Do my eyes deceive me?

[thebigabd]

I was scrolling through the scores on ESPN when I see the abbreviation "NEB" and they have a number next to their name.

When was the last time Nebraska was in a pre-season top 25? Ever?

 

[BigTime]

I was scrolling through the scores on ESPN when I see the abbreviation "NEB" and they have a number next to their name.

When was the last time Nebraska was in a pre-season top 25? Ever?

Were they with Sweet Tyrone Lou?

 

[TINY]

Were they with Sweet Tyrone Lou?

Most likely.

Perhaps when they had the best named player in the conference Cookie Belcher?

 

[okienole3]

Mikki Moore.

 

[sheepdogs1]

It's sympathy over the black shirts giving up an individual rushing record against Wisconsin.

 

[skyvue]

What exactly did they do to get voted into the Top 25? They finished 19-13 last season, losing in the first round of the NIT, and though they have two wins this season, both came against directional schools.

 

[coolm]

strange that you say that. I wondered about that too and figured it must be their women's team ... then I saw the schedule. very surprising.

 

[skyvue]

strange that you say that. I wondered about that too and figured it must be their women's team

I thought it must be their women's team, too, so I went to espn.com to double-check. I don't much care one way or the other, but it's something of a head-scratcher.

Especially when one considers how long it took us to climb into the Top 25 last year after a very solid start to the season.

 

[Sooner04]

What exactly did they do to get voted into the Top 25? They finished 19-13 last season, losing in the first round of the NIT, and though they have two wins this season, both came against directional schools.

Nebraska made the NCAA Tourney, losing to Baylor in the first round (or that second/third round BS). I imagine they were ranked this year on the heels of winning 11 of 14 to end the regular season last year in the Big 10.

 

[campbest]

What exactly did they do to get voted into the Top 25? They finished 19-13 last season, losing in the first round of the NIT, and though they have two wins this season, both came against directional schools.

That was two years ago, Miles' first season.

 

[skyvue]

Nebraska made the NCAA Tourney, losing to Baylor in the first round (or that second/third round BS). I imagine they were ranked this year on the heels of winning 11 of 14 to end the regular season last year in the Big 10.

Thanks for the correction.

I still don't get it. I can't imagine even 10% of the voters could tell you that the Huskers won 10 of 14 down the stretch last season, but more power to them.

In the 2012-13 season, we went 20-12 and lost our first-round game in the tourney. And I don't think we were even sniffing the Top 25 at the beginning of the season.

 

[skyvue]

That was two years ago, Miles' first season.

No, it was last year. In 2012-13, they went 15-18 on the season.