Va.Tech (4-1) vs. Nebraska (4-1) Game Thread

[PimpMario]

How about we just go beat Kansas. 

I thought Kansas doesn't lose at home.

[Red Don]

They Don't; until they Do! 

[jayschool]

We won't get ANY calls in Lawrence. ANY. Count on it.

[colhusker]

Every time I've thought we've turned the corner we play a turd of a game like today.  Wow that was just ugly.

[FredsSlacks]

26 minutes ago, colhusker said:

Every time I've thought we've turned the corner we play a turd of a game like today.  Wow that was just ugly.

not sure beating dayton and la tech qualifies as turning the corner. we have a ways to go.

 

we'll know a lot more after clemson/kansas/creighton.

[49r]

14 hours ago, PimpMario said:

 

I thought Kansas doesn't lose at home.

 

 

They don't.  Bill Self has more conference championships at KU than home losses.  In fact we had more home losses last year (8) than Self has ever had (7) at Phog Allen.  That's just about 1 home loss every other year to you and me.

[Fullbacksympathy]

Our young roster showed against Va. Tech.  We'll lay an egg here or there, but I'm still very encouraged by what I've seen.  Even the VT loss will still help our RPI at the end of the year, and the Dayton win will prove to help.  If we can go 1-2 in the next three games, I'd call that a very successful start to the season.  

 

We played awful and were up at half, down 6 with a minute left against what is likely a tournament team.  Take that how you want, but I think it's a good sign.  

Edited November 28, 2016 by LK1

[HuskerFever]

52 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

They don't.  Bill Self has more conference championships at KU than home losses.  In fact we had more home losses last year (8) than Self has ever had (7) at Phog Allen.  That's just about 1 home loss every other year to you and me.

 

...well they didn't have a home loss last year and they still haven't lost at home this year. We can always be that team to give them that one "L" for the year at home

[49r]

Their last home loss was on January 5th....2014.  To San Diego St.  This is what they've got coming up at home:

 

Tue Nov 29		166	Long Beach St.	W, 86-63	73	98%	Home
Sat Dec 3		65	Stanford	W, 77-62	71	92%	Home
Tue Dec 6		206	UMKC	W, 89-63	73	99%	Home
Sat Dec 10		76	Nebraska	W, 78-61	69	94%	Home

 

Edited November 28, 2016 by 49r

[49r]

Meanwhile, here is our next 4:

 

Wed Nov 30		32	Clemson	L, 72-63	66	19%	Away
Sat Dec 3		250	South Dakota	W, 75-62	68	89%	Home
Wed Dec 7		22	Creighton	L, 75-71	70	35%	Home
Sat Dec 10		6	Kansas	L, 78-61	69	6%	Away

 

[colhusker]

10 hours ago, TimSmiles said:

not sure beating dayton and la tech qualifies as turning the corner. we have a ways to go.

 

we'll know a lot more after clemson/kansas/creighton.

I was looking at the UCLA game too.  We seemed more fluid offensively, well until yesterday.  Maybe I drank to much kool-aid at Thanksgiving.

[hal9000]

 

19 minutes ago, 49r said:

Meanwhile, here is our next 4:

 

Wed Nov 30		32	Clemson	L, 72-63	66	19%	Away
Sat Dec 3		250	South Dakota	W, 75-62	68	89%	Home
Wed Dec 7		22	Creighton	L, 75-71	70	35%	Home
Sat Dec 10		6	Kansas	L, 78-61	69	6%	Away

 

 

If that holds true, that means:

 

First five games = 5-0.

Next 6 games = 1-5.

 

"Tums-Tums-Tums-Tums"

Edited November 28, 2016 by hal9000

[FredsSlacks]

6 hours ago, LK1 said:

Our young roster showed against Va. Tech.  We'll lay an egg here or there, but I'm still very encouraged by what I've seen.  Even the VT loss will still help our RPI at the end of the year, and the Dayton win will prove to help.  If we can go 1-2 in the next three games, I'd call that a very successful start to the season.  

 

We played awful and were up at half, down 6 with a minute left against what is likely a tournament team.  Take that how you want, but I think it's a good sign.  

i would not be concerned with our rpi at this point. it doesn't matter what our rpi is if we only win 15 games.

[Fullbacksympathy]

17 hours ago, TimSmiles said:

i would not be concerned with our rpi at this point. it doesn't matter what our rpi is if we only win 15 games.

 

My point is that we performed better at that tournament than we were supposed to.  We finished 4th--ahead of Dayton--and improved our RPI by 20 spots with a top 50 win.  It matters a lot if we win 18-19 games, and I think that's a very real possibility.  

[49r]

Well, if you want to look at RPI, it's pretty easy to do:

 

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/teamId/158

 

RPI	DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE
298	Nov. 13	Sacramento State	W 83-61
--	Nov. 15	University of Mary	W 70-38
231	Nov. 19	Louisiana Tech	W 65-54
18	Nov. 24	Dayton*	W 80-78
38	Nov. 25	UCLA*	L 71-82
67	Nov. 27	Virginia Tech*	L 53-66
UPCOMING GAMES			TIME
10	Nov. 30	@ Clemson	9:15 PM
160	Dec. 3	South Dakota	2:00 PM
1	Dec. 7	Creighton	9:00 PM
13	Dec. 10	@ Kansas	3:15 PM
295	Dec. 18	Gardner-Webb	2:00 PM
178	Dec. 20	Southern	8:00 PM
74	Dec. 28	@ Indiana	7:00 PM
26	Jan. 1	@ Maryland	12:00 AM
210	Jan. 5	Iowa	9:00 PM
28	Jan. 8	Northwestern	12:00 AM
47	Jan. 14	@ Michigan	2:00 PM
15	Jan. 18	Ohio State	9:00 PM
50	Jan. 21	@ Rutgers	12:00 PM
28	Jan. 26	@ Northwestern	8:00 PM
34	Jan. 29	Purdue	4:30 PM
61	Feb. 2	Michigan State	7:00 PM
210	Feb. 5	@ Iowa	2:00 PM
112	Feb. 9	Wisconsin	9:00 PM
115	Feb. 14	Penn State	9:00 PM
15	Feb. 19	@ Ohio State	12:00 AM
61	Feb. 23	@ Michigan State	7:00 PM
206	Feb. 26	Illinois	7:30 PM
22	Mar. 2	@ Minnesota	12:00 AM
47	Mar. 5	Michigan	8:00 PM

[Fullbacksympathy]

I meant kenpom sorry.