Nebraska vs. Minnesota Game Thread

[whoopdeedoo]

35 minutes ago, KarlHessEatMy.... said:

Going out on a limb if we keep playing like these last 2 games we are building ourselves a ncaa tournament resume!!! And no one would of seen that happening!!!

love your optimism, but, we all know a long ways to go---but, i hear ya!

 

listened to the game call with matt and jeff. since i can only go by that, what impressed me the most, i think there were around 6 minutes left(?) and things seemed to be unraveling. matt was saying the same thing. i was hoping coach would call a time out----but the huskers pulled themselves together and settled things down. that showed me something right there!

 

haven't checked the stats yet, but, if someone told me Bell would get almost(?) 30 and minny drained 12 3's------i would have stated "loss".

 

oh, man. i'm kinda giddy!!! GBR!

Edited December 31, 2017 by whoopdeedoo

[Bugeaters1]

 

[HB]

Wow, Minny plays its starters huge minutes.   They got nothing off the bench. 

Edited December 31, 2017 by HB

[Bugeaters1]

45 minutes ago, HB said:

Wow, Minny plays its starters huge minutes.   They got nothing off the bench. 

Yeah and thier is a guy that posts on here about how minutes are spread out amongst the Huskers. freasher legs at the end of the year hopefully.

Edited December 31, 2017 by Bugeaters1

[Bugeaters1]

Look at the points in the paint, I didn't realize we had that big of an advantage there. 

[Red Don]

And Look at that Attendance;  only 3,284.  (Husker Ladies had 4,383 vs Ohio State;  4,404 vs Wash St; and 3,635 vs Florida Atlantic, all @ PBA)

 

It will be a Happy Flight Home Tonight For New Year's Eve! 

 

(Top recruits are beginning to take notice of the fun the team is having, the stellar facilities, and even better fan support/crowds at our games!

These are some of the reasons Kate Cain chose Nebraska  )

 

Edited January 3, 2018 by Red Don

[whoopdeedoo]

if matt and jeff had mentioned it during pregame, i missed it-----------------is grace mitchell ill? never heard her name called and noticed she isn't in the stats.

[whoopdeedoo]

23 minutes ago, Red Don said:

And Look at that Attendance;  only 3,284.  (Husker Ladies had 4,383 vs Ohio State;  4,404 vs Wash St; and 3,635 vs Florida Atlantic, all @ PBA)

 

(I'm telling you, top recruits are beginning to take notice of the fun the team is having, the stellar facilities, and even better fan support/crowds at our games!

These are some of the reasons Kate Cain chose Nebraska  )

 

imagine the vikings home game had somewhat to do with their attendance. minny usually does a pretty good job with supporting gopher basketball (though, not at husker levels)

[redsteve]

25 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Yeah and thier is a guy that posts on here about how minutes are spread out amongst the Huskers. freasker laegs at the end of the year hopefully.

 

Bugs,  it looked like we wore Minn out to some extent today. They didn't have much spunk late in the game. It did seem to have some affect.  We play at a pretty good pace and with our subbing a lot...you better have some gas in the tank to keep up. 

 

A huge stat in the box score..our team shot 50% ...best of the year and look what happened.  Love it !!

Edited December 31, 2017 by redsteve

[Bugeaters1]

10 minutes ago, redsteve said:

 

Bugs,  it looked like we wore Minn out to some extent today. They didn't have much spunk late in the game. It did seem to have some affect.  We play at a pretty good pace and with our subbing a lot...you better have some gas in the tank to keep up. 

 

A huge stat in the box score..our team shot 50% ...best of the year and look what happened.  Love it !!

Matt or Jeff made the comment before the game that if Nebraska could keep it close at the end. that the Huskers would beat them with execution, which is what happen. And you are right the big minutes that Minny played thier starters ahd a lot to do with it as well.

[whoopdeedoo]

5 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Matt or Jeff made the comment before the game that if Nebraska could keep it close at the end. that the Huskers would beat them with execution, which is what happen. And you are right the big minutes that Minny played thier starters ahd a lot to do with it as well.

there was/is many a gopher fan that were hoping Stollings would not return. there was a lot of support for going after lindsay whelan (former gopher and present lynx player).

Edited January 1, 2018 by whoopdeedoo

[Bugeaters1]

3 minutes ago, whoopdeedoo said:

there was/is many a gopher fan that were hoping Stollings would not return. there was a lot of support for going after lindsay whelan (former gopher and present lynx player).

Well damn, they ran Borton out of town so nopw they get stuck with the sword.

[whoopdeedoo]

23 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Well damn, they ran Borton out of town so nopw they get stuck with the sword.

i think Borton came out with a book a couple years ago (?) and had a section on the minny situation. i did see an interview with her about the book and she stated she had it in her book and has moved on. i think it was during the period when the athletic department was a mess. a real good friend of mine, who himself is involved in DI athletics, had a daughter that was being recruited by minnesota for vb. i think they visited the year before Borton was let go. anyway, they decided to go elsewhere. he told me they were a bit concerned about the situation in minny's athletic department at the time.

Edited January 1, 2018 by whoopdeedoo

[whoopdeedoo]

just for the heck of it, here was realtimerpi's gamer prediction for the minny game:

December 31	Nebraska	at	Minnesota	72-86 L Scouting

 

it was up to a 26 or 28 point loss at one point. came down quite a bit after that osu game.

Edited January 1, 2018 by whoopdeedoo

[Merlin]

4 hours ago, Red Don said:

 

You mean We Aren't??????   

 

 

Sometimes you get the feeling some folks can’t quite buy in?

[Bugeaters1]

Here is the write up grom the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-women-s-basketball-falls-to-nebraska-in-big-ten-home-opener/467444823/#1

[Red Don]

Seems like a rather gratuitous piece -  They certainly didn't seem to give the Huskers much credit for the win or for playing well.  Especially our defense holding them to 15 points Below their season average score of 88 points per game. 

[Bugeaters1]

Yeah, If minny can't run and gun they can be beat. I brought up the points in the paint, I didn't it was that lopsided and they didn't get many second chance points as well.

 

[HUD]

On 12/29/2017 at 9:10 PM, HUD said:

Kate, Maddie and Taylor have big games and we avenge the embarrassing loss at Minnesota 2 seasons ago where they drubbed us 110 to 73.

 

Maybe a dream but wouldn't that be great!!!

When I posted this earlier I felt we had a chance as Minne isn't very strong inside.  A dream come true!!!  GBR.

[whoopdeedoo]

i was a little surprised stollings didn't have Fernstrom(sp?) in the game once in awhile. at 6'5", expected to see her get some minutes. maybe she has regressed---she had a really good freshman season at iowa state. don't believe she had too impressive of a season with minny last year though.

Edited January 1, 2018 by whoopdeedoo

[12dozen]

16 hours ago, whoopdeedoo said:

if matt and jeff had mentioned it during pregame, i missed it-----------------is grace mitchell ill? never heard her name called and noticed she isn't in the stats.

Didn't see a response to this.  Any updates on Grace?

[Bugeaters1]

1 hour ago, 12dozen said:

Didn't see a response to this.  Any updates on Grace?

There was no mention of her being sick in the pregame, maybe her and RB are taking turns at not playing in a game.

[Red Don]

8 hours ago, HUD said:

When I posted this earlier I felt we had a chance as Minne isn't very strong inside.  A dream come true!!!  GBR.

 

8 hours ago, HUD said:

When I posted this earlier I felt we had a chance as Minne isn't very strong inside.  A dream come true!!!  GBR.

 

What a Difference a Year Makes! 

 

(Hey, that would make a good title for a Song. )

[whoopdeedoo]

5 hours ago, Bugeaters1 said:

There was no mention of her being sick in the pregame, maybe her and RB are taking turns at not playing in a game.

yeah, if grace didn't make the trip, i think matt and/or jeff would have mentioned it at some point. hopefully no issue there---especially for grace's sake. 

[Red Don]

Interestingly, after this Win, Both the MBB & WBB Teams have exactly the same Record: 10-5 and 1-1. Who wouldda thunk?