GSG Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, Cdog923 said: Jerry Palm went on 1620 last night and said Nebraska had to win out to make the tournament. As in, win the Big Ten Tournament. WELL, ACCORDING TO BRACKET MATRIX, HE'S TWICE AS BAD AS LUNARDI 2 Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 minute ago, GSG said: WELL, ACCORDING TO BRACKET MATRIX, HE'S TWICE AS BAD AS LUNARDI That's the first thing I looked at last night! I've contributed a ton of click to Bracket Matrix over the last month. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Just now, Cdog923 said: That's the first thing I looked at last night! I've contributed a ton of click to Bracket Matrix over the last month. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WITH THE NCAA BEFORE ACCEPT ANY CASH! Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Just now, GSG said: MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WITH THE NCAA BEFORE ACCEPT ANY CASH! WAIT, IT'S CAPS LOCK FRIDAY, ISN'T IT?! Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 https://theathletic.com/250180/2018/02/23/the-fieldhouse-bubble-watch-oklahoma-and-the-lock-thats-not-a-lock/ Quote Nebraska (21-9, 12-5 – RPI: 59, SOS: 101): The Cornhuskers' bubble case has always been defined by two things: 1) marquee wins and the lack thereof, and 2) the essential weirdness of the 2017-18 Big Ten. On Jan. 22, Nebraska lost a five-point grinder at Ohio State. It hasn't played a tournament team since. The Cornhuskers held the line admirably in the six straight wins they racked up afterward, but they were never going to get a chance to meaningfully alter the top of their résumé before the Big Ten tournament. Instead of having a chance to make a proactive, late-season push into the field, they were essentially doing damage control, trying to avoid ugly losses at every turn. Last Sunday's defeat at Illinois seriously hurts, but so does the fact that after the season closer against Penn State, Tim Miles's team will have a lot left to do in a Big Ten tournament that contains exactly four legitimately impactful potential opponents. From Jan. 23 on, Nebraska might as well have been Middle Tennessee. 1 Quote Link to comment
ScottyIce Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Just beyond frustrating. I hope Timmy can get em fired up and win 3 straight games starting on Sunday. Would really make Lunardi and Palm sweat. Quote Link to comment
pearljammer Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I think Lunardi and Palm are straight up trolling us. Any other year our record would be a lock for the tourney. I’m not buying 8 teams from the Big 12. Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 2 hours ago, pearljammer said: I think Lunardi and Palm are straight up trolling us. Any other year our record would be a lock for the tourney. I’m not buying 8 teams from the Big 12. I think that would be giving them too much credit, to be honest. Quote Link to comment
huskersrule95 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 3 hours ago, pearljammer said: I think Lunardi and Palm are straight up trolling us. Any other year our record would be a lock for the tourney. I’m not buying 8 teams from the Big 12. We have a terrible SOS. I think we have one of worst SOS of any major conference team. Record inflated by the weakness of the conference and Nebraska not playing top 3 teams more than once. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) Why are there tournament regions when the games are played all over the place and the teams are from all over the place? Edited February 24, 2018 by Moiraine Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Moiraine said: Why are there tournament regions when the games are played all over the place and the teams are from all over the place? long story short the ncaa seeds by geography for something like seeds 1-3 in each bracket based off their S-Curve Quote While the regions are named for certain cities, the first and second round games are played in different cities which need not be anywhere near the regional finals. In 2005 the Austin, Texas men's regional was fed by games in Indianapolis, Indiana; Tucson, Arizona; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Worcester, Massachusetts. This is due to the "pod" system enacted before the 2002 tournament to minimize travel for as many teams as possible, especially in the early rounds. Any team may be sent to any region and any pod, although the tournament does try to keep teams, especially the top-seeded teams, closer to home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_selection_process#Making_the_brackets 1 Quote Link to comment
Big Mike Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 15 hours ago, huskersrule95 said: We have a terrible SOS. I think we have one of worst SOS of any major conference team. Record inflated by the weakness of the conference and Nebraska not playing top 3 teams more than once. But just last week I saw a SOS from ESPN showing Michigan at 55 and Nebraska at 56. Quote Link to comment
PeliniTime Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 LETS GO DANCING HUSKERS!!!!! Quote Link to comment
ScottyIce Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Decent day so far. depaul over marquette TCU over Baylor Georgetown almost took care of Providence for us also. Quote Link to comment
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