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7 hours ago, Red Five said:

The committee always seems to have a sense of humor with 1 or 2 1st round games each year, so I am going to call it now:

 

7 Nebraska vs 10 Texas A&M

 

 

Lol, you just might be right.  We have to win tonight to make the 7 seed a possibility.  GBR

I think you put Matt, Fred, and John in a room and ask them their opinion on who should be hired.

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

Think it is the most watched Nebraska basketball game of all time?  Or did some of those NU/KU Saturday afternoon ABC games in the 90s bring in more viewers?

I know we had a lot of eyes watching the year we went undefeated in the regular season only to lose to TAMU in Kansas City.  Not sure if it was more than Sunday though.  

I only want to face Oklahoma and Tennessee in the post season if we, and either one of them, have earned the right to play each other for something meaningful.  Pre-conference season won't mean anything to me other than we added an unnecessary challenge to our already difficult 9 game conference schedule.   

Wish they didn't play in the middle of the day.  Would have liked to watch that one.  GBR!

5 hours ago, Loebarth said:

Sorry for the odd way of posting a question: (Huskerboard wouldn't let me copy the question part and post in plain text)

Question is in "Red Text" of the image.. 

 

I also would say the blowout loss to Indiana,  at home,  should seal the deal.   Minnesota coach had a good year but it doesn't compare to Fred's.

4 hours ago, Loebarth said:

Sorry for the odd way of posting a question: (Huskerboard wouldn't let me copy the question part and post in plain text)

Question is in "Red Text" of the image.. 

 

They beat us there and we beat them at home by a larger margin.   Unless Minnesota makes a run in the tournament,  I think it's Fred's to lose.   The game there has no bearing imo because we blew them out at home.   Those are a wash at worst. 

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

Getting outscored 19-3 during the middle 8 minutes is what cost us the game.  Not the refs ...

This was my take as well.  We went into half time cold and came out cold.  3 points from 16 consecutive possession's will put anyone in a huge hole.  We played a little sloppy and deserved to lose imo.  The refs didn't do us any favors but they surely didn't cost us the game.  

1 minute ago, ECisGod said:

If yhe fouls even up in the 2nd half,  the Huskers should be OK.

Agree.   Need to tighten up defense a bit.   

Another solid production by the program/students.  I hope they continue to make these and other similar videos.  

Nebraska just moved into 4th place with Wisconsin's loss tonight.  Ours to lose now. 

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

Oddly enough .... I think I'd rather be a 10 seed than an 8 or 9 seed.

 

Not that I should be picky at this point.

Looking at the potential opponents, at this point I agree I would rather we were either a 7 or a 10.  10 in Omaha would be pretty cool...  

4 minutes ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

They are 2 - 1 with the new coach.  They were beat bad by Minn. & Mich st. Has been a heckle jeckle team all year.  Play def & rb, that's the key!

2-1 doesn't tell the whole story imo.  They beat Purdue and beat Michigan State on the road.  Their loss was at Minnesota and they put 79 points on the board in a game that was basically even after Minn got a hot start.  Bottom line, Ohio State will be a tough road game.  

17 hours ago, ECisGod said:

I might be wrong.  It looks like Northwestern split with Purdue, so we have a better winning percentage (100% > 50%).  I thought they had only played Purdue once like us and had beaten Illinois so they would win the tiebreaker at that step.

We hold the head to head tie breaker with Northwestern as long as Purdue wins the #1 seed.

https://btn.com/big-ten-basketball-tiebreakers/

We will also hold the tie breaker against Wisconsin if Purdue can beat them at home the last game of the regular season.  As mentioned, we also win the tie breaker against Michigan State due to head to head.  

We just need to win enough to get in a position to tie and we get the double bye.

I think it should be an open window from the time a kid finishes his Junior year indefinitely.  Leave a clause that they are allowed to back out in the event of a head coach or position coach change happens at the school they are committed to.  

Nice win but we have to solve the really long slumps if we expext to compete at the next level.   That said it feels like everyone in the B1G is doing it.   Illinois really blew it earlier.   

1 hour ago, ECisGod said:

Money must be going on Indiana & over.  Line is now Indiana by 1.5 & the over/under is up to 149.5.

Guessing the gamblers are just playing the numbers.  Nebraska is tied for second to last in road performances in the B1G and until they prove them wrong, the money is going to go against them on the road.  I do think this is a very winnable game for Nebraska.  Hopefully they come out with the energy they need to pull off a W.  

Meh, I don't really care.  I DVR games and watch on a time delay so I fast forward through all the BS anyway.

So funny seeing a group of Nebraska fans complaining about too many meaningless bowl games.  To each their own but I'm guessing the majority of our fan base would be pretty happy if we make it to one of those next year.  

15 minutes ago, Red Five said:

 

Tiebreakers are (somewhat) easy when all the teams have played each other.  Problem is now that you are going to have 2 or 3 teams that are tied that never played each other (and may not have that many common opponents).

 

Using the 2024 schedule, say Ohio St runs the table and is 9-0.  Then all Michigan, Nebraska, and Penn St end up at 8-1. (all losing to Ohio St).  And Michigan, Nebraska, and Penn St never played each other and are lacking common opponents.

 

Michigan - USC, Min, Wash, Ill, MSU, Ore, Ind, NW, OSU

Nebraska - Ill, Pur, Rut, Ind, OSU, UCLA, USC, Wis, Iowa

Penn St - Ill, UCLA, USC, Wis, OSU, Wash, Pur, Min, Mary

I get your point but I just don't think there will be that many situations where it happens.  Common opponents in that scenario above don't apply since each teams loss is to the same common opponent, Ohio State.  Out of conference record would be considered as well in the winning %.  Assuming all had undefeated out of conference schedules, the team that actually got picked to play in the conference championship would be at a disadvantage because the other 2 would be an automatic shoe in for the 12 team playoff at 11-1.      

30 minutes ago, soup said:

I know that there will be tie breakers.  I'm just curious what they are going to be?  Usually, they are some form of best record within division, then best home record, etc.

 

I would assume they treat it similar to the way they have inside a division.  The main difference is not cross divisional but rather common opponents, etc.  

34 minutes ago, Hooked on Huskers said:

 

Young adults instead of kids 

 

Young Adulthood, ages 18-24, is a developmental stage of late adolescence when young people are transitioning out of kids/child/adolescent focused systems and into adult focused systems

You get to my age, you will call them kids.

3 minutes ago, soup said:

How long before BIG goes away from the CCG?  

 

Also, do we have tie breakers for top two in conference now without divisions?  What happens when there are 4 10-2 teams in the BIG all with 2 conference loses?

We have always had tie breakers in place in the event teams finish with the same record.  

1 hour ago, Hooked on Huskers said:

 

#13 and #14 pissed 

 

And all the way, 17 total games .  For example, Ohio State or Penn St or Ducks .... 12 regular schedule games + 1 CCG + 4 playoff wins = 17

 

March ..... I mean January Madness !! :

 

First Round (On Campus)
• Friday, December 20, 2024: One Game
• Saturday, December 21, 2024: Three Games
 
Quarterfinals
• Tuesday, December 31, 2024: Fiesta Bowl
• Wednesday, January 1, 2025: Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl
 
Semifinals
• Thursday, January 9, 2025: Orange Bowl
• Friday, January 10, 2025: Cotton Bowl (Jerry's World)
 
CFP National Championship
• Monday, January 20, 2025: Mercedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Now that most of the kids on those teams will be receiving pay, I don't mind the 17 games.  Won't be easy but at least they get something out of it financially.  

14 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

So, at 17 wins. Need to get to minimum 21 and probably 22. 
 

So, need to go 5-1 the rest of the way. 
 

Home: PSU, Minnie, Rutgers. 
Away:  Indy, OSU, Michigan. 
 

If we take care of business at home, OSU and Michigan are the bottom dwellers of the conference.  They should be the easiest to beat on the road. If we could go in the road and beat Indy, that would be huge, and could allow a mistake at home. 
 

Buckle up. It’s going to get interesting. 
 

PS, Fred beating Howard is awesome. 

If we go 5-1, we are going to be an 8 or 9 seed.  I still think we make the tournament at 3-3 with a win in the B1G tournament or at 4-2 regardless of our conference results.   21 is our number.... always has been. 

20 hours ago, Head Coach Scott Frost said:

May need to survive multiple head coaching spots

I hope he doesn't leave yet but,  if our assistants do get promotions, I'm not overly concerned.   It's Matt's system and think he will find a good replacement to produce similar results.