[Husker] Husker men's basketball

[Robert Christensen]

I think the Creighton game is Thursday night.  At least that's what I am 
planning.  *smile*

Bob from the Sandhills


On 12/4/2012 10:08 AM, Steve Reichenbach wrote:
> Next up is Creighton in Lincoln on Friday.
>
> Massey has Creighton favored by 6.5, 71-64.  He ranks Creighton #17
> (down 5) and Nebraska #92 (up a whopping 58).  He figures the odds
> of Nebraska winning is 27%.
>
> Nebraska ranks #11 in the Big 10, which is the highest rated
> conference by a good margin.  Only Penn State is ranked lower, at
> #140.  Massey predicts NU to go 8-15 the rest of the year to finish
> at 14-16 with likely losses against Creighton and @Oregon, victories
> aagainst the other three non-conference opponents, and about a 4-14
> conference record.  He rates the best opportunities for conference
> wins:
>   PSU          74%
>   Iowa         51%
>   @PSU         49%
>   Northwestern 46%
>   Purdue       44%
>   Wiconsin     33%
>   Illinois     31%
> I'm surprised that @Iowa isn't a better possibility at only 25%.
>
> I think Nebraska might surprise some teams, but it still seems like
> 4 home conference wins and 1 road conference wins would be a good
> result and 6 home conference wins and 2 road conference wins would
> be great.  I wouldn't be surprised to see Nebraska finish with a
> winning record, e.g., 16-14, but the Big 10 is really, really good
> with six teams in Massey's top 22.  Basically, you've got to be one
> of the best teams in the country to finish in the top half of the
> conference.
>
> Creighton at home should be a good test for a team that is playing
> for a new coach.  Hopefully, it will be a good game.
>
>
>> On a different subject, the NU men are coming off the second nice
>> victory.  They really handled both Wake Forest on the road and USC
>> at home pretty well.  Their offense seems much livelier under Miles
>> and they still are playing pretty good defense.  Almeida is playing
>> with much more energy.  The Big 10 is almost certainly too big a
>> hill to climb, but the team seems to be making progress under Miles
>> and a really exciting prospect was in town for the game.  The crowd
>> was good, but not great.  I enjoyed the game.
>>
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