Exhibition Game: Nebraska at Mississippi St

[hhcmatt]

 

 

[khoock]

Just saw this. This is in addition to the "secret" scrimmage right?

[Bugeaters1]

Just saw this. This is in addition to the "secret" scrimmage right?

Yes it is.

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[Bugeaters1]

Is there a fund site that we could go to donate?

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[MidwestDrummer]

7 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Is there a fund site that we could go to donate?

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The Red Cross has been accepting donations for Harvey and Irma for weeks now.

 

https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey

https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-irma-donations

[Bugeaters1]

 
The Red Cross has been accepting donations for Harvey and Irma for weeks now.
 
https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey
https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-irma-donations

I thought maybe MSU or the Huskers would have something set up.

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[hhcmatt]

The release from UNL

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Huskers To Face Mississippi State in Charity Exhibition Game on Sunday
Lincoln -- The University of Nebraska and Mississippi State University basketball programs will look to raise money for hurricane victims, as the programs will square off in a charity exhibition game on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss.

Nebraska and Mississippi State together sought and received a waiver from the NCAA to play the extra exhibition game with the sole purpose to benefit hurricane victims.  While admission is free for Sunday’s game, representatives from the MSU Student Relief Fund and the Salvation Army will be collecting monetary donations to benefit Hurricane Irma relief efforts.

“Hurricane Irma was a devastating storm which affected many people in the Southeast and in the Caribbean,” Nebraska Coach Tim Miles said. “Our goal is that we can raise a lot of money for those who need it and have a great time competing against Coach (Ben) Howland and his team. It is a great platform for our two programs to raise awareness and help people in need. We look forward to Sunday afternoon and it should be an exciting game.”

“This is a great opportunity to help so many people in need who were affected by the hurricane,” MSU coach Ben Howland said. “Hurricane Irma was devastating, and our hearts and prayers have been with everyone as they have dealt with horrific and tragic loss. This is a chance for us to do our part in helping those in need.”

“I so appreciated Nebraska and Coach Miles for their incredible willingness to support this effort. It’s going to be a fun day for two Power 5 teams to play an exhibition game and get a head start on the season.”

Mississippi State returns four starters and 10 letterwinners from a team that went 16-16 last season for Howland, who enters his third year at Mississippi State.

The Huskers return nine letterwinners, including four players who started at least nine games last season. Junior guard Glynn Watson Jr. headlines the returnees, as he averaged 13.0 points per game, while junior forward Jack McVeigh averaged 7.5 points per game. NU also returns Evan Taylor, who started 21 games last season, and Jordy Tshimanga, who made nine Big Ten starts as a freshman in 2016-17.

Sunday’s game is a rare matchup between the two schools. In regular-season play, the two teams have met just once, with the Bulldogs claiming a 69-66 win in the Ford Far West Classic in Portland, Ore., in 1995.

Sunday’s game will be broadcast by the Husker Sports Network with Kent Pavelka on the call and available on Huskers.com and on the Huskers app. It will be made available to any of the HSN affiliates to carry.

Fans are encouraged to check with their local HSN affiliate to see if they are carrying Sunday’s game.

[AuroranHusker]

STARKVILLE, Miss. — NCAA officials have agreed to grant waivers to college basketball teams wanting to play an extra exhibition game with the sole purpose of benefiting Hurricane Irma victims, and Mississippi State is one of many programs taking advantage of this opportunity.
 
The Bulldogs, under the direction of third-year coach Ben Howland, will host Big Ten foe Nebraska at 1 p.m. this Sunday at Humphrey Coliseum, with representatives from the MSU Student Relief Fund and Salvation Army collecting monetary donations to benefit Hurricane Irma relief efforts.
 
Admission to the game is free, and doors will open at noon with standard basketball game security screening procedures in place...

 

http://www.hailstate.com/news/2017/10/16/mens-basketball-msu-nebraska-to-meet-sunday-in-special-exhibition-game.aspx

[49r]

Is this the ***official*** game thread then @hhcdimes?  Here is the MSU Scouting Report from last year on KenPom.  They were an extremely young team last year that ended up about 20 spots higher than us in the KenPom final rankings.  We're gonna get a strong test right away.

 

Scouting Report 

Data through games of Monday, April 3

 Conference only

Category	Offense	Defense	D-I Avg
Adj. Efficiency	106.6 135	99.3 72	104.7
Adj. Tempo	68.9 118		68.0
Avg. Poss. Length	17.2 159	16.7 58	17.3
Four Factors
Effective FG%:	51.1 151	48.1 73	50.5
Turnover %:	19.0 217	19.7 93	18.5
Off. Reb. %:	27.1 247	30.0 213	29.3
FTA/FGA:	33.9 221	37.9 227	35.3
Miscellaneous Components
3P%:	34.7 179	31.5 25	35.0
2P%:	50.4 123	48.6 140	49.3
FT%:	68.7 228	70.9 210	70.4
Block%:	9.5 204	10.7 89	9.2
Steal%:	7.2 31	10.5 36	8.7
Style Components
3PA/FGA:	38.5 121	34.1 96	36.4
A/FGM:	47.0 291	47.1 49	52.4
Defensive Fingerprint:	Mostly Man
Point Distribution (% of total points)
3-Pointers:	31.9 134	26.2 310	30.4
2-Pointers:	49.5 192	52.0 95	49.8
Free Throws:	18.6 250	21.8 76	19.8
Strength of Schedule
Components:	106.2 83	101.0 48	104.7
Overall:	+5.29 72		0.00
Non-conference:	-6.23 323		0.00
Personnel
Bench Minutes:	36.0% 78		31.9%
Experience:	0.70 yrs 350		1.70
Minutes Continuity:	29.0% 329		49.4%
Average Height:	76.9" 155		76.8"

2017 Schedule 

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Fri Nov 11	102	299	Norfolk St.	W, 78-74	71		Home	1-0
Thu Nov 17	109	68	UCF	L, 86-61	71		Neutral	1-1
Fri Nov 18	143	94	Boise St.	W, 80-68	71		Neutral	2-1
Sun Nov 20	122	200	UTEP	W, 61-54	62		Neutral	3-1
Fri Nov 25	123	115	Lehigh	L, 87-73	74		Home	3-2
Mon Nov 28	139	293	Northwestern St.	W, 65-59	66		Home	4-2
Thu Dec 1	145	264	Oregon St.	W, 74-57	67		Home	5-2
Sun Dec 4	140	131	Georgia St.	W, 82-60	72		Home	6-2
Wed Dec 14	130	67	East Tennessee St.	L, 67-65	66		Home	6-3
Mon Dec 19	136	325	Southern Miss	W, 86-44	71		Neutral	7-3
Thu Dec 22	120	203	Morehead St.	W, 85-76	67		Home	8-3
Thu Dec 29	124	219	UMKC	W, 77-54	73		Home	9-3
Tue Jan 3	118	56	Alabama	L, 68-58	69		Home	9-4	0-1
Sat Jan 7	131	172	LSU	W, 95-78	77		Away	10-4	1-1
Tue Jan 10	112	35	Arkansas	W, 84-78	70		Away	11-4	2-1
Sat Jan 14	100	64	Texas A&M	W, 67-59	68		Home	12-4	3-1
Tue Jan 17	92	4	Kentucky	L, 88-81	79		Home	12-5	3-2
Sat Jan 21	86	57	Tennessee	L, 91-74	73		Away	12-6	3-3
Wed Jan 25	93	156	Missouri	W, 89-74	65		Home	13-6	4-3
Sat Jan 28	82	56	Alabama	L, 71-62	70		Away	13-7	4-4
Tue Jan 31	89	74	Mississippi	L, 88-61	74		Away	13-8	4-5
Sat Feb 4	103	57	Tennessee	W, 64-59	72		Home	14-8	5-5
Tue Feb 7	97	82	Auburn	L, 98-92	82		Away	14-9	5-6
Sat Feb 11	97	24	South Carolina	L, 77-73	70		Home	14-10	5-7
Tue Feb 14	97	61	Georgia	L, 79-72	74		Away	14-11	5-8
Sat Feb 18	97	5	Florida	L, 57-52	67		Home	14-12	5-9
Tue Feb 21	94	74	Mississippi	L, 87-82	90	OT	Home	14-13	5-10
Sat Feb 25	96	33	Vanderbilt	L, 77-48	66		Away	14-14	5-11
Tue Feb 28	101	24	South Carolina	L, 63-57	71		Away	14-15	5-12
Sat Mar 4	96	172	LSU	W, 88-76	71		Home	15-15	6-12
Southeastern Conference Tournament
Wed Mar 8	95	172	LSU	W, 79-52	71		Neutral	16-15
Thu Mar 9	86	56	Alabama	L, 75-55	66		Neutral	16-16
Home games played at Humphrey Coliseum (10,500, 78th largest in D-I)
Home court advantage: 3.5 (95th in D-I)

 

Player Stats 

Expanded Player Page 
Player stats/rankings include games against D-I competition through Monday, April 3
(2163 players eligible for national rank, except 1280 in eFG%, TS%, and FTRate.)

		Ht	Wt	Yr	G	%Min	ORtg	%Poss	%Shots	eFG%	TS%	OR%	DR%	ARate	TORate	Blk%	Stl%	FC/40	FD/40	FTRate	FTM-FTA	Pct	2PM-2PA	Pct	3PM-3PA	Pct
	Major Contributors (24-28% of possessions used)
11	Quinndary Weatherspoon National Rank	6-4	205	So	29	72.1	107.6	25.2 325	27.7 206	53.2 447	56.7 439	4.9	12.7	12.7	15.5	0.9	3.0 156	2.9	4.2	30.1	85-111	.766 463	126-243	.519	47-126	.373
1	Lamar Peters National Rank	6-0	188	Fr	30	57.4	101.3	25.2 326	25.1 453	49.8	53.2	1.8	8.3	27.4 125	20.6	0.7	2.6 310	4.4	3.8	28.2	56-75	.747	44-105	.419	59-161	.366
	Significant Contributors (20-24% of possessions used)
35	Aric Holman National Rank	6-10	222	So	32	58.1	99.7	20.1	19.5	52.4	54.8	8.6 373	19.9 235	5.4	20.3	9.0 35	1.6	4.2	3.5	35.7	49-75	.653	92-161	.571 254	12-49	.245
3	Xavian Stapleton	6-6	207	So	23	30.0	103.9	21.2	23.3	52.7	54.7	7.0	11.9	3.7	14.5	2.7	3.2	6.9	3.9	34.1	28-44	.636	41-75	.547	18-54	.333
	Role Players (16-20% of possessions used)
4	Mario Kegler National Rank	6-7	220	Fr	32	70.1	97.3	19.2	19.4	50.0	52.8	4.6	16.7	7.9	19.5	0.9	1.4	3.5	3.5	34.9	58-88	.659	66-136	.485	40-116	.345
15	IJ Ready National Rank	5-11	166	Sr	28	62.3	103.3	18.1	16.3	45.0	50.8	1.1	9.3	29.4 80	21.0	0.1	3.2 125	1.8 66	2.9	30.9	50-58	.862	68-144	.472	11-44	.250
23	Tyson Carter National Rank	6-4	167	Fr	32	50.3	108.9	16.8	22.7	50.2	52.7	0.9	8.5	6.7	7.3 9	0.7	2.0	2.8	2.3	15.6	27-33	.818	40-89	.449	44-122	.361
34	Schnider Herard National Rank	6-10	250	Fr	32	46.3	92.0	17.9	11.9	54.9	54.0	11.0 156	18.6 331	2.2	25.4	1.4	0.3	4.6	5.1 317	101.0	51-103	.495	56-102	.549 395	0-0	.000
	Limited roles (12-16% of possessions used)
2	Eli Wright	6-4	203	Fr	30	30.5	112.6	12.4	12.1	61.0	63.5	4.0	9.2	3.3	18.6	0.8	1.6	5.1	2.8	45.6	22-31	.710	25-41	.610	11-27	.407
	Nearly invisible (<12% of possessions used)
45	EJ Datcher	6-9	240	Fr	31	17.7	83.6	10.2	9.8	40.6	42.7	6.4	16.3	0.8	21.9	8.3	1.5	10.3	1.8	28.1	5-9	.556	13-32	.406	0-0	.000
	Benchwarmers (played in fewer than 10% of team's minutes)
13	Nick Singleton	6-5	194	So	7	2.1	84.9	14.7	18.0	35.7	35.7	4.2	12.1	13.1	14.3	3.9	2.1	4.4	1.1	0.0	0-0	.000	1-3	.333	1-4	.250

 

[hhcmatt]

Marc Boehm is the connection between Nebraska and Mississippi St

 

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211673490#.WeeGZpN_OF4.twitter

[throwback]

We also are both adidas schools and shop at the same logo store. 

 

This charity game is a great idea - looking forward to it!

Edited October 18, 2017 by throwback

[49r]

Also, looking at the KenPom stuff a little closer it's apparent that Ben Howland went to the Doc Sadler school of non-con scheduling...at least last year.

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

Also, looking at the KenPom stuff a little closer it's apparent that Ben Howland went to the Doc Sadler school of non-con scheduling...at least last year.

 

And the Tim Miles school of dropping a head scratcher at home to an inferior opponent in the non-con...at least last year.

[Swan88]

This will be a tough test. 

They were a very young team last year: had only one senior on the roster.  And they return four starters this year. 

They had some ups and downs, but they beat LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Missouri and Tennessee.  Their respectable conference losses include 81-88 to Kentucky,  92-98 to Auburn, 73-77 and 57-63 to South Carolina, 72-79 to Georgia, 52-57 to Florida, and 82-87 to Ole Miss.

They also have a Freshman this year rated by Rivals as #35 and by ESPN as #36 overall.  

[Norm Peterson]

This is actually a pretty cool matchup for us.  Both teams went into the tank during conference season last year (I think both teams won 6 games in conference) and both had a long swoon of consecutive losses.  I think both ended up with 6 conference wins.

 

Their best two players from a year ago were both guards and they both return, including high scoring 6'4" shooting guard Quinndary Weatherspoon at 16 1/2 ppg and Lamar Peters at 11 ppg.

 

They have a 6'10" 225# PF named Aric Holman who, as a soph last year, averaged 23 min, 8 1/2 ppg and 6 bds.  They also have a sophomore center who probably starts in Schnider Herard who's 6'10" and 260#.  They have a couple of other guys in that 6'10"-6'11" size range, but might be a couple of stiffs.  After that, they are really guard heavy.  The two returning starters plus Weatherspoon's younger brother Nick, a Rivals 4-star freshman.  They also return a 6'4", 165# skinny kid named Tyson Carter who chipped in 7.5 ppg in 20 minutes as a freshman last year.

 

They weren't a great shooting team last year averaging only 34.7% from beyond the arc, but they did attempt over 700 treys, so they will launch 'em.

 

I think this team, on paper, seems pretty similar to ours.  My speculative starting lineup for them would go as follows:

 

PG  6'0" 185# So

SG  6'4" 205# Jr

SG  6'4" 165# So

PF  6'10" 225# Jr

C  6'10" 260# So

 

Jordy and Schnider Herard are very comparable players on paper.  Nearly same height and weight, both sophomores, and they put up similar numbers their freshmen years. 

Their starting PF is very similar in size to either Isaiah or Isaac.  And the lines between their PG and Glynn are going to look very similar.  I'm guessing their Weatherspoon kid will be a very good matchup for James Palmer and so the X factor is that 2nd guard or wing.

 

This should be a pretty fun test from another P5 school.  Really looking forward to how the boys do.

 

Go Huskers!

Edited October 18, 2017 by Norm Peterson

[jason2486]

36 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

This is actually a pretty cool matchup for us.  Both teams went into the tank during conference season last year (I think both teams won 6 games in conference) and both had a long swoon of consecutive losses.  I think both ended up with 6 conference wins.

 

Their best two players from a year ago were both guards and they both return, including high scoring 6'4" shooting guard Quinndary Weatherspoon at 16 1/2 ppg and Lamar Peters at 11 ppg.

 

They have a 6'10" 225# PF named Aric Holman who, as a soph last year, averaged 23 min, 8 1/2 ppg and 6 bds.  They also have a sophomore center who probably starts in Schnider Herard who's 6'10" and 260#.  They have a couple of other guys in that 6'10"-6'11" size range, but might be a couple of stiffs.  After that, they are really guard heavy.  The two returning starters plus Weatherspoon's younger brother Nick, a Rivals 4-star freshman.  They also return a 6'4", 165# skinny kid named Tyson Carter who chipped in 7.5 ppg in 20 minutes as a freshman last year.

 

They weren't a great shooting team last year averaging only 34.7% from beyond the arc, but they did attempt over 700 treys, so they will launch 'em.

 

I think this team, on paper, seems pretty similar to ours.  My speculative starting lineup for them would go as follows:

 

PG  6'0" 185# So

SG  6'4" 205# Jr

SG  6'4" 165# So

PF  6'10" 225# Jr

C  6'10" 260# So

 

Jordy and Schnider Herard are very comparable players on paper.  Nearly same height and weight, both sophomores, and they put up similar numbers their freshmen years. 

Their starting PF is very similar in size to either Isaiah or Isaac.  And the lines between their PG and Glynn are going to look very similar.  I'm guessing their Weatherspoon kid will be a very good matchup for James Palmer and so the X factor is that 2nd guard or wing.

 

This should be a pretty fun test from another P5 school.  Really looking forward to how the boys do.

 

Go Huskers!

I want to say we recruited Herard!

[atskooc]

It'll be good to hear Kent on the radio again.

[hskr4life]

This is probably the coolest thing that could have happened.  Here I am wondering how I am going to get my Husker fix for the weekend and BAM!!!!  There is a Husker Basketball game I can now listen too on Sunday.

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, jason2486 said:

I want to say we recruited Herard!

 

And you would be correct.

 

 

[trickey]

Norm, taking your summary as accurate, it seems like the guards and centers may offset each other and this scrimmage will be won or lost by the forwards,  3 point shooting and defense.

 

It should be a good contest. To win on the road would be a bonus. Just the experience will benefit us immensely.

 

Now, most every school will use this excuse to add this type of game in 2017; does it become the norm or is the NCAA limiting it in the future?

[hskr4life]

51 minutes ago, trickey said:

Norm, taking your summary as accurate, it seems like the guards and centers may offset each other and this scrimmage will be won or lost by the forwards,  3 point shooting and defense.

 

It should be a good contest. To win on the road would be a bonus. Just the experience will benefit us immensely.

 

Now, most every school will use this excuse to add this type of game in 2017; does it become the norm or is the NCAA limiting it in the future?

 

If I’m the NCAA, I let these continue to happen and actually encourage teams to do 1 per year.  That would be a good look for the NCAA and give teams an extra chance to play.

[Cowboy Kermit]

This matchup is weird to me because all of the other Charity exhibitions scheduled seem to be teams in close proximity to one another (Creighton and Omaha, KU and MIzzou) where you could probably just take a bus. Leave it to a connection from Ole Teflon Marc Boehm for us to say "screw it, let's fly to Mississippi."

[49r]

Are these games "won" or "lost" really?

[hhcmatt]

19 minutes ago, 49r said:

Are these games "won" or "lost" really?

 

It's a win for us to play a game like this to see where we are regardless of the outcome.

[jimmykc]

I wonder who pays for our travel expenses or do we donate them to the relief effort?