Let’s take a deep breath, Husker Nation.
Do not let the pessimism, the “Hearth Fred” chatter, or the “this does not appear to be a event crew” hogwash idiot you. Nebraska males’s basketball remains to be within the image for a return to the NCAA Event. Anybody who watches this crew for extra than simply scorching takes might inform you that.
First off, sure, you ought to be dissatisfied that Nebraska did not benefit from a significant alternative towards No. 15 Michigan on Monday. To carry that crew to underneath 50 factors whereas Brice Williams has one other 20+ sport is as irritating for that locker room as it’s for the remainder of us.
However let’s not lie and say like we checked out that sport forward of time as both an especially seemingly victory for the house crew or one thing that was a should win to maintain the dream of back-to-back NCAA Event berths alive.
That six-game shedding streak? Erased by the 5-1 stretch that adopted. These back-to-back losses, together with in State School the place Nebraska hasn’t gained as a member of the Large Ten Convention, will be erased by getting no less than two of the ultimate three video games of the common season.
Nebraska’s remaining opponents are a mixed 44-38 on the 12 months and 19-30 within the Large Ten. None of them are juggernauts that will probably be unimaginable to beat.
The most recent ESPN Bracketology from Joe Lunardi (up to date Tuesday morning) has Nebraska nonetheless within the event as a part of the Final 4 In. Sure, that may imply a visit to Dayton and First 4 however that is nonetheless listening to your identify known as on Choice Sunday.
Different bracketlogists, T3 Bracketology and JBR Bracketology, like Nebraska’s probabilities as effectively. JBR had the Huskers as a 10-seed and into the sector of 64 earlier than Monday’s sport. T3 has been constant for the previous couple weeks that Nebraska is chasing 19 wins to be a lock for March Insanity, which might imply profitable two of the ultimate three regular-season video games.
T3 did point out that Nebraska attending to 19 wins with a victory within the Large Ten Event wouldn’t have the identical security.
So should you see somebody saying Nebraska’s event likelihood is finished, simply know the season is not over. Folks a lot smarter than the burners on Twitter/X have seemed on the numbers and say the Large Pink are nonetheless within the dialog for the Large Dance.
The Huskers shut the common season by internet hosting Minnesota on Saturday, heading to Ohio State March 4, and internet hosting Iowa on March 9. The Large Ten Convention Event in Indianapolis begins March 12.
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