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Nebraska Cornhuskers (0-0) vs Sacramento St. Hornets (0-1)

 

Date: Sunday, Nov. 13
Time: 7:01 p.m. 
Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena

Broadcast:  BTN (Wayne Randazzo and Shon Morris)

 

 

 

Sacramento St Info

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Head Coach: Brian Katz
Location: Sacramento, CA
Conference: Big Sky
Nickname: Hornets
Mascots: Herky the Hornet
Last time out: Lost to Colorado
Typical Rotation Depth: 8-9
Line: Nebraska by 17
4 Factors:  Traditionally not a team that turns the ball over
Tempo: Slower, makes you work on defense

Style: Not taking a lot of 3s unless necessary

Shirt not to wear: Green, 90s Charlotte Hornet Starters Jacket

 

Miles Presser

 

McVeigh Presser

 

 

Player to watch: Justin Strings

 

The 6'7" 235# Junior is last year's returning scorer and 3pt shooter, putting up 15.3 per game.  Even with a nightmare 2-17 shooting night against Colorado, he still finished the game with a double-double

 

The Skinny: The Hornets are a darkhorse to compete for the Big Sky championship as they bring back four starters from a so-so 2015-16 squad. Sacramento brings in a sizable frontcourt that should give us a chance to see how much the Huskers have improved their physicality and size from last year.  One thing to watch for is whether freshman PG Izayah Mauriohoohoo-Le'Afa who is expected to start at some point but was injured on Friday.  Typically it's the players that the Huskers haven't been able to scout that kill them but given he's also from New Zealand and has played for the national team, we at least know who he is. I don't expect the Hornets to come out so flatly the way they did vs Colorado where they were held to 19 first half points. The Huskers are good enough to out-talent this team if they need to but let's hope that while we're working on figuring out our lineups we don't find ourselves in that situation. Given that Arizona St lost to their opener to these guys last year proves it isn't close to impossible.

Look for Nebraska to win this but probably not a complete blowout

Prediction: Nebraska 82 Sacramento St 68 with a 78% chance of Runza    

 

 

 

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Whew!  Thought you were never going to start this thread, Dimes! :Lol:

 

Here's the tentative Line-ups.

 

Nebraska
Probable Starters
#0 Tai Webster | G | Sr. | 6-4 | 195
#5 Glynn Watson Jr. | G | So. | 6-0 | 175
#10 Jack McVeigh | F | So. | 6-8 | 215 |
#12 Michael Jacobson | F | So. | 6-9 | 239
#30 Ed Morrow Jr. | F | So. | 6-7 | 234 |

Bench/Rotation
#1 Anton Gill / G / Jr / 6-3 / 195
#2 Jeriah Horn / F / Fr / 6-7 / 222
#11 Evan Taylor / G / Jr / 6-5 / 206
#15 Isaiah Roby / F / Fr / 6-8 / 214
#23 Nick Fuller / G/F / Jr / 6-7 / 213
#24 James Palmer Jr. / G / Jr / 6-6 / 213
#32 Jordy Tshimanga / C / Fr / 6-11 / 275

Sacramento State
Probable Starters
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Finally got a chance to listen to the Miles Presser...he talked about how playing St. Mary's was more beneficial to the RPI that playing someone who is 250+

In other words, he's adding an empty win for us but doing so in such a way that it doesn't lower our RPI. He's slightly exploiting the bracket building process here

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