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

It was a Tale of Two Weeks. This week certainly much better than the last. I'm not sure if I've seen my name on the "Biggest Fall" list before, but it doesn't sting as bad when Nebraska wins...big! Ken Pomeroy is also taking a few hits and dropped a few spots even though he picked Nebraska to win. Next up: Hawai'i. The question is...is the team there for business or leisure? HHCC Standings - End of Week 06 1 basketballjones 329 U7 2 AGHANSEN 344 U1 3 aphilso1 349 D2 4 SkersHoops 352 NC 5 KenPom 361 D3 6 bigred4 363 NC 7 NeeandMe 368 D2 8 Huskerpapa 392 U8 9 hhcmatt 394 U4 10 LNKtrnsplnt 397 U1 11 demone 398 U4 12 hskr4life 401 D5 13 CanadianHusker 403 U11 14 Bugeaters1 407 NC 15 MichHusker 407 U2 16 roundball3 407 D4 17 AuroranHusker 409 U2 18 4NUfans 410 U11 19 Woody Boyd 411 U19 20 UnicamMan 412 NC 21 BjoeHusker 413 D11 22 NU Follower 413 U1 23 TourneyBound 414 U4 24 Vinny 414 D3 25 Nebrasketball1979 416 U3 26 nuhusker7 416 U6 27 HuskerFever 417 D18 28 75unlgrad 420 D3 29 Handy Johnson 429 U4 30 cornfed24-7 437 D4 31 colhusker 438 D9 32 TheNovice 439 D2 33 throwback 439 U6 34 Crush78 442 D16 35 twinswingohuskers 444 U1 36 EAbby 445 U4 37 Busch Light 449 D3 38 Silverbacked1 450 D3 39 jimmykc 455 D2 40 BugeaterZ 468 U2 41 roscoe 468 D10 42 Cazzie22 470 D1 43 MitchMcGaryMunchies 470 U1 44 BigTate 482 U2 45 emwilliams 485 U3 46 BLB115 498 U1 47 Noah121 503 U3 48 MJW82 508 U1 49 Ralph Wiggum 509 D6 50 REDZONEDAN 512 D5 51 HuscurAdam 518 NC 52 brfrad 520 NC 53 HuskerMB 592 U1 54 hal9000 613 D1 55 Sidelines - Nebraska 727 NC 56 NUtball 813 NC 57 Faux Mike Peltz 878 NC 58 1sdpad2 899 NC 59 mmackey5 920 NC Biggest Rise Woody Boyd U19 Biggest Fall HuskerFever D18 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Not a great week. But, people, the sky is not falling. Two-thirds of you picked Nebraska to lose to Michigan State. Maybe the margin of defeat was surprising, but the result wasn't. Nebraska now has a chance to even the score and get to 1-1 in conference play before the end of the calendar year. On to the next one. HHCC Standings - End of Week 05 1 aphilso1 286 U3 2 KenPom 313 NC 3 AGHANSEN 316 NC 4 SkersHoops 328 U2 5 NeeandMe 329 U3 6 bigred4 333 U15 7 hskr4life 336 D6 8 basketballjones 342 D3 9 HuskerFever 356 U5 10 BjoeHusker 357 NC 11 LNKtrnsplnt 361 U8 12 roundball3 362 U3 13 hhcmatt 364 U4 14 Bugeaters1 365 D1 15 demone 365 U7 16 Huskerpapa 367 D9 17 MichHusker 368 U8 18 Crush78 378 U10 19 AuroranHusker 379 U8 20 UnicamMan 381 U18 21 Vinny 381 D10 22 colhusker 383 U17 23 NU Follower 383 D7 24 CanadianHusker 384 D15 25 75unlgrad 387 D13 26 cornfed24-7 389 D6 27 TourneyBound 390 U7 28 Nebrasketball1979 392 D10 29 4NUfans 394 U1 30 TheNovice 397 U3 31 roscoe 399 U13 32 nuhusker7 403 D9 33 Handy Johnson 404 D9 34 Busch Light 407 U2 35 Silverbacked1 408 D9 36 twinswingohuskers 417 D7 37 jimmykc 419 NC 38 Woody Boyd 424 U4 39 throwback 426 D8 40 EAbby 427 D8 41 Cazzie22 437 D6 42 BugeaterZ 438 U5 43 Ralph Wiggum 441 NC 44 MitchMcGaryMunchies 443 U1 45 REDZONEDAN 447 U4 46 BigTate 450 U2 47 BLB115 450 D1 48 emwilliams 452 D8 49 MJW82 465 D8 50 Noah121 467 U1 51 HuscurAdam 479 D1 52 brfrad 490 NC 53 hal9000 519 NC 54 HuskerMB 559 NC 55 Sidelines - Nebraska 633 NC 56 NUtball 719 NC 57 Faux Mike Peltz 784 NC 58 1sdpad2 805 NC 59 mmackey5 826 NC Biggest Rise UnicamMan U18 Biggest Fall CanadianHusker D15 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Score prediction for Nebraska at Michigan State (as usual). 2) (BONUS -5 points) Predicting the exact number of conference season wins (Dec. 7-13, Jan. 4-Mar. 9) -- (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "20," which indicates the number of wins you predict Nebraska will win in the conference.).

What a performance by this team; nearly two 100+ point games. However, as HHCC participants we're slipping. Ken Pomeroy just moved up to #2 in the standings. Hold strong, @hskr4life! HHCC Standings - End of Week 04 1 hskr4life 209 NC 2 KenPom 220 U1 3 AGHANSEN 223 U1 4 aphilso1 227 U3 5 basketballjones 234 D3 6 SkersHoops 235 NC 7 Huskerpapa 239 U3 8 NeeandMe 239 D3 9 CanadianHusker 258 U30 10 BjoeHusker 261 U4 11 Vinny 261 U1 12 75unlgrad 263 U9 13 Bugeaters1 263 D2 14 HuskerFever 263 U5 15 roundball3 263 U12 16 NU Follower 264 U7 17 hhcmatt 265 U16 18 Nebrasketball1979 265 D3 19 LNKtrnsplnt 268 U1 20 cornfed24-7 270 D3 21 bigred4 274 D8 22 demone 275 NC 23 nuhusker7 276 D14 24 Handy Johnson 278 D16 25 MichHusker 278 U4 26 Silverbacked1 281 D10 27 AuroranHusker 286 D9 28 Crush78 288 U4 29 twinswingohuskers 293 U1 30 4NUfans 298 U6 31 throwback 298 NC 32 EAbby 300 D6 33 TheNovice 301 D8 34 TourneyBound 303 D10 35 Cazzie22 309 NC 36 Busch Light 311 D2 37 jimmykc 320 NC 38 UnicamMan 322 U3 39 colhusker 324 D1 40 emwilliams 332 U4 41 MJW82 336 U7 42 Woody Boyd 337 NC 43 Ralph Wiggum 339 U6 44 roscoe 340 U1 45 MitchMcGaryMunchies 344 U8 46 BLB115 345 U1 47 BugeaterZ 345 D4 48 BigTate 348 D20 49 REDZONEDAN 351 D9 50 HuscurAdam 354 D4 51 Noah121 365 D1 52 brfrad 400 D1 53 hal9000 426 D1 54 HuskerMB 466 U1 55 Sidelines - Nebraska 479 D1 56 NUtball 565 NC 57 Faux Mike Peltz 630 NC 58 1sdpad2 651 NC 59 mmackey5 672 NC Biggest Rise CanadianHusker U30 Biggest Fall BigTate D20 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

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Creighton sucks. That is all. HHCC Standings - End of Week 03 1 hskr4life 91 U5 2 basketballjones 136 D1 3 KenPom 140 NC 4 AGHANSEN 143 NC 5 NeeandMe 146 U2 6 SkersHoops 148 U2 7 aphilso1 150 D2 8 Handy Johnson 153 U16 9 nuhusker7 155 U9 10 Huskerpapa 156 U7 11 Bugeaters1 160 U9 12 Vinny 165 U17 13 bigred4 166 D4 14 BjoeHusker 167 D12 15 Nebrasketball1979 169 D3 16 Silverbacked1 169 U12 17 cornfed24-7 170 D7 18 AuroranHusker 173 D7 19 HuskerFever 173 NC 20 LNKtrnsplnt 176 D5 21 75unlgrad 179 U11 22 demone 181 D9 23 NU Follower 181 U7 24 TourneyBound 181 D10 25 TheNovice 182 D3 26 EAbby 183 D3 27 roundball3 183 D1 28 BigTate 184 D7 29 MichHusker 187 D4 30 twinswingohuskers 187 U9 31 throwback 190 U3 32 Crush78 193 D1 33 hhcmatt 202 U3 34 Busch Light 203 D7 35 Cazzie22 203 U5 36 4NUfans 208 U6 37 jimmykc 215 U10 38 colhusker 220 D3 39 CanadianHusker 224 U7 40 REDZONEDAN 224 D24 41 UnicamMan 227 D8 42 Woody Boyd 230 U1 43 BugeaterZ 233 D5 44 emwilliams 236 U1 45 roscoe 237 D4 46 HuscurAdam 241 U3 47 BLB115 245 U1 48 MJW82 257 U2 49 Ralph Wiggum 271 D5 50 Noah121 273 U1 51 brfrad 280 U1 52 hal9000 282 U1 53 MitchMcGaryMunchies 283 D16 54 Sidelines - Nebraska 309 U1 55 HuskerMB 319 D1 56 NUtball 347 NC 57 Faux Mike Peltz 412 NA 58 1sdpad2 433 D1 59 mmackey5 454 D1 Biggest Rise Vinny U17 Biggest Fall REDZONEDAN D24 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)

TWO THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Your score prediction for Nebraska at Creighton (as usual). 2) BONUS (-5 points): Predicting the exact number of Nebraska players that score 10+ (10 or more) points during this game (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "10").

Split the week with a win at home and a neutral loss. Good effort from the team, overall. So you can't complain about that. Much better progress than we saw in the prior week. Onto the next. HHCC Standings - End of Week 02 1 basketballjones 87 U1 2 BjoeHusker 89 U3 3 KenPom 98 U13 4 AGHANSEN 99 U14 5 aphilso1 99 D2 6 hskr4life 103 D5 7 NeeandMe 104 U21 8 SkersHoops 104 U37 9 bigred4 112 U18 10 cornfed24-7 116 U5 11 AuroranHusker 119 NC 12 Nebrasketball1979 125 D5 13 demone 127 D1 14 TourneyBound 127 U15 15 LNKtrnsplnt 128 U7 16 REDZONEDAN 131 D2 17 Huskerpapa 132 U2 18 nuhusker7 132 D8 19 HuskerFever 133 U6 20 Bugeaters1 135 D14 21 BigTate 137 D13 22 TheNovice 137 U20 23 EAbby 138 U10 24 Handy Johnson 138 D11 25 MichHusker 139 U22 26 roundball3 139 D6 27 Busch Light 140 D10 28 Silverbacked1 144 U11 29 Vinny 144 U12 30 NU Follower 146 U7 31 Crush78 148 D7 32 75unlgrad 149 D2 33 UnicamMan 149 D29 34 throwback 150 D13 35 colhusker 154 D26 36 hhcmatt 156 U8 37 MitchMcGaryMunchies 156 D11 38 BugeaterZ 158 D6 39 twinswingohuskers 158 U1 40 Cazzie22 159 D17 41 roscoe 159 D10 42 4NUfans 165 D4 43 Woody Boyd 167 NC 44 Ralph Wiggum 169 D9 45 emwilliams 173 D11 46 CanadianHusker 176 D10 47 jimmykc 176 D1 48 BLB115 188 NC 49 HuscurAdam 209 U2 50 MJW82 221 D1 51 Noah121 226 U6 52 brfrad 234 U3 53 hal9000 234 D1 54 HuskerMB 261 NC 55 Sidelines - Nebraska 261 NA 56 NUtball 290 NC 57 1sdpad2 306 D7 58 mmackey5 327 NA Biggest Rise SkersHoops U37 Biggest Fall UnicamMan D29

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Well, I'm already slacking on Week 1. Self-inflicted expectations. I usually try to get these updates out each Monday (the official start of a new week for NCAA basketball and also when new rankings come out). I'll set some reminders and get back on track! It's great to see a new season kick off. But it's also started with some ups and downs. Good opening game and, more than anything, a questionable second game. Which team will show up this season? Time will tell. HHCC Standings - End of Week 01 1 hskr4life 39 2 basketballjones 50 3 aphilso1 61 4 UnicamMan 62 5 BjoeHusker 69 6 Bugeaters1 70 7 Nebrasketball1979 70 8 BigTate 71 9 colhusker 73 10 nuhusker7 74 11 AuroranHusker 75 12 demone 75 13 Handy Johnson 76 14 REDZONEDAN 76 15 cornfed24-7 77 16 KenPom 77 17 Busch Light 78 18 AGHANSEN 79 19 Huskerpapa 79 20 roundball3 79 21 throwback 79 22 LNKtrnsplnt 80 23 Cazzie22 81 24 Crush78 81 25 HuskerFever 81 26 MitchMcGaryMunchies 81 27 bigred4 82 28 NeeandMe 82 29 TourneyBound 85 30 75unlgrad 86 31 roscoe 87 32 BugeaterZ 89 33 EAbby 91 34 emwilliams 92 35 Ralph Wiggum 92 36 CanadianHusker 93 37 NU Follower 93 38 4NUfans 94 39 Silverbacked1 95 40 twinswingohuskers 95 41 Vinny 97 42 TheNovice 98 43 Woody Boyd 98 44 hhcmatt 101 45 SkersHoops 102 46 jimmykc 103 47 MichHusker 105 48 BLB115 106 49 MJW82 113 50 1sdpad2 129 51 HuscurAdam 131 52 hal9000 138 53 Sildelines - Nebraska 139 54 HuskerMB 142 55 brfrad 155 56 NUtball 156 57 Noah121 159

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The time has come. If you're unfamiliar with Husker Hoops Central Challenge (HHCC), it's simple. Just submit a prediction below. If you have the lowest score, then you have bragging rights until the next game. Get the lowest score at the end of the season and you get proof that you're smarter than everyone else (professional sports statisticians included). Here's a quick refresh on the rules: If you've made it this far and still haven't submitted a prediction, what's the deal? It just takes a few seconds. See you in the HHCC threads. THREE THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND: 1) Your score prediction for Nebraska vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley (as usual). 2) BONUS (-5 points): Predicting the exact number of non-conference season wins (Nov. 4-Dec. 1, Dec. 22-Dec. 30) -- (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "11", which indicates the number of wins you predict Nebraska will win in the non-conference.) 3) *Predicting the exact number of total regular season (non-conference + conference) wins (Nov. 4-Mar. 9) -- (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "31", which indicates the number of wins you predict Nebraska will win in the entire regular season.) * This will not count as a bonus (and it will not count against you), but in the past years it has been a missing data point of interest that would've been useful in seeing how closely we have come to predicting the outcome of the season

Can you believe it? Basketball season is almost here! HUSKER HOOPS CENTRAL CHALLENGE IS BACK! If you're unfamiliar with Husker Hoops Central Challenge (HHCC), no need to worry. Just join. It's that easy. And if you didn't get a prediction in from the start of the season, don't fret. Just join. There's still many opportunities to climb up the leader board. And more importantly, gain bragging rights by outsmarting our celebrity college basketball statisticians. Just make a prediction for each game. It's that easy. The more participation we have, the more fun it becomes. So you're a big part of the success of HHCC this season. The rules remain the same as last year. We will continue to have opportunities to earn bonus points throughout the season. Last year's Top 10 finishers were: 1 aphilso1 2 UnicamMan 3 BjoeHusker 4 Nebrasketball1979 5 Vinny 6 AuroranHusker 7 hhcmatt 8 Crush78 9 nuhusker7 10 demone *11 KenPom *17 Bart Torvick Another successful season keeping Ken and Bart out of the Top 10 standings. We need to continue that trend and show these experts that we know more about our team than they do. Now that we're all on the same page, let's go out there and make some predictions! 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.