NCAA Tournament March Madness

#14 Nebraska

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Projected seed: 3

Nebraska’s body of work supports its placement because it mixes eye-catching road and neutral wins with authoritative home statements, from victories at Illinois, Ohio State and Indiana and a quality trip to USC to neutral-site wins over Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas State and convincing home results against Creighton and Wisconsin. The resume also contains damaging moments, most notably a lopsided trip to UCLA, a neutral setback to Purdue, a home loss to Illinois and a disappointing road night at Iowa, and those results temper the upside. The best moments prove this team can beat league heavyweights in hostile environments and on neutral floors, the worst moments identify where the committee will dock it, and the clearest path to solidifying the placement is avenging the key setbacks while continuing to win away from home and on neutral courts.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3West Georgia304W86-53
11/8Florida Intl194W96-66
11/11MD E Shore350W69-50
11/15(N)Oklahoma40W105-99
11/20(N)New Mexico50W84-72
11/21(N)Kansas St101W86-85
11/25Winthrop155W80-73
11/29SC Upstate302W72-63
12/7Creighton76W71-50
12/10Wisconsin22W90-60
12/13@Illinois7W83-80
12/21North Dakota275W78-55
12/30New Hampshire349W86-55
1/2Michigan St9W58-56
1/5@Ohio St26W72-69
1/10@Indiana46W83-77
1/13Oregon99W90-55
1/17@Northwestern57W77-58
1/21Washington53W76-66
1/24@Minnesota77W76-57
1/27@Michigan3L75-72
2/1Illinois7L78-69
2/7@Rutgers124W80-68
2/10Purdue8L80-77
2/14Northwestern57W68-49
2/17@Iowa25L57-52
2/21Penn St138W87-64
2/25Maryland120W74-61
2/28@USC80W82-67
3/3@UCLA27L72-52
3/8Iowa25W84-75
3/13(N)Purdue8L74-58