NCAA Tournament March Madness

#249 NE Omaha

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

The projection tracks with how the resume reads to a committee because Nebraska Omaha has a handful of resume-relevant wins on the road at mid-major opponents like Portland State and Oral Roberts but those bright spots are offset by heavy losses at power-conference venues such as Oregon and LSU and by nonconference setbacks at teams like Abilene Christian and Florida International that weaken at-large standing. Conference play has offered competitive showings against the better league teams and a few solid home performances, yet road defeats to conference rivals and the absence of a marquee neutral-site victory limit resume upside. Defensive lapses in several of the marquee losses have amplified those problems and the remaining schedule, which includes repeated meetings with Denver, a rematch with Oral Roberts and road tests at South Dakota and St Thomas, provides only limited chances to reshape perception. Given that balance the clearest path to the national field runs through winning the conference crown rather than relying on an at-large case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Murray St108L85-77
11/6@Abilene Chr234L73-71
11/9@Colorado St93L97-74
11/15Southern Utah268W90-85
11/21@LSU56L99-73
11/25(N)James Madison224L88-77
11/26@Florida Intl203L74-61
12/3N Colorado147L75-70
12/6@Portland St143W60-55
12/20@Lamar207W85-82
12/28@Oregon98L80-57
1/1@S Dakota St217L84-69
1/3Missouri KC354L73-66
1/8North Dakota291W90-79
1/10N Dakota St124L78-76
1/17@Oral Roberts333W73-62
1/21South Dakota282L68-64
1/24@Missouri KC354W77-60
1/28S Dakota St217W80-71
1/31@Denver221W84-82
2/5@North Dakota291L76-73
2/7@N Dakota St124L92-84
2/12St Thomas MN115W98-94
2/14Denver22155%
2/15Denver22155%
2/18Oral Roberts33381%
2/25@South Dakota28246%
2/28@St Thomas MN11515%