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International Man of Mystery
Nebraska comes in at #1, with all but one first-place vote (according to Jeff Sheldon of the OWH, the other #1 vote was likely a mistake by the coach of High Point college).
The final list:
1 Nebraska (63)
2 Texas
3 Minnesota
4 Kansas
5 Southern California (1)
6 Washington
7 Hawai'i
8 Florida
9 Penn State
10 Wisconsin
11 BYU
12 UCLA
13 Ohio State
14 Stanford
15 Illinois
16 Loyola Marymount
17 Purdue
18 Texas A&M
19 Creighton
20 Florida State
21 Louisville
22 Western Kentucky
23 Colorado State
24 Michigan
25 North Carolina
Others Receiving Votes
26 San Diego
27 Missouri
28 Kentucky
29 Michigan State
30 Arkansas State
31 Arizona
32 American
33 Long Beach State
34 Wichita State
35 Marquette
36 Iowa State
Some interesting takeaways:
Nebraska's four losses were to the eventual #2 team (Texas, in September), #3 team (Minnesota in November), #10 team (Wisconsin just after the Minnesota loss), and to the #13 team (in five games, the night after beating then-#1 Penn State on the road).
Among Nebraska's six tournament wins were victories over:
#34 Wichita State
#11 BYU
#6 Washington
#4 Kansas
#2 Texas
Nebraska lost their first game of the tournament against Harvard, trailing 0-1 in the match. After that loss, they went 18-2 in their next 20 games, including 3-0 sweeps of Wichita State, BYU and Texas.
The final list:
1 Nebraska (63)
2 Texas
3 Minnesota
4 Kansas
5 Southern California (1)
6 Washington
7 Hawai'i
8 Florida
9 Penn State
10 Wisconsin
11 BYU
12 UCLA
13 Ohio State
14 Stanford
15 Illinois
16 Loyola Marymount
17 Purdue
18 Texas A&M
19 Creighton
20 Florida State
21 Louisville
22 Western Kentucky
23 Colorado State
24 Michigan
25 North Carolina
Others Receiving Votes
26 San Diego
27 Missouri
28 Kentucky
29 Michigan State
30 Arkansas State
31 Arizona
32 American
33 Long Beach State
34 Wichita State
35 Marquette
36 Iowa State
Some interesting takeaways:
Nebraska's four losses were to the eventual #2 team (Texas, in September), #3 team (Minnesota in November), #10 team (Wisconsin just after the Minnesota loss), and to the #13 team (in five games, the night after beating then-#1 Penn State on the road).
Among Nebraska's six tournament wins were victories over:
#34 Wichita State
#11 BYU
#6 Washington
#4 Kansas
#2 Texas
Nebraska lost their first game of the tournament against Harvard, trailing 0-1 in the match. After that loss, they went 18-2 in their next 20 games, including 3-0 sweeps of Wichita State, BYU and Texas.
