NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Nebraska

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#48 Nebraska

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Projected seed: 4

Nebraska’s résumé lives and dies with a trio of statement neutral-site victories over Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas State that demonstrate they can beat quality opponents away from home, while the bulk of their early schedule featured routine nonconference wins that don’t move the needle. The season still contains a string of true tests — road trips to Illinois, Ohio State, Indiana and Michigan along with coast swings to USC and UCLA — and a run of high-profile matchups at home against Creighton, Wisconsin, Purdue and Michigan State that will reveal whether those neutral-site results are sustainable. Put simply, the committee sees a team with clear upside because of those marquee neutral wins but also a slate full of do-or-die chances where additional signature victories would solidify the case and bad losses would force reliance on the limited number of resume-enhancing scalps.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/3	West Georgia	284	W86-53
11/8	Florida Intl	208	W96-66
11/11	MD E Shore	338	W69-50
11/15	(N)Oklahoma	46	W105-99
11/20	(N)New Mexico	109	W84-72
11/21	(N)Kansas St	75	W86-85
11/25	Winthrop	106	W80-73
11/29	SC Upstate	280	W72-63
12/7	Creighton	56	65%
12/10	Wisconsin	27	50%
12/13	@Illinois	17	20%
12/21	North Dakota	335	99%
12/30	New Hampshire	347	99%
1/2	Michigan St	10	32%
1/5	@Ohio St	37	33%
1/10	@Indiana	26	28%
1/13	Oregon	83	75%
1/17	@Northwestern	55	43%
1/21	Washington	59	66%
1/24	@Minnesota	108	62%
1/27	@Michigan	1	7%
2/1	Illinois	17	39%
2/7	@Rutgers	127	68%
2/10	Purdue	2	22%
2/14	Northwestern	55	65%
2/17	@Iowa	32	30%
2/21	Penn St	94	78%
2/25	Maryland	92	77%
2/28	@USC	28	29%
3/3	@UCLA	33	31%
3/8	Iowa	32	51%