Huskers are back up to #9 in the 3/2/26 polls. Michigan is #3, MSU moved up to #8, Illinois dropped to #11, Purdue dropped to #15,
Huskers remain a 3 seed in the latest Joe Lunardi Bracketology, slated for Oklahoma City.
Michigan remains a #1 seed, MSU and Illinois remain #2 seeds, Purdue drops from a 2 to a 3 seed,
So 5 of the top 12 seeds are Big Ten schools.
Wisconsin is a 7 seed, Iowa is a 9 seed, UCLA is a 10 seed, Ohio State and Indiana are both 11 seed with first round play-in games in Dayton.
That could produce an Indiana-Nebraska game in the round of 64, I wonder if the NCAA will shift teams around to avoid conference matchups in the round of 64?
Huskers are 1.5 point underdogs at UCLA tonight.
Looks like a win tonight would lock up no worse than the 3 seed in Chicago, I think I tried all the possible matchups at mred's Big 10 MBB Tournament Seeding Tiebreaker
Interesting factoid: The Big Ten Tournament hasn’t had a 1 vs 2 finale in the last 17 years.
Even with that thumping in LA, it looks like the Husker can still be a 2 seed in Chicago if they beat Iowa, but run the risk of dropping to a 5 seed if they lose to Iowa.
This might drop them into the 4 seed category for the NCAA Tournament, though, unless they make a deep run in Chicago. And all of those are lousy destinations for midwest-based fans: Portland (2), San Diego and Tampa.
Probably hurt Hoiberg in the coach of year awards, too.
Mike Nolan