tOfficial Nebraska Basketball Bullshit Thread

[Jack_John_Mark]

Georgetown losing helped.

What's up with Minnesota's loss? Did they drop out of Last Four In and off the map?

I'm almost positive Minnesota is still in Lunardi's last four in

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

I think Lunardi believes Minnesota will finish 8-10 and will win 2 in the B1G tourney.

He is really high on their talent and their coach.

 

[Red_Alert]

I'm almost positive Minnesota is still in Lunardi's last four in

Must be, since they're not listed in the tweet.

 

[Red_Alert]

I think Lunardi believes Minnesota will finish 8-10 and will win 2 in the B1G tourney.

He is really high on their talent and their coach.

Yep. Losing 7 of their last 10 is quite impressive. That Pitino is quite the coach with all that talent.

 

[Red_Alert]

Apparently losing early 'Bad"

Losing Late "Meh".

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

If we beat Indiana I am going to be feeling pretty high and mighty heading into that game against Wisconsin.

I just honestly don't think we are playing good enough. Like you said, RA, we aren't shooting well enough. Gallegos being off the mark is one thing, but when Petteway is struggling we have to find 15 or so points out of a couple more players in order to compete.

I think Shields will show up for this game. He is the most determined player we have on this team as far as getting to the basket. I also like the confidence that is growing in Benny and Rivers. Those 2 can really really help us in a game like this.

Petteway really is the wild card that can be the difference between an 11 point loss and an 11 point win on the road.

 

[Red_Alert]

"Had Minnesota in the tourney in early January, can't kick them out now."

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Apparently losing early 'Bad"

Losing Late "Meh".

Yep, popularity thing.

Nebraska is arguably one of the hottest teams in the country......Minnesota is arguably one of the coldest.

In the past that used to make a difference.....not anymore, I guess.

 

[Red_Alert]

If we beat Indiana I am going to be feeling pretty high and mighty heading into that game against Wisconsin.

I just honestly don't think we are playing good enough. Like you said, RA, we aren't shooting well enough. Gallegos being off the mark is one thing, but when Petteway is struggling we have to find 15 or so points out of a couple more players in order to compete.

I think Shields will show up for this game. He is the most determined player we have on this team as far as getting to the basket. I also like the confidence that is growing in Benny and Rivers. Those 2 can really really help us in a game like this.

Petteway really is the wild card that can be the difference between an 11 point loss and an 11 point win on the road.

Yeah. Indiana's got some mojo back after beating Iowa and Ohio St. Nebraska needs to shoot real well.

I will say this. I don't think Iowa and Ohio St are all that great, so I'm not giving Nebraska zero chance.

 

[iruletheskool]

MINNESOTA SOS IS 6

DOESNT MATTER THAT THEY LOST ALL THOSE HARD GAMES, WHAT MATTERS IS THAT THEY PLAYED EM

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

What people have to remember is, Indiana is now 7-9 in the B1G with 4 wins over top 50 teams......

They're 17-12 overall and are probably going to jump into the low 70's in RPI.

If they beat Nebraska, suddenly they have an argument for the NCAA tournament. There is no reason they are going to sleep walk into this game. They have a lot to play for as well.

 

[Red_Alert]

Nebraska RPI dropped to 54th.

 

[Red_Alert]

As was previously posted, Nebraska has moved up to #2 in First Four Out.

Last 4 Byes
Caliifornia
BYU
Baylor
Oklahoma St

Last 4 In
Arkansas
Oregon
Tennessee
Minnesota

First 4 Out
Providence
Nebraska
St. John's
Florida St

Next 4 Out
Missouri
Dayton
Georgetown
Louisiana Tech

 

[Skerpokes]

Blows my mind that Nebraska will finish in the top 6 for sure of the league, maybe even get a first round bye in the B1G tournament and still not make the NCAA. Can't blame anybody though. A week non-conference schedule with several bad losses and a 2-6 road record in conference doesn't sit well with the committee.

Here's to hoping though

 

[Red_Alert]

Their non-con wasn't weak by any means. UMass, Cincy, Creighton. It's just that they weren't ready to play that type of competition back then.

The UAB loss hurts tho.

 

[Red_Alert]

Last 4 Byes
Caliifornia..............(Wed) Utah, (Sat) Colorado
BYU........................Done
Baylor....................(Tues) Iowa St, (Sat) @ Kansas St.
Oklahoma St.........(Tonight) Kansas St, (Sat) @ Iowa St

Last 4 In
Arkansas...............(Wed) Ole Miss, (Sat) @ Alabama
Oregon.................(Tues) Ariz St, (Sat) Arizona
Tennessee............(Wed) @ Auburn, (Sat) Missouri
Minnesota............(Sat) Penn St

First 4 Out
Providence...........(Tues) Marquette, (Sat) @ Creighton
Nebraska..............(Wed) @ Indiana, (Sat) Wisconsin
St. John's..............(Sat) @ Marquette
Florida St.............(Tues) @ Boston College, (Sun) Syracuse

Next 4 Out
Missouri................(Wed) Texas A&M, (Sat) @ Tennessee
Dayton..................(Wed) @ St. Louis, (Sat) Richmond
Georgetown.........(Tues) Creighton, (Sat) @ Villanova
Louisiana Tech.... (Thur) @ Rice

 

[Red_Alert]

Root for Kansas St tonight folks.

 

[Skerpokes]

So, not to re-open a big can of worms, but explain to me again why Minnesota is in over Nebraska? Is their non-conference schedule the only thing that puts them ahead of Nebraska? I will plead ignorance on how they make the selections, but if I was comparing who is playing better basketball right now and could possibly do some damage in the tournament, I would say Nebraska is playing better basketball than Minnesota, and maybe a push with Iowa. Hell I would even say Nebraska might be a push with Ohio State too. Yet Iowa and Ohio State are both in as a 6 seed, and Minnesota is considered a last 4 in team.

So am I right in assuming that Nebraska could possibly finsish the regular season 4th in the conference and still be snubbed behind Minnesota, Iowa and Ohio State?

Whose dick do we need to suck to get this flipped around?

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Minnesota has 4 wins against top 50 teams and Nebraska has 3.

It did have a lot to do with their history and their coach before.....but now we're closing the gap on them.

 

[Red_Alert]

Xavier, currently a 9 seed in Bracketology might be playing themselves back down to Last 4 In against Seton Hall.

Seton Hall up 7 with 1:07 to play.