2025-26 Season Notes

BigRedBuster said:
I’m nervous. This is typically where our men’s teams break out hearts.

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No need to be nervous, they'll make the tournament almost for sure now just don't expect them to continue undefeated, or even without 4-5 losses in conference. This team is good but in reality they aren't a top 10 team. Solid top 20 ranking and I would be thrilled with about 14-6/13-7 in conference honestly. Anything beyond that is exceeding expectations.
 
runningblind said:
No need to be nervous, they'll make the tournament almost for sure now just don't expect them to continue undefeated, or even without 4-5 losses in conference. This team is good but in reality they aren't a top 10 team. Solid top 20 ranking and I would be thrilled with about 14-6/13-7 in conference honestly. Anything beyond that is exceeding expectations.
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I know they aren’t going to go undefeated. I’m just hoping they don’t really show their human side after that first loss and go on a losing streak.

Or, it would be typical for them to remain top 10 and have a 2-3 seed and still lose the first round.
 
runningblind said:
No need to be nervous, they'll make the tournament almost for sure now just don't expect them to continue undefeated, or even without 4-5 losses in conference. This team is good but in reality they aren't a top 10 team. Solid top 20 ranking and I would be thrilled with about 14-6/13-7 in conference honestly. Anything beyond that is exceeding expectations.
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Do tell me what a top ten team looks like then…or what their resume looks like? I would say, as of now, the ranking is more than earned. And until they prove otherwise you can’t say otherwise
 
Cornfed said:
Do tell me what a top ten team looks like then…or what their resume looks like? I would say, as of now, the ranking is more than earned. And until they prove otherwise you can’t say otherwise
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I'll give you the resume to date, that's fair. I'm saying a top 10 team is a legit national title contender and I am not ready to say Nebraska is in that conversation.
 
Cornfed said:
Do tell me what a top ten team looks like then…or what their resume looks like? I would say, as of now, the ranking is more than earned. And until they prove otherwise you can’t say otherwise
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There is a large separation between Nebraska and Michigan or Arizona. I do think we are deserving of our ranking but I don't see us as potentially winning the tournament. To me that is the definition of a top team. I would be more than happy if we only lose 5 or 6 games the rest of the way. I know that sounds pessimistic but we could have easily dropped 2 or 3 games already but the ball bounced our way at the right times. That's awesome it happened and I am having a ton of fun watching this group. I still view them for who they are though and, being realistic, think we are likely a 20th ish type of team. Probably a 4 or 5 seed with a very good chance to win a game or two in the tournament- historically good season.
 
I'll say this, we've seen crazy things happen in March Madness. Seems like every year some low-key gets to the Elite 8 and even Final 4. St. Peters, Florida Atlantic, Loyola Chicago. Why not Nebraska? If Nebraska can catch lightning in a bottle, anything can happen. But I'll say this, the Big 10 is a tough tough conference. No gimmies regardless if it's the best or worst record in the league.
 
NebraskaHarry said:
I'll say this, we've seen crazy things happen in March Madness. Seems like every year some low-key gets to the Elite 8 and even Final 4. St. Peters, Florida Atlantic, Loyola Chicago. Why not Nebraska? If Nebraska can catch lightning in a bottle, anything can happen. But I'll say this, the Big 10 is a tough tough conference. No gimmies regardless if it's the best or worst record in the league.
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Absolutely. As a fan, I'm soaking it up and taking it one game at a time. If they exceed expectations, great! I just think some fans are setting themselves up for a let down for no reason. At this point, with what the team has shown us, I think we can realistically expect to get in the tournament with a good seeding and have a great chance to get the tournament win monkey off of our back.... essentially placing us as one of the17-32 teams in the country. That feels right. Sweet 16 also feels possible but until we get that first win, I'm doing my best to stay realistic.
 
Hilltop said:
There is a large separation between Nebraska and Michigan or Arizona. I do think we are deserving of our ranking but I don't see us as potentially winning the tournament. To me that is the definition of a top team. I would be more than happy if we only lose 5 or 6 games the rest of the way. I know that sounds pessimistic but we could have easily dropped 2 or 3 games already but the ball bounced our way at the right times. That's awesome it happened and I am having a ton of fun watching this group. I still view them for who they are though and, being realistic, think we are likely a 20th ish type of team. Probably a 4 or 5 seed with a very good chance to win a game or two in the tournament- historically good season.
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Nobody is saying we are a top 2-3 team in the country. The question was, if we are a top 10. There's a big difference between teams ranked 1-3 and teams ranked 8-10.
 
Hilltop said:
There is a large separation between Nebraska and Michigan or Arizona.
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At this point I'd say that Michigan, Arizona & Iowa State are clearly the top three teams & there is a pretty big gap between them & everyone else. Uconn, Purdue, Duke & Houston are probably the next group. I'd put Nebraska in the third group with BYU, Michigan State, Vanderbilt, Ganzaga and a couple other teams.
 
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