Byes in tournaments are overrated unless there are injuries.

[EastOfEden]

These guys don't need rest. They'll play tomorrow in an empty gym if you let them. You hang around changing your routine and someone in the field gets hot and you score 10 points in the first half trying to get your act together while they are blazing away with 40 or so.

Granted you don't have to get lucky in games as often if you play fewer of them, but I worry about going stale.

 

[Flat Water]

I couldn't disagree more. If you don't have a bye in the Big Ten tournament, you need to win five straight days in order to win the tournament. Even if (hypothetically) you had the talent to do it, that is an almost impossible task given the fatigue that you will suffer from playing so many days in a row. It would be huge for the Huskers to get a double bye. While I don't expect the Huskers to win the Big Ten tournament, only having to play at most three games would help their chances immeasurably.

 

[EastOfEden]

yeah. Five games is a lot. A bye would be nice, but a double bye? Don't know about that.

 

[Flat Water]

yeah. Five games is a lot. A bye would be nice, but a double bye? Don't know about that.

Fair enough. I'd prefer a double bye, but I see your point.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Fair enough. I'd prefer a double bye, but I see your point.

1 win gets us in the semifinals

 

[GIFRRO]

Point well taken BUT
It looks really good to the NCAA committee if we are sitting at 4 instead of 5 or 6 in the converence
IMO

 

[pitch]

Enjoy the double bye if we get it. It doesn’t happen often….

 

[GIFRRO]

Its not the benefit of the double bye thats important
Its that you compete all season and being top four and ACHIEVING the double bye is a big deal

 

[wcbsas]

2023 last year 2 of the 4 double bye teams lost.
2022 three of the four double bye teams lost.
2021 only one of the four double bye teams lost (and that was #4 losing to #5 seed).
2019 only one of the four double bye teams lost (#7 beat #2).
2018 two of the four double bye teams lost (including #4 NU losing to #5 Michigan)

 

[RedRum]

2023 last year 2 of the 4 double bye teams lost.
2022 three of the four double bye teams lost.
2021 only one of the four double bye teams lost (and that was #4 losing to #5 seed).
2019 one one of the four double bye teams lost (#7 beat #2).
2018 two of the four double bye teams lost (including #4 NU losing to #5 Michigan)

The double bye protects you from a bad loss.

 

[Skerfan]

Fair enough. I'd prefer a double bye, but I see your point.

I like the double bye. You might be playing a team that played the previous two nights. Even 19 year olds get tired legs.

 

[Nebugeater]

The only way that Tourny buys are overrated is if you are not the team getting one.

 

[Uncle Buck]

The only way that Tourny buys are overrated is if you are not the team getting one.

As a Husker fan, I never knew there was a double bye until recently

 

[wcbsas]

As a Husker fan, I never knew there was a double bye until recently

In 2018 NU was the #4 seed.

 

[Uncle Buck]

In 2018 NU was the #4 seed.

And didn't make the big dance? Gosh, I don't remember that. I'm old