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Money going on OSU & over. Lines are up to OSU by 3.5 & 145.5.

Nebraska opens as 2.5 point underdogs with an over/under of 143.5. ESPN gives them a 38.6% chance to win. Rice is still out. (I think since I haven't heard anything), Keita is available for emergencies & Ulis is suspended. GBR!

Huskers are a 9 seed at Bracket Matrix. The are on all 115 brackets - as high as a 6 as low as an 11. Computer rankings are 34 at Ken Pom, 30 at Bart Torvik, 41 in the NET, 37 in BPI & 27 in BPI SOR. Bart Torvik has them as a 9 seed with an 86.1% chance to make the tournament.

A lot of the "traditional" teams are down (Michigan, Michigan St, Iowa, Ohio St), but the conference as a whole is second in most computer rankings behind the Big 12. T-Rank - Customizable College Basketball Tempo Free Stats - T-Rank (barttorvik.com)

Polls never mean anything in basketball. The B1G is the second best conference in most computer rankings (behind the Big 12). They don't have any truly horrible teams - Michigan is the worst in the NET at 120. There are 4 teams in the NET top 25 & ten in the top 80. Big East is 4th, but are really pulled down by DePaul being at 320 & Georgetown at 198. The other 9 teams are all in the top 65.

Thedy didn't get blown out by Iowa, Maryland, Wisconsin & Creighton. Huskers are playing really well right now, but the Huskers have some blowout losses earlier in the season. Creighton is 12-8 in quads 1-2, Huskers are 7-8.

Great atmosphere in The Vault last night. Now they need to back up the win at Indiana with a win at OSU.

Nebraska is a 6.5 point favorite with an over/under of 146.5. ESPN BPI gives them a 75.8% chance to win. Rice is out, Keita is available for emergences, Ulis is suspended. GBR!

I already take the Thursday/Friday of the first round off & live in Omaha. I've already said that if they make the tournament & get assigned to Omaha I'm getting tickets. I usually sit in a bar all day drinking beer & watching hoops, but I'd be willing to miss most of the games to see the Huskers live in the NCAA tournament.

We also need to cheer for Minnesota to not beat us, but not fall below 75 because they are at 72 right now. They have games at Illinois home vs Penn St & Indiana and at Northwestern after playing Nebraska Sunday.

ESPN has Nebraska as a 10 seed in Omaha playing Florida in today's update. CBS has them a 10 seed in Salt Lake playing BYU in today's update.

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.

If they win out & most of the other remaining games go as expected they probably finish 3rd. The only teams they would lose a head-to-head tiebreaker are Illinois, Iowa, Maryland & Northwestern. They would win the tiebreaker with everyone else because they either swept the series or tied the season series and the win over Purdue becomes the second tiebreaker (assuming Purdue wins the conference). They would also win a three-way tie with Michigan State & Northwestern. I'm not sure how any other multi-team tiebreakers would turn out.

Also up to 34 at Bart Torvik, 41 at ESPN's BPI & 29 in the BPI SOR. Torvik has them as a 10 seed with an 80.9% chance to get a bid.

That made them 0-3 on out of bounds calls. That's what happens when Kelly Pfeifer is one of the referees.

It was actually both

I'm not sure what to say. I was hoping Nebraska came out strong, I would never have guessed that they'd be up by 20 at halftime.

It was a choice to play in the smaller arena for one game.

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

Huskers are 1.5 point favorites with an over/under of 145.5. ESPN BPI give Nebraska a 50% chance to win. Rice is out (I think - I haven't heard anything), not sure about Diop, Keita is available for emergencies & Ulis is suspended. GBR!

They definitely need to win at least one road game & not lose either home game. Winning two would be better. Winning all three would all but guarantee them a spot. If they can win 2 road games + a B1G tournament game they should be golden.

ESPN has the Indiana game a toss up (NU 49.9% chance to win). They think the toughest game is at OSU (36.8%). I agree on OSU, hopefully it was a one off game against Purdue, not a sign that they figured something out. According to ESPN their chances to win each game are: Indiana - 49.9% Minnesota - 74.9% OSU - 36.8% Rutgers - 80.1% Michigan - 57.2%

ESPN currently has the Huskers as a 10 seed in Charlotte vs Utah State. One of the last four byes. NCAA Bracketology: 2024 March Madness men's field predictions (espn.com) CBS has them as one of the last four in playing Utah for the right to play Kentucky in Brooklyn. 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions - Bracketology - College Basketball - CBSSports.com Bracket Matrix has them as a 10 seed & on 96/98 brackets. Highest seed is 9, lowest is 11. The Bracket Project's Bracket Matrix - 2024 Computer rankings are NET 48, Ken Pom 40, Bart Torvik 39 (also a 10 seed with a76.8% chance to make the tournament), BPI 49 & SOR 36.

They do - all five are winnable.

It's not necessarily bad seeding, there are always upsets. Most years the difference between a 5 seed and a 12 seed (and all the seeds in between) is pretty small. There are a lot of bubble teams that played really well at the end of the season to get into the tournament & some mid-seeded teams that played poorly at the end of the season, but really well early so they got a higher seed. Look at Wisconsin. On Sunday when the NCAA announced their current top 16 seeds they were a 4 seed but have lost 5 of 6 and have looked really bad doing it. There is almost no way they don't make the tournament, but I wouldn't pick them in the first round unless they figure their crap out in the next couple of weeks. In the NCAA tournament, it's always who gets hot at the right time. If a team gets hot in March, seeding doesn't matter.