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

[Shawn Sherlock]

I have a lot of faith in them pulling an upset, I have no faith in them beating a 10-12 seed in the tournament. 

>From watching them play this, I would sooner put money on them to win the tournament as an 8 or 9 seed than beating ISU, TTU, or OU as a 6 or 7 seed. 

Beating superior teams isn't the issue this year. Losing to the likes of ISU and TTU is. 

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On Mar 2, 2011, at 2:20 PM, <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com> wrote:

> 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: 
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, but which one would you put your lunch money on?  :)
>> 
>> -- 
>> Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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