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  1. Norm Peterson

    23

    Still the most wins in a season for this program since before many of you were born. I'm disappointed. Demoralized. It was embarrassing. The aTm fans were jerks. All of those things. But the sun came up this morning. I have a tee time. And my guys were still the best team we've put out there in close to 3 decades. So, I'm keeping my season tickets and I'll see you all at the vault next fall. Best regards, Norm
    23 points
  2. I just wanted to say I am happiest for you guys (and others who I unintentionally neglected who have been following Husker Hoops for way more years than Matt & Scott & I). EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE - I feel great for ALL OF US. But man... I'm so happy for those who have been around since Cipriano and Iba and even before. I just wanted you guys to know I was thinking about you today leading up to the selection - especially you, Jimmy. I haven't met some of you but I consider you friends. OK, off to watch a Nicholas Sparks movie with all this sap.
    23 points
  3. 17 points
  4. ... in the old Coliseum. Joe Cipriano was the coach. Jerry Fort lost a contact lens and they stopped play for probably 5 minutes while people spread out on the floor looking for it. Never forget it. Guys, I feel like I've paid some dues and earned this.
    17 points
  5. We won 18 total home games the first 3 years Hoiberg was here. What a treat this season has been.
    17 points
  6. aphilso1

    23/24 R.I.P

    Why are we collectively so afraid to call it a great season? Yeah, we got boat raced in the tourney. One and done, I get it it. But the YEAR is on the Mount Rushmore of Husker Hoops seasons. And beyond the wins and losses, this team was a joy to cheer for. The year was fun and exciting and full of far more ups than downs. Don't be afraid to call it what it truly was: great.
    15 points
  7. Tonight hurts. But I refuse to say this season was a failure. So many good memories from this season. Let's do it again next year.
    15 points
  8. I want to thank my dad who bought 4 season tickets in 1988. He said “I think this Danny Nee could get us pretty good”. Enjoyed a fun run in the 90’s. Saw some great finishes against KU and other teams. Endured the end of Nee’s tenure, was hopeful for BC and his “disciplined” style of coaching. Was a proud member of the “6500” as one writer from the OWH coined us. Marveled at the talent of seeing Michael Beasley and Kevin Durant in person. Was entertained by Doc’s personality and him rolling out a bunch of under 6’ guards. Still can hear him call Sek “Sack” And I remember his emotional last press conference like it was yesterday. Introduced my son to PBA and Florida gulf coast’s dunk city - as we continued our season tickets w Tim Miles and Tommy Lee and the UNL drum line - and got hot w the Petteway 26 footers in east Lansing. No Sit Sunday is still my favorite sports moment I’ve ever had with my family. I remember not loving the Baylor matchup and marveled how tall they were. Took my son to every single Nebraska Basketball Buddies with my kids. I was a Miles fan. But was excited and hopeful when we hired Fred. And now, 10 years after Coach Miles got tossed from the game and watched it from the Creighton locker room, here we are. I will cry if we beat Texas A and M. I’m almost 50 and will cry and won’t care who sees me. Go Big Red!!!!!
    15 points
  9. Husker Nation, you know how this story goes, please pray or give positive vibes to this young buck.
    15 points
  10. Norm Peterson

    Keisei watch

    I'll go ahead and say it. Keisei is not the best player to ever play in a Husker uniform. Not even top 10. He'll never have his jersey hanging in the rafters (or will he?). But he ignites like no one I've ever seen. When he's on, with our defense, his offense alone makes us difficult to beat. I've seen him hit so many clutch shots no one else would even attempt. And I'm not talking about deep, heat-check threes. There was one he was cutting baseline from one side of the hoop to the other, catches a bounce pass, and in a single motion, catches, turns, elevates, shoots, makes. From about 8-10 feet. Nobody else takes that shot, let alone makes it. There was no hesitation. No time to think. Didn't give the defense any time to react. Just catches and nails a shot. He's not always on. But when he is, he's scoring at all three levels and defenses don't know what to do about him except try to grab and hold him and hope the officials don't call it. Yeah, he might not be one of the best Husker players of all time. Maybe not even top 10. But he sure as hell has been one of the ten most fun to watch of all time. Even if he wasn't Japanese, the word that would seem to best describe him is "Ninja." Quick, precise, technically masterful, and deadly. And he's going to win us our first NCAA tourney game. Just watch.
    15 points
  11. Wanted to mention how many good minutes Diop gave us - he got really lost on defense only once, but he battled in there overall. And that little baseline jumper was pure. For someone who's played as little as he has, to be on that stage and look like he belonged against Illinois' front line was nice to see. It'll be a big offseason for him developmentally.
    14 points
  12. Keisei was amazing but don’t forget Brice had 23 points on 8 attempts. Damn that’s efficient.
    14 points
  13. Two things 1) We are playing with house money right now and we are really clicking 2) and… this is the most fun with my pants on I can ever remember
    14 points
  14. The Polish Rifle

    Trev

    Probably an unpopular opinion but feel like Trev is a little soft with this move. Trev did a great job, and has legit gripes with university leadership, but let's not act like A&M is the standard of stability - their last president resigned due to political controversy less than a year ago. Trev was very well rewarded financially for his performance (top 10 nationally), had the freedom to do awesome stuff (renovations, vball day, ect), and up until 3 months ago was under an amazing school president. This president search seems to be not great, but at the first sign of rough waters (mind you no large university system is immune to these) and you abandon ship? Doesn't sit well with me.
    14 points
  15. Some may find of interest - nice payoff of silently compiling stats over the last few decades of a rough program I cannot help but love. Note: these rankings are over the last 44 seasons (1980-present) and include the coaching tenures of Iba, Nee, Collier, Sadler, Miles, Hoiberg. Rienk Mast’s 7.8 RPG is the best for a NU player since 2007-08 (Maric, 10.2) NU’s KenPom rank of #32 would be their best final ranking of all time (previous best: #35 (2007-08) NU’s scoring differential of +7.5 PPG is their 3rd-best in the last 40 seasons, behind +9.0 (1990-91), +7.6 (2003-04) NU’s scoring average of 76.8 PPG is NU’s best since 1995-96 (80.2) NU’s free throw shooting percentage of .754 is their second-best since 1980. In 2011-12 they shot .767. NU’s 12 conference wins is their second-most all time behind their 13 in 2017-18. NU’s NET ranking as of 3/11/24 is #37. Including NET’s predecessor RPI, that would be NU’s best ranking since their RPI of #19 in 1993-94. Double-Digit Wins: NU won 18 games by double-figures this year (9 non-con, 9 conference). This is the most since at least 1980. The top 10 in double-digit conference wins: 2023-24: 9 (18 total) *11 vs P6 teams* 1981-82: 8 (12 total) *8 vs P6 teams* 1997-98: 7 (13 total) *8 vs P6 teams* 2017-18: 7 (12 total) *7 vs P6 teams* 1990-91: 6 (18 total) *8 vs P6 teams* 1998-99: 6 (14 total) *7 vs P6 teams* 1980-81: 5 (7 total) *6 vs P6 teams* 1991-92: 5 (11 total) *7 vs P6 teams* 2005-06: 5 (11 total) *6 vs P6 teams* 2015-16: 5 (12 total) *6 vs P6 teams*
    14 points
  16. My only destination today are Mt. Everest or Death Valley.
    13 points
  17. Hoiberg in the post game (when asked about the AD): "I'm all in on this place. I love it. I want to be here."
    13 points
  18. hhcmatt

    Trev

    The posts you stopped making were just wanton political statements about who or who might not be in the White House or whatever hot button issue was on the radio at any particular time....just because you felt like it. For the most part I just let them go because if I dared to just make them disappear, then I had to deal with some tantrum about being repressive like I was the problem. How do you know that I haven't been moderating and that people just aren't throwing a fit over it? You're like the last person to lecture someone about decorum on this site. I don't particularly like off topic stuff on this site in general but I tolerate it if for no other reason I don't do this to be miserable about rules. A debate about who is on the All-Big 10 team? Of course. A back and forth about guilty until proven innocent for a guy from Illinois? Is that really what this site is about? As far as the politics of the university, it unfortunately seems a lot more germane than the legal status of Terrance Shannon, doesn't it? I honestly don't know who is to blame for Ted Carter and now Trev Alberts leaving. I'm willing to be uncomfortable about it though because it's regarding athletics at Nebraska.
    13 points
  19. It was a season that no one thought was possible. And we get a top 4 seed in the B1G tourney and the first win in Huskers' history at Michigan.
    13 points
  20. Ulis if he has to battle Perkins again at PG for minutes
    12 points
  21. Need to bring William Kyle home. He's gonna have a lot of offers. He is turning into an absolute monster. Same dawg mentality as Allick, but a bit taller, more explosive and a lot longer. 6'9" with a 7'3" wingspan and 40+ inch vertical. I heard that he led the country in dunks this year. Can't figure out how to verify if that's true. Summit League DPOY, first team all-conference, conference tournament MVP. Shoots 62% from the field and is a real rim protector. Humble kid, academic all-conference. I'd take him over Omoruyi or any other big in the portal and not because he's from Omaha.
    12 points
  22. Really? I thought the A&M coach was awful. They had an athletic and physical team; but schematicaly did nothing to leverage them. The ex-A&M player turned announcer kept referencing their injuries without referencing our injury. Amy never panicked and despite an underwhelming 4th quarter, pulled out the win. This Nebraska coach, who many bash, now has a team, that leverages the entire roster, in the top 32 in the entire country. A team that is now in the top 10% in the country. A team that had, arguably, it's best player in foul trouble within the first 3 minutes, yet prevailed. I'm really, really unsure what people want or see when the see this Husker team compete. But for me, I see a few exceptional players typically perform at a high level, and I see role players who work hard plugging gaps and oftentimes excel when asked.
    12 points
  23. Gotta get more athletic. Last 2 games hammered that point home.
    12 points
  24. All I have to say is: Fuck Trev Alberts Fuck Johnny Manziel Thank you Keisei
    12 points
  25. The complaints about metrics with margin of victory have decreased ever since we started doling out ass-whoopins this last month
    12 points
  26. Norm Peterson

    Trev

    Y'know, it's fine for him to chase his dream of making NFL type money. Couldn't do it as a player. Gets his break as an AD. That's all fine. It just really REALLY pisses me off that the timing of this is done when all the attention should be on Nebraska basketball right now, both men's and women's but especially men's because we're in some unchartered territory on the good end of things for once. This is unfair to those guys.
    12 points
  27. I put together a piece for Hail Varsity on Josiah's senior day performance and what this season has meant to him if anyone is interested in reading it. https://hurrdatsports.com/nebraska-mens-basketball/senior-day-win-storybook-ending-for-josiah-allick-at-pinnacle-bank-arena/
    12 points
  28. Very underrated aspect of the team this regular season: With a win tonight, we have officially guaranteed that the longest losing streak this team has had this year is 2 losses. Incredible.
    12 points
  29. At the end of the game I understood why Lawrence was called for his offensive foul. But then on the very next play,.that same call is not made against Battle. That summed up the officiating for the game.
    12 points
  30. Dalton Knecht transferred from Northern Colorato and became a first team AP All American at Tennessee. Knecht at Northern Colorado, 2023: 20.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.8 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.6 bpg, 38.1 3P%, 47.9 FG%, 77.1 FT% Thomas at Northern Colorado, 2024:19.7 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.7 spg, 0.9 bpg, 33.0 3P%, 47.2 FG%, 86.8 FT%
    11 points
  31. aphilso1

    Keisei watch

    Brad Davison: Man I wish I could play college ball forever. Too bad it finally had to come to an end. Grant Gibbs: Yeah man, those were the days. Keisei: Hold my sake.
    11 points
  32. I want to thank my mom who took me to my first game in 1965. The only thing that scares me is the Huskers winning a game, because watching them win an NCAA game is the second to last thing on my bucket list…
    11 points
  33. WOOHOO! FIRST ROUND NIT HOME GAME, BOYS!!! (Joke never gets old.)
    11 points
  34. Moos list of names: 1. Johnnie Walker 2. Evan Williams 3. Elijah Craig 4. George Dickel 5. Pappy Van Winkle 6. Jack Daniel 7. Jim Beam
    11 points
  35. 11 points
  36. J-Law quickly vaulted up my list with how genuine he greeted my bro and I after such a painful defeat in Memphis. He was so kind and gracious with his time (while his own 'bro' waited...) that I leaned in for a hug. He wished us well on our journey home. Wow, that's an impressive young man. He could have been surly and sulked, he chose to be a great human being. And that means a lot to a big NU fan, I'll sing his praises as long as I live. That's a good dude, J-Law. GBR Always.
    10 points
  37. AGHANSEN

    Wilcher

    I'm glad that CJ stuck it out the last three years. He won us a couple games this year especially the Wisconsin game. He is a guy we should all be rooting for in his final collegiate season.
    10 points
  38. To me the big picture is we built an identity two years ago, we added on to it last season successfully, and we need to continue to build with with the best guys we can find who fit that identity
    10 points
  39. Chuck Taylor

    2024 Portal Watch

    Asking for a friend: Can we hold off with the 2024-2025 lineups for a week or so until everything settles out?
    10 points
  40. I would add Jamarques Lawrence to that list.
    10 points
  41. HuskerFever

    Roll Call

    It's game day! This team is going to need every single one of us to support them, whether in the arena or sitting at home. Where are you planning to watch the win today? Inside FedExForum? Couch fisting your living room furniture? At a local bar? Too terrified to watch so you just listen to Kent on the radio? For those who want to be at the came but can, just know you're right there with each and every one of us. For those who are at the game, make 10x the noise for each and everyone who couldn't be there. LET'S GET A WIN TODAY!
    10 points
  42. I have said this over and over again; talent is highly overrated IF high character and work ethic doesn't come with it. Nebraskans insist on the latter two. Alonzo Verge was much more athletic than Sam Griesel. Who would you rather have on our team? So I am definitely not discounting the need to become stronger, longer and more athletic. But it has to be the right fit in order to make sure this program continues to move forward.
    10 points
  43. Great season and great progress for this program. I’m really proud of them, even if we didn’t get to see our best offensive games this weekend. Jaz is a Husker legend and more than that, she is an amazing person and role model for future generations. She will be missed, but she laid a solid foundation to continue to build on.
    10 points
  44. This is how I feel right now “Don’t cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
    10 points
  45. He saw Breidenbach playing for UW and started looking for a change of scenery.
    10 points
  46. I was just happy #24 for Michigan is going to be okay. I was concerned for him after Brice shoved him so hard.
    10 points
  47. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that, for a team not exactly flush with ball handlers, our press break is actually technically pretty sound? I remember with past coaching staffs, this was not a strong suit of ours. Too much dribbling. Too much dribbling into trouble. Too much dribbling into traps. It was always an adventure when we'd face a pressing team. And maybe my memory is off, but it seems like Dana Altman's Creighton squads would sometimes make us look silly. And I can still remember Lance Jeter trying to break the press all by himself, one against the world. This team seems to know how to find the spots in the zone and where the next pass needs to go. Rienk will hit the spot at center court, for example, and know that CJ will be streaking down the sidelines for that next pass before he even gets the ball. We've gotten stuck sometimes when we've tried to dribble too much. But, by and large, I've been pretty impressed with this team's ability to break the press. The best news is we're finally winning enough and in position to hold leads that other teams are having to press us. And we're responding pretty well.
    10 points
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