uneblinstu Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) First half: St. John’s, from the opening tip, looked like they cared about this game. They came out aggressive and played with passion. NU looked surprised by that. SJU’s athleticism smothered NU’s guards. They were disruptive and pesky. The arena seemed to be fairly sleepy, not a ton of atmosphere. NU seemed to match that energy. St. John’s on the other hand, wasn’t gonna let that dictate their effort. They played with purpose and sensed opportunity. They punched NU in the nose and the Huskers recoiled. It’s so annoying because it’s stretches of basketball like this that validates all the skepticism people have about this team and program. They are more talented than they showed in these first three games. For as much was made about NU’s supposed advantage in the paint, it’s been St. John's that controlled it. Watson’s foul trouble loomed large. Second half: It turned into a street fight. The team from Queens won it. What kind of mental toughness does this team have? After that technical foul on Palmer they called everything, that was NU’s opportunity. They couldn’t take advantage of it. Copeland’s gonna make a 3 at some point, right? Maybe it was St. John's athleticism, but NU didn’t look like much defensively, they really haven't in what I've been able to see from them all year. If they don’t figure that out soon, it’s gonna be a rough season. It might be anyway. Maybe they're just a bad shooting team, but this was really bad tonight. I’m super annoyed by this game. I don’t have much else to say right now. Edited November 17, 2017 by uneblinstu HolyBobpilgrimage and hhcmatt 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskerpapa Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 We sucked tonight. We sucked bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daledangdarn Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Miles will be fired after his season, until then we’ll get a bunch of the same. We’ll see bad games like this that are almost unwatchable and others where the team will come out and look good, ultimately I’ll be surprised if we crack .500. Nebrasketballer, Section_316, HolyBobpilgrimage and 2 others 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredsSlacks Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) jordy looks worse than last year which i didn't expect to happen. copeland does not look better than morrow at this point. watson had the worst game of his career. miles seemed to have no answer for st johns. not a good sign. terrible ball movement on offense, weak screens, and out of control when attacking the basket. Edited November 17, 2017 by TimSmiles Nebrasketballer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huskerbaseball13 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, TimSmiles said: jordy looks worse than last year which i didn't expect to happen. copeland does not look better than morrow at this point. watson had the worst game of his career. miles seemed to have no answer for st johns. not a good sign. miles needs to drastically change his offensive gameplan or it's going to be a long year. Change the offensive gameplan? To be fair...we actually had quite a bit of open looks. But to also be fair...we have been bad on offense for years. I don’t see that magically changing unfortunately. Not shocked we lost. But I am shocked at just how disorganized we are. Not good. Not good at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handy Johnson Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Tentative, slow, out hustled, out worked, out scored in the paint, settled for 3s. Did I miss anything? Section_316 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazzie22 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Overmatched tonight by a St John’s team that I have no idea about their quality. An inept offensive attack and defense was matador style. Hope it was an aberration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredsSlacks Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) it's a long year, but definitely not encouraged by tonight. watson and copeland were suppose to be the stars of this team and went 3-18. Edited November 17, 2017 by TimSmiles Nebrasketballer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nustudent Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 The lack of tenacity is what concerns me. Teams have bad shooting nights (even though we arent a good shooting team) but this was our first real test (against a team who isnt great) and we looked like we didnt even want to be out there. tcp and Nebrasketballer 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Offense is hard when you can't shoot. Sincerely, Mr. Obvious AuroranHusker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khoock Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Very unimpressed by this team three games in. So far we got the s**t end of that hypothetical trade. Hopefully they turn it around or it'll be a LONG season. Nebrasketballer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwback Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) That was tough to watch. To be clowned like some bottom-feeder Summit League team the final 5 minutes was as bad as it gets. SJ made it a game all about toughness and aggressiveness, and we shied away for the vast majority of the game. Concerning, as that happened for a good chunk of the EIU game too. Lots of work to do on the psyche of this team, at least for starters. Hopefully this was a blip and not a trend. Edited November 17, 2017 by throwback AuroranHusker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDZONEDAN Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Unfortunately I see no evidence to give me hope our offense will improve much under this coaching staff. I like Miles and this team, but it’s getting tough to watch this offense, or lack of. Hopefully they’ll gel together, but I’m getting the feeling it could be a long season. Nebrasketballer and dustystehl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfrad Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 The Good : Not much Roby played another good game. 8 pts 6 reb 2 ast 0 to's 1 blk in 22 minutes. By far, playing the best on the team, so far, this year. Taylor's shot looks much better. The bad : Pretty much everything Very sloppy with the ball, especially the 1st half with 11 turnovers. Shooting was awful. Lost our composure. Cannot happen. Can't let the other team get under your skin. Refs did not help, letting St John's talk non-stop after Palmer's T. The ugly : The last 3 minutes turned into a dunk contest for St John's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Mike Peltz Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Thought out athleticism would never let a game get out of hand this bad...it’s like they brought in a Division II team and punked is the last 6 minutes or so. They did have some nice dunks on us. I felt like I was in some Collier/Sadler twighlight zone and we were playing at Allen field house... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason2486 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Time for Roby to be playing 25+. hhcmatt and dustystehl 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick Perkins Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 "YOU WANTED MORE TIM MILES, YOU GOT MORE TIM MILESSSSSSS" - Fantasy Fuckboi voice hskr4life, dustystehl and Nebrasketballer 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hskr4life Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Good: It is one game That one game is over Bad: About everything The last 4 minutes was seriously disappointing The refs (Didn't lose us the game). You cannot let one team talk and the other team not. Just can't happen. St. John's had fun, partly because they could and we could not, and partly because they were kicking the living snot out of us. Ugly: Effort at the end Our heart Next Steps: Beat NDU Go 2-1 in Orlando Right back to where we want to be. trickey and AuroranHusker 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbacksympathy Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Things: 1. When Jordy is in, let him work the LOW post. Good god, recognize the mismatch. 2. Start Roby. He's our best player. He needs to get huge minutes. 3. Give Allen Gill's minutes. Let the kid get acclimated and take his lumps. 4. Play zone against tiny teams who do nothing but isolate guards. Awful coaching tonight. I hate cowtowing to other teams and what they do. We should've rolled out a lanky lineup, played zone, and beat them up inside. Instead, we tried to be St. John's. Stupid. Art Vandalay, dustystehl and Handy Johnson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredsSlacks Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 roby should be playing a lot more. this team isn't as deep as i thought we'd be. the best players need to play big minutes and hope for the best. jason2486 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Mexico Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Exttremely disappointed in our effort. We are still a very bad shooting team We are a very bad rebounding team. Same song different season, different coach. Nebrasketballer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Peterson Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Daledangdarn said: Miles will be fired after his season, until then we’ll get a bunch of the same. We’ll see bad games like this that are almost unwatchable and others where the team will come out and look good, ultimately I’ll be surprised if we crack .500. Dale, you're like the angel of death. You show up when things look bleak and everyone kind of checks their pulse to make sure they're not the ones dying. When you show up it means something bad happened. uneblinstu and Ron Mexico 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaHusker Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Things I learned: Copeland isn't a "5 star" talent Allen can't drive Our staff can't develop bigs Roby is our best player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerFever Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 At least we're a football basketball school. Nebrasketballer, dustystehl and AuroranHusker 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hskr4life Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Just now, HuskerFever said: At least we're a football basketball school. Raquetball? Curling? Cricket? Calf Roping? Barrel Racing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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