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Still a 9 seed at CBS updated on Monday.

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions - Bracketology - College Basketball - CBSSports.com

Sitting as a 10 seed at Bracket Matrix updated yesterday.  They are in 80/86 brackets.

The Bracket Project's Bracket Matrix - 2024

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

Then just have a conference tourney of the top half of the conference.  It’s a joke of a format. 

But then you lose TV money.  More games = more money.  Everyone knows high level college sports is all about the benjamins.

53 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I would love to know their reasoning.  Because as a fan, that really sucks.

I'm sure part of it is that the top teams guaranteed NCAA bids most years and they want them to play fewer games on consecutive days the week before the tournament starts.

If they make all 18 teams eligible, you have to eliminate 10 teams the first two days to get to eight teams left.  You would have to have 4-6 games the first day, and then 6-4 games the second day (to get to a total of 10 games the first two days).

Six games the first day gets you two teams with a single bye (5,6) & four with a double bye (1-4).  First round game would be 7/18, 8/17, 9/16, 10/15, 11/14 & 12/13.  Second round games (assuming no upsets) would be 5/12, 6/11, 7/10 & 8/9. And you'd be at eight teams left for three days.

Five games the first day gets you five teams with a single bye (4-8) and three with a double bye (1-3).  First round games would be 9/18, 10/17, 11/16, 12/15 & 13/14.  Second games would be 4/13, 5/12, 6/11, 7/10 & 8/9.  Again, eight teams three days.

Four games the first day gets you eight teams with a single bye (3-10) and two with a double bye (1-2). First round games would be 11/18, 12/17, 13/16 & 14/15.  Second Round games would be 3/14, 4/13, 5/12, 6/11, 7/10 & 8/9.  Again, eight teams three days.

Each game will take at least 2 hours to play with 30 minutes between games.  Any day with 4 games will take at least 9.5 hours, any day with 5 games will take at least 12 hours & any day with 6 games will take at least 14.5 hours.

It's not impossible, but it becomes somewhat difficult to find TV time with other conference tournaments going on unless all the games on the first two games are on BTN.

21 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Why do you want so many byes?  When we have 16 teams, that's perfect for a bracket, 1 plays 16, 2 plays 15...etc.  Having all the byes makes it virtually impossible for anyone not in the top 4 to win.

I agree, but the conference seems to want the bottom teams to play right away, the middle teams to get a single bye & the top teams to get a double bye.

4 hours ago, DrinkinwitTerrellFarley said:

Keisei Tominaga not getting the NCAA stage in his time here would make me sad.  I don't care if it's the play-in game in Dayton.  It would be an opportunity.  That also begs the question, if the 'Huskers would win the play-in game, would that count as an NCAA win and the P5 outpost without a NCAA tourney win would be no more?

Yes, winning a play in game does count as winning a tournament game.  The NCAA doesn't call them play in games, they call them first round games.

Huskers currently a 5.5 point underdog with an over/under ofb140.5.

Gary is out, Keita is available for emergency use only & Ulis is suspended. 

GBR!

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

Not sure I grasp the logic of 15 but...

 

 

Fifteen allows double byes for the top 4 teams like they do now.  The ACC does it now with teams 10-15 playing on the first day and then it works like the current B1G bracket does for the last 4 days.

It becomes really complicated to give double byes with 16+ teams.  You can give the top two double byes, but you also end up with 6 games on day two & finding TV time for that many games would be difficult.  With each game taking about 2 hours and then 30 minutes between games for the teams in the next game to warm up you are looking at 15 1/2 hours (at least).

Huskers an 8 seed at CBS Sports' most recent bracket playing Ole Miss in Brooklyn.

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions - Bracketology - College Basketball - CBSSports.com

Huskers a 9 seed in ESPN's latest bracket.  Playing Texas Tech in Brooklyn.

NCAA Bracketology - 2024 March Madness men's field predictions (espn.com)

Bracket matrix has them as a 10 seed(last updated on Wednesday).  They appear on 79 of 81 brackets as high as a 7 seed as low as a 12.

The Bracket Project's Bracket Matrix - 2024

42 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

 

Also up to 42 at Bart Torvik, 56 in ESPN's BPI & 31 in ESPN's BPI SOR (strength of record).

1 hour ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

His def. Is not good, but horrible is way off.  He always has trouble with really athletic players.  Him not playing alot was more to who we played, not to him having a bad game.

I tend to agree, but I've seen him have trouble defensively on unathletic players too.  He wasn't helped last night by being switched onto OSU's bigs in the post multiple times last night, but there were also multiple times he over helped in the post & couldn't get out to three point shooters which is something he usually does Ok at.

9 hours ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

He only took 6 shots! ????

He only played 14 minutes because his defense was horrible last night.  He's never great on defense, but last night was especially bad.  Note sure if it was matchups or if he just had a bad defensive night.

Huskers are 2.5 favorites with an over/under of 149.5.

Gary is a gametime decision, Keita is only available for emergency service & Ulis is suspended.

GBR!

2 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

It's about time.  They've had four five weeks off between semesters.

18 hours ago, Hayseed said:

That Rutgers loss really hurts....a win there puts us in solid 4th place in the BIG, which is a pretty good place to be. Gary is too good to lose. Oh, how I pine for someone who could step up and consistently get rebounds when Gary is not on the floor.

They actually rebounded pretty well on Saturday.  They won the battle of the boards 40-26.  They gave up 11 offensive boards (on 39 NW misses), but most of them were long boards after missed 3's & came when either Mast or Allick were out of the game.  They need to have two of Mast/Allick/Gary on the floor 99% of the time.  With Gary out Mast & Allick would have to play 35+ minutes (probably more like 38-39) & that's not going to happen with big guys.

Nebraska had 8 offensive rebounds on only 21 misses.  That means the Huskers rebounded 38.1% of their misses & NW got 28.2%.

The big problem was all the unforced turnovers.  Northwestern had 13 steals because of a lot of lazy & telegraphed passes.

Keita going through warm-ups for the first time this season.  He may be available. Looks like he's not very explosive,  but if he can provide a few minutes with Gary out...

3 hours ago, Comish said:

Is Ulis even allowed to practice?

I think he is.  Technically the NCAA hasn't ruled on his case.  Huskers are holding him out because they know what the ruling is likely to be & don't want to forfeit any games he participates in. 

Nebraska is currently a 2.5 point favorite with an over/under of 144.5.

Gary & Keita are out, Ulis is suspended.

Students are finally back. 

Alumni weekend  & they are honoring the 93/94 Big 8 conference tournament championship team. 

GBR!

Somehow Rutgers only got called for 2 fouls in the last 7 minutes + OT.  Despite what Jess Settles says Kelly Pfeffer is one of the worst officials in the country. 

6 hours ago, Comish said:

In the category of Must Win ?

I believe it is.

It's not necessarily a must win, but it would be a quad 2 loss and NU would be 3-5 in the first two quadrants (3-3 in Q1, 0-2 in Q2) + only 1-4 in true road games.  This is a winnable game & they can't afford to lose any more of those.

47 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

If we're going to get one, surely it'll be against the cellar-dweller of the B1G .... right???

 

Wait .... we're a dog to the B1G cellar-dweller????

Wisconsin lost at Penn State last night, so who knows...

Nebraska is a 2.5 point underdog with an over/under of 142.5.  ESPN BPI gives them a 38.7% chance to win.

Keita is out, Ulis is suspended.  Everyone else is available.

GBR!

Huskers are up to a 9 seed at Bracket Matrix, but a lot of the brackets they are using are before the Iowa loss (and a couple before the Purdue win).

They are in 58/61 brackets ranging from a 7-12 seed.

Down to a 10 seed at ESPN and up to a 10 seed at CBS.

13 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

From hearing other talk, it sounds like 22 would put us in a really good spot.  Maybe 21 but it would depend on which wins and losses were there.  Probably shouldn't count on 20 getting us in.

I said before the season that with their really weak NC schedule that 20 wins wouldn't get them in & I still believe that.