No days off for Nebraska basketball.

After orchestrating a successful two-game swing through the Pacific Northwest and picking up wins over No. 16 Oregon and a hot-shooting Washington team (until it wasn't) to earn three straight victories, Nebraska has officially gotten the train back on the track after that six-game losing streak in January.

The season that, at one point, had fans wondering if the Huskers would even qualify for the 15-team Big Ten Tournament has new life injected into it.

But there's little time for pats on the back. More opportunities exist for Nebraska (15-8 overall, 5-7 in Big Ten) to keep climbing and pad the NCAA Tournament résumé with more Quad 1 wins that will look mighty good for the selection committee come March.

As of Saturday morning Nebraska had a NET rating of 49 and a record of 4-6 against Quad 1 opponents. There will be plenty more Quad 1 chances down the stretch, starting at 1 p.m. CT on Super Bowl Sunday with Ohio State (14-9, 6-6), which as of Friday saw its NET rating rise to 25 after knocking off No. 18 Maryland at home Thursday night in a game in which the Buckeyes trailed by 17.

Day/Time: Sunday at 1 p.m. CT

TV: Big Ten Network with Kevin Kugler (play by play) and Shon Morris (color) on the call

Stream: Fox Sports App

Listen: Huskers Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Jake Muhleisen on the call, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington.

Here's how Nebraska's final eight games of the regular season shake out. As of today, six of the eight will be against Quad 1 opponents. Of those six, half will be inside Pinnacle Bank Arena:

>> Sunday: vs. Ohio State (25, Quad 1)

>> Thursday, Feb. 13: vs. No. 18 Maryland (16, Quad 1)

>> Sunday, Feb. 16: at Northwestern (55, Quad 1)

>> Wednesday, Feb. 19: at Penn State (60, Quad 1)

>> Monday, Feb. 24: vs. No. 24 Michigan (17, Quad 1)

>> Saturday, March 1: vs. Minnesota (95, Quad 3)

>> Tuesday, March 4: at Ohio State (25, Quad 1)

>> Sunday, March 9: vs. Iowa (65, Quad 2)

Recapping the home and away:

Away from PBA: Northwestern (55), Penn State (60), Ohio State (25).

At home in PBA: Ohio State (25), No. 18 Maryland (16), No. 18 Michigan (17), Minnesota (95), Iowa (65).

Husker fans might want to keep an eye on Oregon State, too. As of Saturday morning, Nebraska's win over Oregon State on a neutral site at the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii sits as a Quad 2 win. If, and this is probably a big if, the Beavers finish the season strong and end with a NET rating better than 50 (they're sitting at 61), that December win could improve to a Quad 1.

Oregon State has two Quad 1 opportunities left on its schedule with two games against St. Mary's (NET of 24). There's also a Quad 2 opportunity at home against San Francisco (NET of 64).

Jake Diebler's Buckeyes have been a hard team to read, but that seems to be the norm for many in this dog-eat-dog conference.

There was a January stretch where the Buckeyes lost three straight by a combined five points to No. 15 Oregon (73-71), No. 24 Wisconsin (70-68) and Indiana (77-76 in overtime). Ohio State has won four of its last five since then and will be coming to Lincoln feeling good about itself after beating Maryland.

Ohio State boasts the top perimeter defense in the Big Ten, holding opponents to 28.7% from 3-point range, first in the conference and 11th in the country. The Buckeyes are only giving up an average of 6.4 3s per game.

As a team, Nebraska isn't shooting it well from 3 this season (31.7% in Big Ten play). But the Buckeyes will still need to game plan for Connor Essegian, who's scoring 11.3 points off the bench for the Huskers and shooting 41% on an average of six 3-point attempts per game. After being held to 2 points at Oregon, Essegian rattled off 16 points with four 3s at Washington.

Nebraska’s defensive game plan will aim to slow Bruce Thornton, Ohio State’s powerful 6-foot-2, 215-pound do-everything guard who's averaging 17.7 points, 4.3 assists and 3.4 rebounds. Thornton is cooking from 3-point range this season as he's at 46.1% on 4.4 3-point attempts per game.

In the win over Maryland, Thornton stuffed the stat sheet to the tune of 31 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals. Last season in Nebraska's 83-69 win over Ohio State, Thornton had 16 points and six assists.

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