Nebrasketball: Gut-Wrenching Loss Pulls Away Postseason Dreams

Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY SportsNumber-15 ranked Purdue comes into Lincoln on a wintry Saturday afternoon, a game that was meant to be played two hours later but got moved due to incoming weather. Nebraska, who has dropped eight of their last ten, looks to find any sort of hope to somehow make the tournament. Or any tournament. Somehow, the ESPN BPI still gives Tim Miles and company a 44 percent chance to win.

The game got started off with a rare three-pointer from Glynn Watson Jr., which was immediately answered by Grady Eifert and Carsen Edwards. Not to be outdone, Watson hit another three with the shot clock winding down to tie the game at sixes. After a Carsen Edwards jumper, an empty…