badger79
Three-Star Recruit
I think two more wins should do it. Kansas could give the Badgers a helping hand by losing to West Virginia this weekend. That would also give UW's RPI a bit of a boost.
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Abdullah the Butcher
Banned
Done deal, mark down our spot in the NCAA tourney, I acquired tickets and Nebraska basketball is undefeated with me in attendance.
hskrfan4life
Heisman Trophy Winner
Only game I have seen them lose in attendance was the Michigan game. Glad we will have your unbeaten record!
Comish
All-Conference
huskerpower13
Four-Star Recruit
Is it weird that I already have those pregame jitters and we're still over a day away from this game?
redout22
Heisman Trophy Winner
Paul in WI
Starter
It just feels like there is this legion of success-starved fans that finally have something grasp onto that hasn't been there in eons. With the right coach (Miles), we really could become a basketball school too. I have faith that this time it is different. Win or lose on Sunday, this program is on the rise.
Wisconsin33
Banned
Yikes... you guys are starting to sound like grasping Minnesota football fans. Wait a couple more years before breaking out the rivalry trophy design.
Good luck today and enjoy the game. Hoping for good officiating and no injuries!
Good luck today and enjoy the game. Hoping for good officiating and no injuries!
SouthLincoln Husker
All-American
Since leaving the Big 12, we are still looking for a rivalry and Iowa & Penn St. is not it. So be happy we picked Wisconsin!
Wisconsin33
Banned
But the thing about rivalries is that they must be mutually accepted. You can't just insert yourself in and proclaim to be another school's rival. That's what you tried to do with Iowa and it flopped.
Enjoy the atmosphere that comes with two successful teams meeting for a significant outcome and your team being one of them! That's all that this is- though in the Big Ten it happens in great frequency as we are a great basketball conference top-to-bottom.. Wisconsin is quite used to participating in such meetings year in and year out, and therefore we cannot reciprocate the necessary other half needed to commence a true rivalry.
Yet.
Check back in 10 years and if the games continue to be yearly ranked match-ups and the series evens out, THEN we'll see about a rivalry. For now, Nebraska is having a nice season after a long, dry history. It is fun either way! Just don't get ahead of yourself with the excitement haha.
Enjoy the atmosphere that comes with two successful teams meeting for a significant outcome and your team being one of them! That's all that this is- though in the Big Ten it happens in great frequency as we are a great basketball conference top-to-bottom.. Wisconsin is quite used to participating in such meetings year in and year out, and therefore we cannot reciprocate the necessary other half needed to commence a true rivalry.
Yet.
Check back in 10 years and if the games continue to be yearly ranked match-ups and the series evens out, THEN we'll see about a rivalry. For now, Nebraska is having a nice season after a long, dry history. It is fun either way! Just don't get ahead of yourself with the excitement haha.
Paul in WI
Starter
That's true. Bo Ryan is getting a little long in the tooth, so Wisconsin might fall from relevance after a coaching change in the not so distant future anyway. Nebraska might also get the cheaps and let Miles slip away instead of applying the golden handcuffs. Enjoy tonight's game for what it is.
huskerswrkhavoc
All-Conference
You're used to playing a game that could potentially vault you to a 1 seed?
I get the point, but this one is bigger than normal for you too.
Excel
All-American
1. We won an NC before Bo. We had a final four before Bo. He's been an outstanding coach but we'll be fine when he decides to retire. I trust Alvarez, assuming he still is AD at that point, to make another great coaching hire for what is already a perennially great basketball program.
2. We've had plenty of big games in tougher environments and scenarios than this. I doubt Bo is selling the "we can get a #1 seed" angle because a. It isn't a sure thing b. it doesn't matter too terribly much and c. it's distracting.
3. The rivalry thing, it isn't a "rivalry" yet, at least not on the level that Nebraska had with OU or that we've had with Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan State or Ohio State. Whichever way this game goes I think it will move us in the direction of a rivalry but there's still pretty far to go. Years and years of tough games and screwing each other over. That's what it will take. I can see it happening but let's not force things.
2. We've had plenty of big games in tougher environments and scenarios than this. I doubt Bo is selling the "we can get a #1 seed" angle because a. It isn't a sure thing b. it doesn't matter too terribly much and c. it's distracting.
3. The rivalry thing, it isn't a "rivalry" yet, at least not on the level that Nebraska had with OU or that we've had with Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan State or Ohio State. Whichever way this game goes I think it will move us in the direction of a rivalry but there's still pretty far to go. Years and years of tough games and screwing each other over. That's what it will take. I can see it happening but let's not force things.
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Paul in WI
Starter
Don't be so sure about #1. Allow me to use the same logic: "We had a great football coach before Osborne. We won national championships immediately before Osborne. When he steps down, I trust Osborne to make a great coaching hire for what is already perennially a great football program."
Success can go away as quickly as it came. Enjoy it while you have it and never think that it is your God-given right, or you may find yourself eating a lot of humble pie like many of us already have done.
Success can go away as quickly as it came. Enjoy it while you have it and never think that it is your God-given right, or you may find yourself eating a lot of humble pie like many of us already have done.