Before Monday's loss, 96 of 97 projections on BracketMatrix.com listed Nebraska in the 68-team NCAA Tournament.

Nebraska's Brice Williams came out hot, but Michigan's defense limited him in the second half to pull out an ugly 49-46 win on Monday.

SportsLine's model revealed its college basketball predictions for Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday

Sam Hoiberg took advantage, hitting his second 3 to bring Nebraska within one. Will Tschetter missed a 3. Williams missed a baseline jumper. Michigan called timeout with 40 seconds to go. Another review and fouls eventually led to Gayle making two free throws with 18 seconds left.

SportsLine's model just revealed its college basketball picks for the Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Michigan Wolverines on Monday

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As he stood at the entrance of the Nebraska tunnel watching a season come crumbling down, I couldn’t help but wonder, writes Tom Shatel. What’s going through Troy Dannen’s mind?

ANN ARBOR — Against Nebraska, Michigan will likely need to shoot well in order to rebound. The Wolverines, who control their own destiny in the Big Ten men’s basketball title race, play in Lincoln on Monday night (8:01 p.m. ET, FS1) aiming to do something they haven’t had to in four weeks: bounce back from a loss.