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Clark often behaves like an arrogant jack-ass. Reese absolutely behaved like a jack-ass. Where are the parents, where are the coaches? Somebody has to recognize that this behavior is just classless and wrong. Justifying one with the other is what is bringing us down as a society. 3 D-1 kids in my family and none would ever behave like that because they were taught not to. Being great should not be an excuse for being an asshole.

LSU wasn't even on the court for the anthem.....hope they blown out big time.

I think Bluder gets to use the exact same defensive strategy vs LSU that she did vs South Carolina. Four players in the paint defending the post and drives, and trying to block out and rebound as best they can. She will invite them to shoot 3's and do what they can to limit Reese, who only takes layups, from killing them just like she did to Boston. Clark whines too much, but she has proven she is the best player in the country by quite a bit.

Congrats to Sam, Jazz, and Izzy...all 3 had wonderful careers. Kansas shot even worse than we did from 3, but shot almost 70% from inside the arc, that might be the problem. Lastly, why not just take the closest good shot? If it's a 3 great, if it's not, its not. They are not worth anything when you miss.

If you dismiss Amy's first year, she was 3-3 vs Iowa in her 3 years BC (Before Clark). When the opponent has the the 4th or so best player in the country its going to get rough. Hopefully it can get back to normal when Clark goes.

You don't see the irony in someone that constantly flops and whines not getting a big call......I certainly do. BTW, she was fouled once for sure by the help defender who slapped/grabbed down, not 7 times like the Michigan guy is saying.

To get fired Whalen had to go 22-47 in conference over the last 4 years. That is awful. We were 24-9, 11-7 just last year and made the tournament. Amy also has 3 years left on her contract. It is unimaginable to me that she would be going anywhere anytime soon. Not judging her coaching ability at all, just comparing numbers. One other recruiting thing that people may or may not be considering.....and that is Nebraska is not that easy to sell up until she gets the recruit to visit campus. I think we get lots of players from say Minnesota and the Dakotas because their weather is even worse than ours.

We made more 3's, we made more free throws, we had more rebounds, we had less turnovers and we still lost. I would say its time we started defending people, especially mid-range and in the lane.

Problem is you can verbally decommit at any time too up to when you officially sign as well. Verbals aren't worth as much these days.

Gustafson may have been the best offensive post player in the country her last 2 years, whereas Kate was a nice B10 player but not near Gustafson offensively...who was? Lets also note that its hard to go too crazy on 7.5 shots a game even at 55%. Cain was more about the D with 3 B10 All defensive teams and all the blocks. BTW Nebraska went 2-2 vs Iowa the 4 times they played in 17-18 and 18-19 as it is a team game requiring role players and chemistry, and that 3rd place 17-18 team was very good thx to Whitish, Eliely, Simon, Cincore, Kissinger, Morton, Wood, Stallworth, Blackburn, Mitchell, etc. Bigger question is, why does Alexis M. only get 9-10 shots now? Answer is wing to post pass has never been a big part of the offense and Izzy beats her to the low post a lot of the time.

This started out being about why we don't have freshmen who impact the program, specifically talking about Amy's recruits. This year it is an issue because Hake gets the most time of the freshman, but certainly not a lot. So I named a bunch of players who Amy recruited in previous years who either started or played a lot beginning their freshman year, that was the only criteria. Nicea was not one of Amy's recruits so I didn't include her, Shepard, Whitish or Simon.

Wait a minute on this freshman thing. Cain and Kissinger were a huge impact. Sam, Ashtyn, and Brown were impact. Issy was kind of impact, and for goodness sake Markowski was an enormous impact just last year. This might be about this year's freshman, but nothing more than that.

33 of our 64 shot attempts were 3's, and we made 7. That's a loser vs anyone. The 3 was meant to make the game more entertaining, but it makes us difficult to watch IMO. Too many players never bother to learn how to score any other way.

You can't count the 1st year with all inherited players, and going 9-10 in 20-21 was nothing short of a miracle with what that team had. The 18-19 and 19-20 are disappointments because all of the positive chemistry from 17-18 was wrecked in the 1st month. Last year was really good (and we should not forget that) and now this year is another disappointment for sure. Next year has to be a bounce back, but with Issy and Jazz future up in the air who knows. As far as I know the foreign players are not allowed any NIL which does not help at all.

That's right. The recruiting is a year ahead. Basically all the high school players are committed before their senior season, and therefore also before the college season is played. Those 4 were all committed before the 17-18 season was played and all thought they were joining a 7-22 type of team. I have another thought too. If Michigan State does not make up the game vs Purdue, which they would lose, they will most likely finish 7-10. We could quite possibly finish 7-11, screwing us again even though we beat them. Admittedly the reason this time is legitimate when 2 years ago they were just ducking the game as they had nothing to gain and everything to lose, and they would have lost.

Not to split hairs, but Sam, Leigha, Ashtyn, and Mershon were signed while the team was a mess and having a 7 or 8 win season. So sometimes players look at a poor record and think immediate playing time. Of course now with the portal and no sitting out, all bets are off. in

With regard to MM, nothing that happens even in the highest level volleyball games or practices translates to basketball. Volleyball players are crazy athletic, but the very last thing they are is physical. There is no contact, no pushing, no shoving, no fighting for position, no elbows, etc......there is a net in the way after all. If she can be great at both all the more power to her and she does not seem to have an issue pushing and shoving, but the games could not be more different from a skill set perspective.

Brown shot 42% for us her 1st year and 43% her 2nd year while averaging between 1.5 and 2 assists per game each of those years. Now she shoots 55%. She had 10 assists today, and 10 passes would have been a month's worth for us. Different system, development, minutes...probably a combination of all 3. She looked to score every time she touched the ball for us and took terrible shots often. Now she lets the game come to her and deserves all the credit......although she still flops and whines a lot.

I think it has more to do with chemistry, roles, and priorities than development. KC was B10 Honorable Mention and all Defensive Team her Jr and Sr years and made it to WNBA camp.....that's not bad, especially with the COVID year being against only B10 teams with no (2 actually) cupcakes too pad the numbers. If you just take the numbers approach, Hannah Whitish peaked as sophomore , dropped off some as a junior, and dropped off even more as a senior. Is that due to lack of development or other things, like who is taking all the shots (LB)? This was supposed to be about, and is about, congratulating Alexis who is a heck of player having a very strong year. Her game is improving whether the numbers say it or not.

Great honor for Alexis. In response to the last 2 comments, while our posts do a decent job feeding each other, getting the ball to the post from a wing has never been a Nebraska priority. Secondly, while Holmes is a great player with great post moves, Czinano's success is very much the result of her getting open layups and bunnies when her defender helps on Clark drives. To her credit, she does catch them all and makes them all.

I still think we can be Illinois twice and finish 10-8 in the B10. They have one great win, and it was vs Iowa. They also lost to Purdue and everyone else you would figure they would lose to. I just don't believe in them or that ranking yet, and think that will work for us.

If you get the ball to AM and Bourne on the block they will score with anybody. I don't think its so much about moves or development as it is about getting them the ball when they have the defender on their back.

Imagine if Clark did not take so many horrendously awful shots.

Blew them out twice in 17-18 and split in 19-20. Not an easy team to beat.

The player development is average because they work to improve the things they already do well rather than on weaknesses, more often than not. The bigger part of this is that each year the player's roles change. Issie is not a worse rebounder, but she is getting less rebounds because she is playing less, down about 8 minutes from last year, and now Jazz and Markowski are getting them. Sam went to the hoop a ton more last year because she was the primary ball handler, now that role is shared with Jazz. Sam's points are down almost 7 per game. Sam, Issie, Kate, Whitish, etc. are not getting worse as they get older, it is just that the roles change each year with the new players who come in. When Mendelson arrives, Alexis will have to adjust some too. Happens to everybody. Coley sacrificed her entire season to be the 5th big this year. Her role has to change, as she will almost certainly move back to perimeter next year and her numbers will greatly improve even though she will be pretty close to the player she is right now.