This Was The Season That Was! MBB - 2016/2017

[Red Don]

2016 /17 Men’s Basketball Game & TV Schedule

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                                                GOOOOOO

 

Huskers (12-19) (6-13) KenPom ranking #105 (@ 3/7/17)

Next-Up:

SEASON OVER -

 

Last Game:
B1G Tournament @ Washington, DC, Wed, 3/8 Thru Sun, 3/12
Wed, 3/8, Huskers (#12 seed) vs Penn State (#13 seed, #82 KenPom)

Huskers down as much as 11 pts early, fight to a 60-all tie, forcing OT in an exciting, Heart-Pill Game; faltering at the end to lose 76-67.

 

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Quick Run-Down:

 

(Exhibition Game)
Mon, 11/7 vs Chadron State, (98-45) - Huskers Readily Handle Over-Matched Chadron St. Newcomers Impress!

 

Out-of-Conference (Record 6-6)

 

Sun, 11/13 vs Sacramento State (#252), (W, 83-61) - Huskers leading by 3 @ the Half, overcome 1st Half jitters to win by 22 pts.

Tue, 11/15 vs University of Mary (#nr), (W, 70-38) - Huskers win handily, newcomers gaining experience.

Sat, 11/19 vs Louisiana Tech (#149), (W, 65-54) - Good Defensive Effort, Tai & Jack w/> 20 pts ea & 87% FTs make the difference.

 

(DirecTV Wooden Legacy – @ Southern Calif.  Record 1-2; Fourth Place)
Thu, 11/24 vs Dayton (#38), (W, 80-78) - Huskers Shine in an Exciting, Heart-Stopping Finish! Miles w/350th career Win!
Fri, 11/25 vs UCLA (#23), (L, 82-71) - Huskers Hang w/UCLA, losing in a much closer game than score indicates
Sun, 11/27 vs Virginia Tech (#39), (L, 66-53) - Huskers lose by 13 pts; Place Fourth in Tournament. Lackluster game both teams.

 

(Big Ten/ACC Challenge; Series Record 3-3)
Wed, 11/30 @ Clemson (#33), (L, 60-58) - Defense & P-I-P (pts-in-paint) carry Huskers to a down-to-the-wire, nail-biter loss

 

Sat, 12/3 vs South Dakota (#242), (W, 73-61) - Hot Huskers up by 22 pts, cool-off; Survive So Dakota Scare;  back in Win column

Wed, 12/7 vs Creighton (#22), (L, 77-62) - Hot-Handed Creighton Comes back in 2nd Half to Out-Shoot Cold Cornhuskers, 46-32  
Sat, 12/10 @ Kansas (#5), (L, 89-72) -  Huskers lose to AP ranked #3 Kansas; outscore the Jayhawks in no-quit 2nd half
Sun, 12/18 vs Gardner-Webb (#230), (L,70-62) - Huskers Mirror Weather in Loss - Ice-Cold @ Perimeter, FTs & In-the-Paint
Tue, 12/20 vs Southern (#242), (W, 81-76) - Hot-Shooting Horne Helps Huskers Hustle to Win

 

B1G Conference Play (Record 6-12)
(All conf games will be on Broadcast TV - BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, etc)

 

Wed, 12/28 @ Indiana (#15), (W, 87-83) - Miles Zaps Hoosiers 26-game Home Winning Streak (as huskercwg says: We Suck So Good! )

2017

Sun, 1/1 @ Maryland (#55), (W, 67-65) - Huskers win fm 13 down. 2-0 in conf; Prove they BELONG in B1G! (Who IS that Team in Black?)
Thu, 1/5 vs Iowa (#75), (W, 93-90, 2OT) - Huskers win Thriller in 2nd OT; now 3-0 in conf, despite worst officiated game, Ever
(or, when did Karl Hess come back? )
Sun, 1/8 vs Northwestern (#44), (L, 74-66) - Huskers lead Northwestern at Halftime but lose down the stretch
Sat, 1/14 @ Michigan, (#46), (L, 91-85) - Huskers keep it close all the way; R Fun to watch regardless unbelievable disparity in foul calls: team jacking up treys (26); team going to the rim (5)
Wed, 1/18 vs Ohio State (#56), (L, 67-66) - Huskers leading by 8 at the half, lose heart-breaker at the End. A Tale of two Halves!
Sat, 1/21 @ Rutgers (#136), (L, 65-64) - Huskers find a way to lose, by one point, again.  Beyond heart-break

Thu, 1/26 @ Northwestern (#31), (L, 73-61) - Huskers Fall at Northwestern

Sun, 1/29 vs Purdue (#11), (W, 83-80) -  Huskers Slug it out, toe-to-toe with #20 Purdue; Last Man Standing WINS 83-80

Thu, 2/2 vs Michigan State (#53), (L, 72-61) - Hobbled Huskers can't hold off hot-shooting MSU, lose by 11 after being down 17 pts

Sun, 2/5 @ Iowa (#75), (L, 81-70) - Injury-plagued Huskers keep in striking distance until lateTai gets 1,000th career pt
Thu, 2/9 vs Wisconsin (#10), (L, 70-69) - Morrow Rtns & Roby Shines as Huskers Battle #7 Wiscy, point for point; lose by 1pt in OT

Tue, 2/14 vs Penn State (#80), (W, 82-66) - Huskers dominate 2nd Half, run-away 82-66 & clear the bench. Heart-pills not needed
Sat, 2/18 @ Ohio State(#62), (W, 58-57) - Huskers trail all game, Win in last sec vs ref-assisted Buckeyes, avenge last meeting!

Huskers trail all game, Win in last sec vs ref-assisted Buckeyes, avenge last meeting!

Huskers trail all game, Win in last sec vs ref-assisted Buckeyes, avenge last meeting!

Thu, 2/23 @ Michigan State (#55), (L, 88-72) - Cold-Shooting Huskers blown-out in the paint @ East Lansing

Sun, 2/26 vs Illinois (#69), (L, 73-57) - Huskers outmatched by Illinois in the 2nd Half, Lose on 3s (13 vs 4) and turnover points

Thu, 3/2 @ Minnesota (#33), (L, 88-73) - Loss; Tai in double-digits & only 4th Husker to score 500 pts & 100 ast in single-season

Sun, 3/5 vs Michigan (#27), (L, 93-57) - Ice-cold Huskers Overwhelmed by Michigan Shooting-Spree; lose by 36 pts @ PBA 

 

B1G Tournament @ Verizon Center, Washington, DC (Record 0-1)
Wed, 3/8, vs Penn State (#13 seed, #82 KenPom), (L, 76-67 OT) - Huskers lose to Penn State in nail-biter OT

Season Over!

 

(Link to Prior Years' Game Summaries)

2015/16: http://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/8240-this-was-the-season-that-was-mbb-20152016/?tab=comments#comment-125524

2014/15: http://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/7236-this-was-the-season-that-was-2015/?tab=comments#comment-111686

 

 

 

Edited March 23, 2018 by Red Don

[Red Don]

 

KENT SEZ:   Let's pack PBA Wed for Ohio St

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

 Isn't it interesting how nobody is talking about "next year?"   No projecting future lineups. No "if we pick up another ______ in the offseason" or "If so and so develops, we'll be pretty good" threads.  It's all about the here and now.   That's unusual for this time of year. Nice change of scenery, if you will. 

[HB]

13 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 Isn't it interesting how nobody is talking about "next year?"   No projecting future lineups. No "if we pick up another ______ in the offseason" or "If so and so develops, we'll be pretty good" threads.  It's all about the here and now.   That's unusual for this time of year. Nice change of scenery, if you will. 

 

Actually, Norm, on some other threads, there was all kinds of talk about next year.  So much that I thought it was strange and almost posted something.   With most of the league season still to be played, we were discussing next year's starting  lineup.  In early January.  

[Norm Peterson]

Oops, I seem to have jumped the gun.  

[49r]

Norm, I think it's a given that if they all stay together this squad is going to be pretty damn salty next year considering what we have coming back and what's going to be added...

 

Having that said, I think that we all see some flashes of brilliance from the team *this* year and still hold out hope for something special to happen for these guys, so the "just wait till next year" kinda talk is on hold for now.  I feel like the "this year" talk is primarily a testament to Tai's hard work and dedication to the program.  He deserves and demands that respect.  So, while I am secretly giddy about the prospect of next year, I'm going to keep that talk to a minimum myself...if for no other reason than to honor Tai.  Like I said it's well deserved and would be a disservice to him (and really, all the guys) to do otherwise.

 

Or at least that's my take on it.  They've earned the "this year" talk if you ask me.

[hskr4life]

Let me just say... if there is any year the Huskers **COULD*** win the B1G tourney... this is the year.  

 

We can beat anyone on any given day and match up well enough with everyone to at least pull out a win if we have our A/B game.

[49r]

...but just think, we're going to lose Tai, bring back the core of this year's team and then ADD

 

Palmer

Gill

Copeland

Atenken

 

I mean, I don't even...

 

 

 

[Silverbacked1]

4 minutes ago, 49r said:

...but just think, we're going to lose Tai, bring back the core of this year's team and then ADD

 

Palmer

Gill

Copeland

Atenken

 

I mean, I don't even...

 

 

 

 

Think, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, there's is nobody tOSU, HuMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[49r]

Yeah I let a little "next year" leak out there...sorry about that Silver, I'll do better.

[Silverbacked1]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

Yeah I let a little "next year" leak out there...sorry about that Silver, I'll do better.