Game Thread: Minnesota @ Nebrasketball

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Big XII

Baylor (9-9) (23-14) Did not make the NCAA Tournament.

 

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SEC

Tennessee (11-7) (20-13) Did not make the NCAA Tournament
Arkansas (10-8) (19-13) Did not make the NCAA Tournament
LSU 9-9 19-12
Georgia 9-9 15-17

 

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Big East

Connecticut (10-8) (20-10) Did Not
Villanova (10-8) (20-14) Did
Cincinnati (9-9) (22-12) Did
Providence 9-9 19-15

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Cot dammit.....I'll do all thee work myself.

This list is the teams who made it as an At-Large with 8 to 10 wins. There were 5 other teams that made it with 11-7 records, but I did not include them.

San Diego State (9-7) At-Large
Villanova (10-8) At-Large
Minnesota (8-10) At-Large
Boise State (9-7) At-Large
Illinois (8-10) At-Large
Colorado (10-8) At-Large
Cincinnati (9-9) At-Large

 

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Minnesota is the only team I can find that made the tournament At Large with a .500 or worse conference record, but they had the 20 overall wins.

20 wins isn't a guarantee to get in, but it's a general benchmark.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Illinois and Minnesota both had disappointing seasons last year, but both managed a couple of quality wins which Iowa could not accomplish.

The difference is the quality of the wins.

 

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Cot dammit.....I'll do all thee work myself.

This list is the teams who made it as an At-Large with 8 to 10 wins. There were 5 other teams that made it with 11-7 records, but I did not include them.

San Diego State (9-7) At-Large (23-11 overall)
Villanova (10-8) At-Large (20-14 overall)
Minnesota (8-10) At-Large (21-13 overall)
Boise State (9-7) At-Large (21-11 overall)
Illinois (8-10) At-Large (23-13 overall)
Colorado (10-8) At-Large (21-12 overall)
Cincinnati (9-9) At-Large (22-12 overall)

fify

 

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Illinois and Minnesota both had disappointing seasons last year, but both managed a couple of quality wins which Iowa could not accomplish.

The difference is the quality of the wins.

And 20 or more wins.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Ye must have missed the post I made where 5 teams made it as an At-Large in 2011 with less than 20 wins

 

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BTW

Iowa (9-9)(25-13) lost to Baylor (9-9)(23-14) in the NIT championship game, so they were right on the edge of the bubble.

 

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Ye must have missed the post I made where 5 teams made it as an At-Large in 2011 with less than 20 wins

Did any have .500 or worse conference records?

 

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Which 5?

 

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West Virginia was (9-9)(19-14)

That is the only team I see that had less than 20 overall wins in 2012 that made the NCAA tournament as an At Large.

2012 NCAA Tourney Teams
2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011-2012 Conference Records
2011-12 NCAA College Basketball Standings - ESPN

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Which 5?

Tennesse (8-8) (19-14) At-Large
Penn State (9-9) (19-14) At-Large
Illinois (9-9) (19-13) At-Large
USC (10-8) (19-14) At-Large
Michigan State (9-9) (19-14) At-Large

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

That is the 2011 Tournament I was talking about

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Michigan and Marquette were also both 20 win teams that were 9-9 a piece in Conference play

 

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Fair enough. I see them.

I see nobody was less than .500 in conference.

So with 11 games remaining (regular season), Nebraska (2-5) needs to finish 7-4 to go 9-9.

If they only win the 7 they'll only have 17 'overall' wins. They'll need a couple of Big 10 Tourney wins still.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

I do agree. I think we will need to win a couple in the tournament first, but I don't see that as being impossible.

I really see Nebraska moving up towards that 7th spot in the standings by the time the B1G tournament rolls around, giving us a favorable 1st round match up.

A lot of people are going to be surprised when Nebraska starts making a run here soon, because they see us down around Illinois and Penn State and they think we are bottom dwellers.

Only 1 team in the entire country has played more top 25 teams than Nebraska. Kansas is 4-4 against top 25 teams and Nebraska is 2-5 against top 25 teams. After that Arizona is impressive at 5-0 and then it just drops off from there with everyone else.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

We have got to beat Indiana at home.

It's gonna be a damn shame if we don't do it.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

By the way, this thread is the hottest thread on SportsHoopla today.

Even we are improving