You were expecting Dimes, maybe! Seriously, Dimes is traveling and asked that something be posted - so here goes (minus Dimes' scintillating 'Skinny' of course) I know, I know, Dimes hurry on back. 
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#124 Huskers 13-14 (5-10 B1G) @ #15 Ohio State 19-8 (8-6 B1G)
Tough Game coming up @ Ohio State, the #15 team in the KenPom rankings. OSU will be very Upset after Back-to-Back losses to Michigan and Michigan State. Even if OSU looks past us, with Purdue and Wisconsin left on the schedule, they’ll be looking to get back into the Win Column with a Vengeance.
Huskers Desperately Need a Road Win! 
Anything can happen – Upset to Beat-Down!
Huskers will have to play their “Best Game of the Season” to come out with a Win, especially on the Road!
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Links: Game Page, Pre-Game Notes, Audio/Visual & Live Game Stats
o Huskers Game Page:
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.d...&DB_OEM_ID=100
o Live Game Stats – ESPN (click on ‘Box Score’):
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreb...0226&confId=50
o Audio Link: http://www.huskers.com/liveEvents/li...&DB_OEM_ID=100
o Satellite Radio (OSU Feed): Sirius (91), XM (91)
o Announcers (ESPN): Rece Davis & Dan Dakich
o Radio: Kent Pavelka & Jake Muhleisen
o Game Officials: To Be Announced
o Opening line: Huskers are 14 Point Under_Dogs
(Scouting Ohio State Thread: http://board.huskerhoopscentral.com/topic/7072-scouting-ohio-st/)
If we are to bounce back in the final two weeks of the regular season, we’ll need strong performances from Terran Petteway (18.1 ppg), Shavon Shields (15.7 ppg) and Walter Pitchford (13.7 ppg in his last three games, with 19 vs Maryland). Rfr Nick Fuller averaged 8.5 ppg the last two games (12 points @ Maryland) with 5 rebounds in each game.
Defense will be critical. Ohio State is a balanced squad which is second in the Big Ten in scoring offense (77.2 ppg) and third in scoring defense (61.2 ppg). OSU shoots nearly 50 percent from the field as a team and is holding opponents to 39 percent shooting. Freshman D’Angelo Russell is their lead scorer (19.0 ppg) and rebounder (5.8 rpg) with 5.4 assists per game.
Marc Loving averages 10.9 ppg (51 percent 3-point range) and Sam Thompson is at 10.3 ppg. Senior point guard Shannon Scott lead the B1G in assists (6.1 per game), and Jae’Sean Tate averages 8.4 ppg on 58 percent shooting.
Probable Starters
Nebraska 2014-15 stats
No. Name * Pos Yr. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG Other
5 Terran Petteway G Jr 6-6 215 27/27 18.2 5.0 2.9 Apg
11 Tarin Smith G Fr 6-2 175 27/2 4.3 1.7 0.6 Apg
21 Leslee Smith F Sr 6-8 255 13/5 3.1 2.4 0.5 Apg
31 Shavon Shields G/F Jr 6-7 221 27/27 15.3 6.1 2.2 Apg
35 Walter Pitchford F Jr 6-10 237 27/27 7.5 4.7 0.5 Bpg
Likely Bench
0 Tai Webster G So 6-4 199 26/4 4.0 2.0 1.2 Apg
2 David Rivers F Sr 6-7 200 26/22 4.0 3.8 0.7 Apg
3 Benny Parker G Jr 5-9 172 27/22 4.7 2.4 1.9 Apg
23 Nick Fuller F RFr 6-7 207 14/1 2.3 1.4 0.3 Apg
Ohio State 2014-15 stats
No. Name * Pos Yr. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG Other
0 D’Angelo Russell G Fr 6-5 180 27/27 19.0 5.8 5.4 Apg
1 Jae’Sean Tate F Fr 6-4 230 27/8 8.4 4.9 58% FG
3 Shannon Scott G Sr 6-1 185 27/27 7.6 3.6 6.1 Apg
12 Sam Thompson F Sr 6-7 200 27/27 10.3 3.7 0.9 Bpg
23 Amir Williams C Sr 6-11 250 25/21 6.7 5.0 1.7 Bpg
Possible Starter
2 Marc Loving F So 6-7 215 24/19 10.9 3.8 48.6% FGs; 50.6% 3-Ptrs
Player to Watch:
#0 - D’Angelo Russell (Michigan held the talented freshman to 16 pts on 6-of-15 in their loss).
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