[Husker] Final Big XII men's BB game in Lincoln

[gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com]

Ted,
Have you no faith in the Huskers to pull off a highly improbable upset? What would the odds be? 500-1? Might be worth wagering a few bucks, if you're in to that sort of thing. :-)

But wouldn't it be a great way to say goodbye to, and thumb our noses at, the Big XII? 
--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Theodore Heise <theo at heise.nu> wrote: 
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> 
> Yeah, but which one would you put your lunch money on?  :)
> 
> -- 
> Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA
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> 
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com wrote:
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> > All NU has to do is what they did in '94. Just win the darn tournament. That removes all doubt, they're in.
> >
> > Now, wasn't thet much more simple than Steve's 6-step program? ;-)
> > --
> > Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
> > Overland Park, Kansas
> >
> > ---- Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com> wrote:
> >> There are many aspects of this scenario, but I got one wrong.
> >> A win by ISU isn't as important as I implied.  Even if CU beats
> >> ISU, if NU wins in Boulder, NU will have the tiebreaker.  Still,
> >> it looks better for NU to be tied for 5th-6th with Missouri than
> >> to be tied for 5th-7th with Missouri and Colorado.
> >>
> >>> The ISU loss was huge, but there still may be a small opening for
> >>> the NCAA tournament.  Last night's OSU victory over Baylor may
> >>> have left the door open.  If the Big 12 gets six teams in the NCAA
> >>> tournament, Nebraska has a shot.
> >>>
> >>> Now:
> >>>
> >>> Step 1:  A win by ISU over CU tonight in Ames would put CU at 7-8,
> >>> tied for 6th-8th with Nebraska and Baylor.  This is important because
> >>> otherwise it appears that CU would have the tiebreaker over NU.
> >>>
> >>> Step 2:  KU wins in Columbia to drop Missouri to 8-8.  Even though
> >>> this is in Columbia and KU is hated there, KU is the better team.
> >>> (This isn't a critical result, because, if the subsequent games go
> >>> NU's way, Missouri has the tiebreaker over Nebraska for the fifth
> >>> seed at the conference tournament.  However, it would allow Nebraska
> >>> to tie for fifth in the standings.)
> >>>
> >>> Step 3:  Texas wins at Baylor, dropping Baylor to 7-9.  I know
> >>> Texas has 3 of its last 4 (including NU), but that may provide
> >>> some motivation in its last regular season game.  This is important
> >>> because otherwise Baylor would have the tiebreaker over NU.
> >>>
> >>> Step 4:  Nebraska wins at Colorado, raising its record to 8-8 and
> >>> dropping Colorado to 7-9 (with Step 1).
> >>>
> >>> Then, Nebraska finishes at 8-8, tied with Missouri for 5th-6th in
> >>> the standings, although Missouri has the tiebreaker with Nebraska
> >>> for the conference tournament seed.
> >>>
> >>> As the 6th seed, NU would open the conference tournament against
> >>> the 11th seed, which well could be the loser of tonight's OU-TTU
> >>> game.
> >>>
> >>> Step 5:  Nebraska wins the first game at the conference tournament.
> >>>
> >>> Then, Nebraska would play the third seed, presumably TAMU or KSU.
> >>> If TAMU loses tonight at KU and then beats TTU, they will be 10-6.
> >>> If KSU beats ISU at home, they will finish 10-6.  TAMU beat KSU
> >>> and so holds the tiebreaker, in which case NU would play TAMU,
> >>> which, at this point in the season, might be better than playing
> >>> KSU again.
> >>>
> >>> Step 6:  Nebraska beats TAMU, as they did at home earlier this
> >>> season and advances to the semi-finals, against perhaps Texas
> >>> (a team NU has beaten) or KSU (which is looking like the team
> >>> no one wants to play).
> >>>
> >>> Nebraska has some good wins, TAMU (twice if they beat them in the
> >>> conference tournament), Texas, and Missouri, but several bad losses
> >>> (Davison, TTU, and ISU, although none at home).  On its own, NU's
> >>> record isn't stellar, but the Big 12 is well respected and if NU is
> >>> tied for 5th-6th, I think the strength of the conference and NU's
> >>> finish in the standings could help push NU into the NCAA tournament.
> >>> If NU can win two games at the conference tournament, it would help
> >>> greatly.  If NU loses in the second round of the conference tournament,
> >>> making the NCAA tournament would be more of a question mark, even with
> >>> Steps 1-5 going Nebraska's way.
> >
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