This Was The Season That Was! MBB - 2017/2018

[Red Don]

  Just finished this for WBB; Here's a Wrap for the Men's.

 

2017 /18 Men’s Basketball Game & TV Schedule
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Quest for Twenty wins: (22) Plus TWO!!!

Huskers (22-11) (13-5) (0-1) (0-1) KenPom ranking #55 (thru 4/2/18); (#98 pre-season)

Next-Up:
SEASON OVER -

The Huskers won Twenty-Two games this season, Second-most Ever, Setting a school record with Thirteen Conference Wins; Finishing Fourth in the B1G, Above .500 in Conference for the First time since 2013/14.

Despite the disappointing finish (but we all knew it would eventually end in a Loss ), losing to Michigan after earning a double-bye in the B1G Tournament (who Won the B1G, and advanced to lose to Villanova in the NCAA Championship Game); and losing in the NIT first round to Mississippi State (who reached the NIT Final Four, losing to Penn State, who went on to defeat Utah for the NIT Title).

Milestones:

• Ten more wins this season (most improvement in 30 years)
• From Worst to First in the B1G in 3-point Defense
• 16-1  (9-0 in conference):   Best record @ PBA
• Sweeps of: Wisconsin, Minnesota and Rutgers
• First Win Ever @ the Kohl Center (Wisconsin)
• First Win Ever over Michigan (in the B1G)
• First Win @ 'The Barn' (Minnesota)

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Quick Run-Down:

...(Special Exhibition Game for Charity)
Sun, 10/22 @ Mississippi State, (76-72) - Huskers go ahead 23 pts, survive comeback to top MSU 76-72

Sun, 10/29   Secret Scrimmage vs Iowa State (92-84) -     Pssst!   Huskers top Iowa St in closed-session

...(Exhibition Game)
Tue, 11/7 vs Northwood (Michigan), (80-62) - Huskers 2nd half spurt Bests Northwood

Out-of-Conference (13) Record: 9-4

Sat, 11/11 vs Eastern Illinois (#207), (W, 72-68) - Whew! Huskers Survive Scare pulling out Win @ PBA
Mon, 11/13 vs North Texas (#299), (W, 86-67) - Huskers jump out to early lead; coast to finish

...(Gavitt Tipoff Games @ NYC; Series Record: 0-2)
Thu, 11/16 vs St. John's (#54), (L, 79-56) - Huskers Blown-Out in Queens in BE match-up

Sun, 11/19 vs North Dakota (#223), (W, 92-70) - Team Bounces Back; Copeland & Gill with breakout Games

...(AdvoCare Invitational @ Orlando, FL. Record: 2-1; 5th Place)
Thu, 11/23 vs UCF (#63) (3-0), (L, 68-59) - Huskers fall short in battling back from 18 pt halftime deficit
Fri, 11/24 vs Marist (#303), (W, 84-59) - Gill & Copeland w/17 pts ea, & 23 team High assists in win!
Sun, 11/26 vs Long Beach State (#227), (W, 85-80) - Hot Shooting Huskers lead by 22 pts, cool to nail-biting finish

...(Big Ten/ACC Challenge @ PBA; Series Record: 4-3)
Wed, 11/29 vs Boston College (#90), (W, 71-62) - Huskers hold up their end of the ACC Challenge (Again)

Sat, 12/9 @ Creighton (#32), (L, 75-65) - Lead by 5 @ Half; Ref-aided Fade in 2nd; 3-17 FT differential
Sat, 12/16 vs Kansas (#7), (L, 73-72) - Heartbreak Loss @ Buzzer; Nothing to be Ashamed Of

Wed, 12/20 vs UTSA (#198), (W, 104-94) - Huskers Break 100, Win in offensive Shoot-Out! Whew!
Fri, 12/22 vs Delaware State (#350), (W, 85-68) - Huskers Hot Out of the Box, never trail in win vs Delaware St
Merry Christmas

Fri, 12/29 vs Stetson (#310), (W, 71-62) - Huskers Beat Down Pesky Hatters in Ugly Win, We'll take it!

B1G Conference Play (18) Record: 13-5

2017 (*) Played in December between OOC Games
*Sun, 12/3 @ Michigan State (#3), (L, 86-57) - Overmatched Huskers Fall to #3 MSU @ Breslin
*Tue, 12/5 vs Minnesota (#23), (W, 78-68) - Huskers' Hustle Knocks-Off #14 Minny

2018 (Happy New Years! )
Tue, 1/2 @ Northwestern (#53), (W, 70-55) - Huskers Win by 15 pts
Sat, 1/6 @ Purdue (#4), (L, 74-62) - Huskers battle Home Team, Refs to within 12 pts vs #13 Purdue
Tue, 1/9 vs Wisconsin (#77), (W, 63-59) - Huskers Hold Off Badgers in Ugly Finish. But a Win is a Wln
Fri, 1/12 @ Penn State (#45), (L, 76-74) - Cold-Shooting gets Down 16; Fight Back lose by 2 in OT
Mon, 1/15 vs Illinois (#95), (W, 64-63) - Saved by Roby's Hustle (& Palmer's buzzer-beating Trey) in Ugly Game
Thu, 1/18 vs Michigan (#18), (W, 72-52) - Monkey's off our Back! Last B1G team Huskers have not defeated.
Mon, 1/22 @ Ohio State (#11), (L, 64-59) - Huskers hang w/#13 OSU despite hitting on one cylinder-err Palmer
Wed, 1/24 @ Rutgers (#121), (W, 60-54) - Back & FrothSee-saw Battle goes down to the wire, but a win!
Sat, 1/27 vs Iowa (#95), (W, 98-84) - Huskers Pick Good Night To Knock 'Em Down (@PBA) Win BIG!
Mon, 1/29 @ Wisconsin (#85), (W, 74-63) - Rally toBadgers in 1st win @ Kohl keepshopes alive
Tue, 2/6 @ Minnesota (#91), (W, 91-85) - UnisPesky Gophers in their 1st Win @ The Barn
Sat, 2/10 vs Rutgers (#157), (W, 67-55) - Black Unis Rutgers; Roby dbl, dbl; Duby, Jordy shine
Tue, 2/13 vs Maryland (#38), (W, 70-66) - Black Unis win again in Watson w/1,000 career Pts
Sun, 2/18 @ Illinois (#109), (L, 72-66) - Lackluster game @ Hot Handed Illinois = Disappointing Loss
Tue, 2/20 vs Indiana (#72), (W, 66-57) - Huskers pull away fm Pesky Hoosiers at the end
Sun, 2/25 vs Penn State (#25) (W, 76-64) - Huskers Kick The Nittany out of Lions, Finish 4th in B1G!

...B1G Tournament @ Madison Square Garden, NYC (Record 0-1)
(Huskers Finish 4th in B1G; Earn Double-bye)
Fri, 3-2, Michigan (#5 seed, #16 KPom) (L, 77-58) - Huskers, Split - Fall to eventual B1G Tournament Champions


Post Season - NIT (Record 0-1)
Wed, 3/14 @ Mississippi State (#4 Seed, #62 KPom) (L, 66-59) - #5-seed Huskers Rally & Lead late, but lose to #4-seed MSU

Ken Pomeroy Ratings: https://kenpom.com/

(Link to Prior Years' Game Summaries)
2016/17: http://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/10772-this-was-the-season-that-was-mbb-20162017/?tab=comments#comment-162892

2015/16: http://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/8240-this-was-the-season-that-was-mbb-20152016/?tab=comments#comment-125524

2014/15: http://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/7236-this-was-the-season-that-was-2015/?tab=comments#comment-111686

 

Edited May 4, 2018 by Red Don

[Handy Johnson]

"Misty water-colored memories... of the way, we were"

[49r]

The ball is tipped
and there you are
you’re running for your life
you’re a shooting star
And all the years
no one knows
just how hard you worked
but now it shows…

 

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

*First win at the Barn "in the Big Ten era."

[Red Don]

3 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

"Misty water-colored memories... of the way, we were"

 

Yep!  It seems pretty much a blur by the end of the season.  I thought little vignettes would help remember the individual games;  Warts & All. 

[Ron Mexico]

Thanks for all you've done for Nebraska Basketball coach Miles. You have left this program in better shape than when you arrived.

[Red Don]

22 Wins; In 22 Seconds!

 

 

[HuskerCager]

Red, I think the lights just went dim in our house, as my browser tried to load all those emoticons.

[Red Don]

It's like adding Air Conditioning;  You may have to upgrade your Electrical Service! 

 

(But in the old days (before upgrading the BB Software), there was a limitation - only a maximum of 15 emojis were allowed in a post; I had to ration them. Made it hard for those that are emoji-impaired!  )

 

 

EDIT:  I saw this posted elsewhere:

 

"As a footnote to this season, there were three teams that beat Michigan by more than 15 points:

#11 North Carolina, 11/29/2017, 71 - 86
Nebraska, 1/18/2018, 52 - 72
#2 Villanova, 4/2/2018, 62 - 79

Pretty good company... I hope it is an indicator of things to come rather than an outlier."

 

Edited April 3, 2018 by Red Don

[Handy Johnson]

I also remember CBS playing "This is It" by Kenny Loggins during their Tournament promos while they showed Mark Agguire from DePaul flying in for a dunk. This was early 80's "Dr. Dunkenstein" Darrel Griffith, Al Wood at Carolina & Isiah Thomas with the General @ IU.

[ZAYWHAT!]

This was fun and if you didn’t get a chance to see this it is worth a watch as a glimpse of the guys just being guys this past season.    Doesn’t have anything to do with wins and losses.   Just the players off the court.  It was a good year. 

 

 

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