Mindset

[Huskerpapa]

Throughout our history, Nebraska basketball has been considered an afterthought to Husker fans.  Not to us die-hards, but to the State in general.  In order of importance, it has been Football, Spring Football and then a pick em between Husker Basketball and Volleyball.  Times are a changing.  Football by far is still number one.  Volleyball is certainly supported and talked about, but, Husker Basketball is now in many conversations.

 

Now to the point.  Many still fear that (because of history) sh** is going to happen this year and we will fall flat.  Everyone has to get that thought or fear out of their ever loving minds.  Husker basketball will be good this year, and the program culture is set to extend the quality of basketball for years to come.  Our mindset must be...this year is going to find great success.  We have on many occasions, had one or two good players on a team and met some success, but things are now different.

 

I have always said; for a team to be a great team, you need three significant players and then a bunch of good role players.  This team has that.  We are also recruiting with an eye towards that formula for future teams.  

 

In years past, I had rose colored glasses on with the hope that we were going to be successful.  Not this year!  I know we are going to be good.  I know we will be a top tier team.  I know we will make the dance, and I know we will win games in the tournament.  My expectations are set.  I expect to win each and every game, and I will be disappointed with any loss.  ANY LOSS.  

 

Have at it!

[thattimeofyearchanges]

Throughout our history, Nebraska basketball has been considered an afterthought to Husker fans.  Not to us die-hards, but to the State in general.  In order of importance, it has been Football, Spring Football and then a pick em between Husker Basketball and Volleyball.  Times are a changing.  Football by far is still number one.  Volleyball is certainly supported and talked about, but, Husker Basketball is now in many conversations.
 
Now to the point.  Many still fear that (because of history) sh** is going to happen this year and we will fall flat.  Everyone has to get that thought or fear out of their ever loving minds.  Husker basketball will be good this year, and the program culture is set to extend the quality of basketball for years to come.  Our mindset must be...this year is going to find great success.  We have on many occasions, had one or two good players on a team and met some success, but things are now different.
 
I have always said; for a team to be a great team, you need three significant players and then a bunch of good role players.  This team has that.  We are also recruiting with an eye towards that formula for future teams.  
 
In years past, I had rose colored glasses on with the hope that we were going to be successful.  Not this year!  I know we are going to be good.  I know we will be a top tier team.  I know we will make the dance, and I know we will win games in the tournament.  My expectations are set.  I expect to win each and every game, and I will be disappointed with any loss.  ANY LOSS.  
 
Have at it!

I believe they will win conference.
Flat out
No ties or anything like that.

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[cornfed24-7]

Had a conversation with my Dad. He said, "I got some stunned looks and a few laughs because I told some people at work my son thinks Nebraska has a chance for a couple of wins in the tournament and to make the Sweet 16 if things break right."

I said, "I do believe that!"

He said, "You say they can make the tournament every year."

I said, "This years differnt Dad. We're gonna be good. Maybe real good. Maybe better than Piakowski good"

[hhcmatt]

Why not us?

[Norm Peterson]

I think our starting 5 will be able to stand toe-to-toe with anyone we play.  I'm only a bit worried about what we can bring off the bench.  

 

I had hoped against hope that Jordy would work hard at developing some post skills, which never materialized.  But he could still come off the bench and fill the lane and put a body on someone like an Isaac Haas. We don't have a big big-man and we don't have size that can come in off the bench.

 

We can play small ball with a couple of stretch 4s in place of an actual post, but we don't have that beast who can go in and bang and get some boards like a Tyler Cook at Iowa.

 

I think we can check off all the other items on the list.  But I worry if we have to go up against a team with a mobile, athletic, skilled big man.  Defending the paint is still a concern.

[Norm Peterson]

Here's a bold prediction:  I predict all 5 starters will average somewhere between 37% and 43% from beyond the arc.

[cornfed24-7]

25 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

Here's a bold prediction:  I predict all 5 starters will average somewhere between 37% and 43% from beyond the arc.

Man...If we do that other teams are gonna have to choose how much they even want to put their big men in againist those stats

[Norm Peterson]

Each of them is able to shoot that well.  

 

Roby and Copeland did it last year; Glynn the year before.  Thomas Allen was close as a freshman.  James Palmer went ice cold over the last several games last year, but prior to his 1-8 performance against Wisconsin, he was shooting over 36% from three (and we know he's been working on his shot).

 

So, all 5 guys have demonstrated the ability to hit those kinds of numbers.  I think Glynn will have a bounce-back kind of year to what he did as a sophomore, and everyone else is probably going to improve their shooting.  I say probably, because I think it's been a point of emphasis in the off-season.

[Huskerpapa]

44 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

I think our starting 5 will be able to stand toe-to-toe with anyone we play.  I'm only a bit worried about what we can bring off the bench.  

 

I had hoped against hope that Jordy would work hard at developing some post skills, which never materialized.  But he could still come off the bench and fill the lane and put a body on someone like an Isaac Haas. We don't have a big big-man and we don't have size that can come in off the bench.

 

We can play small ball with a couple of stretch 4s in place of an actual post, but we don't have that beast who can go in and bang and get some boards like a Tyler Cook at Iowa.

 

I think we can check off all the other items on the list.  But I worry if we have to go up against a team with a mobile, athletic, skilled big man.  Defending the paint is still a concern.

I could argue that the vast majority of teams in college basketball will struggle with defending a mobile, athletic, skilled big man.  Then again, could that big man cover Roby or Copeland?

[hskr4life]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

Here's a bold prediction:  I predict all 5 starters will average somewhere between 37% and 43% from beyond the arc.

 

Nice thing is that this isn't an unrealistic pipe dream!

[49r]

Player Stats 

Expanded Player Page 
Stats include games against D-I teams through Monday, April 2
2152 players eligible for national rank. (1295 in eFG%, TS%, and FTRate.)

		Ht	Wt	Yr	G	%Min	ORtg	%Poss	%Shots	eFG%	TS%	OR%	DR%	ARate	TORate	Blk%	Stl%	FC/40	FD/40	FTRate	FTM-FTA	Pct	2PM-2PA	Pct	3PM-3PA	Pct
	Go-to guys (>28% of possessions used)
24	James Palmer National Rank	6-6	210	Jr	33	77.3 478	109.4	28.7 98	27.7 216	49.6	55.4	4.5	10.5	21.9 317	14.4 477	1.4	1.8	2.4 377	6.5 46	54.2 88	163-221	.738	138-269	.513	43-139	.309
	Significant Contributors (20-24% of possessions used)
5	Glynn Watson National Rank	6-0	173	Jr	33	74.0	97.5	22.2	24.5 482	39.6	44.3	2.7	9.2	21.8 324	12.9 289	0.7	2.8 172	3.2	3.5	26.3	71-91	.780 440	86-229	.376	34-117	.291
32	Jordy Tshimanga	6-11	268	So	31	31.9	92.0	21.6	18.4	45.5	47.5	15.9	20.6	7.1	23.8	3.1	1.1	6.7	3.5	34.8	22-39	.564	51-112	.455	0-0	.000
	Role Players (16-20% of possessions used)
14	Isaac Copeland National Rank	6-9	221	Jr	33	76.4	113.6 418	19.7	23.1	53.3 487	55.6	6.1	15.1	8.1	9.7 54	3.0 408	1.6	2.2 257	3.4	27.3	64-92	.696	118-226	.522	41-111	.369
15	Isaiah Roby National Rank	6-8	225	So	32	58.0	117.5 234	18.3	15.2	61.6	65.0	7.7 451	20.0 236	13.9	20.0	7.6 65	1.5	5.4	4.2	59.5	73-100	.730	78-126	.619 125	17-42	.405
12	Thomas Allen	6-1	180	Fr	32	24.0	97.0	17.7	18.8	49.4	52.9	1.8	8.6	10.4	20.9	0.0	1.3	1.0	2.7	23.3	16-20	.800	17-38	.447	17-48	.354
	Limited roles (12-16% of possessions used)
11	Evan Taylor National Rank	6-5	208	Sr	33	64.2	105.9	14.9	13.0	47.8	53.2	3.4	10.7	16.1	18.6	1.6	2.2	3.1	3.3	50.9 134	58-81	.716	52-123	.423	16-36	.444
13	Anton Gill National Rank	6-3	195	Sr	31	57.4	111.8	15.1	18.5	53.2	56.2	0.9	7.3	8.7	11.8 180	0.2	1.1	2.3 326	2.4	20.2	34-41	.829	27-60	.450	54-143	.378 496
0	Duby Okeke	6-8	247	Sr	28	14.8	76.5	12.9	7.1	45.0	44.4	13.7	13.9	1.8	39.3	12.8	1.5	8.2	2.2	50.0	4-10	.400	9-20	.450	0-0	.000
	Benchwarmers (played in fewer than 10% of team's minutes)
20	Tanner Borchardt	6-8	265	Jr	20	8.9	113.2	11.4	7.7	46.1	45.8	16.1	16.9	3.0	8.7	3.1	1.0	7.8	3.7	107.7	6-14	.429	6-13	.462	0-0	.000
10	Jack McVeigh	6-8	215	Jr	14	7.9	89.2	15.5	19.2	44.8	45.8	4.3	11.0	3.6	18.0	1.8	2.8	4.2	1.4	3.5	1-1	.999	4-11	.364	6-18	.333

 

[Huskerpapa]

Just read/watched a tweet from Nebraska basketball.  Prominently mentioned were Isaac, James, Isaiah, Glynn, Thomas, Brady, Dedoch, Amir and Nana.   I would guess that very well may be our rotation; then again, who really knows.

[khoock]

29 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

Just read/watched a tweet from Nebraska basketball.  Prominently mentioned were Isaac, James, Isaiah, Glynn, Thomas, Brady, Dedoch, Amir and Nana.   I would guess that very well may be our rotation; then again, who really knows.

Leaving Thor and Tanner on the bench. This is what i have came up with except Tanner in place of Brady.

[AuroranHusker]

Nebrasketball will win a piece of the conference crown. You heard it here first.

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

13 hours ago, AuroranHusker said:

Nebrasketball will win a piece of the conference crown. You heard it here first.

 

 

 

@thattimeofyearchanges said yesterday or the day before that we'd win it outright.

[AuroranHusker]

1 minute ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

@thattimeofyearchanges said yesterday or the day before that we'd win it outright.

 

Rookie move. I said a 'piece'

[HuskerFever]

1 hour ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Rookie move. I said a 'piece'

 

What did you just call me???

 

[AuroranHusker]

4 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

What did you just call me???

 

 

Well.......................

 

[bigFRED]

19 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

Each of them is able to shoot that well.  

 

Roby and Copeland did it last year; Glynn the year before.  Thomas Allen was close as a freshman.  James Palmer went ice cold over the last several games last year, but prior to his 1-8 performance against Wisconsin, he was shooting over 36% from three (and we know he's been working on his shot).

 

So, all 5 guys have demonstrated the ability to hit those kinds of numbers.  I think Glynn will have a bounce-back kind of year to what he did as a sophomore, and everyone else is probably going to improve their shooting.  I say probably, because I think it's been a point of emphasis in the off-season.

 

To remind everyone, biggest take-away from playing 2-3 times with Palmer, Amir, Thomas, Nana, Brady, Tanner, etc. is that Palmer put on the best shooting performance I have ever seen. If there was video of him playing that day, all of us would be drooling through our computers.

[Handy Johnson]

I, like many of us here, have grown weary of the "when will we win "A" tournament game" talk. That should never be, nor has it been the goal to start a season. If you're not in it to win a Championship, then why even bother to lace em' up? Will I be happy when we do advance? Of course. But it shouldn't be treated like the Holy Grail. I expect us to blow by the that ONE game bench mark and make a deep and meaningful run. Like with my campadre' there on North Hiway 14 says, Cornhuskers win the B1G and after that we're playin' with House money!

Edited October 12, 2018 by Handy Johnson