[Husker] NU Basketball

[Aaron Wolfson]

Creighton is extremely good this year (full disclosure: I primarily follow
CU in basketball). They'll be favored by more than 3 or 4, as they're more
talented and have played better teams than NU, in addition to having home
court.

That said, the Huskers have sprung upsets in this game plenty of times
before, so nothing will surprise me.

Aaron


On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com>wrote:

> Massey has the NU men's basketball team #34 and Sagarin has the NU #37
> in the predictor ratings.  Massey has NU 7th in the B1G and Sagarin has
> NU 5th.  Both rank the B1G as the #1 conference.  Massey has only 2 teams
> in the Big 12 ranked higher than NU and Massey has 3.
>
> NU has an important game this week against Oregon in Lincoln.  Massey
> has NU 62-52 and Sagarin has NU by 8.  NU already has a nice wins against
> USC on the road and home blowout of South Dakota and Rhode Island.
>
> Other name opponents on NU's schedule include Wake Forest and @TCU, but
> the big non-conference game is Creighton, which Massey has #31 and
> Sagarin has #36 in the predictor ratings.  Creighton just pummeled Iowa
> in Des Moines.  NU and Creighton are about evenly rated, but the game is
> in Omaha, so Creighton would be a 3-4 point favorite at this time.  If
> NU has trouble finishing in the top half of the B1G (as is predicted),
> then the Creighton game could figure huge in NU's chances for an NCAA
> bid next March.
>
> Massey has the NU women's basketball team #38.  The NU women had a big
> win against #23 USC in Lincoln.  The win wasn't surprising, but the
> blowout was impressive.  For the women, the B1G isn't as tough as the
> Big 12 was.   Massey rates NU 4th in the B1G.  Massey has 8 teams better
> than NU in the Big 12.
>
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