Nebraska men’s basketball has emerged as one of the surprise success stories of the college basketball season, putting together what is shaping up to be one of the best campaigns in program history. Despite seeing their winning streak end with back-to-back losses against top-10 teams, the Huskers sit at 20-2 on the season and have positioned themselves firmly in the NCAA Tournament field with one of the strongest resumes in the country.
Here’s a look at where various bracketologists project Nebraska to land based on its current resume.
Nebraska Basketball Bracketology (Updated Feb. 3)
| Publication | Projected seed |
|---|---|
| Bracket Matrix | 2 seed |
| Joe Lunardi | 3 seed |
| Bart Torvik | 3 seed |
| Teamrankings.com | 3 seed |
| Halsametrics | 2 seed |
| Mike Decourcy | 3 seed |
| Field of 68 | 2 seed |
The highest seed Nebraska has ever earned in the NCAA Tournament is a No. 3 seed in 1991, though the Huskers fell to Xavier in the opening round that season. Fred Hoiberg’s squad is potentially on track to make history so long as it can hold serve over the final month of the regular season, putting itself in a great position to shed its status as the only high-major team without an NCAA Tournament victory.
Nebraska Basketball Resume (Updated Feb. 3)
| Record | Home | Away | Neutral | Quad 1 | Quad 2 | Quad 3 | Quad 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-2 | 12-1 | 5-1 | 3-0 | 6-2 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 |
Nebraska owns a 6-2 record in Quad 1 games, along with marks of 5-0 in Quad 2, 3-0 in Quad 3 and 6-0 in Quad 4. The quadrant system is used to evaluate quality wins ahead of Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament, with the following system used to classify games.
Quad 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75.
Quad 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135.
Quad 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240.
Quad 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353
