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" Fifteen Senior Nights have come and gone in Lincoln without a group of veterans continuing their seasons in the NCAA Tournament.That could change Sunday against Wisconsin.The Cornhuskers have been one of the surprise teams in the country, assured of a winning record in the Big Ten. The next hurdle could be their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 1998.Here&amp;rsquo;s how Nebraska arrived on the bubble and how the Huskers could further their case Sunday and into the conference tournaments.By the numbersRecord: 18-11, 10-7 Big TenRPI: 50Strength of schedule: 36KenPom: 50Best win: Michigan State on the roadWorst loss: UAB on a neutral courtHow Nebraska could be in the Tournament: The Huskers add to their top 50 win totalNebraska stunned Ohio State 68-62 on Jan. 20, which turned out to the the turning point of the season. The win over the Buckeyes was the first top 50 win of the season for the Cornhuskers, which includes a 60-51 win at Michigan State on Feb. 16. The Huskers are 3-7 overall against the RPI top 50, but a win over Wisconsin would be their first against a team in the top 20How Nebraska could be left out: The Huskers can't escape three bad lossesThe Cornhuskers have three losses from which they&amp;rsquo;d like to hide from: at Purdue, at Penn State and against UAB in the Charleston Classic. Three losses to teams outside of the top 100 isn&amp;rsquo;t an eliminator &amp;mdash; Kentucky and North Carolina have the same &amp;mdash; but it&amp;rsquo;s not a good look.Nebraska needs to: Beat WisconsinThe Cornhuskers could be playing with house money in the Big Ten Tournament if they defeat Wisconsin on Saturday. The Badgers, though, have won eight in a row since a 1-5 stretch in January.Nebraska can&amp;rsquo;t afford to: Fall out of the No. 4 seed and lose in the Big Ten TournamentThe No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament brings a first-round bye, but the Cornhuskers could slip to a No. 5 or No. 6 with a loss to Wisconsin combined with wins by Ohio State and/or Iowa. Falling out of the top four seeds would draw either Purdue or Northwestern in the first round. A loss to one of those teams could be devastating.Insight from the beat: Brian Rosenthal, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal-Star&amp;ldquo;The fact Nebraska is even in consideration for an NCAA Tournament bid is a sign of the incredible coaching job by Tim Miles. In only his second season in Lincoln, Miles has taken a team picked to finish last in the Big Ten Conference and put it on the brink of ending its NCAA Tournament drought, which dates to 1998. Nebraska began the season 0-4 in Big Ten play, including a 31-point loss at Ohio State, but has since gone 10-3 to rise to fourth place in the Big Ten standings. The emergence of sophomore transfer Terran Petteway, the Big Ten&amp;rsquo;s leading scorer at 17.8 points per game, and a defense that&amp;rsquo;s held eight straight foes to less than 38 percent shooting have been key. The Huskers have also established a decisive home-court advantage at their new home, sold-out Pinnacle Bank Arena, where they&amp;rsquo;re 14-1. The lone loss came to league champion Michigan by one point.&amp;rdquo; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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