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Just made the trip back from Memphis and now I'm off to bigger an better things.... Updating the final standings for HHCC! Let's take a pause just to reflect on the great season this team had. I won't even be able to do full justice, but this team achieved the 2nd most wins in program history, punched its ticket very securely and not having to sweat it out during Selection Sunday, won against some opponents we've struggled with mightily since joining the Big Ten, defeated the #1 team in the nation, and put up some record shooting performances throughout the season. Sure, the team fell short from an NCAA tournament win. But this team will be hungry to get that win next time around. Let's just not have that elapse another 10 seasons. This team has proven in back-to-back seasons that we're a February team and we deserve to play against the best. Now, for what you all have been awaiting for... the final results for the 2023-2024 Husker Hoops Central Challenge! As the saying goes, don't cry because it's over, cry because you lost...except for aphilso1. You won. Well done! And that now officially makes aphilso1 the only two-time HHCC winner! 2023-2024 HHCC Final Standings (End of Week 20) 1 aphilso1 956 NC * 2 UnicamMan 1037 NC * 3 BjoeHusker 1072 NC * 4 Nebrasketball1979 1118 NC * 5 Vinny 1125 NC * 6 AuroranHusker 1130 NC * 7 hhcmatt 1166 U3 * 8 Crush78 1178 NC 9 nuhusker7 1183 U2 * 10 demone 1194 D1 * ^11 KenPom 1195 D4 ^ 11 jimmykc 1208 U3 * 12 twinswingohuskers 1209 U3 * 13 CanadianHusker 1219 U4 * 14 SkersHoops 1220 D3 * 15 TheNovice 1230 D2 * 16 Huskerpapa 1231 U2 * ^17 Bart Torvik 1237 D5 ^ 17 brfrad 1240 U4 * 18 Woody Boyd 1240 D3 * 19 HuskerFever 1242 D1 * 20 hal9000 1260 NC 21 colhusker 1268 U1 22 throwback 1272 U1 * 23 Handy Johnson 1292 U1 * 24 Nutball 1292 D5 25 4NUfans 1295 NC * 26 emwilliams 1303 U1 27 MichHusker 1329 U3 * 28 LNKtrnsplnt 1338 NC * 29 Noah121 1338 D3 30 roundball3 1339 U1 31 BugeaterZ 1341 D2 * 32 NeeandMe 1361 U2 33 hskr4life 1368 D1 34 roscoe 1368 U2 * 35 Bugeaters1 1378 D2 36 Cazzie22 1402 D1 37 BLB115 1434 NC * 38 cornfed24-7 1454 U5 * 39 REDZONEDAN 1461 U6 * 40 BigTate 1462 U1 41 Busch Light 1477 D3 42 tcp 1488 U2 43 AGHANSEN 1492 D4 44 EAbby 1492 D4 45 Silverbacked1 1492 D3 46 HuscurAdam 1494 NC 47 HuskerMB 1508 NC 48 Ralph Wiggum 1516 NC * 49 basketballjones 1591 NC 50 DudeAbides 1728 NC 51 ConkintheCorner 1752 NC 52 bb33ch 2036 NC 53 bigred4 2072 NC 54 Cowboy Kermit 2203 NC 55 hhctony 2660 NC 56 75unlgrad 2742 NC 57 TourneyBound 2758 U2 58 TheGov21 2783 D1 59 Boots 2793 D1 60 NU Follower 2844 NC 61 1sdpad2 2846 NC 62 Jurgey 2872 NC 63 HolyBobpilgrimage 2922 U3 64 Minnesota_Husker 2945 D1 65 Breslin Petteway 2949 D1 66 Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty 2969 D1 67 The Jazz Huddle 3024 NC 68 mkroll12345 3070 NC 69 jason2486 3080 U4 70 Lohusker 3119 D1 71 Nighthawk 3128 D1 72 FearTheHuskers 3131 D1 73 huskerbill5 3132 D1 74 oly_10 3149 U1 75 rwmctrofholz 3153 D1 76 Faux Mike Peltz 3161 NC Biggest Rise REDZONEDAN U6 Biggest Fall Bart Torvik D5 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change) ^ = Celebrity member: KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) * = Did not miss a game prediction

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska neut. Texas A&M (as usual). 2) (BONUS -5 points) Predicting the exact number of NCAA tournament wins by Nebraska (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "6").

That's two perfect weeks in a row. Prior to that, we didn't have a perfect week since December. Now the real test is coming: can we sweep another week? And if not, will we be able to get a win on the road or avoid a potential Q3 loss? We're starting to see some swapping in HHCC leaders this late in the season. And Ken Pomeroy and Bar Torvik are just about as accurate as the #10 seed predictions Bracketologists are putting on Nebraska right now. There's more work to do, but it's a favorable schedule and all within our control. HHCC Standings - End of Week 16 1 aphilso1 891 U1 2 UnicamMan 943 D1 3 AuroranHusker 1005 U2 4 Crush78 1014 NC 5 BjoeHusker 1015 D2 6 Vinny 1016 U2 7 Nebrasketball1979 1017 U6 8 SkersHoops 1034 D2 9 nuhusker7 1035 U1 10 TheNovice 1049 D3 11 CanadianHusker 1057 U4 12 jimmykc 1060 NC 13 hhcmatt 1063 U6 14 hal9000 1064 NC 15 KenPom 1069 U1 16 twinswingohuskers 1069 U5 17 NeeandMe 1071 D6 18 demone 1085 D9 19 emwilliams 1087 U4 20 Bart Torvik 1093 U2 21 colhusker 1095 D4 22 Huskerpapa 1096 U5 23 throwback 1106 U1 24 HuskerFever 1107 U2 25 Nutball 1109 D5 26 Woody Boyd 1114 D8 27 brfrad 1131 U1 28 Bugeaters1 1142 U3 29 Noah121 1143 U4 30 4NUfans 1158 NC 31 roundball3 1160 U3 32 roscoe 1162 D7 33 BugeaterZ 1171 U2 34 LNKtrnsplnt 1175 D2 35 Handy Johnson 1181 U2 36 MichHusker 1183 U2 37 Cazzie22 1209 U2 38 HuskerMB 1216 D2 39 BigTate 1223 U5 40 hskr4life 1223 U7 41 DudeAbides 1230 U2 42 Busch Light 1240 NC 43 BLB115 1241 D3 44 AGHANSEN 1247 U2 45 ConkintheCorner 1254 D16 46 HuscurAdam 1284 D1 47 Ralph Wiggum 1285 D6 48 cornfed24-7 1305 NC 49 basketballjones 1308 U1 50 REDZONEDAN 1309 D1 51 EAbby 1324 NC 52 tcp 1324 NC 53 Silverbacked1 1337 NC 54 bb33ch 1538 NC 55 bigred4 1574 NC 56 Cowboy Kermit 1705 NC 57 hhctony 2162 NC 58 75unlgrad 2244 NC 59 TheGov21 2285 NC 60 Boots 2295 NC 61 NU Follower 2346 NC 62 1sdpad2 2354 NC 63 Jurgey 2380 NC 64 Minnesota_Husker 2453 NC 65 Breslin Petteway 2457 NC 66 Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty 2477 U5 67 The Jazz Huddle 2532 D1 68 mkroll12345 2578 D1 69 HolyBobpilgrimage 2581 D1 70 TourneyBound 2622 NA 71 Lohusker 2627 D2 72 Nighthawk 2636 D2 73 huskerbill5 2640 D1 74 rwmctrofholz 2655 D1 75 oly_10 2657 D1 76 Faux Mike Peltz 2663 D1 77 FearTheHuskers 2666 NA Biggest Rise hskr4life U7 Biggest Fall ConkintheCorner D16 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Another split week of home-and-away. Another split week of win and loss. Fortunately for us, there's only one more game left in the regular season and it's against the worst team in the league. However, Ken Pomeroy just jumped into the Top 10 and Bart Torvik is inching into the Top 15. There's more work for us to do! HHCC Standings - End of Week 17 1 aphilso1 892 NC 2 UnicamMan 980 NC 3 BjoeHusker 1052 U2 4 Crush78 1052 NC 5 AuroranHusker 1072 D2 6 Vinny 1079 NC 7 KenPom 1103 U8 8 Nebrasketball1979 1103 D1 9 demone 1110 U9 10 nuhusker7 1114 D1 11 hhcmatt 1117 U2 12 jimmykc 1118 NC 13 TheNovice 1122 D3 14 twinswingohuskers 1125 U2 15 Woody Boyd 1127 U11 16 Bart Torvik 1131 U4 17 SkersHoops 1141 D9 18 CanadianHusker 1145 D7 19 Huskerpapa 1148 U3 20 emwilliams 1162 D1 21 Nutball 1163 U4 22 NeeandMe 1164 D5 23 hal9000 1165 D9 24 colhusker 1170 D3 25 HuskerFever 1175 D1 26 brfrad 1183 U1 27 throwback 1188 D4 28 Handy Johnson 1200 U7 29 LNKtrnsplnt 1224 U5 30 4NUfans 1225 NC 31 Noah121 1226 D2 32 MichHusker 1236 U4 33 BugeaterZ 1237 NC 34 HuskerMB 1238 U4 35 roscoe 1243 D3 36 roundball3 1243 D5 37 Bugeaters1 1245 D9 38 Cazzie22 1258 D1 39 hskr4life 1269 U1 40 Busch Light 1274 U2 41 AGHANSEN 1297 U3 42 BigTate 1302 D3 43 BLB115 1310 NC 44 REDZONEDAN 1320 U6 45 HuscurAdam 1344 U1 46 basketballjones 1373 U3 47 Ralph Wiggum 1374 NC 48 cornfed24-7 1383 NC 49 Silverbacked1 1400 U4 50 DudeAbides 1403 D9 51 EAbby 1405 NC 52 tcp 1408 NC 53 ConkintheCorner 1427 D8 54 bb33ch 1711 NC 55 bigred4 1747 NC 56 Cowboy Kermit 1878 NC 57 hhctony 2335 NC 58 75unlgrad 2417 NC 59 TheGov21 2458 NC 60 Boots 2468 NC 61 NU Follower 2519 NC 62 1sdpad2 2527 NC 63 Jurgey 2553 NC 64 Minnesota_Husker 2626 NC 65 Breslin Petteway 2630 NC 66 Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty 2650 NC 67 TourneyBound 2682 U3 68 HolyBobpilgrimage 2690 U1 69 The Jazz Huddle 2705 D2 70 mkroll12345 2751 D2 71 Lohusker 2800 NC 72 Nighthawk 2809 NC 73 huskerbill5 2813 NC 74 rwmctrofholz 2828 NC 75 oly_10 2830 NC 76 Faux Mike Peltz 2836 NC 77 FearTheHuskers 2839 NC Biggest Rise Woody Boyd U11 Biggest Fall SkersHoops D9 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska vs. Rutgers (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").

Just like clockwork. Another home-and-away week. Another loss on the road and win at home. How is this so hard for people to predict this season (...says the one who's running this thing and not even in the Top 25)? We have a full week of rest ahead and just a home game before the next update. After that, we're looking at a couple more home-and-away stretches as we near the end of the season. Ken Pomeroy has been knocked out of the Top 10 this week. Bart Torvik is trending towards dropping out of the Top 20. More work for us to do on and off the court! HHCC Standings - End of Week 14 1 aphilso1 770 U1 2 UnicamMan 771 D1 3 Crush78 851 NC 4 BjoeHusker 863 U1 5 SkersHoops 882 U17 6 AuroranHusker 906 U1 7 TheNovice 913 U6 8 jimmykc 922 D2 9 demone 924 U5 10 hal9000 925 D1 11 KenPom 929 D3 12 NeeandMe 932 D8 13 nuhusker7 941 D2 14 Woody Boyd 943 U7 15 Nebrasketball1979 946 U3 16 hhcmatt 948 D6 17 Nutball 948 U6 18 CanadianHusker 950 D3 19 Bart Torvik 951 D2 20 emwilliams 956 D8 21 twinswingohuskers 958 D5 22 colhusker 960 U12 23 Vinny 969 D3 24 roscoe 974 U3 25 ConkintheCorner 977 U6 26 throwback 977 U2 27 HuskerFever 978 U5 28 Huskerpapa 988 D9 29 4NUfans 1013 U7 30 brfrad 1017 NC 31 Bugeaters1 1026 D7 32 LNKtrnsplnt 1029 D3 33 roundball3 1038 D7 34 BugeaterZ 1044 U1 35 DudeAbides 1051 U2 36 Noah121 1051 D11 37 HuskerMB 1067 U7 38 Cazzie22 1070 D5 39 Ralph Wiggum 1071 NC 40 MichHusker 1079 U1 41 BLB115 1085 U8 42 Handy Johnson 1091 U3 43 EAbby 1092 U4 44 BigTate 1101 D2 45 Busch Light 1101 U1 46 cornfed24-7 1101 D8 47 HuscurAdam 1107 D4 48 REDZONEDAN 1108 U3 49 hskr4life 1115 D1 50 AGHANSEN 1119 U2 51 basketballjones 1123 D11 52 tcp 1197 U3 53 Silverbacked1 1204 U1 54 bb33ch 1236 D4 55 bigred4 1272 D2 56 Cowboy Kermit 1403 NC 57 hhctony 1860 NC 58 75unlgrad 1942 NC 59 TheGov21 1983 NC 60 Boots 1993 NC 61 NU Follower 2044 NC 62 1sdpad2 2052 NC 63 Jurgey 2078 NC 64 Minnesota_Husker 2151 NC 65 Breslin Petteway 2155 NC 66 The Jazz Huddle 2230 NC 67 mkroll12345 2276 NC 68 HolyBobpilgrimage 2279 NC 69 Lohusker 2325 NC 70 Nighthawk 2334 NC 71 huskerbill5 2338 NA 72 rwmctrofholz 2353 D1 73 oly_10 2355 D1 74 Faux Mike Peltz 2361 D1 Biggest Rise SkersHoops U17 Biggest Fall Noah121 D11 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska vs. Michigan (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").

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Vinny, Vinny, @Vinny. Somehow saw this blowout for what it was. Moving up 15 spots this late in the season is quite the achievement. Hopefully Nebrasketball can do the same in the NET. Ken Pomeroy is now knocked out of the Top 15 and Bart Torvik is now out of the Top 20. Things are starting to come together. We have another home-and-away challenge this week. Is it as expected? Or are we going to see some positive momentum going into the final stages of this regular season? HHCC Standings - End of Week 15 1 UnicamMan 818 U1 2 aphilso1 824 D1 3 BjoeHusker 911 U1 4 Crush78 915 D1 5 AuroranHusker 945 U1 6 SkersHoops 947 D1 7 TheNovice 958 NC 8 Vinny 965 U15 9 demone 968 NC 10 nuhusker7 972 U3 11 NeeandMe 974 U1 12 jimmykc 976 D4 13 Nebrasketball1979 977 U2 14 hal9000 985 D4 15 CanadianHusker 988 U3 16 KenPom 988 D5 17 colhusker 1004 U5 18 Woody Boyd 1004 D4 19 hhcmatt 1005 D3 20 Nutball 1008 D3 21 twinswingohuskers 1008 NC 22 Bart Torvik 1010 D3 23 emwilliams 1020 D3 24 throwback 1021 U2 25 roscoe 1030 D1 26 HuskerFever 1036 U1 27 Huskerpapa 1042 U1 28 brfrad 1051 U2 29 ConkintheCorner 1053 D4 30 4NUfans 1062 D1 31 Bugeaters1 1077 NC 32 LNKtrnsplnt 1090 NC 33 Noah121 1090 U3 34 roundball3 1097 D1 35 BugeaterZ 1101 D1 36 HuskerMB 1117 U1 37 Handy Johnson 1123 U5 38 MichHusker 1132 U2 39 Cazzie22 1136 D1 40 BLB115 1138 U1 41 Ralph Wiggum 1142 D2 42 Busch Light 1146 U3 43 DudeAbides 1152 D8 44 BigTate 1158 NC 45 HuscurAdam 1160 U2 46 AGHANSEN 1171 U4 47 hskr4life 1173 U2 48 cornfed24-7 1177 D2 49 REDZONEDAN 1178 D1 50 basketballjones 1182 U1 51 EAbby 1193 D8 52 tcp 1248 NC 53 Silverbacked1 1264 NC 54 bb33ch 1337 NC 55 bigred4 1373 NC 56 Cowboy Kermit 1504 NC 57 hhctony 1961 NC 58 75unlgrad 2043 NC 59 TheGov21 2084 NC 60 Boots 2094 NC 61 NU Follower 2145 NC 62 1sdpad2 2153 NC 63 Jurgey 2179 NC 64 Minnesota_Husker 2252 NC 65 Breslin Petteway 2256 NC 66 The Jazz Huddle 2331 NC 67 mkroll12345 2377 NC 68 HolyBobpilgrimage 2380 NC 69 Lohusker 2426 NC 70 Nighthawk 2435 NC 71 Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty 2439 NA 72 huskerbill5 2439 D1 73 rwmctrofholz 2454 D1 74 oly_10 2456 D1 75 Faux Mike Peltz 2462 D1 Biggest Rise Vinny U15 Biggest Fall DudeAbides D8 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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In a type of game that we would be susceptible to lose on the road, we banded together and found a way to win. This team has exceeded most of our expectations and there's still more work to do. Now is the time to make a deep run into the Big Ten tournament and give us a shot to play for the title. But we also know this team has their eyes set on bigger things to close out this season. Sit back and enjoy the ride! HHCC Standings - End of Week 18 1 aphilso1 908 NC 2 UnicamMan 1007 NC 3 BjoeHusker 1075 NC 4 Nebrasketball1979 1076 U4 5 Crush78 1085 D1 6 AuroranHusker 1092 D1 7 Vinny 1098 D1 8 KenPom 1130 D1 9 nuhusker7 1133 U1 10 demone 1142 D1 11 jimmykc 1143 U1 12 hhcmatt 1144 D1 13 twinswingohuskers 1149 U1 14 TheNovice 1151 D1 15 Woody Boyd 1157 NC 16 Huskerpapa 1159 U3 17 Bart Torvik 1161 D1 18 CanadianHusker 1161 NC 19 SkersHoops 1176 D2 20 emwilliams 1177 NC 21 brfrad 1187 U5 22 NeeandMe 1189 NC 23 HuskerFever 1193 U2 24 colhusker 1194 NC 25 hal9000 1196 D2 26 Nutball 1198 D5 27 Handy Johnson 1220 U1 28 throwback 1220 D1 29 MichHusker 1246 U3 30 4NUfans 1249 NC 31 LNKtrnsplnt 1253 D2 32 BugeaterZ 1259 U1 33 Noah121 1269 D2 34 Bugeaters1 1271 U3 35 roundball3 1276 U1 36 hskr4life 1290 U3 37 Cazzie22 1291 U1 38 roscoe 1304 D3 39 BigTate 1325 U3 40 HuskerMB 1329 D6 41 BLB115 1359 U2 42 Busch Light 1365 D2 43 HuscurAdam 1373 U2 44 REDZONEDAN 1380 NC 45 AGHANSEN 1388 D4 46 Silverbacked1 1405 U3 47 basketballjones 1407 D1 48 cornfed24-7 1410 NC 49 tcp 1426 U3 50 EAbby 1431 U1 51 Ralph Wiggum 1438 D4 52 DudeAbides 1494 D2 53 ConkintheCorner 1518 NC 54 bb33ch 1802 NC 55 bigred4 1838 NC 56 Cowboy Kermit 1969 NC 57 hhctony 2426 NC 58 75unlgrad 2508 NC 59 TheGov21 2549 NC 60 Boots 2559 NC 61 NU Follower 2610 NC 62 1sdpad2 2618 NC 63 Jurgey 2644 NC 64 Minnesota_Husker 2717 NC 65 Breslin Petteway 2721 NC 66 Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty 2741 NC 67 TourneyBound 2741 NC 68 HolyBobpilgrimage 2781 NC 69 The Jazz Huddle 2796 NC 70 mkroll12345 2842 NC 71 Lohusker 2891 NC 72 Nighthawk 2900 NC 73 FearTheHuskers 2903 U4 74 huskerbill5 2904 D1 75 rwmctrofholz 2919 D1 76 oly_10 2921 D1 77 Faux Mike Peltz 2927 D1 Biggest Rise brfrad U5 Biggest Fall HuskerMB D6 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

We're not done, just yet! Much like most of the season, we ended up splitting a win and loss in the same week. This time around, we made it to a Saturday game in the conference tournament. This is the first time in a long time where we've been comfortably sitting here before Sunday knowing we're in the Big Dance. Let's take a bit of rest and get back to it next week! HHCC Standings - End of Week 19 1 aphilso1 994 NC 2 UnicamMan 1099 NC 3 BjoeHusker 1170 NC 4 Nebrasketball1979 1184 NC 5 Vinny 1198 U2 6 AuroranHusker 1207 NC 7 KenPom 1225 U1 8 Crush78 1228 D3 9 demone 1235 U1 10 hhcmatt 1241 U2 11 nuhusker7 1243 D2 12 SkersHoops 1259 U7 13 Bart Torvik 1267 U4 14 TheNovice 1267 NC 15 jimmykc 1269 D4 16 twinswingohuskers 1269 D3 17 Woody Boyd 1275 D2 18 CanadianHusker 1280 NC 19 Huskerpapa 1289 D3 20 HuskerFever 1291 U3 21 Nutball 1292 U5 22 hal9000 1295 U3 23 brfrad 1297 D2 24 colhusker 1305 NC 25 throwback 1339 U3 26 Handy Johnson 1342 U1 27 4NUfans 1364 U3 28 Noah121 1365 U5 29 emwilliams 1366 D9 30 LNKtrnsplnt 1367 U1 31 BugeaterZ 1375 U1 32 MichHusker 1379 D3 33 roundball3 1390 U2 34 hskr4life 1404 U2 35 Bugeaters1 1405 D1 36 NeeandMe 1425 D14 37 Cazzie22 1426 NC 38 roscoe 1435 NC 39 BLB115 1467 U2 40 Busch Light 1477 U2 41 AGHANSEN 1492 U4 42 EAbby 1492 U8 43 BigTate 1496 D4 44 Silverbacked1 1512 U2 45 cornfed24-7 1514 U3 46 tcp 1539 U3 47 REDZONEDAN 1540 D3 48 HuscurAdam 1542 D5 49 HuskerMB 1565 D9 50 Ralph Wiggum 1590 U1 51 basketballjones 1591 D4 52 DudeAbides 1730 NC 53 ConkintheCorner 1754 NC 54 bb33ch 2038 NC 55 bigred4 2074 NC 56 Cowboy Kermit 2205 NC 57 hhctony 2662 NC 58 75unlgrad 2744 NC 59 TheGov21 2785 NC 60 Boots 2795 NC 61 TourneyBound 2836 U6 62 NU Follower 2846 D1 63 1sdpad2 2854 D1 64 Jurgey 2880 D1 65 Minnesota_Husker 2953 D1 66 Breslin Petteway 2957 D1 67 Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty 2977 D1 68 HolyBobpilgrimage 2980 NC 69 The Jazz Huddle 3032 NC 70 mkroll12345 3078 NC 71 Lohusker 3127 NC 72 Nighthawk 3136 NC 73 FearTheHuskers 3139 NC 74 huskerbill5 3140 NC 75 jason2486 3150 NA 76 rwmctrofholz 3155 D1 77 oly_10 3157 D1 78 Faux Mike Peltz 3163 D1 Biggest Rise EAbby U8 Biggest Fall NeeandMe D14 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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

Believe it or not, we're only three weeks away from the start of the basketball season. You know what that means! HUSKER HOOPS CENTRAL CHALLENGE IS BACK! For any of you who are unfamiliar 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 even if you missed joining on Day 1, don't let that stop you. You're still in the hunt for the coveted title. Even 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 entertaining this challenge 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 Handy Johnson 2 LNKtrnsplnt 3 hhcmatt 4 75unlgrad 5 HuskerFever 6 Noah121 7 REDZONEDAN 8 BLB115 9 AuroranHusker 10 MichHusker *15 KenPom Good work, team, for not letting Ken Pomeroy crack the top 10 last season. It's up to all of us to maintain that for this upcoming season. 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.

Christmas falls on a Monday, so here we are with our weekly update on HHCC standings. We're not out of the woods just yet. We have one more non-conference game remaining, and a cupcake at that, before we start off the long conference season. Let's take it for what it's worth; whatever happens, let's be sure to enjoy this season. And while we're at it, enjoy the holiday season; whether with family, friends, or yourself. Happy holidays from the HHC community! HHCC Standings - End of Week 07 1 bigred4 340 U2 2 BjoeHusker 376 D1 3 UnicamMan 390 D1 4 aphilso1 393 U2 5 jimmykc 404 U2 6 nuhusker7 417 D2 7 hal9000 418 U3 8 demone 420 U1 9 NeeandMe 421 D1 10 Nutball 426 U2 11 Crush78 427 D6 12 emwilliams 434 D1 13 TheNovice 448 U1 14 LNKtrnsplnt 451 U6 15 KenPom 453 U1 16 Vinny 456 D1 17 throwback 460 D4 18 Bart Torvik 461 NC 19 HuskerFever 462 NC 20 SkersHoops 464 U1 21 Bugeaters1 468 U6 22 ConkintheCorner 469 U9 23 Huskerpapa 474 U5 24 bb33ch 479 D7 25 AuroranHusker 480 U1 26 BugeaterZ 481 U3 27 CanadianHusker 481 D2 28 DudeAbides 484 D6 29 Busch Light 485 D6 30 twinswingohuskers 486 D6 31 Noah121 489 U1 32 Ralph Wiggum 490 U1 33 Woody Boyd 499 U3 34 Cazzie22 500 U3 35 4NUfans 505 D1 36 roscoe 505 D1 37 hhcmatt 506 U2 38 roundball3 507 U4 39 Nebrasketball1979 514 D9 40 BigTate 519 U6 41 hskr4life 524 D1 42 cornfed24-7 525 D1 43 REDZONEDAN 526 NC 44 colhusker 531 NC 45 brfrad 534 D7 46 Cowboy Kermit 535 U2 47 BLB115 545 U4 48 Eabby 546 D3 49 Handy Johnson 548 D2 50 HuscurAdam 551 NC 51 MichHusker 556 U1 52 basketballjones 574 U2 53 HuskerMB 594 U2 54 Silverbacked1 605 D1 55 hhctony 609 D6 56 tcp 610 NC 57 AGHANSEN 669 U2 58 75unlgrad 691 D1 59 TheGov21 727 D1 60 Boots 742 NC 61 NU Follower 793 NC 62 1sdpad2 796 NC 63 Jurgey 822 NC 64 Minnesota_Husker 895 NC 65 Breslin Petteway 904 NC 66 The Jazz Huddle 974 NC 67 mkroll12345 1020 NC 68 HolyBobpilgrimage 1023 NC 69 Lohusker 1074 NC 70 rwmctrofholz 1097 NC 71 Faux Mike Peltz 1105 NC Biggest Rise ConkintheCorner U9 Biggest Fall Nebrasketball1979 D9 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Two games in a row where 25% of HHCC participants picked Nebraska to win. Yet the squad ignored it and pulled out the wins. One important thing to point out: both Ken Pomeroy and and Bart Torvik were the two worst predictions for the Kansas State game. Now we enter our dreaded cupcake season to close out 2023. HHCC Standings - End of Week 06 1 BjoeHusker 325 NC 2 UnicamMan 342 NC 3 bigred4 356 U2 4 nuhusker7 361 U2 5 Crush78 365 U3 6 aphilso1 366 D3 7 jimmykc 368 U2 8 NeeandMe 376 D4 9 demone 378 D2 10 hal9000 381 NC 11 emwilliams 386 U2 12 Nutball 404 NC 13 throwback 407 U2 14 TheNovice 414 U2 15 Vinny 415 U6 16 KenPom 417 D2 17 bb33ch 421 U2 18 Bart Torvik 423 D1 19 HuskerFever 423 D1 20 LNKtrnsplnt 424 U2 21 SkersHoops 431 D1 22 DudeAbides 436 D11 23 Busch Light 438 NC 24 twinswingohuskers 441 U6 25 CanadianHusker 444 U7 26 AuroranHusker 446 U1 27 Bugeaters1 449 U4 28 Huskerpapa 450 D4 29 BugeaterZ 451 D4 30 Nebrasketball1979 455 U9 31 ConkintheCorner 456 D3 32 Noah121 459 U3 33 Ralph Wiggum 461 D7 34 4NUfans 463 NC 35 roscoe 464 U1 36 Woody Boyd 469 D7 37 Cazzie22 473 D4 38 brfrad 474 U2 39 hhcmatt 479 U2 40 hskr4life 479 U6 41 cornfed24-7 482 D3 42 roundball3 482 U1 43 REDZONEDAN 484 U1 44 colhusker 487 U1 45 Eabby 491 D3 46 BigTate 498 U1 47 Handy Johnson 504 U8 48 Cowboy Kermit 506 NC 49 hhctony 509 D12 50 HuscurAdam 509 D1 51 BLB115 510 NC 52 MichHusker 510 D2 53 Silverbacked1 530 D1 54 basketballjones 547 D1 55 HuskerMB 558 U1 56 tcp 580 U1 57 75unlgrad 591 D3 58 TheGov21 627 NC 59 AGHANSEN 635 NC 60 Boots 642 NC 61 NU Follower 693 NC 62 1sdpad2 696 NC 63 Jurgey 722 NC 64 Minnesota_Husker 795 NC 65 Breslin Petteway 804 NC 66 The Jazz Huddle 874 NC 67 mkroll12345 920 NC 68 HolyBobpilgrimage 923 NC 69 Lohusker 974 NC 70 rwmctrofholz 997 NC 71 Faux Mike Peltz 1005 NC Biggest Rise Nebrasketball1979 U9 Biggest Fall hhctony D12 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Another split week between home and away; another split week between win and loss. Hold onto your seats, because we've got another one coming up. Which team will show up? Will it be the homer victors or the roadie losers? HHCC Standings - End of Week 11 1 BjoeHusker 629 U3 2 aphilso1 631 U3 3 UnicamMan 631 D1 4 hal9000 672 D1 5 NeeandMe 672 U5 6 Crush78 678 NC 7 bigred4 690 D6 8 Bart Torvik 692 D1 9 KenPom 694 D1 10 AuroranHusker 698 U15 11 nuhusker7 706 U2 12 Nutball 711 D3 13 TheNovice 712 U1 14 emwilliams 713 U8 15 jimmykc 714 D4 16 demone 723 NC 17 hhcmatt 727 NC 18 twinswingohuskers 731 U5 19 Nebrasketball1979 741 U8 20 SkersHoops 741 D8 21 LNKtrnsplnt 743 D3 22 Woody Boyd 748 U2 23 throwback 750 D3 24 HuskerFever 751 D9 25 ConkintheCorner 757 D4 26 Bugeaters1 759 U5 27 Vinny 760 U3 28 Noah121 762 U5 29 roundball3 765 U5 30 CanadianHusker 768 D2 31 Ralph Wiggum 768 D12 32 Huskerpapa 777 U3 33 4NUfans 780 U3 34 Cazzie22 784 D2 35 Busch Light 785 D9 36 DudeAbides 794 U2 37 brfrad 802 U2 38 roscoe 802 D1 39 basketballjones 831 U3 40 colhusker 831 U10 41 hskr4life 831 U3 42 BugeaterZ 834 D13 43 REDZONEDAN 834 D3 44 BigTate 839 U1 45 cornfed24-7 840 D2 46 HuscurAdam 842 NC 47 MichHusker 846 D6 48 BLB115 854 U3 49 EAbby 854 D1 50 Cowboy Kermit 861 D3 51 HuskerMB 884 U5 52 bb33ch 886 NC 53 Handy Johnson 902 D4 54 Silverbacked1 929 D1 55 AGHANSEN 943 D1 56 tcp 952 D1 57 hhctony 1278 NC 58 75unlgrad 1360 NC 59 TheGov21 1401 NC 60 Boots 1411 NC 61 NU Follower 1462 NC 62 1sdpad2 1470 NC 63 Jurgey 1496 NC 64 Minnesota_Husker 1569 NC 65 Breslin Petteway 1573 NC 66 The Jazz Huddle 1648 NC 67 mkroll12345 1694 NC 68 HolyBobpilgrimage 1697 NC 69 Lohusker 1743 NC 70 Nighthawk 1752 NA 71 rwmctrofholz 1771 D1 72 Faux Mike Peltz 1779 D1 Biggest Rise AuroranHusker U15 Biggest Fall BugeaterZ D13 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)