With all due respect to their outstanding fans, the four seniors on the Nebraska men’s basketball team hope Sunday’s game was truly their final appearance at sold-out Pinnacle Bank Arena.
If they come back, it means Nebraska is playing in the National Invitational Tournament, and not the NCAA Tournament, where the Huskers feel they belong.
Problem is, do the people who make the at-large selections feel the same way?
The chair of the NCAA tournament selection committee, Creighton athletic director Bruce Rasmussen, attended Nebraska’s home finale, a solid 76-64 victory over NCAA Tournament hopeful Penn State before an electric crowd of 15,539 fans.