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ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi says Nebraska has a clear path to an NCAA Tournament bid and he outlined exactly what the Huskers have to do. Lunardi, who creat
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12/11 Big Ten Recap: Nebraska Smashes Wisconsin
Nebraska improved to 10-0 overall and 1-0 in Big Ten play with the win, while Wisconsin fell to 7-3 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten play with the loss. The Huskers will now prepare for Illinois on the road on Saturday. Wisconsin will try and rebound against Villanova in Milwaukee on December 19th.
The Big Ten has averaged exactly eight NCAA tournament bids in each of the past five seasons. That's 40 teams altogether -- and all 40 have gone home with a loss. The record of this 18-team conference in the Big Dance is just six games over .500 (46-40), which should be impossible with a team seed average under six (5.97 to be exact).
Plenty of Big Ten teams have decent records but closer looks at their resumes show the margin for error is thinning, and strengths and weaknesses are being sorted out.
Last season, the SEC used a 59-19 mark against the other power conferences to create an unprecedented level of dominance over the national landscape. While it's still early, it would take a recovery of epic proportions for the conference to recreate the conditions which led to last year's historic Selection Sunday haul.
The Big Ten reportedly pushed for an expanded 24-team College Football Playoff bracket in 2025 to earn more bids
Purdue senior guard Braden Smith made Big Ten history on Wednesday night, becoming the first player in conference history to reach this crazy stat line.
The Big Ten matched The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball record with nine ranked teams as Nebraska entered at No. 24 on Monday. The