Made For March@madeformarch
Our second four seed (14th overall) is the NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS!
What a year for Nebraska, though it's been a bit more turbulent since late January.
A true road win at Illinois and the home scalp of Michigan State give this profile added dimension, but the Huskers did end up finishing 3-5 v the rest of the Top 7 in Big 10 play, and didn't have a particularly strong non-conference to boost them up.
That's the main challenge in getting Nebraska higher than here, though it truly feels like they should be.
15-6 in Quads 1/2 + no losses outside of Q1, to non-tournament teams or the NET top 31 is remarkably clean in its own right and that coupled with the big wins mentioned above plus 26-6 overall and 10-4 away from PBA gives the Huskers serious clout in this part of the field.
Where I think the Committee will ding the Huskers is their sagging metric profile, which has a concerning 16.7 predictive average this morning and 13.7 resume side. Not to mention they have one of the worst non-conf SOS marks of a projected P5 tournament team.
Overall, 12th-14th seems likely to be where the Huskers will settle, but I'm thinking it'll be the lower end of that range.
Nebraska heads West, opposite 1-seed Arizona, and will start off in Oklahoma City.
