Minnesota Game

[jayschool]

So how much longer is Richie Pitino still a ... you know ... head coach?

[hskr4life]

Winning on the road is tough in this conference.  So we should be happy to have a couple road wins in the conference.

 

Teams are 26-50 (.342 Win Percentage) on the road this year in the conference.  The Huskers are 3-4 (.428 Win Percentage)

 

The Huskers have 3/26 road wins in the conference or over 11% of the conference road wins.  The Huskers have played the toughest teams in the conference minus Michigan on the road.

 

Big 10 Road Wins

 

Purdue- 5

Ohio St- 5

Nebraska-3

Mich St- 3

Penn St- 2

Mich- 2

Minny- 1

Iowa- 1

Indiana- 1

Northwestern- 1

Maryland- 1

Wisconsin- 1

Illinois- 0

Rutgers- 0

[uneblinstu]

1 hour ago, Agsker said:

He was still in street clothes against Iowa on Tuesday.

He played in the two games before that, though.

[49r]

11 minutes ago, uneblinstu said:

He played in the two games before that, though.

 

They're saying he's out for Michigan on Gopher Hole

[uneblinstu]

Wonder what happened for him to play those two games and then sit out again.

 

But if Coffey is out, too, NU really should go in there and do their thing.

Edited February 1, 2018 by uneblinstu

[Dead Dog Alley]

2 hours ago, jayschool said:

So how much longer is Richie Pitino still a ... you know ... head coach?

 

Somebody like Eastern Kentucky or Central Connecticut will pick him up, I'm sure.

[cipsucks]

2 hours ago, jayschool said:

So how much longer is Richie Pitino still a ... you know ... head coach?

 

Standhardinger was a head coach in the Lincoln Parks league....

[Handy Johnson]

21 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

 

Somebody like Eastern Kentucky or Central Connecticut will pick him up, I'm sure.

What about Louisville?

[Cazzie22]

Minnesota will NOT be an easy victory.  NU needs to take it to the Gophers.

[royalfan]

5 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Minnesota will NOT be an easy victory.  NU needs to take it to the Gophers.

 

Agree, it could be a rude awakening for many that think we have that one in the bag.  If they are focused, I wouldn't expect to beat them on the road.  I really hope they just don't care.  

[49r]

KenPom has us losing two more games in the regular season.  The most likely two for us to lose is @Minnesota and @Illinois. If we can manage a split in those two I'd be pretty satisfied.

[AuroranHusker]

5 hours ago, 49r said:

KenPom has us losing two more games in the regular season.  The most likely two for us to lose is @Minnesota and @Illinois. If we can manage a split in those two I'd be pretty satisfied.

 

I'd be satisfied to win the Minnesota game....... then move on to the next. Rinse. Repeat. GBR

[REDZONEDAN]

Currently in OT at Michigan. We can’t take Minnesota lightly. Hopefully Michigan can pull this game off.

[throwback]

Michigan played terrible but hangs on by 3 - if they had lost this one, they would deserve to be banned from the NCAA Tournament - had a 5-pt lead in regulation & shooting FTs with 20 seconds left and somehow let Minny get it to OT - I think Michigan missed 5 billion FTs in the game total

 

Mich really gave Minny problems with a 2-3 zone in the 2nd half & scored a bunch at the rim once they got Murphy in foul trouble. Good recipe for us to follow Tuesday. Even when Murphy was in foul trouble, Minny kept switching everything, and he ended up on small guards several times, picked up his 5th foul trying to prevent a drive from a small guard. With as many dumb fouls as he picks up on offense, they need to try to protect him better on the defensive end.

 

Coffey did not play again today for the Rodents, questionable for Tuesday

Edited February 3, 2018 by throwback

[Cazzie22]

Games played today show that anyone can be beaten if they are not prepared.   Rutgers has pushed Purdue to the limit, OSU beating KU at Allen FH and the Dukies falling to St John’s.  Plus Minnesota probably should have beaten Michigan.  

[Huskerpapa]

No question in my mind that we will be prepared, but will we execute.  That is my concern, especially with our recent time off.

[HolyBobpilgrimage]

On 2/2/2018 at 3:20 PM, 49r said:

KenPom has us losing two more games in the regular season.  The most likely two for us to lose is @Minnesota and @Illinois. If we can manage a split in those two I'd be pretty satisfied.

Yes, but only with a home win against Maryland. That's the important one. But yeah, I gotcha. Gotta get as many road wins as possible. Great test for the team and you need those if you're a true tourney team. 

[Huskerone]

I would love to see us get off to a good start.  Too many games where we struggle out of the gate.  We should be sharper with a week off, better cuts, spacing, etc.  Its a BIG road game, it wont be easy.  If we can play a complete game, we're a really scary good team (i.e. Michigan game).  Just have to dig in and get it done.  Lastly, stay out of foul trouble *cough* Roby *cough* Jordy.

[tcp]

we've played well on the road lately. we'll at least keep this one close. but fans are nuts if they take any game in this conference for granted right now. Just as we can beat anyone on any given night, so can the rest of the league do to us. I'm sure the players understand this. And they also know what's at stake. 

[Handy Johnson]

Other than Allen Field House, the "Barn" is one of the coolest venues I've ever been in. My first game there was MN vs. Purdue and the "Big Dawg" Glenn Robinson.

[hhcmatt]

For all the talk of Watson struggling Gill and ET have combined for 10 points in their last 3 road games.

[AuroranHusker]

Watson is shooting 36.1% from the field, including 26.7% from three, so his struggles seem to stand on their own. He's the point guard that is also a scorer for the team the past three years. Any critique is based off of his prior expectation. It's rather doubtful that anyone had very high expectations of either Gill or ET in terms of their scoring prowess prior to the season. So, expectation is what it is.

 

Basically, all of the guards this year have had their moments of high-level success offensively, and all of them have had some moments of subpar performance on offense. I think all of them have brought it every night on the defensive end of the court, though.

[hhcmatt]

PG of the future Isaiah Washington has lit it up the last two games with 15 and 26 points.

He's been doing it all inside the arc as he's shooting just 20% from 3 onf the year (though 32.1% in conference) He also doesn't draw a ton of contact.

Last time out against us he had a decent game with 5 points and 2 assists in 17 minutes.

 

With McBrayer banged up and Coffey questionable to play, the majority of your scoring should come from Mason, Murphy, and Washington

 

 

[B-town hoopsfan]

Gosh their forum really hammers pitino, for a guy that’s won 20 more games then he’s lost for his career there and had a winning record all but one year. Granted this year has gotta be a let down for them but it’s rocked by scandal. To boot he’s got a recruiting class coming in with three guys all from Minnesota, one guy ranked in the top 60 I think 

[49r]

What I think is interesting is in their "what coach should we open up the checkbook for" thread, Tim Miles is mention more than once as a realistic candidate to replace Pitino.