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The 2020-2021 season was full of ups-and-downs, but mainly just full of uncertainty. One thing that remained consistent: we still completed a full season of Husker Hoops Central Challenge! I appreciate everyone's patience and adaptability in making that happen. With that said... HUSKER HOOPS CENTRAL CHALLENGE IS BACK! Looking back, things were tough. Schedules were changing, lots of uncertainty as to how long our season would ultimately last, and just appreciating any basketball games we were allowed to have. Last season, we switched to a percentage prediction for some of our bonuses because of the potential of games being added or dropped. This season, we're going to go with what's on the schedule. If any game is canceled due to COVID-related (or even not COVID-related) reasons, that's just bad luck on our part for a prediction. So really it's "business as usual." For those not familiar with Husker Hoops Central Challenge (HHCC), you're in the right place. The rules are simple. Just make a prediction for each game. That's it. And you don't even have to join in on Day 1; jump in whenever you can and you're in on the action. If you're out of the running for #1, there's still a chance to prove you're smarter than Ken Pomeroy! The more people that participate, the more fun this becomes. The rules are the same as last year with more opportunities to earn some bonus points throughout the season. Last year's Top 10 finishers were: 1 HuskerFever 2 REDZONEDAN 3 hhcmatt 4 BLB115 5 TheNovice 6 LNKtrnsplnt 7 BjoeHusker 8 brfrad 9 Crush78 10 UnicamMan *2 KenPom Ken Pomeroy achieved his highest position in HHCC, so now it's on us to put him back in his place. Now that we know the objective, let's go out there and have some fun! Game on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HHCC SCORING AND RULES If you want to be part of the HHCC, all you need to do is guess the score of each game. Participants with at least one entry will be included in the overall standings. There will be a thread available following the completion of the previous game. Scoring is based on how close you were to each team's actual point total and the margin of victory. HHCC GAME SCORING: The object of the game is to have the lowest accumulated points at the end of the year. Scoring is taken from three variables (margin of victory, actual score, correct game winner); with possible bonus points. Margin of Victory: This is how many points either team wins by. Scoring: Difference between Actual MoV (Husker score & Opponent score) Predicted MoV (Predicted Husker score & Predicted Opponent score). This is then multiplied by 2. Bonus: There is a -5 bonus for correctly predicting margin of victory. To get the bonus two things must happen. 1. Your margin of victory must match the actual margin of victory. 2. You picked the correct winner. EXAMPLE Prediction: NU 79 Opponent 72 Actual: NU 72 Opponent 62 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Actual (72 62) = 10 - Predicted (79-72) = 7) = 3 * 2 = 6 MoV = 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Score: This is the final point totals of both teams. Scoring: (Predicted Husker score vs. Actual Husker score) + (Predicted Opponent score Actual Opponent score) Bonus: There is a -5 bonus for correctly predicting either the Huskers score or the opponents. EXAMPLE Prediction: NU 79 Opponent 72 Actual: NU 72 Opponent 62 ------------------------------------------ (79 72) + (62 72) 7 + 10 = 17 ------------------------------------------ Game Winner: Picking the correct winner. Scoring: Zero points for correct winner. 20 point penalty for incorrect choice. The final score for this game would be 23. Correctly predicting the actual game score nets all -5 bonuses and a -25 bonus, for a best possible score of -40. Missed Game: Your score for missing a game is (the highest score of picked games + 25 points). End of year: Your highest score will be subtracted from your final point total. No Games Missed equals a -25 bonus to your final score. HHCC RULES: All new HHCC game threads will be posted following the previous game. The first game will be up after the last exhibition game. Post your prediction in the HHCC thread. All predictions must be in by the scheduled tipoff time (noted in the thread's title). Any corrections to your prediction should be done in the HHCC game thread. If you are unable to edit your score, just quote your previous score and post the new score underneath. All score updates will be posted throughout the season.

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").

A tale of two teams this week. This week hurt. It hurt a lot. To the core of this program. Fred takes the reigns as being the worst coach in Nebraska basketball history (worst winning percentage in history) and that beat down by a bottom-dwelling opponent leads you to believe we're closer to 15th place in the Big Ten than 13th place. Good HHCC-ers win, the best HHCC-ers finish. We have 8 more regular season games remaining (if Ohio State gets rescheduled), which means 8 more times for the team to practice free throws after the game. HHCC Standings - End of Week 13 1 KenPom 708 NC 2 Ralph Wiggum 747 NC 3 LNKtrnsplnt 758 NC 4 Crush78 802 NC 5 Cazzie22 804 U4 6 HuskerFever 808 NC 7 BjoeHusker 809 D2 8 ConkintheCorner 809 U2 9 BLB115 818 U2 10 hskr4life 836 U4 11 aphilso1 847 D3 12 demone 847 D5 13 TheNovice 864 NC 14 NUtball 869 U3 15 brfrad 876 D3 16 Vinny 877 U2 17 Bugeaters1 894 U4 18 roscoe 909 U2 19 hhcmatt 912 NC 20 jimmykc 918 D4 21 Busch Light 926 D6 22 Noah121 947 U1 23 Huskerpapa 949 U4 24 AuroranHusker 951 D2 25 UnicamMan 955 U1 26 tcp 966 D2 27 hal9000 994 D2 28 emwilliams 996 U2 29 REDZONEDAN 1005 NC 30 bb33ch 1008 U3 31 1sdpad2 1009 U1 32 SkersHoops 1011 D1 33 throwback 1030 U6 34 Silverbacked1 1046 U1 35 doc1394 1047 D7 36 4NUfans 1065 NC 37 basketballjones 1108 NC 38 MichHusker 1123 D4 39 Nebrasketball1979 1136 U2 40 Handy Johnson 1163 U2 41 NeeandMe 1173 D3 42 huskers29 1190 D2 43 Cowboy Kermit 1196 U1 44 twinswingohuskers 1242 D1 45 huskerbaseball13 1345 NC 46 cornfed24-7 1388 NC 47 Jurgey 1458 U3 48 HuscurAdam 1476 U1 49 nuhusker7 1476 D1 50 DudeAbides 1479 D3 51 uneblinstu 1655 NC 52 northwillriseagain 1734 NC 53 HolyBobpilgrimage 1745 NC 54 BugeaterZ 1784 NC 55 pmd9 1823 NC 56 Rosno 1858 NC 57 The Jazz Huddle 1865 U2 58 nubest79 1872 D1 59 NU Follower 1879 D1 60 75unlgrad 2024 NC 61 Husker Hoops Penitent 2027 NC 62 bigred4 2033 NC 63 EAbby 2047 NC 64 dustystehl 2074 NC 65 colhusker 2158 NC 66 hguy44 2169 NC 67 Blindcheck 2198 NC 68 huskerbill85 2207 NC 69 jsthusker 2235 NC 70 Go Big Fred 2243 NC 71 Nighthawk 2299 NC 72 Nebrasketballin 2307 NC 73 Jugular 2308 NC 74 Red Don 2324 NC 75 thrasher31 2327 U4 76 timofarmer 2330 D1 77 Buglem 2336 D1 78 jayschool 2364 D1 79 Ron Mexico 2367 D1 80 CanadianHusker 2379 NC 81 HuskerPower #nato73 2379 NC 82 Bill Self's Toupee 2385 NC 83 bball23 2388 NC 84 CamHuskerbballfan 2400 NC 85 jason2486 2432 NC 86 HuskerCager 2436 NC Biggest Rise throwback U6 Biggest Fall doc1394 D7 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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It's hard to put a finger on the identity of this team. But it's not worth putting in the effort to figure that out if they're not going to put in the effort to play for 40 minutes. That is all. HHCC Standings - End of Week 15 1 KenPom 835 NC 2 Ralph Wiggum 862 NC 3 ConkintheCorner 906 U1 4 LNKtrnsplnt 915 D1 5 BLB115 926 U5 6 Crush78 934 U1 7 BjoeHusker 947 D1 8 HuskerFever 948 D3 9 Cazzie22 953 NC 10 demone 969 U3 11 hskr4life 973 U1 12 brfrad 978 D4 13 aphilso1 987 D2 14 Vinny 991 U1 15 NUtball 998 U1 16 Noah121 1018 U2 17 TheNovice 1021 D3 18 hhcmatt 1039 U1 19 Busch Light 1040 U2 20 roscoe 1042 U2 21 jimmykc 1052 D1 22 Bugeaters1 1076 D5 23 UnicamMan 1087 NC 24 AuroranHusker 1089 NC 25 emwilliams 1094 U2 26 Huskerpapa 1101 D1 27 hal9000 1117 U1 28 REDZONEDAN 1131 U3 29 1sdpad2 1142 U5 30 SkersHoops 1142 D4 31 bb33ch 1154 D1 32 throwback 1168 D3 33 Silverbacked1 1179 NC 34 doc1394 1225 D2 35 tcp 1278 NC 36 basketballjones 1288 NC 37 Nebrasketball1979 1290 U1 38 Handy Johnson 1294 U2 39 4NUfans 1315 D2 40 Cowboy Kermit 1329 D1 41 twinswingohuskers 1397 U1 42 huskers29 1433 U2 43 MichHusker 1435 D2 44 NeeandMe 1485 D1 45 cornfed24-7 1530 NC 46 nuhusker7 1612 NC 47 DudeAbides 1645 U2 48 HuscurAdam 1650 NC 49 huskerbaseball13 1657 D2 50 Jurgey 1688 NC 51 uneblinstu 1967 NC 52 northwillriseagain 2046 NC 53 HolyBobpilgrimage 2057 NC 54 BugeaterZ 2096 NC 55 pmd9 2135 NC 56 The Jazz Huddle 2147 NC 57 Rosno 2170 NC 58 nubest79 2184 NC 59 NU Follower 2191 NC 60 75unlgrad 2336 NC 61 Husker Hoops Penitent 2339 NC 62 bigred4 2345 NC 63 EAbby 2359 NC 64 dustystehl 2386 NC 65 colhusker 2470 NC 66 hguy44 2481 NC 67 Blindcheck 2510 NC 68 huskerbill85 2519 NC 69 jsthusker 2547 NC 70 Go Big Fred 2555 NC 71 thrasher31 2604 U4 72 Nighthawk 2611 D1 73 Nebrasketballin 2619 D1 74 Jugular 2620 D1 75 Red Don 2636 D1 76 timofarmer 2642 NC 77 Buglem 2648 NC 78 jayschool 2676 NC 79 Ron Mexico 2679 NC 80 CanadianHusker 2691 NC 81 HuskerPower #nato73 2691 NC 82 Bill Self's Toupee 2697 NC 83 bball23 2700 NC 84 CamHuskerbballfan 2712 NC 85 Swan88 2741 NC 86 jason2486 2744 NC 87 HuskerCager 2748 NC Biggest Rise BLB115 U5 Biggest Fall Bugeaters1 D5 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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We got swept by Northwestern. Then Trev Alberts brings life back into this program. As respectable of a loss you can get against a ranked Iowa team. Then the USA Olympic basketball team showed up in Happy Valley to drop buckets on Penn State. With two games left in the regular season, let's close out this season on a high note! Oh...and somebody, beat Ken Pomeroy. HHCC Standings - End of Week 16 1 KenPom 926 NC 2 Ralph Wiggum 986 NC 3 ConkintheCorner 1005 NC 4 Crush78 1026 U2 5 LNKtrnsplnt 1026 D1 6 BLB115 1029 D1 7 BjoeHusker 1059 NC 8 HuskerFever 1073 NC 9 Cazzie22 1075 NC 10 Vinny 1080 U4 11 aphilso1 1095 U2 12 brfrad 1097 NC 13 TheNovice 1097 U4 14 demone 1106 D4 15 NUtball 1112 NC 16 hskr4life 1133 D5 17 hhcmatt 1152 U1 18 jimmykc 1156 U3 19 roscoe 1183 U1 20 Noah121 1198 D4 21 AuroranHusker 1217 U3 22 Huskerpapa 1217 U4 23 Bugeaters1 1229 D1 24 UnicamMan 1233 D1 25 emwilliams 1241 NC 26 hal9000 1245 U1 27 REDZONEDAN 1270 U1 28 1sdpad2 1271 U1 29 Busch Light 1296 D10 30 bb33ch 1317 U1 31 SkersHoops 1321 D1 32 throwback 1353 NC 33 Silverbacked1 1379 NC 34 Nebrasketball1979 1398 U3 35 4NUfans 1419 U4 36 Handy Johnson 1462 U2 37 twinswingohuskers 1511 U4 38 doc1394 1557 D4 39 tcp 1610 D4 40 basketballjones 1620 D4 41 Cowboy Kermit 1661 D1 42 huskers29 1679 NC 43 nuhusker7 1748 U3 44 MichHusker 1767 D1 45 cornfed24-7 1793 NC 46 NeeandMe 1817 D2 47 Jurgey 1848 U3 48 HuscurAdam 1898 NC 49 DudeAbides 1938 D2 50 huskerbaseball13 1989 D1 51 uneblinstu 2299 NC 52 northwillriseagain 2378 NC 53 HolyBobpilgrimage 2389 NC 54 BugeaterZ 2428 NC 55 pmd9 2467 NC 56 The Jazz Huddle 2479 NC 57 Rosno 2502 NC 58 nubest79 2516 NC 59 NU Follower 2523 NC 60 75unlgrad 2668 NC 61 Husker Hoops Penitent 2671 NC 62 bigred4 2677 NC 63 EAbby 2691 NC 64 dustystehl 2718 NC 65 huskerbill85 2771 U3 66 colhusker 2802 D1 67 hguy44 2813 D1 68 Blindcheck 2842 D1 69 jsthusker 2879 NC 70 Go Big Fred 2887 NC 71 thrasher31 2936 NC 72 Nighthawk 2943 NC 73 Nebrasketballin 2951 NC 74 Jugular 2952 NC 75 Red Don 2968 NC 76 timofarmer 2974 NC 77 Buglem 2980 NC 78 jayschool 3008 NC 79 Ron Mexico 3011 NC 80 CanadianHusker 3023 NC 81 HuskerPower #nato73 3023 NC 82 Bill Self's Toupee 3029 NC 83 bball23 3032 NC 84 CamHuskerbballfan 3044 NC 85 Cornyfan1 3054 NA 86 Klas3131 3059 NA 87 Swan88 3073 D2 88 jason2486 3076 D2 89 HuskerCager 3080 D2 Biggest Rise Vinny U4 Biggest Fall Busch Light D10 (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 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").

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From an operational standpoint, this was a much smoother year than the one prior. We only had one hiccup in our schedule (Ohio State), which actually worked out in our favor; however low stakes that game was in the first place. Fans returned to the arenas, hopeful for a strong performance from their teams. Husker fans, as usual, found ways to support their team even in some of the worst times in Nebraska basketball history. Last year taught us to appreciate the game we love, and that appreciation may have been one of the few things getting us through this season. There's some things to be hopeful about next season, and Hoiberg's team gave us a little glimpse of that at the end of this season. But beyond that, this team is going to have to learn how to take and maintain a lead for the full 40 minutes. Let's hope by next March, the announcers aren't talking about whether Iowa or Nebraska has the best corn; let's sow our way into a favorable seed. So the time has come. Here are your final results for the 2021-2022 Husker Hoops Central Challenge. Ken Pomeroy takes hold of his first honorary HHCC 1st place finish. Once he took control, he never let go of that position, even with a small turnaround performance by Nebraska at the very end. The outcome may have been different if we won our first round game in the Big Ten tournament, but c'est la vie. In usual fashion, KenPom is an honorary guest picker, so Ralph Wiggum takes gold, BLB115 takes silver, and LNKtrnsplnt gets on the podium with bronze. Congratulations to our HHCC winner! As always, thank you for taking part in HHCC this season. This game continues to be what it is because of your participation and interaction throughout the season. Hopefully next season we're predicting more wins over the course of the year and Ken Pomeroy gets knocked off the podium! 2021-2022 HHCC Final Standings (End of Week 18) ^1 KenPom 938 NC * 1 Ralph Wiggum 989 NC * 2 BLB115 1037 U2 * 3 LNKtrnsplnt 1044 NC * 4 ConkintheCorner 1051 D2 * 5 Crush78 1055 NC * 6 BjoeHusker 1065 U2 * 7 HuskerFever 1065 NC * 8 Cazzie22 1066 D2 * 9 jimmykc 1071 U6 * 10 Vinny 1094 D1 * 11 TheNovice 1097 NC * 12 brfrad 1100 D2 * 13 aphilso1 1111 NC 14 hskr4life 1136 D2 15 demone 1141 D1 * 16 AuroranHusker 1146 U1 * 17 hhcmatt 1155 U1 * 18 Huskerpapa 1177 U2 * 19 Noah121 1192 NC * 20 roscoe 1193 U1 21 emwilliams 1205 U2 * 22 NUtball 1236 D6 23 UnicamMan 1244 D1 * 24 Bugeaters1 1278 NC 25 REDZONEDAN 1284 U1 26 Silverbacked1 1287 U1 27 bb33ch 1312 D2 28 SkersHoops 1325 U1 29 throwback 1343 U3 * 30 hal9000 1366 D2 31 Busch Light 1414 D1 32 Handy Johnson 1426 U1 * 33 1sdpad2 1457 D2 34 twinswingohuskers 1466 U1 35 Nebrasketball1979 1499 D1 36 4NUfans 1541 NC 37 nuhusker7 1670 U1 38 doc1394 1720 D1 39 basketballjones 1764 U1 40 tcp 1773 D1 41 Cowboy Kermit 1828 NC 42 Jurgey 1832 U2 43 huskers29 1847 D1 44 HuscurAdam 1850 D1 45 MichHusker 1935 NC 46 cornfed24-7 1957 NC 47 NeeandMe 1981 NC 48 DudeAbides 2030 NC 49 huskerbaseball13 2156 NC 50 uneblinstu 2463 NC 51 HolyBobpilgrimage 2502 U1 52 northwillriseagain 2542 D1 53 BugeaterZ 2573 NC 54 The Jazz Huddle 2623 U1 55 pmd9 2634 D1 56 Rosno 2646 NC 57 nubest79 2661 NC 58 NU Follower 2668 NC 59 Husker Hoops Penitent 2784 U1 60 75unlgrad 2812 D1 61 huskerbill85 2814 U2 62 bigred4 2822 D1 63 EAbby 2835 D1 64 dustystehl 2862 NC 65 colhusker 2946 NC 66 hguy44 2957 NC 67 Blindcheck 2986 NC 68 Cornyfan1 2986 U3 69 Klas3131 3008 U7 70 jsthusker 3023 D2 71 Nighthawk 3029 D1 72 Go Big Fred 3031 D3 73 BigTate 3035 U6 74 thrasher31 3049 D2 75 Nebrasketballin 3064 D2 76 Jugular 3096 D2 77 Red Don 3112 D2 78 timofarmer 3118 D1 79 Buglem 3124 D1 80 Ron Mexico 3124 U1 81 a0t0w0 3133 U1 82 jason2486 3140 U7 83 CanadianHusker 3142 NC 84 jayschool 3152 D4 85 HuskerPower #nato73 3167 D1 86 Bill Self's Toupee 3173 D1 87 bball23 3176 D1 88 Swan88 3186 NC 89 CamHuskerbballfan 3188 D2 90 HuskerCager 3193 NC Biggest Rise Klas3131 U7 Biggest Fall NUtball D6 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change) ^ = Celebrity member: KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) * = Did not miss a game prediction

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How's the saying go again? "Don't cry because you suck at basketball, smile because you won a conference game." Did I say that right? HHCC Standings - End of Week 14 1 KenPom 790 NC 2 Ralph Wiggum 812 NC 3 LNKtrnsplnt 845 NC 4 ConkintheCorner 870 U4 5 HuskerFever 902 U1 6 BjoeHusker 903 U1 7 Crush78 903 D3 8 brfrad 912 U7 9 Cazzie22 915 D4 10 BLB115 918 D1 11 aphilso1 924 NC 12 hskr4life 938 D2 13 demone 945 D1 14 TheNovice 948 D1 15 Vinny 957 U1 16 NUtball 964 D2 17 Bugeaters1 972 NC 18 Noah121 979 U4 19 hhcmatt 980 NC 20 jimmykc 985 NC 21 Busch Light 995 NC 22 roscoe 1010 D4 23 UnicamMan 1025 U2 24 AuroranHusker 1026 NC 25 Huskerpapa 1069 D2 26 SkersHoops 1070 U6 27 emwilliams 1080 U1 28 hal9000 1087 D1 29 throwback 1089 U4 30 bb33ch 1097 NC 31 REDZONEDAN 1097 D2 32 doc1394 1121 U3 33 Silverbacked1 1125 U1 34 1sdpad2 1128 D3 35 tcp 1174 D9 36 basketballjones 1184 U1 37 4NUfans 1211 D1 38 Nebrasketball1979 1227 U1 39 Cowboy Kermit 1293 U4 40 Handy Johnson 1321 NC 41 MichHusker 1331 D3 42 twinswingohuskers 1342 U2 43 NeeandMe 1381 D2 44 huskers29 1398 D2 45 cornfed24-7 1494 U1 46 nuhusker7 1545 U3 47 huskerbaseball13 1553 D2 48 HuscurAdam 1588 NC 49 DudeAbides 1615 U1 50 Jurgey 1624 D3 51 uneblinstu 1863 NC 52 northwillriseagain 1942 NC 53 HolyBobpilgrimage 1953 NC 54 BugeaterZ 1992 NC 55 pmd9 2031 NC 56 The Jazz Huddle 2043 U1 57 Rosno 2066 D1 58 nubest79 2080 NC 59 NU Follower 2087 NC 60 75unlgrad 2232 NC 61 Husker Hoops Penitent 2235 NC 62 bigred4 2241 NC 63 EAbby 2255 NC 64 dustystehl 2282 NC 65 colhusker 2366 NC 66 hguy44 2377 NC 67 Blindcheck 2406 NC 68 huskerbill85 2415 NC 69 jsthusker 2443 NC 70 Go Big Fred 2451 NC 71 Nighthawk 2507 NC 72 Nebrasketballin 2515 NC 73 Jugular 2516 NC 74 Red Don 2532 NC 75 thrasher31 2535 NC 76 timofarmer 2538 NC 77 Buglem 2544 NC 78 jayschool 2572 NC 79 Ron Mexico 2575 NC 80 CanadianHusker 2587 NC 81 HuskerPower #nato73 2587 NC 82 Bill Self's Toupee 2593 NC 83 bball23 2596 NC 84 CamHuskerbballfan 2608 NC 85 Swan88 2637 NA 86 jason2486 2640 D1 87 HuskerCager 2644 D1 Biggest Rise brfrad U7 Biggest Fall tcp D9 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Ken Pomeroy took over 1st place. Time to resurface the "Rock Bottom" thread. HHCC Standings - End of Week 12 1 KenPom 614 U2 2 Ralph Wiggum 630 NC 3 LNKtrnsplnt 633 D2 4 Crush78 678 U2 5 BjoeHusker 679 NC 6 HuskerFever 681 D2 7 demone 704 NC 8 aphilso1 718 U1 9 Cazzie22 722 D1 10 ConkintheCorner 722 U5 11 BLB115 723 U2 12 brfrad 727 U2 13 TheNovice 740 D1 14 hskr4life 750 D4 15 Busch Light 782 D4 16 jimmykc 785 U1 17 NUtball 787 D1 18 Vinny 788 U1 19 hhcmatt 792 D1 20 roscoe 807 NC 21 Bugeaters1 812 NC 22 AuroranHusker 817 U5 23 Noah121 821 U1 24 tcp 841 U1 25 hal9000 854 D3 26 UnicamMan 858 NC 27 Huskerpapa 861 U6 28 doc1394 872 U1 29 REDZONEDAN 876 U1 30 emwilliams 881 D2 31 SkersHoops 889 U1 32 1sdpad2 904 U2 33 bb33ch 908 U4 34 MichHusker 908 D11 35 Silverbacked1 912 U1 36 4NUfans 921 D1 37 basketballjones 951 U3 38 NeeandMe 958 D7 39 throwback 960 NC 40 huskers29 975 D2 41 Nebrasketball1979 1010 U1 42 Handy Johnson 1019 D1 43 twinswingohuskers 1106 U1 44 Cowboy Kermit 1117 U1 45 huskerbaseball13 1130 D2 46 cornfed24-7 1277 U1 47 DudeAbides 1316 D1 48 nuhusker7 1336 NC 49 HuscurAdam 1349 U2 50 Jurgey 1351 D1 51 uneblinstu 1440 D1 52 northwillriseagain 1519 NC 53 HolyBobpilgrimage 1530 NC 54 BugeaterZ 1569 NC 55 pmd9 1608 NC 56 Rosno 1643 NC 57 nubest79 1657 NC 58 NU Follower 1664 NC 59 The Jazz Huddle 1708 NC 60 75unlgrad 1809 NC 61 Husker Hoops Penitent 1812 NC 62 bigred4 1818 NC 63 EAbby 1832 NC 64 dustystehl 1859 NC 65 colhusker 1943 NC 66 hguy44 1954 NC 67 Blindcheck 1983 NC 68 huskerbill85 1992 NC 69 jsthusker 2020 NC 70 Go Big Fred 2028 NC 71 Nighthawk 2084 NC 72 Nebrasketballin 2092 NC 73 Jugular 2093 NC 74 Red Don 2109 NC 75 timofarmer 2115 NC 76 Buglem 2121 NC 77 jayschool 2149 NC 78 Ron Mexico 2152 NC 79 thrasher31 2157 NC 80 CanadianHusker 2164 NC 81 HuskerPower #nato73 2164 NC 82 Bill Self's Toupee 2170 NC 83 bball23 2173 NC 84 CamHuskerbballfan 2185 NC 85 jason2486 2217 NC 86 HuskerCager 2221 NC Biggest Rise Huskerpapa U6 Biggest Fall MichHusker D11 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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What a wild week. Two games. Two wins. Both ranked and on the road! The only happy seniors this week were the ones on our team. HHCC Standings - End of Week 17 1 KenPom 1041 NC 2 Ralph Wiggum 1084 NC 3 ConkintheCorner 1121 NC 4 LNKtrnsplnt 1126 U1 5 BLB115 1141 U1 6 Crush78 1141 D2 7 Cazzie22 1146 U2 8 HuskerFever 1156 NC 9 BjoeHusker 1174 D2 10 Vinny 1177 NC 11 brfrad 1197 U1 12 TheNovice 1209 U1 13 hskr4life 1213 U3 14 aphilso1 1216 D3 15 demone 1221 D1 16 jimmykc 1226 U2 17 NUtball 1244 D2 18 AuroranHusker 1252 U3 19 hhcmatt 1264 D2 20 Noah121 1283 NC 21 Huskerpapa 1290 U1 22 roscoe 1301 D3 23 UnicamMan 1322 U1 24 emwilliams 1331 U1 25 Bugeaters1 1381 D2 26 bb33ch 1393 U4 27 REDZONEDAN 1394 NC 28 Silverbacked1 1395 U5 29 hal9000 1400 D3 30 SkersHoops 1414 U1 31 Busch Light 1447 D2 32 1sdpad2 1472 D4 33 throwback 1474 D1 34 Handy Johnson 1523 U2 35 Nebrasketball1979 1529 D1 36 twinswingohuskers 1542 U1 37 4NUfans 1572 D2 38 doc1394 1753 NC 39 nuhusker7 1782 U4 40 tcp 1806 D1 41 basketballjones 1821 D1 42 Cowboy Kermit 1862 D1 43 huskers29 1880 D1 44 HuscurAdam 1942 U4 45 Jurgey 1957 U2 46 MichHusker 1968 D2 47 cornfed24-7 1994 D2 48 NeeandMe 2018 D2 49 DudeAbides 2063 NC 50 huskerbaseball13 2190 NC 51 uneblinstu 2500 NC 52 northwillriseagain 2579 NC 53 HolyBobpilgrimage 2590 NC 54 BugeaterZ 2629 NC 55 pmd9 2668 NC 56 The Jazz Huddle 2680 NC 57 Rosno 2703 NC 58 nubest79 2717 NC 59 NU Follower 2724 NC 60 75unlgrad 2869 NC 61 Husker Hoops Penitent 2872 NC 62 bigred4 2878 NC 63 EAbby 2892 NC 64 huskerbill85 2901 U1 65 dustystehl 2919 D1 66 colhusker 3003 NC 67 hguy44 3014 NC 68 Blindcheck 3043 NC 69 jsthusker 3080 NC 70 Go Big Fred 3088 NC 71 Nighthawk 3117 U1 72 Cornyfan1 3127 U13 73 thrasher31 3137 D2 74 Nebrasketballin 3152 D1 75 Jugular 3153 D1 76 Red Don 3169 D1 77 Klas3131 3174 U9 78 timofarmer 3175 D2 79 Buglem 3181 D2 80 BigTate 3185 NA 81 jayschool 3209 D3 82 Ron Mexico 3212 D3 83 a0t0w0 3221 NA 84 CanadianHusker 3224 D4 85 HuskerPower #nato73 3224 D4 86 Bill Self's Toupee 3230 D4 87 bball23 3233 D4 88 CamHuskerbballfan 3245 D4 89 Swan88 3274 D2 90 jason2486 3277 D2 91 HuskerCager 3281 D2 Biggest Rise Cornyfan1 U13 Biggest Fall 1sdpad2 D4 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska neut. Northwestern (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").

Not a great week for the Scarlet and Cream. The only ones to benefit are children learning to count to one hundred and Count Dracula. Only two more games until we start getting back into the Big Ten gauntlet. HHCC Standings - End of Week 05 1 hal9000 357 NC 2 LNKtrnsplnt 378 NC 3 Ralph Wiggum 395 U3 4 demone 409 U4 5 roscoe 410 U5 6 brfrad 413 U5 7 huskerbaseball13 416 U5 8 HuskerFever 421 U7 9 BLB115 422 U14 10 KenPom 437 D3 11 aphilso1 446 D8 12 emwilliams 450 D8 13 BjoeHusker 453 U7 14 NeeandMe 453 NC 15 Cazzie22 457 U4 16 TheNovice 460 U1 17 Crush78 462 D1 18 Busch Light 465 D13 19 REDZONEDAN 472 U12 20 MichHusker 475 D11 21 Bugeaters1 481 U3 22 jimmykc 486 U4 23 ConkintheCorner 492 U4 24 SkersHoops 493 D11 25 tcp 494 D4 26 bb33ch 500 U7 27 Cowboy Kermit 503 U13 28 hskr4life 503 U1 29 NUtball 506 U17 30 Vinny 515 U2 31 Noah121 520 U4 32 Silverbacked1 526 D10 33 4NUfans 528 D8 34 hhcmatt 529 D6 35 doc1394 531 U7 36 UnicamMan 533 U7 37 Handy Johnson 534 D1 38 AuroranHusker 536 D8 39 Huskerpapa 561 D5 40 huskers29 567 U4 41 northwillriseagain 570 D4 42 BugeaterZ 573 D24 43 Nebrasketball1979 591 D2 44 uneblinstu 591 U3 45 throwback 602 U4 46 1sdpad2 620 U5 47 twinswingohuskers 637 U6 48 HuscurAdam 641 U8 49 basketballjones 659 U3 50 NU Follower 668 D12 51 nuhusker7 670 D12 52 Jurgey 716 D2 53 nubest79 724 D5 54 Rosno 729 D9 55 cornfed24-7 763 NC 56 HolyBobpilgrimage 790 U3 57 75unlgrad 813 D3 58 The Jazz Huddle 821 U3 59 bigred4 822 D1 60 EAbby 836 D3 61 DudeAbides 850 U1 62 colhusker 947 D2 63 dustystehl 969 NC 64 Blindcheck 987 NC 65 pmd9 995 U3 66 hguy44 1021 U8 67 huskerbill85 1021 D2 68 jsthusker 1024 D2 69 Go Big Fred 1032 D2 70 Nebrasketballin 1096 D1 71 Jugular 1097 D1 72 timofarmer 1119 D1 73 Nighthawk 1122 D1 74 Buglem 1125 D1 75 Husker Hoops Penitent 1145 NA 76 Red Don 1147 D1 77 jayschool 1153 D1 78 CanadianHusker 1168 D1 79 HuskerPower #nato73 1168 D1 80 Bill Self's Toupee 1174 D1 81 bball23 1177 D1 82 CamHuskerbballfan 1189 D1 83 thrasher31 1189 D1 84 HuskerCager 1225 D1 Biggest Rise NUtball U17 Biggest Fall BugeaterZ D24 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Since the NC State game took up all the time, I'll keep it brief. We lost. Regardless of the outcomes, next week should be an interesting one. HHCC Standings - End of Week 04 1 hal9000 246 NC 2 LNKtrnsplnt 252 NC 3 aphilso1 283 U3 4 emwilliams 285 D1 5 Busch Light 288 D1 6 Ralph Wiggum 288 D1 7 KenPom 294 U2 8 demone 296 D1 9 MichHusker 300 D1 10 roscoe 302 U1 11 brfrad 306 U15 12 huskerbaseball13 306 D2 13 SkersHoops 310 U9 14 NeeandMe 311 D1 15 HuskerFever 312 D3 16 Crush78 325 D2 17 TheNovice 329 D2 18 BugeaterZ 344 U1 19 Cazzie22 344 D1 20 BjoeHusker 355 NC 21 tcp 356 NC 22 Silverbacked1 357 U3 23 BLB115 361 U10 24 Bugeaters1 363 U11 25 4NUfans 364 U7 26 jimmykc 364 U13 27 ConkintheCorner 369 U17 28 hhcmatt 371 D5 29 hskr4life 372 D5 30 AuroranHusker 378 U4 31 REDZONEDAN 380 D1 32 Vinny 383 D15 33 bb33ch 386 U10 34 Huskerpapa 391 U4 35 Noah121 392 U2 36 Handy Johnson 393 D5 37 northwillriseagain 400 U4 38 NU Follower 400 D10 39 nuhusker7 410 D10 40 Cowboy Kermit 411 NC 41 Nebrasketball1979 413 D25 42 doc1394 427 U6 43 UnicamMan 428 U3 44 huskers29 432 D17 45 Rosno 434 NC 46 NUtball 440 D10 47 uneblinstu 441 D5 48 nubest79 457 D1 49 throwback 465 U6 50 Jurgey 482 D1 51 1sdpad2 493 U6 52 basketballjones 496 U2 53 twinswingohuskers 499 D2 54 75unlgrad 518 D4 55 cornfed24-7 518 U3 56 HuscurAdam 532 U4 57 EAbby 541 D4 58 bigred4 556 D2 59 HolyBobpilgrimage 576 D7 60 colhusker 652 D1 61 The Jazz Huddle 652 U3 62 DudeAbides 662 U1 63 dustystehl 674 D2 64 Blindcheck 692 D2 65 huskerbill85 726 NC 66 jsthusker 729 NC 67 Go Big Fred 737 NC 68 pmd9 796 U8 69 Nebrasketballin 801 D1 70 Jugular 802 D1 71 timofarmer 824 D1 72 Nighthawk 827 D1 73 Buglem 830 D1 74 hguy44 837 D1 75 Red Don 852 D1 76 jayschool 858 D1 77 CanadianHusker 873 NC 78 HuskerPower #nato73 873 NC 79 Bill Self's Toupee 879 NC 80 bball23 882 NC 81 CamHuskerbballfan 894 NC 82 thrasher31 894 NC 83 HuskerCager 930 NC Biggest Rise ConkintheCorner U17 Biggest Fall Nebrasketball1979 D25 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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