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Miles, Huskers ready for challenging closing stretch

The final three basketball games of Nebraska's season are spaced out over 11 days, starting with a Thursday trip to Michigan.

Times have certainly been tough. A 75-72 home loss to No. 15 Purdue gave Nebraska (15-13, 5-12 Big Ten) its ninth defeat in its last 11 games, and 11th in its last 15. What remains are road trips to the No. 9-ranked Wolverines and No. 6 Michigan State and a regular-season finale at home against No. 22 Iowa.

"I was laughing the other day. I'm mostly unplugged, but occasionally, I'll scroll through (Twitter)," Miles said. "Joe Lunardi (ESPN bracketologist) had something in there, and it said: first four out, Nebraska.