Pre-Annual Cupcake Loss Check-In

[Handy Johnson]

Tim ain't goin' anywhere. With the returning talent on this roster, Miles would have to have such an utter collapse the remainder of the season that it stretches credulity.

[HuskerFever]

Any sort of coaching talk at this time seems moot point. For the fans who want him to stay, Miles has done enough this season to justify staying. For the fans who want him to leave, Miles hasn't done enough this season to justify staying. For the fans on the fence, they just want to see good basketball. Conference play will shake things up one way or another. Let's just enjoy the holidays first.

[Handy Johnson]

You're right HuskerFever, Ho Ho Ho and a 10 -5 Christmas to all! 

[Silverbacked1]

We need to remember that Incarnate Word and UTSA are like right across the street from each other,, just saying.

Edited December 19, 2017 by Silverbacked1

[hhcmatt]

From the radio show last night it would seem these last 3 games will dictate whether we switch to a Copeland-Roby starting lineup.

[Huskerpapa]

20 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

From the radio show last night it would seem these last 3 games will dictate whether we switch to a Copeland-Roby starting lineup.

I can live with that plan.

[hhcmatt]

I think if we go Roby-Copeland it happens vs a Stetson squad that doesn't start anyone over 220# and it continues vs a NW squad that starts Dererk Pardon

[dustystehl]

If Roby started, we'd rarely lose the tip! (I think we've only won one - maybe two - this year.)

[NUtball]

2 hours ago, Silverbacked1 said:

We need to remember that Incarnate Word and UTSA are like right across the street from each other,, just saying.

 

Now you've put the jinx on 'em!  Probably choke on the cupcake and lose by 15.

[NUtball]

38 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

I think if we go Roby-Copeland it happens vs a Stetson squad that doesn't start anyone over 220# and it continues vs a NW squad that starts Dererk Pardon

 

I just hope they can hold Dererrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk under 28 and 13 one of these games!

 

Wait, was that too many r's?

[Dean Smith]

59 minutes ago, dustystehl said:

If Roby started, we'd rarely lose the tip! (I think we've only won one - maybe two - this year.)

I don't even see it as losing the tip at this point. It's more like we are deferring until the second half.

[HuskerFever]

I don't want to jinx it, but we haven't had our annual five-game losing streak yet this year either, so we're off to a pretty good start. Only sitting at a L2 max streak right now. So there's that.

[Noah121]

Whew! No Jon Rothstein tweet that would go like this:

 

"Nebraska loses a buy game to UTSA. The epitome of brutality."

[HuskerFever]

4 minutes ago, Noah121 said:

Whew! No Jon Rothstein tweet that would go like this:

 

"Nebraska loses a buy game to UTSA. The epitome of brutality."

 

One down, two to go.

[49r]

1 minute ago, HuskerFever said:

 

One down, two to go.

 

 

[hhcmatt]

1 hour ago, Noah121 said:

Whew! No Jon Rothstein tweet that would go like this:

 

"Nebraska loses a buy game to UTSA. The epitome of brutality."

 

 

[jimmykc]

Here's another: Rock Bottom for Ol' Roy.

[colhusker]

On 12/19/2017 at 9:27 AM, LK1 said:

The next three are must wins for Miles to keep his job.  I'm behind the guy, but we can't lose at home to bums again this year.  Respect your opponent and your own win column.  

 

Overall, it's been a solid non-con and while execution hasn't always been great, TM and co have done a fantastic job of coaching up effort.  We'll win a couple of games we're not supposed to if we keep it up.  

 

 

Wofford says hi

[colhusker]

On 12/19/2017 at 3:50 PM, dustystehl said:

If Roby started, we'd rarely lose the tip! (I think we've only won one - maybe two - this year.)

Yes but by losing the tip, we control the arrow!

[HuskerFever]

I'm not sure what to make of this thread so far. Either we're performing well enough to warrant some excitement, or our expectations were so low coming into the season. I'd assume the former since we probably have our 2nd best roster (arguably best, but I measure some of that by performance+outcome) under Miles' tenure here.

[Huskerpapa]

10 hours ago, hhcdimes said:

 

 

North Carolina was also tooled by MSU (sort of like we were).  One wonders how "elite" NC is this year?

[49r]

Here's Deleware State's schedule to date.  Their only wins have come against something called Georgian Court and Cairn.  But to their credit they've played tough in a few of the games they lost - Including a sweat job at Pittsburgh in their most recent game:

 

2018 Schedule 

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Fri Nov 10	347	NR	Cairn	W, 71-50	75		Home	1-0
Mon Nov 13	347	118	DePaul	L, 81-57	71		Away	1-1
Wed Nov 15	347	160	Fort Wayne	L, 85-71	72		Away	1-2
Thu Nov 16	347	208	Illinois Chicago	L, 95-55	70		Away	1-3
Mon Nov 20	346	110	East Tennessee St.	L, 81-57	68		Away	1-4
Sat Nov 25	348	NR	Georgian Court	W, 68-55	61		Home	2-4
Mon Nov 27	347	168	Troy	L, 95-64	64		Away	2-5
Wed Nov 29	348	202	Binghamton	L, 85-64	63		Home	2-6
Sat Dec 2	350	294	East Carolina	L, 63-57	67		Away	2-7
Wed Dec 6	349	194	UMBC	L, 81-60	62		Home	2-8
Sat Dec 9	350	212	Duquesne	L, 97-48	67		Away	2-9
Sun Dec 17	351	218	Delaware	L, 68-59	66	OT	Home	2-10
Tue Dec 19	351	163	Pittsburgh	L, 74-68	65		Away	2-11

[hskr4life]

Ouch... they got bit by the UMBC bug.

[Huskerpapa]

2 minutes ago, 49r said:

Here's Deleware State's schedule to date.  Their only wins have come against something called Georgian Court and Cairn.  But to their credit they've played tough in a few of the games they lost - Including a sweat job at Pittsburgh in their most recent game:

 

2018 Schedule 

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Fri Nov 10	347	NR	Cairn	W, 71-50	75		Home	1-0
Mon Nov 13	347	118	DePaul	L, 81-57	71		Away	1-1
Wed Nov 15	347	160	Fort Wayne	L, 85-71	72		Away	1-2
Thu Nov 16	347	208	Illinois Chicago	L, 95-55	70		Away	1-3
Mon Nov 20	346	110	East Tennessee St.	L, 81-57	68		Away	1-4
Sat Nov 25	348	NR	Georgian Court	W, 68-55	61		Home	2-4
Mon Nov 27	347	168	Troy	L, 95-64	64		Away	2-5
Wed Nov 29	348	202	Binghamton	L, 85-64	63		Home	2-6
Sat Dec 2	350	294	East Carolina	L, 63-57	67		Away	2-7
Wed Dec 6	349	194	UMBC	L, 81-60	62		Home	2-8
Sat Dec 9	350	212	Duquesne	L, 97-48	67		Away	2-9
Sun Dec 17	351	218	Delaware	L, 68-59	66	OT	Home	2-10
Tue Dec 19	351	163	Pittsburgh	L, 74-68	65		Away	2-11

Is Georgian Court in the Northeast YMCA league???

[colhusker]

27 minutes ago, huskercwg said:

Is Georgian Court in the Northeast YMCA league???

Well it is in Lakewood township New Jersey - Has an enrollment of 2,885 (only slightly larger than a 6A high school in Missouri), is a private roman catholic school and is an NCAA division 2 school.  They just lost to something called Goldy-Beacom Lightning to improve to 0-11 on the year.