[Husker] Hoops...

[Tony lambert]

BTW, The Huskers are receiving votes in the USA/ESPN Coaches poll with 4 
points. It's been awhile since that has happened.

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Reichenbach" <reich at inetnebr.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>; <huskerdana at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Hoops...


> If NU has 20 wins in the regular season, they will be 8-8 in one of
> the toughest conferences in the country.  In the history of the Big 12,
> every Big 12 team with 20 or more regular season wins and a .500 or
> better regular season record has gone to the NCAA tournament.  So,
> speculation that "probably won't be enough" is not based on the
> historical record of the conference.
>
> It isn't really true to say NU has no quality non-conference wins.
> Here are NU's best wins so far:
>  USC #54
>  Iowa State #95
>  Hofstra #99
>  Creighton #100
> Although there are no _high_ quality wins, those are good wins.
> Losing to Vanderbilt by 10 on a neutral court doesn't really hurt;
> Vanderbilt has the #19 RPI.  Losing to Davidson on a neutral court
> is the only bad result --- Davidson is #145 in RPI --- but it was
> a close game, early in the year, a day after a tough loss.
>
> Can NU win 7 or more of the remaining conference games?  This week
> will be toubh with probable losses at Missouri and KU, but those
> games won't count too much against NU if they are losses.  Then,
> Colorado at home and at Texas Tech at home are games NU needs to
> win.  Although CU just beat Missouri in Boulder, they don't look
> to be as good as USC or Iowa State.  Texas Tech has lost at home
> to several teams not as good as NU.  At that point, NU should be
> 3-2 in the conference.
>
> Texas A&M is a good team, but they come to Lincoln.  Sagarin has
> NU by 1pt at home.  That would be a big win for the Huskers, taking
> NU to 4-2.  Then, NU will have a two tough games, probable losses
> to KSU on the road and KU at home.  That would drop NU to 4-4 at
> the midway point.
>
> Sagarin has rated above Baylor, so although NU isn't favored at Baylor,
> it is a game NU could win.  NU would be favored at home against
> Oklahoma State.  Oklahoma is looking bad at 8-6, so Sagarin has NU
> favored even at Norman.  Texas will be a tough win, but the game is
> in Lincoln.  Let's say NU goes 2-2 in those games (beating both
> Oklahoma schools).
>
> To finish, NU has two tough games at home --- KSU and Missouri ---
> and two weaker teams on the road --- ISU and Colorado.  All of those
> games are winnable, but say NU goes 2-2 to finish 8-8.  Sagarin has
> NU favored in both home games.
>
> They've got to play better than they did against at home against
> ISU, but looking at the schedule, it can be done.  Sagarin favors
> NU: CU, @TTU, TAMU, OSU, @OU, KSU, and MU.  That is the formula for
> 8-8: 6-2 at home and 2-6 on the road.  Some other winnable games
> might be @BU, UT, @CU, @ISU.
>
>> Actually 20 wins probably won't be enough to get NU an NCAA tourney
>> bid. We have no quality non-con wins and a poor chance of a winning
>> conference record. I think the NIT is a real possiblity, but it's a
>> long season and the win yesterday was nice, but very sloppy and easily
>> could have been a loss.
>>
>> > Well...with a 10 point lead at halftime the Huskers manage a 1 point
>> > win over an Iowa State team that was wondering where they were going to
>> > find players. Man, if this is what this season is gonna look like I
>> > will definately need more tums.All I want is 20 wins and an NCAA
>> > tourney birth...is that too much to ask.. C'mon is that too much? Just
>> > give me 20 wins....
>
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