Hmmm...Next year?
1) one of our 2 solid guards will be gone
2) every other player on the team gets one year older and better
3) we add more talent that will help immediately
The conference is down this year Next year every team is going to have guys that have another year of experience as well And all those teams are going to bring in pretty solid recruiting classes that will probably be ranked higher than Nebraska With coaches that are already better than miles
The conference being down this year is an interesting comment. Yes the league doesn't have any elite teams this year, however we are probably still looking at 7-10 teams that make the dance. Having 3 teams in the top 8 and 5 more that are near the top 25 is no different for NU then just having 8 in the top 25 - because NU has about the same chance of beating a top 25 team that it has beating a top 8 team. This in not really a knock on NU - just the facts.
Maybe 8 teams get in....maybe..... MD, wisky, Purdue, Indy, MSU are virtual locks. Then we have NW, Min and Michigan on the bubble. Everyone else will need to get hot thru the tourney. I'm thinking 7 make it.