Bracket Reaction: Where Nebraska stands after its loss to Minnesota

by:Robin Washut•about 22 hours•

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Brice Williams Nebraska basketball — Nebraska Cornhuskers guard Brice Williams (3) passes against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the first half at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images

Nebraska suffered a significant blow to its postseason hopes with a 67-65 home loss to Minnesota on Saturday.

Here is a look at the Huskers’ NCAA Tournament picture after falling to the Golden Gophers…

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Nebraska’s résumé

Overall record	Home	Away	Neutral	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Best NET win	Worst NET loss
17-12	9-5	5-6	2-1	5-9	4-1	2-2	6-0	Illinois (H)	Minnesota (H)

Nebraska’s team sheet rankings

Metric	Current	Previous
NET	57	54
KenPom	52	47
KPI	42	35
SOR	54	48
BPI	55	49
Torvik	61	54
WAB	52	44

Washut: Add the Minnesota loss to Nebraska’s season full of missed opportunites

Bracketology outlook

Outlet	Nebraska’s NCAA Tournament bid chances
Bracket Matrix	NU is in 95/99 brackets (10-11 seed)
TeamRankings	47% chance (12 seed)
T-Ranketology	14.8% chance (19.6% at-large bid)

Notable bracket projections

Bracket	Projected seed	Projected opponent	Location
Joe Lunardi, ESPN	11 seed (Last Four In) (Last updated 3/2)	6. Kansas	Denver
Jerry Palm, CBS	First Four Out (Last updated 3/2)	–	–
Andy Katz, NCAA.com	10 seed (Last updated 2/25)	7. Memphis	Cleveland
Mike DeCourcy, Fox Sports	10 seed (Last updated 3/1)	7. Ole Miss	Milwaukee
JBR Bracketology	11 seed (Last Four In) (Last updated 3/1)	–	–
T3 Bracketology	11 seed (Last Four In) (Last updated 3/1)	–	–

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