uneblinstu 1006 D2 20 aphilso1 1009 D6 21 jayschool 1015 U6 * 22 Noah121 1016 U2 23 jimmykc 1029 D7 * 24 Red Don 1033 D1 * 25 twinswingohuskers 1033 D4 * 26 Handy Johnson 1053 NC * 27 emwilliams 1084 D5 28 Vinny 1159 U3 * 29 Nebrasketball1979 1162 U1 * 30 demone 1172 U2 31 Silverbacked1 1178 D2 * 32 throwback 1193 D4 * 33 REDitus 1199 U1 * 34 basketballjones 1217 D1 35 SkersHoops 1240 NC 36 Huskerpapa 1257 NC 37 hal9000 1316 U1 38 northwillriseagain 1374 D1 39 nuhusker7 1460 NC * 40 Jurgey 1493 U1 41 ConkintheCorner 1521 D1 42 TheGov21 1549 U1 43 MichHusker 1593 D1 44 nubest79 1637 NC 45 NeeandMe 1673 NC 46 bigred4 1757 NC 47 1sdpad2 1774 NC 48 huskers29 1905 NC 49 huskerbaseball13 1999 NC 50 DudeAbides 2014 NC 51 LK1 2052 NC 52 75unlgrad 2172 NC 53 dustystehl 2296 NC 54 bb33ch 2313 U8 55 GBR1197 2318 D1 56 Neon Budreau 2321 U7 57 HolyBobpilgrimage 2364 D2 58 cjbowbros 2471 D2 59 The God of Thunder 2500 D2 60 thrasher31 2512 D2 61 Buglem 2519 D2 62 mwm89 2544 U4 63 Husker Hoops Penitent 2578 U2 64 Bangarang 2597 D4 65 Go Big Fred 2610 U2 66 GBRSox 2630 D5 67 4NUfans 2669 U1 68 The Jazz Huddle 2688 U1 69 Nebrasketballer 2700 D5 70 unl 2712 NC 71 Nighthawk 2748 NC 72 Fred Hoiberg 2797 NC 73 huskerbill85 2803 NC 74 1HuskerDad 2805 NC 75 Jugular 2809 NC 76 Lohusker 2834 NC 77 36red 2835 NC Biggest Rise bb33ch U8 Biggest Fall jimmykc D7 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change) ^ = Celebrity member: KemPom (Ken Pomeroy) * = Did not miss a game prediction

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska at Northwestern (as usual). 2) (BONUS -5 points) Predicting the exact number of Nebraska players who played 1+ minutes (1 or more) with zero turnovers during this game (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "10").

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska at Iowa (as usual). 2) (BONUS -5 points) Predicting the exact number of Nebraska players with 5+ (5 or more) total rebounds (offensive + defensive) during this game (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "10").

I didn't want to look too suspicious, and besides, hhcmatt paid me more to give him the lead. Ken Pomeroy found his way back into medal contention. It's getting down to crunch time and HHCC is alive and well! Lots of movement going on this week. Keep it up! HHCC Standings - End of Week 14 1 hhcmatt 744 U6 2 HuskerFever 744 D1 3 KenPom 754 U1 4 LNKtrnsplnt 783 D2 5 BLB115 784 D2 6 REDZONEDAN 812 U2 7 Crush78 815 U3 8 BjoeHusker 817 D2 9 TheNovice 828 D4 10 brfrad 842 D1 11 AuroranHusker 854 NC 12 uneblinstu 870 U7 13 NUtball 889 U1 14 hskr4life 898 U1 15 jimmykc 908 D3 16 UnicamMan 924 D3 17 Red Don 928 U1 18 Cazzie22 929 U3 19 aphilso1 930 D2 20 Ralph Wiggum 930 D4 21 Bugeaters1 939 U7 22 emwilliams 957 U3 23 roscoe 960 D3 24 twinswingohuskers 960 D1 25 Handy Johnson 961 U1 26 colhusker 964 D2 27 jayschool 993 NC 28 Noah121 1023 U2 29 Nebrasketball1979 1051 U6 30 Vinny 1051 U4 31 demone 1057 U2 32 basketballjones 1074 D10 33 throwback 1078 D1 34 Silverbacked1 1086 U4 35 SkersHoops 1107 D6 36 northwillriseagain 1142 U1 37 Huskerpapa 1149 D1 38 REDitus 1153 U2 39 ConkintheCorner 1225 D8 40 hal9000 1229 U1 41 MichHusker 1297 D2 42 nuhusker7 1331 NC 43 NeeandMe 1399 NC 44 Jurgey 1418 U2 45 nubest79 1442 D1 46 1sdpad2 1505 D1 47 TheGov21 1534 U2 48 bigred4 1603 D1 49 huskers29 1646 D1 50 huskerbaseball13 1740 NC 51 DudeAbides 1750 NC 52 LK1 1783 NC 53 75unlgrad 1903 NC 54 dustystehl 2027 NC 55 GBR1197 2049 NC 56 HolyBobpilgrimage 2095 NC 57 cjbowbros 2207 NC 58 The God of Thunder 2231 NC 59 thrasher31 2243 NC 60 Buglem 2250 NC 61 Bangarang 2328 NC 62 GBRSox 2361 NC 63 Neon Budreau 2416 NC 64 Nebrasketballer 2431 NC 65 Husker Hoops Penitent 2623 NC 66 bb33ch 2656 U6 67 mwm89 2669 D1 68 Go Big Fred 2680 D1 69 4NUfans 2739 D1 70 unl 2782 D1 71 Nighthawk 2818 D1 72 The Jazz Huddle 2818 D1 73 Fred Hoiberg 2867 NC 74 huskerbill85 2873 NC 75 1HuskerDad 2875 NC 76 Jugular 2884 NC 77 Lohusker 2904 NC 78 36red 2905 NC Biggest Rise uneblinstu U7 Biggest Fall basketballjones D10 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Conference play has begun. It's not a great feeling starting 0-2, but there's some good moments that came out of it. Especially when the halftime scores of all our ranked opponents were very competitive. Hoping you all have/had time to enjoy the holiday season. I will say, I'm thankful we've been able to find a way to play college hoops, safely, here in December. We've got one more game in 2020, but this is the final HHCC weekly update of the year, so have the happiest of New Years you possibly can during these times. Here's to 2021: mass distribution of a vaccine, drastic declines in COVID cases and deaths, and a Big Ten Tournament 2021 title for Nebraska. HHCC Standings - End of Week 05 1 Ralph Wiggum 295 NC 2 BLB115 314 U14 3 LNKtrnsplnt 316 U3 4 hhcmatt 320 D1 5 BjoeHusker 322 U2 6 northwillriseagain 332 U3 7 throwback 336 D3 8 TheNovice 337 U4 9 KenPom 354 U6 10 jayschool 361 D5 11 UnicamMan 361 U2 12 brfrad 364 U5 13 1sdpad2 365 D3 14 basketballjones 365 D6 15 75unlgrad 367 D1 16 AuroranHusker 372 U2 17 Crush78 375 U2 18 aphilso1 377 U6 19 REDZONEDAN 377 U7 20 uneblinstu 379 D18 21 NUtball 383 U2 22 huskerbaseball13 386 U20 23 HuskerFever 389 D1 24 hskr4life 391 D13 25 colhusker 392 U2 26 bigred4 394 U2 27 Red Don 404 U5 28 jimmykc 409 D8 29 MichHusker 420 D8 30 roscoe 422 U3 31 Bugeaters1 424 U3 32 Cazzie22 425 D3 33 Noah121 429 U6 34 Vinny 430 D9 35 huskers29 436 U8 36 Nebrasketball1979 441 D6 37 Handy Johnson 444 U1 38 demone 450 U6 39 hal9000 452 D2 40 NeeandMe 456 U5 41 Huskerpapa 457 D10 42 SkersHoops 475 U11 43 REDitus 477 D2 44 emwilliams 484 D4 45 GBR1197 485 D10 46 DudeAbides 487 D10 47 twinswingohuskers 488 NC 48 Silverbacked1 516 U4 49 Jurgey 533 D1 50 nuhusker7 534 D4 51 LK1 535 D1 52 ConkintheCorner 538 D3 53 dustystehl 611 D2 54 nubest79 616 U1 55 cjbowbros 643 D1 56 HolyBobpilgrimage 661 U1 57 Buglem 686 D1 58 TheGov21 700 U2 59 Bangarang 764 D1 60 The God of Thunder 769 D1 61 GBRSox 797 NC 62 thrasher31 828 NC 63 Nebrasketballer 867 NC 64 Neon Budreau 1106 U2 65 Go Big Fred 1116 D1 66 4NUfans 1175 D1 67 Husker Hoops Penitent 1216 NC 68 1HuskerDad 1311 NC 69 Jugular 1320 NC Biggest Rise huskerbaseball13 U20 Biggest Fall uneblinstu D18 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska at Ohio State (as usual). 2) (BONUS -5 points) Predicting the exact number of three-pointers made (3PM) by Nebraska during this game (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "10").

Submit predictions below.

Submit predictions below. (Posted this one "early" with the news that the Maryland game is postponed. Given Big Ten's 7-day rolling average rule for test positivity rate and population positivity rate, it is possible this game is played. Better safe than sorry and rushing this out last minute.)

Submit predictions below. (Posted this one "early" with the news that the Illinois game is postponed.)

@HuskerFever clearly cheated this week. We had one game postponed against Purdue due to COVID, but we did get to play one at home against Indiana. Fortunately, there haven't been any drastic impacts to the schedule so far this season. On to the next week. HHCC Standings - End of Week 07 1 TheNovice 421 U4 2 LNKtrnsplnt 433 D1 3 BjoeHusker 434 NC 4 KenPom 440 NC 5 hhcmatt 448 D3 6 northwillriseagain 466 U1 7 HuskerFever 474 U10 8 aphilso1 484 U1 9 BLB115 484 D3 10 throwback 488 D2 11 NUtball 495 U1 12 UnicamMan 499 U2 13 Crush78 507 U6 14 brfrad 510 D4 15 AuroranHusker 514 U1 16 jayschool 518 D1 17 REDZONEDAN 520 U1 18 1sdpad2 521 D7 19 bigred4 529 D6 20 basketballjones 546 NC 21 jimmykc 550 U2 22 MichHusker 551 D1 23 hskr4life 560 D1 24 colhusker 562 U3 25 Ralph Wiggum 563 U3 26 Red Don 573 D2 27 Bugeaters1 582 D1 28 Cazzie22 582 U1 29 Vinny 585 D4 30 huskerbaseball13 587 U4 31 demone 599 U6 32 roscoe 602 D2 33 Handy Johnson 603 NC 34 Huskerpapa 607 U1 35 Noah121 609 D4 36 ConkintheCorner 613 U4 37 hal9000 614 D5 38 Silverbacked1 614 D2 39 twinswingohuskers 629 U2 40 huskers29 637 D1 41 Nebrasketball1979 638 D3 42 emwilliams 649 NC 43 SkersHoops 672 U1 44 uneblinstu 677 D1 45 REDitus 686 U2 46 LK1 704 NC 47 DudeAbides 734 D2 48 NeeandMe 744 U2 49 nuhusker7 749 NC 50 75unlgrad 750 D2 51 Jurgey 806 U1 52 dustystehl 874 D1 53 GBR1197 896 NC 54 nubest79 954 NC 55 HolyBobpilgrimage 1018 U1 56 cjbowbros 1054 D1 57 Buglem 1097 NC 58 TheGov21 1111 NC 59 Bangarang 1175 NC 60 The God of Thunder 1180 NC 61 thrasher31 1201 U1 62 GBRSox 1208 D1 63 Nebrasketballer 1278 NC 64 Neon Budreau 1457 NC 65 Go Big Fred 1527 NC 66 4NUfans 1586 NC 67 Husker Hoops Penitent 1602 NC 68 mwm89 1658 U1 69 Nighthawk 1665 D1 70 1HuskerDad 1722 NC 71 Jugular 1731 NC 72 36red 1752 NA Biggest Rise HuskerFever U10 Biggest Fall 1sdpad2 D7 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Submit predictions below. (Posted this one "early" with the news that the Purdue game is postponed. The other Purdue thread will still be used for scoring, should the game occur before or after this one. Just make sure you're posting predictions in the correct threads.)

Two more Big Ten conference games, two more losses. They may count the same, but not all losses look the same. HHCC Standings - End of Week 06 1 LNKtrnsplnt 404 U2 2 hhcmatt 411 U2 3 BjoeHusker 419 U2 4 KenPom 423 U5 5 TheNovice 443 U3 6 BLB115 444 D4 7 northwillriseagain 447 D1 8 throwback 448 D1 9 aphilso1 460 U9 10 brfrad 472 U2 11 1sdpad2 478 U2 12 NUtball 478 U9 13 bigred4 484 U13 14 UnicamMan 484 D3 15 jayschool 487 D5 16 AuroranHusker 495 NC 17 HuskerFever 496 U6 18 REDZONEDAN 496 U1 19 Crush78 498 D2 20 basketballjones 509 D6 21 MichHusker 513 U8 22 hskr4life 518 U2 23 jimmykc 519 U5 24 Red Don 534 U3 25 Vinny 534 U9 26 Bugeaters1 538 U5 27 colhusker 542 D2 28 Ralph Wiggum 542 D27 29 Cazzie22 543 U3 30 roscoe 554 NC 31 Noah121 557 U2 32 hal9000 560 U7 33 Handy Johnson 564 U4 34 huskerbaseball13 565 D12 35 Huskerpapa 566 U6 36 Silverbacked1 574 U12 37 demone 578 U1 38 Nebrasketball1979 587 D2 39 huskers29 592 D4 40 ConkintheCorner 593 U12 41 twinswingohuskers 598 U6 42 emwilliams 610 U2 43 uneblinstu 632 D23 44 SkersHoops 637 D2 45 DudeAbides 649 U1 46 LK1 653 U5 47 REDitus 660 D4 48 75unlgrad 665 D33 49 nuhusker7 716 U1 50 NeeandMe 718 D10 51 dustystehl 789 U2 52 Jurgey 795 D3 53 GBR1197 811 D8 54 nubest79 915 NC 55 cjbowbros 969 NC 56 HolyBobpilgrimage 987 NC 57 Buglem 1012 NC 58 TheGov21 1026 NC 59 Bangarang 1090 NC 60 The God of Thunder 1095 NC 61 GBRSox 1123 NC 62 thrasher31 1154 NC 63 Nebrasketballer 1193 NC 64 Neon Budreau 1432 NC 65 Go Big Fred 1442 NC 66 4NUfans 1501 NC 67 Husker Hoops Penitent 1517 NC 68 Nighthawk 1580 NA 69 mwm89 1616 NA 70 1HuskerDad 1637 D2 71 Jugular 1646 D2 Biggest Rise bigred4 U13 Biggest Fall 75unlgrad D33 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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A big move from hhcmatt and a big drop from Ken Pom. Regression to the mean. The non-conference season is over and now we're moving into the intense conference slate. For the sake of HHCC, even if we schedule some non-conference games after this, they will not count toward the non-conference bonus. There will, however, be a HHCC prediction for that game. HHCC Standings - End of Week 04 1 Ralph Wiggum 252 U2 2 uneblinstu 268 NC 3 hhcmatt 271 U16 4 throwback 272 U2 5 jayschool 279 U2 6 LNKtrnsplnt 287 D2 7 BjoeHusker 293 U6 8 basketballjones 299 NC 9 northwillriseagain 299 NC 10 1sdpad2 301 U2 11 hskr4life 302 D1 12 TheNovice 303 U2 13 UnicamMan 310 D8 14 75unlgrad 316 U2 15 KenPom 319 D14 16 BLB115 320 U14 17 brfrad 322 U5 18 AuroranHusker 326 NC 19 Crush78 329 D2 20 jimmykc 331 D5 21 MichHusker 331 D1 22 HuskerFever 339 D1 23 NUtball 342 NC 24 aphilso1 343 U2 25 Vinny 343 U2 26 REDZONEDAN 344 U11 27 colhusker 351 U6 28 bigred4 359 NC 29 Cazzie22 360 D4 30 Nebrasketball1979 360 U13 31 Huskerpapa 362 U5 32 Red Don 364 U2 33 roscoe 365 D4 34 Bugeaters1 366 D2 35 GBR1197 366 D4 36 DudeAbides 367 D1 37 hal9000 368 D13 38 Handy Johnson 378 U1 39 Noah121 383 U7 40 emwilliams 389 D2 41 REDitus 389 U1 42 huskerbaseball13 390 D31 43 huskers29 391 D3 44 demone 402 NC 45 NeeandMe 413 U3 46 nuhusker7 414 U3 47 twinswingohuskers 414 U4 48 Jurgey 417 U5 49 ConkintheCorner 421 D4 50 LK1 421 D3 51 dustystehl 425 D1 52 Silverbacked1 426 NC 53 SkersHoops 427 U2 54 cjbowbros 457 D13 55 nubest79 489 U3 56 Buglem 500 NC 57 HolyBobpilgrimage 509 D3 58 Bangarang 578 D1 59 The God of Thunder 583 NC 60 TheGov21 591 U3 61 GBRSox 611 D1 62 thrasher31 642 D1 63 Nebrasketballer 681 D1 64 Go Big Fred 930 NC 65 4NUfans 989 NC 66 Neon Budreau 1047 NC 67 Husker Hoops Penitent 1098 NC 68 1HuskerDad 1125 NC 69 Jugular 1134 NC Biggest Rise hhcmatt U16 Biggest Fall huskerbaseball13 D31 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Only 1-5 games remaining (plus March Madness after automatically qualifying) and Ken Pomeroy slides into first place. Things really took a turn this week. Do your work, HHC-ers! Knock Ken Pomeroy off the podium! HHCC Standings - End of Week 15 1 KenPom 906 U2 2 hhcmatt 914 D1 3 HuskerFever 928 D1 4 LNKtrnsplnt 964 NC 5 BLB115 973 NC 6 REDZONEDAN 973 NC 7 BjoeHusker 977 U1 8 TheNovice 986 U1 9 Crush78 1014 D2 10 brfrad 1016 NC 11 UnicamMan 1028 U5 12 NUtball 1052 U1 13 AuroranHusker 1071 D2 14 Bugeaters1 1093 U7 15 aphilso1 1096 U4 16 hskr4life 1105 D2 17 jimmykc 1114 D2 18 uneblinstu 1116 D6 19 colhusker 1118 U7 20 roscoe 1118 U3 21 Cazzie22 1127 D3 22 twinswingohuskers 1130 U2 23 emwilliams 1139 D1 24 Red Don 1149 D7 25 Noah121 1154 U3 26 Ralph Wiggum 1159 D6 27 Handy Johnson 1166 D2 28 jayschool 1168 D1 29 throwback 1264 U4 30 Silverbacked1 1272 U4 31 Nebrasketball1979 1279 D2 32 Vinny 1284 D2 33 demone 1285 D2 34 basketballjones 1312 D2 35 REDitus 1327 U3 36 SkersHoops 1336 D1 37 Huskerpapa 1345 NC 38 northwillriseagain 1447 D2 39 hal9000 1476 U1 40 nuhusker7 1576 U2 41 ConkintheCorner 1614 D2 42 Jurgey 1649 U2 43 MichHusker 1686 D2 44 TheGov21 1696 U3 45 nubest79 1747 NC 46 NeeandMe 1783 D3 47 bigred4 1882 U1 48 1sdpad2 1899 D2 49 huskers29 2030 NC 50 huskerbaseball13 2124 NC 51 DudeAbides 2139 NC 52 LK1 2177 NC 53 75unlgrad 2297 NC 54 dustystehl 2421 NC 55 GBR1197 2443 NC 56 HolyBobpilgrimage 2489 NC 57 cjbowbros 2596 NC 58 The God of Thunder 2625 NC 59 thrasher31 2637 NC 60 Buglem 2644 NC 61 Bangarang 2722 NC 62 GBRSox 2755 NC 63 bb33ch 2806 U3 64 Neon Budreau 2810 D1 65 Nebrasketballer 2825 D1 66 Husker Hoops Penitent 3017 D1 67 mwm89 3063 NC 68 Go Big Fred 3074 NC 69 4NUfans 3133 NC 70 The Jazz Huddle 3152 U2 71 unl 3176 D1 72 Nighthawk 3212 D1 73 Fred Hoiberg 3261 NC 74 huskerbill85 3267 NC 75 1HuskerDad 3269 NC 76 Jugular 3273 NC 77 Lohusker 3298 NC 78 36red 3299 NC Biggest Rise Bugeaters1 U7 Biggest Fall Red Don D7 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska neut. Penn State (as usual). 2) (BONUS -5 points) Predicting the exact number of Big Ten tournament wins by Nebraska (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "5").

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TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska vs. Purdue (as usual). 2) (BONUS -5 points) Predicting the exact number of assists made by Nebraska players during this game (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "5").