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  1. I have been mostly lurking but have a few thoughts . . . Last night totally sucked and felt like a punch in the gut just as happens in most Nebraska basketball seasons. However, this is still the most basketball gifted youthful team we have had in 15 years. In the past a game like this might have been an experienced team that was overachieving but could not get over the hump. This is a talented, young team that can get out of its own way. I would rather have the latter. In 2012 we finished last in the conference with a Kenpom rating of 150 In 2013 we finished 10th in the conference with a Kenpom rating of 130 Unfortunately from the 2013 team we lost what Kenpom considered a major contributor in Talley and a significant contributor in Ubel. Only what Kenpom considered roll players in Gallegos and Shields returned. In my opinion this is year 1 of the building process unfortunately. And while our Kenpom might be slightly inflated because of our strength of schedule, let's let it play out and see if we don't take a little step up from last year. In order to move up in this league you need guys that are key players to return for a year or two like Petteway, Webster and Shields etc. will be doing next year. It is painful to watch and a little gross seeing how the sausage is made, but Coach Miles knows how to build programs and with the athletic department's commitment to basketball we are not going to be down forever. P.S. Thank you everyone who sucked me into the NCAA thoughts after the Ohio State game. Jerks!
    5 points
  2. Facial expression does not always equal attitude. Petteway wears it on his sleeve but he does not quit. You don't finish the Ohio State game like he did if you are off pouting about your turnovers.
    4 points
  3. So who do we want with the ball in their hands when the game is on the line? The guy who makes the play, right? At the end of the Michigan game Biggs had the ball in hand when Miles called the timeout and put the ball in Petteway's hands. He missed and we all screamed that he should've let the ultra quick Biggs go and make the final play. Now tonight, Biggs gets the nod and turns it over and now we all scream that Petteway should've had the ball. Bottom line is whoever has it, make the damn play so we win and don't have to second guess.
    3 points
  4. HoiBall

    Attitudes

    The attitudes from the players on this team are sometimes borderline embarrassing. This is not a team with a lot of maturity and there is zero senior leadership. Petteway and Shields (as much as I love their potential) have a ways to go in terms of having that 'winning attitude'. As much as it may hurt to lose a game like last nights at PSU, pouting and throwing a fit won't help anything. I know Miles has said it before, but this team needs to LEARN HOW TO WIN. Winning a game at home against a team shooting 6-21 from 3 is more about getting lucky. I will forever love Nebrasketball and will be there Sunday supporting the boys, but building a mental toughness will be the biggest key for this team going forward this year.
    2 points
  5. Tai- Freshman. First year living in a new country and playing U.S basketball Shields- Soph that missed first half of season last year. Petteway- Soph that barely played as a freshman Pitchford- Soph that barely played as a freshman Biggs- First year of D1 basketball Smith- Played very little minutes before this year. All these guys will be back next year and be much improved. Plus we'll have some new additions too: Hammond, Fuller, Unknown recruits/transfers.
    2 points
  6. TheGov21

    Are we selfish or...

    I don't think this team is selfish I just think they just have a lot of guys that have that scoring mentality and it's lending to rushed shots and poor offense. I think if there were more clearly defined roles or more "glue" guys then I think it would be better. That's why I'm such a big fan of Rivers. He doesn't have to have the ball. Same with Smith. He's at his best when he's getting rebounds and buckets from other guys.
    2 points
  7. Uh-oh...pet peeve alert... Don't write off the freshman half way through his freshman season...
    2 points
  8. No one looked like they wanted to step up last night. We played solid D in the first half and rebounded well with everyone going for boards in a team approach. This changed especially down the stretch. I think the most disconcerting thing was you would think we would have some confidence and momentum ... The arena is empty and quiet ... Penn State was not playing well ... And we didn't keep the hammer down. We looked a bit content at that point and it ended up leading to panic mode and a complete collapse. And these things aren't strange I suppose with a young, inexperienced team but we folded after you'd think we'd have a bit more "want to" and energy after a decent win this week. I know Petteway is new here but this is his 3rd year around D1 hoops ... Biggs is new to D1 but is older - these two especially need to get on more of an even keel. It can be good to wear your emotions on your sleeve but the body language and emotional overreaction is damaging to the entire team especially when we are inexperienced and young. If, Petteway especially, you want to be a leader you have to find an emotional center and be a bit more stable, especially when the going gets tough. I try not to overreact to these losses but this one was REALLY there for the picking ... to have a fairly decent lead with PSU playing poorly and zero energy in the arena, this is especially problematic. On to the next game ... We tend to play well at home but we are going to be dealing with a tempo we don't always handle so well. I would feel a bit better about our future prospects if we had a few more scholarships to give ... We could have some transfers I suppose (Benny, Sergei?) but Miles seems to like Benny as an insurance policy at guard and Sergei seems pretty content here. Is Miles the type of guy to say "you know I like you guys, buuuuut ..."? GO B1G RED!
    2 points
  9. I don't see a selfish team. I see a team that's still learning how to play together. Selfish is a team that is trying to do what's best for them. I don't see players doing that. I see players that do actually want to win and do as much as they can to help in that effort.
    2 points
  10. The gripe there was that Biggs had a step on his guy when Miles got the timeout called. If we need a guy to take a last shot, it should be Petteway...he can create his own shot and hit from inside and outside. Yes but my point being we are always going to go back and second guess, just like we did in the Michigan play scenario, when we don't convert. It comes down to who can make the play. Right now nobody has yet. Biggs can also create his own shot and hit from inside or outside but you need to hold onto the ball to do either. Terrible turnovers.
    2 points
  11. 2 points
  12. I don't have ESPNU and listened to Pavelka instead. Which probably explains why I'm the only one on this board right now who doesn't have the urge to poke his eyeballs out.
    2 points
  13. Play Rivers and we win. In crunch time we needed a scrappy play/defensive stop. I'm confident Rivers would have got a rebound, steal or block just like the Ohio State game. I hate our roster management. It sucks.
    2 points
  14. I can't tell you that he's going to lead us anywhere either. It's a scary time. We have the best facilities and a full house of fans, but haven't turned the corner yet with recruiting or wins. What I do see is a guy who is a master at handling the public, the press, his players. Most games has an insightful game plan. He deserves seven years because we don't have any better alternatives and that may well be how long it takes to get this program turned around. So sit back and relax. It's going to be a long ugly haul to the first division in the Big Ten.
    2 points
  15. You, sir, have slandered pillows. They're comfy, give our heads rest, and can be used by skilled assassins to great effect. How about marshmallows? Or maybe Junior Soakers ?
    2 points
  16. tcp

    How good are we?

    Babies gotta teethe and all that. Let's wait until next year to fire up the cannibal cauldrons for the new regime.
    2 points
  17. 2 points
  18. Burn the black jerseys now
    2 points
  19. I don't think those things are necessary in order to comment about our coaches' shortcomings. And even if you had those things, I'm not sure that would qualify you to necessarily offer an informed opinion. And even without those things, I think you could still offer an informed opinion because other bases of knowledge will sometimes come into play. Allow me to offer a hypothetical example: Let's say we're in a crucial game against an upper division B1G foe and we're in a tight game through halftime. And let's say in the 2nd half, Petteway plays a few minutes, doesn't do anything special, and then takes a seat on the bench for several minutes while the other team goes on a run. Then Miles puts him back in for a few minutes more during which we climb back into it, and then Miles pulls him for the rest of the game and the other team then goes on one more run to put the game away. The meltdown from all the highly-credentialed message board posters on this forum would be epic. What an idiot our coach is. Can't manage his talent. Has no sensible substitution pattern. Sitting our best player for no apparent reason. We would have won the game if that idiot coach hadn't benched our best player during crucial parts of the game when the other team went on their run. Jeesh, how did we get saddled with such an idiot for a coach? But, let's say there was something more going on that the general public wasn't aware of. Let's say Petteway had caught a touch of the flue, told the coach he thought he'd give it a try to play that game and just got wiped out playing in the first half and took himself out in the 2nd half and told Coach Miles he was feeling too weak to go back in. Let's just say. Hypothetically. Would that additional information alter your perspective on what an idiot our coach is? Sometimes the decisions the coaching staff makes might not be readily apparent to an outsider. Insiders, whether they coached or not, might be aware of relevant information that the general public doesn't know about. Sometimes, you don't have all the data to second-guess decisions that were made. And what you have to say about something, while certainly appropriate for message board discussion, still needs to be taken with a grain of salt. In other words, say what you want but, unless you were a fly on the wall, your conclusions might not be based on all the necessary factual information. Take your post, for example. It implies the assumption that Miles isn't taking guys aside, coaching them up, and putting them back in games. Yes, he's doing that. Sometimes he doesn't even take them out of games to do it. Sometimes, he just calls them over while someone else is shooting freethrows to give them some extra coaching. That small bit of information that is available only to people who have watched the games makes all the difference in the world in answering your question, right? So, imagine how much information we don't know, stuff that takes place behind closed doors, would answer so many other questions. So, criticize the coach all you want.
    1 point
  20. Silverbacked1

    Attitudes

    I thought Rivers is gone after this year to make room for all the new guys.
    1 point
  21. Uh-oh...pet peeve alert... Don't write off the freshman half way through his freshman season... Yeah, really. Webster is the best freshman PG we've seen around here in a LOOOOONG time. .Webster will be just fine, sorry he isnt wiggins, or ennis, or parker and is just dropping 20 every night (even though they are not even doing that) im willing to bet Lue had his struggles, good luck find a juco guard who is 6'4 204 and has better potential than Tai that will come to NU. Lue averaged 8.5 PPG, 3 RPG, 4.1 APG, shot 68.8% from the line. His shooting percentages on FG and 3's stayed fairly constant through his career, but his FT% jumped big time from his FR to SO years. So far Tai's averaging 5.7/2.2/2.3, shooting 60% from the line. He's also playing about 3 minutes less per game than Lue did. So many variables to Tai's situation. Coming from overseas, being away from home for the first time, not family. I think sometimes we forget the human element to these kids and expect them to be robots that are programmed exactly how we think they should be. He's talented and he will get better! Anyone who has ever played Division 1 athletics will understand the growth that takes place. Oh, no doubt and it's not necessarilly a parallel progression with Lue either. I think it's too early to even hint at a verdict on the kid.
    1 point
  22. Uh-oh...pet peeve alert... Don't write off the freshman half way through his freshman season... Yeah, really. Webster is the best freshman PG we've seen around here in a LOOOOONG time. .Webster will be just fine, sorry he isnt wiggins, or ennis, or parker and is just dropping 20 every night (even though they are not even doing that) im willing to bet Lue had his struggles, good luck find a juco guard who is 6'4 204 and has better potential than Tai that will come to NU. Lue averaged 8.5 PPG, 3 RPG, 4.1 APG, shot 68.8% from the line. His shooting percentages on FG and 3's stayed fairly constant through his career, but his FT% jumped big time from his FR to SO years. So far Tai's averaging 5.7/2.2/2.3, shooting 60% from the line. He's also playing about 3 minutes less per game than Lue did. So many variables to Tai's situation. Coming from overseas, being away from home for the first time, not family. I think sometimes we forget the human element to these kids and expect them to be robots that are programmed exactly how we think they should be. He's talented and he will get better! Anyone who has ever played Division 1 athletics will understand the growth that takes place.
    1 point
  23. Uh-oh...pet peeve alert... Don't write off the freshman half way through his freshman season... Yeah, really. Webster is the best freshman PG we've seen around here in a LOOOOONG time.
    1 point
  24. This team plays so undisciplined at times it makes you want to pull your hair out. It is almost like Miles is letting them play this way at times to prove a point to them that they need to be more disciplined to win. "Ok guys, I will let you do it your way and when that doesn't work, then you try it my way." I think that they will grow as a team eventually. Maybe not this year, but next. I think this is what you see in a building process. 2 steps forward and then 1 step back(or vice versa).
    1 point
  25. Great post. To tack on to it, we have the same core group of guys coming back next year. Will they figure out how to close games by the start of B1G season next year?
    1 point
  26. THIS I actually liked the Black jersey's. I hope they wear them again as they looked awesome and were not the reason we lost.
    1 point
  27. But yes, more than anything.. Biggs was absolutely awful. 1-4 from the line. Leaves his guy late to give up a wide open 3, horrible turnovers and bone headed decisions. Ball should be in Terran's hands late. Also, why Pitch for Leslie on last possession? You want another shooter? fine, I'll buy that but Walt screened and rolled to the room, pretty sure I would rather have Leslie setting the screen & rolling to the rim. Miles was brutal down the stretch, just like the team. Embarrassing loss.
    1 point
  28. I watched the game on my postage stamp sized ESPNU last night and here are some thoughts. 1. The anonymous, fourth string announcers were a good choice for this game. The best part of the commentary was the "Free Beiber" sign a student held up behind them. 2. This pretty well puts to rest the long thread about standing, screaming fans having a lot to do with the team's motivation to win. It is pretty hard for an empty seat to do either and somehow the PSU team was able to fuel an impressive comeback. 3. Mediocre teams have difficulty building momentum. Like the stock market, fans have to ignore the peaks and valleys and look at the big picture. 4. Right now, if we put the these coaches' names in a hat and drew them out, who would we like to draw , Chambers, Pitino, Collins, or Miles? And what will be the correct answer in 5 years?? 5. Can we burn the black uniforms now?
    1 point
  29. colhusker

    Are we selfish or...

    I had no issue with the shot, he was open. We just don't have anyone that can knock that down on a consistent basis yet. Biggs tried to do way to much and there was not enough River sightings tonight. The team lack energy all night and Rivers at least brings that to the table.
    1 point
  30. However, the players making this team volatile were brought in by THIS STAFF. Surely they knew what they were getting in to?? Of course they know. It's a very young team with only minimal player leadership. Bad things are going to happen to you, and we need to accept that at some level. This is a season where you just gotta take the good when you get it, and et through the bad when that comes as well. Now if they're playing like this next season, it's a different discussion.
    1 point
  31. Many people have been calling for Biggs to be the primary PG for some time now. I think tonight illustrated why that probably isn't the best idea right now. He simply cannot handle the point IMO. He just can't handle the ball in pressure well enough, and he doesn't make good decisions in running the offense. Biggs is an electric player who is fun to watch and definitely can be an asset to this team. But unfortunately, he is a 6'0" shooting guard, which is very small for the 2 guard position and Miles' options in using him in games. Mabye he can develop into an effective PG, but it is going to take time and a lot of work. He must get much stronger with the ball and much better at decision making to get there. Until he gets there, I think he should primarily play the 2 guard. With that said, Tai did not do much better tonight. We need to get better PG play, no doubt about it.
    1 point
  32. NUdiehard

    Are we selfish or...

    Unlike most, I don't have a problem with Walt's shot. It was shot with about 49 seconds on the clock, which allowed a 2 for 1 opportunity. It was out of a time out and I think it was actually intended to be a quick shot for that reason, which actually made me happy b/c it is the first time all year I have seen Miles call the 2 for 1. And, it actually worked, b/c PSU failed to convert on its possession and we got the ball back still down just 2 with plenty of time on the clock. But that is when Biggs went Biggs and lost the dribble, resulting in a dunk and 1. Ball game. The shot by Walt was not he problem and was not selfish IMO. If anything, I think it was the play that was designed by Miles during the TO.
    1 point
  33. Lose tonight and...... Ughhhhhh
    1 point
  34. what Good would that do us? It would make me happy.
    1 point
  35. so what if other people are going overboard? it's not a reason to get *angry* with them, for crying out loud. You make it sound like they hit you with their cars or something. There's always going to be people who constantly look for reasons to jump off the ledge, and others who think every win is a harbinger of impending championships. That's life as a fan. Control what you can control.
    1 point
  36. They definitely played down to their competition tonight.
    1 point
  37. So can someone tell me why Miles is going to lead us anywhere that Doc and Barry couldn't, because I'm honestly not seeing it.
    1 point
  38. Ohio State now means nothing, as I said in the Report Card after. Truly pathetic. Doesn't matter who the coach or players or opponent or even the conference is. It's the same old schtick. This is pathetic, year two of new era of year five. You played in front of 600 people with a team that scored 22 in the first half and was 0-5. No excuses. Pathetic.
    1 point
  39. Enough with the name calling.
    1 point
  40. It is the fault of the uniforms. Red on black is hard to make out.
    1 point
  41. Most encouraging thing is that we have bought in and also started to learn how to play better team defense. That was a necessary stop if we were going to have a chance to save the season.
    1 point
  42. 1 point
  43. Well then, how about the issue of getting me a key to your PBA liquor cabinet?
    1 point
  44. This post was forwarded to me so I signed up to join the conversation. I'm not looking to post anonymously. This is Tom Lorenz, General Manager of Pinnacle Bank Arena. The spokespersons for the arena are myself and my Assistant General Manager and neither one of us made any official or unofficial statements about the court storming. No media talked to us about this topic. I'm not going to use this forum to make an official statement other than to say we celebrated the win over OSU with as much excitement and enthusiasm as the students and other fans. There are several issues to address regarding "court storming". We discussed the possibility of that successful outcome before the game and we prepared for the exact scenario that unfolded at the end of the game. Any decisions regarding future access to the court post game will involve a lengthy discussion that will take in to consideration all of the components associated with "court storming" and that discussion will include University of Nebraska Athletic Department officials. The event is UNL's event, the floor is the property of the City of Lincoln / West Haymarket Joint Public Agency. Thanks to all of you for your passion about Men's and Women's Husker Basketball. We share that passion and we will consider that component as we make good decisions going forward. No decision has been made about future court storming's but there clearly are issues to consider that have significant impact that would provide reasoning for continuing and stopping the practice into the future. We will weigh those issues carefully.
    1 point
  45. hhcmatt

    Scouting Minnesota

    I'm setting the number of times you guys refer to Pitino as DIck at 10,000 and taking the over.
    1 point
  46. For the same reason why I swerve across all lanes of traffic, didn't the taxpayers help pay for this arena? They should be able to storm the court whenever they want.
    1 point
  47. Ha...they dont have anywhere near the security to stop it.
    1 point
  48. Not surprising. After the games the floor monitors don't even allow you to make one step on the very corner of the wood floor when rounding the corner. They treat it like the Sistene Chapel. Wish they gave one ounce of the same consideration to the food served in the joint. Give me a break; PBA can bite me.
    1 point
  49. What are they going to do? Install a moat?
    1 point
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