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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Husker Nation, you know how this story goes, please pray or give positive vibes to this young buck.
    15 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.
    14 points
  5. 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
  6. Keisei was amazing but don’t forget Brice had 23 points on 8 attempts. Damn that’s efficient.
    14 points
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. The complaints about metrics with margin of victory have decreased ever since we started doling out ass-whoopins this last month
    12 points
  13. 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
  14. WOOHOO! FIRST ROUND NIT HOME GAME, BOYS!!! (Joke never gets old.)
    11 points
  15. 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
  16. Cultish vibe with a new AD who reminds me of Reverend Lovejoy.
    9 points
  17. Shannon just would not take no for an answer today.
    9 points
  18. So So happy for Boogie. Dude could have went 1 of 2 ways this year and he chose solid teammate.
    9 points
  19. BugeaterZ

    2024 B1G Tourney

    After a tough day in Huskerville yesterday, seeing Iowa and Creighton both lose tonight made today a little bit brighter
    9 points
  20. 9 points
  21. 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…
    8 points
  22. Did not see Diop outscoring Dainja in the first half
    8 points
  23. Flew up to Minneapolis with my son today for the game. That was such a fun environment. Husker nation really represented. I am sure.it came across well on TV but we easily had the biggest contingent of fans amongst the four teams this afternoon. That 17-0 run was electric and surreal. Can't wait to pay back Illinois tomorrow. GBR!
    8 points
  24. We are in the semifinals with a very impressive performance. That 17-0 run before half took the heart out of IU. It’s a tough task tomorrow but I want to be playing Sunday.
    8 points
  25. jdw

    NCAA Tournament Watch

    Catskers are the worst, just kidding fu*k jayskers of all kinds.
    8 points
  26. jayschool

    Trev

    Can we add Trav's departure to the sellout streak?
    8 points
  27. CanadianHusker

    Trev

    I’m not trying to tell anyone how to react to the nature of this conversation but my hope is that it won’t spoil the next 2 weeks of Nebrasketball that we have been looking forward to for decades. I agree this news is troubling about the entire wellbeing of NU athletics, but I’m not going to let it dampen my spirits, at least not now. Besides after our sweet 16 run the only Husker news will be about Hoiberg and crew! GBR!
    8 points
  28. I bet Williams and Gary are about to go off in the Big 10 Tournament. Gary for sure should be on the list somewhere for his ability to do everything. Without Williams and Gary this team is a bottom dweller again this year. 4 Iowa players (5 Total) on the Media Honorable Mention, but no Gary or Williams. I hope they both take this personally
    8 points
  29. So much about my 1st game I DON'T remember. I do know I was not 10 yet so it should have been 67-68. It was a game late in the season vs Kansas at the Coliseum. I DO remember it was with my Dad so that automatically made it special. I remember we won and how excited Dad was to beat Kansas. And I remember being told what a good player we had in Stu Lantz.
    7 points
  30. Mine was at the Coliseum also, but Jerry Fort was still in Junior High. 57 years ago in December. Still remember it. Tom Scantelbury was my hero.
    7 points
  31. I think things worked out as well as they could have for transfers this year. Some of the other transfers we went after chose other schools such as Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wake Forest. These three teams didn’t make The Big Tournament (). Our team chemistry that we had this year exceeded my expectations. This coaching staff did one hell of a job this year and made this the most fun I’ve had as a Husker fan in a long time. They found a great mix of players that complement each other well, and that care more about winning as a team vs. individual achievements. I absolutely love this team! Here’s to dancing this year for the first time in a long time….and to hopefully winning our first ever NCAA Tournament game!
    7 points
  32. The good news is that we should still be pretty fresh for tomorrow's game. Hey...we can do this.
    7 points
  33. HB

    Trev

    Solid choice. LeBlanc liked and well respected by coaches, administrators, and faculty.
    7 points
  34. basketballjones

    Trev

    I just want to put it on record that when this hire was made I was pretty clear with everyone that, from my few interactions with him, TA is a pretty cut-throat, nearly non-human robot - so none of this surprises me.
    7 points
  35. Silverbacked1

    Trev

    Is this where we start a new “HIT ROCK BOTTOM” thread ?
    7 points
  36. Chuck Taylor

    Trev

    So, in summation ...
    7 points
  37. hhctony

    Keisei watch

    I am kind of starting to wonder if you DON'T want to do this to build a good, quality, consistent program. Starting throwing money and guys and they are start running the program. But get good, solid players in here that appreciate and get what Fred is doing and wants to build and you have something.
    7 points
  38. Going to mark you down as a Maybe
    7 points
  39. Don’t really remember the first game. Was maybe 4-5 years old in 1964/1965. Do remember standing in line at the Coliseum to get tickets, the bright court and dark stands. An opposing coach said it was like playing in a bowling alley. The popcorn machine in the one corner. The concession where under the bleachers and they put plastic wrap with a rubber band over your drink cup so noting fell into your drink. Then having the Bob open and it was WOW. We got something here. Sitting on the plank seats and getting my first season tickets in 1988. Enjoying the 90’s taking my sons. Then they opened the Taj Mahal with the Vault. Now having 6 season tickets. And still taking middle son to every game. Have gone to at least 1 home game a year since 1964. Only have missed maybe 5-8 home games since 1988. it is just what I do and my sons do. 🩷
    6 points
  40. Amen, brother. We deserve this. Nebrasketball needs to perform on the court, and the fans nationwide will be there every second of the action. It can be a glorious Friday night in Memphis at FedEx Forum, home of the Grizzlies. Let's all have an awesome week of anticipation, enjoy the moment, life's fleeting, breathe every breath. Savor it all. GBR Always.
    6 points
  41. This is very true. But I was thinking of all the reasons we're going to beat them anyway. So ... 1. They can't shoot for shit. 2. Their AD sucks ass. 3. They're from Texas and everyone knows Texas is the worst. Sportswise. 4. They're in the SEC so everyone hates them.
    6 points
  42. I wonder if Shannon will get as much of a standing ovation from Illini fans in court as he does on the court.
    6 points
  43. Yea! There was very little Diop off!
    6 points
  44. B1G Red

    2024 B1G Tourney

    Congrats Hoosiers. Great win, now go out tonight and celebrate!
    6 points
  45. BugeaterZ

    Trev

    Fact: Most people leave their job because of their boss. Most of the rest due to money or family considerations. Or they are fired. It seems money isn't the issue, his family is here, and he wasn't fired. So it was probably his boss. In this case, bosses, who are the Board of Regents right now. Those folks also supervise the President, and they can't keep anyone in that spot. They also supervise the Chancellors, who also keep turning over. People who report to this group keep leaving. Hmmm Also, the University has a massive budget deficit. Why? Well this might be a stretch, but politics are part of that Big ticket items like woke educational institutions are easy targets. The governor and legislature report to the same people as the BoR, voters in Nebraska. That is also politics. We are getting exactly what the majority of voters want. Unlike aTm, Nebraska doesn't have a bottomless pit of money from donors, so without political support, the institution is in trouble. It can't contribute to the stadium expansion at a level to allow the athletic department to compete so Trev is going to a place that can. Just wait til Nebraska gets kicked out of the B1G because of this trend. At least we know Washington St and Oregon St will take our call.
    6 points
  46. hskr4life

    Trev

    Rhule very much came here in part because of Trev and Ted. Ted hiring away the A&M AD was the only reason there was an opening at A&M in the first place. Fred having possibly the best season in Nebrasketball history and who knows what’ll happen if we don’t have an AD. Now the next few weeks will be dominated by this story and not our basketball teams success. Just a crappy situation.
    6 points
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