Expectations for the next 5 games?

[dustystehl]

16 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

The entire season is a hot seat for Miles. Until he loses approximately 14-16 games it's a bit premature to obsess over it

 

But obsessing is what I'm best at!

[FredsSlacks]

i'm aware he's already on the hot seat, but no quality wins going into january and moos will likely start looking around.

 

and ucf could be looked at as a bad loss depending how they finish the season.

Edited November 29, 2017 by TimSmiles

[Red Rum]

Its a little early in the season for the hypothetical sky to be hypothetically falling isn't it?

[hskr4life]

14 minutes ago, TimSmiles said:

i'm aware he's already on the hot seat, but no quality wins going into january and moos will likely start looking around.

 

and ucf could be looked at as a bad loss depending how they finish the season.

 

UCF actually plays in a decent conference and will have plenty of chances to prove itself through the year.  While I hated losing that one, it shouldn't be too bad in the end.  Probably a loss to a team that will end between 100-150 RPI wise.  St. Johns will probably be in this boat as well.  So while they are not great losses, they are not bad losses either.  Losing to either of those teams at home would be a little worse.  

 

After looking, St. Johns should be about 11-3 when it plays @ Creighton in January.

Edited November 29, 2017 by hskr4life

[Cousin Mose]

On 11/28/2017 at 9:08 AM, OmahaHusker said:

 

Exactly. Pretty sure Creighton only loses Foster and Hegner after this year. We gotta get right first.

 

The Jays also lose senior transfer Manny Suarez. 

[Huskerpapa]

I sort of wanted to revisit this, because I believe I personally was trying to make myself feel better and lower expectations.  So, okay, we beat BC and WE SHOULD have beaten them.  We had better talent, better depth and we were playing on our home court.  I mentioned in a different thread that it was a game we should have won by five to ten points, and we did.  I am disappointed in myself.  We should have won that game by fifteen to twenty.  We sort of stunk it up the last two minutes.  That is unacceptable.  Our offense relied on 3 point shots in the first half, similar to when we were at St. John's.  We made the shots last night, but when we miss them, P-WHEW.  We had the same issue in the second half, but that goodness we sort of found a grove after the first ten minutes or so.  We have to improve our offensive movement and production.  We were lucky to make 50% of our free throws.  That is unacceptable.  BC lost one of their best players in the first half...did it help us, I don't think so.  We never trailed, but then again, we never put the flippin game away.  That is disappointing.  So we won, and perhaps in years past we would have lost; so the good news is that we can build on that win and improve exponentially.

 

So now we move on to MSU.  Can we win that game.  Absolutely!  Why not shoot for the stars and put a full game together.  MSU is good.  In fact, they may even be great.  But for us to aspire to make it to the next level, we damn well need to win games like this. 

 

We then move on to Minnesota.  Absolutely winnable.  We simply cannot take a step backwards.  We want to change our image, we want to make it to the dance and win at the dance...well, then we need to take care of our home court and win these games.

 

Same for Kansas and same for Creighton. 

 

Sure we want to be competitive.  That will make us feel good --- right???  Screw that, I do not want to play these games close, I want to move forward, I want to win.  Let's start the move forward, let's start providing some shock and awe!!!

[75unlgrad]

Shock and Awe baby!!  Let's do it!!

[Huskerpapa]

The women just lost 67 - 66.  We should feel good right, we played close.  Righttttt!

[hskr4life]

Dilly Dilly!

[hhcmatt]

I'm not sure Michigan St will lose another regular season game

[TourneyBound]

10 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

I'm not sure Michigan St will lose another regular season game

42-21 rebounding edge for them last night...  cant imagine what it will be against us!!

 

lets save Roby for Minnesota

[hhcmatt]

We need to beat Kansas and Creighton for the pride of the conference. LEEROY JENKINS!

[49r]

1 hour ago, hhcdimes said:

I'm not sure Michigan St will lose another regular season game

 

55 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

We need to beat Kansas and Creighton for the pride of the conference. LEEROY JENKINS!

 

 

I'm not sure Kansas will lose another regular season game, either.

 

Sat Dec 2		53	Syracuse	W, 76-65	68	83%	Neutral
Wed Dec 6		141	Washington	W, 91-69	75	98%	Semi-Home
Sun Dec 10		57	Arizona St.	W, 90-75	74	92%	Home
Sat Dec 16		104	Nebraska	W, 80-67	71	87%	Away
Mon Dec 18		251	Nebraska Omaha	W, 97-66	76	99.7%	Home
Thu Dec 21		94	Stanford	W, 85-69	74	93%	Neutral
Fri Dec 29		28	Texas	W, 74-70	71	64%	Away		×
Tue Jan 2		19	Texas Tech	W, 78-69	71	79%	Home		×
Sat Jan 6		24	TCU	W, 79-75	73	63%	Away		×
Tue Jan 9		59	Iowa St.	W, 84-68	72	92%	Home		×
Sat Jan 13		43	Kansas St.	W, 78-66	69	87%	Home		×
Mon Jan 15		13	West Virginia	W, 81-79	77	55%	Away		×
Sat Jan 20		22	Baylor	W, 75-65	67	81%	Home		×
Tue Jan 23		26	Oklahoma	W, 83-79	77	65%	Away		×
Sat Jan 27		7	Texas A&M	W, 76-71	71	70%	Home
Mon Jan 29		43	Kansas St.	W, 75-69	69	70%	Away		×
Sat Feb 3		49	Oklahoma St.	W, 83-69	72	90%	Home		×
Tue Feb 6		24	TCU	W, 82-72	73	83%	Home		×
Sat Feb 10		22	Baylor	W, 71-69	67	60%	Away		×
Tue Feb 13		59	Iowa St.	W, 80-72	72	78%	Away		×
Sat Feb 17		13	West Virginia	W, 84-76	77	78%	Home		×
Mon Feb 19		26	Oklahoma	W, 87-75	77	85%	Home		×
Sat Feb 24		19	Texas Tech	W, 75-73	71	57%	Away		×
Mon Feb 26		28	Texas	W, 77-66	71	84%	Home		×
Sat Mar 3		49	Oklahoma St.	W, 79-72	72	73%	Away		×

[HuskerActuary]

8 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

 

 

I'm not sure Kansas will lose another regular season game, either.

 

Sat Dec 2		53	Syracuse	W, 76-65	68	83%	Neutral
Wed Dec 6		141	Washington	W, 91-69	75	98%	Semi-Home
Sun Dec 10		57	Arizona St.	W, 90-75	74	92%	Home
Sat Dec 16		104	Nebraska	W, 80-67	71	87%	Away
Mon Dec 18		251	Nebraska Omaha	W, 97-66	76	99.7%	Home
Thu Dec 21		94	Stanford	W, 85-69	74	93%	Neutral
Fri Dec 29		28	Texas	W, 74-70	71	64%	Away		×
Tue Jan 2		19	Texas Tech	W, 78-69	71	79%	Home		×
Sat Jan 6		24	TCU	W, 79-75	73	63%	Away		×
Tue Jan 9		59	Iowa St.	W, 84-68	72	92%	Home		×
Sat Jan 13		43	Kansas St.	W, 78-66	69	87%	Home		×
Mon Jan 15		13	West Virginia	W, 81-79	77	55%	Away		×
Sat Jan 20		22	Baylor	W, 75-65	67	81%	Home		×
Tue Jan 23		26	Oklahoma	W, 83-79	77	65%	Away		×
Sat Jan 27		7	Texas A&M	W, 76-71	71	70%	Home
Mon Jan 29		43	Kansas St.	W, 75-69	69	70%	Away		×
Sat Feb 3		49	Oklahoma St.	W, 83-69	72	90%	Home		×
Tue Feb 6		24	TCU	W, 82-72	73	83%	Home		×
Sat Feb 10		22	Baylor	W, 71-69	67	60%	Away		×
Tue Feb 13		59	Iowa St.	W, 80-72	72	78%	Away		×
Sat Feb 17		13	West Virginia	W, 84-76	77	78%	Home		×
Mon Feb 19		26	Oklahoma	W, 87-75	77	85%	Home		×
Sat Feb 24		19	Texas Tech	W, 75-73	71	57%	Away		×
Mon Feb 26		28	Texas	W, 77-66	71	84%	Home		×
Sat Mar 3		49	Oklahoma St.	W, 79-72	72	73%	Away		×

Are you being sarcastic? There are plenty of losable games on there for Kansas. In fact, if you assume that those winning probabilities are independent of each other, the probability of winning out is 0.2% (99.8% of not winning out).

[49r]

14 minutes ago, HuskerActuary said:

Are you being sarcastic? There are plenty of losable games on there for Kansas. In fact, if you assume that those winning probabilities are independent of each other, the probability of winning out is 0.2% (99.8% of not winning out).

 

Not sarcastic as much as making a point that they are also really...REALLY good and are clowning everyone they play right now.  I believe their average margin of victory so far is something like 35 points.

 

They just beat Oakland (who is ranked about 15 spots behind us in KenPom) by 43.

Edited December 1, 2017 by 49r

[bigFRED]

Looking at our remaining schedule with us being 6-2 now and potentially being 6-6 soon... we can still end this season with 18,19,20 wins if we win games that we should and can win the close ones against other midlevel big ten teams... OSU, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, etc. 

[hhcmatt]

Credit everyone involved with Husker Hoops for recognizing this was probably our best chance at a win in these 4 games and going all in on the shirts

 

[hskr4life]

Our starting lineup vs CU

 

last year— Webster, Watson, Morrow, Jacobson, Jack

 

this year (assumed)— Watson, Taylor, Copeland, Palmer, Jordy

 

We have a lot more pieces this year.  Shooting is way better from most all starters.

[FredsSlacks]

assuming roby is healthy which i think he will be, i'd like to believe this team can win at least 1 ranked game out of 4 tries. i feel like we are on the same level as Creighton and Minn in terms of talent. KU and mich st are obviously elite, but i still think we have a chance to beat them if we play our best game.

Edited December 2, 2017 by TimSmiles

[hhcmatt]

Here is what I expect for the next 4: Every game we don't play like a team resigned to losing to what is considered a superior opponent and then seeing what happens.

[hhcmatt]

On 11/29/2017 at 3:28 PM, Cousin Mose said:

 

The Jays also lose senior transfer Manny Suarez. 

 

Have they figured out which Summit League team they are going to Stewart Kaleb Joseph to next year?

[HuskerFever]

NEXT FIVE:

Currently 2-1

 

W - BC (unranked)

 L- MSU (#3)

W - Minnesota (was #12 before the BC game; #14 when we played them)

? - Creighton (was #25 before the BC game; now unranked)

? - Kansas (was #2 before the BC game; now #2)

 

Not such a bad start, huh?

[49r]

55 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

NEXT FIVE:

Currently 2-1

 

W - BC (unranked)

 L- MSU (#3)

W - Minnesota (was #12 before the BC game; #14 when we played them)

? - Creighton (was #25 before the BC game; now unranked)

? - Kansas (was #2 before the BC game; now #2)

 

Not such a bad start, huh?

 

Not a bad start, but this was the absolute best case scenario going in.  2-3.  Win either of the next two and we've FAR exceeded any kind of realistic expectations.

[uneblinstu]

9 hours ago, 49r said:

 

Not a bad start, but this was the absolute best case scenario going in.  2-3.  Win either of the next two and we've FAR exceeded any kind of realistic expectations.

Well, no, it wasn't the absolute best case scenario. The current best case scenario is 4-1. It's probably not realistic, but it is the best case scenario.

[49r]

I got a laugh at BTN when they showed the graphic with Nebraska's schedule during this stretch and one of the guys said something like Tim "couldn't get the Golden State Warriors on the schedule" or something.