hhcmatt Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 #24 Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-0) vs Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-0) ** HALL OF FAME CLASSIC ** Date: Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2018 Time: 8:30 p.m. Arena: Sprint Center Location: Kansas City, Mo. Broadcast: ESPN2 Link for Live Stats Texas Tech Head Coach: Chris BeardLocation: Lubbock, TexasConference: Big 12Nickname: Red RaidersMascot: Masked Rider, Raider Red - Due to the Masked Rider's requirement to ride a live horse, Raider Red is the preferred mascot for basketballLast time out: Beat USCShirt not to wear: Scarlet, Black, Oakland Raiders Starters jacket Opening Line: Nebraska by 2 Great moments in twitter: Tim Miles puts out this two word tweet about Tubby Smith jumping ship from Texas Tech. April 15th was the same day Tech hired Beard away from UNLV where he'd just started in March after his magical tourney run at Arkansas Little Rock Players to watch: Jarrett Culver Culver is go-to scorer on this team as the unheralded Lubbock native put himself on the NBA draft radar as a freshman last year on the Red Raider's Elite 8 team. The projected next level 3 and D player should be tasked with guarding James Palmer in what should be an interesting individual matchup. KenPom Helps us look at the Lineup PG SG SF PF C Pct 1 13 Matt Mooney6-3 200 Sr 25 Davide Moretti6-2 175 So 23 Jarrett Culver6-5 195 So 11 Tariq Owens6-10 205 Sr 32 Norense Odiase6-8 250 Sr 12.9 You might recognize Mooney and Owens from years past as Tech reloaded through grad trasnfers. Mooney was the SG who did some damage against us for Craig Smith's South Dakota team two years ago. Tariq Owens had 6 blocks for St Johns in their beat down which included Palmer getting T'ed up after scoring on Owens and letting him know about it. Itailian SG Davide Moretti is a 3pt sniper and Odiase is a glass cleaner who mostly scores on putbacks. Tech has a pretty shallow bench at this point that includes a couple of new faces the Huskers tried to recruit in Kyler Edwards and Deshawn Corprew after a year at JUCO. Both are capable but inexperienced scorers. Senior Brandone Francis plays minutes because he knows the system but isn't much of a threat to score. The Skinny: Nebraska has a couple of built in advantages here as they will have the home court advantage and Tech had to burn some legs to rally back against USC last night. It's probable that Beard and his packline defense will choose to protect the defensive boards as opposed to aggressively pursuing transition points as Tech attempts to grind out a win. Nebraska's defense has been elite thus far and should also keep Tech in tabs in what Vegas believes will be a low scoring game. It's possible that Culver gets the best of Palmer in this matchup but how is Tech going to cover Roby and Copeland? Cope has a good shot at locking down tourney MVP honors tonight. Nebraska individually has the advantage at most every position here but unlike USC is able to play defense. Tech will try and force Nebraska into a jump shooting team and once again you'll grit your teeth when 3s don't fall. It's ok...our combination of defense just means we need to be a decent shooting team and our shot chart is finally starting to look like we understand what is a good shot. One last ace up the sleeve: this is a pretty poor FT shooting team. Look for Nebraska to bend at times but never break as they look to win their first holiday tournament since the San Juan Shootout in 2000. Prediction: Nebraska 68 - Texas Tech 62 View full article tcp, Handy Johnson and atskooc 2 1 Quote
Handy Johnson Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 In case people have forgotten, Tubby Smith NEVER had a winning Conference with the Gophers... Quote
49r Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 "#24 Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-0) vs Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-0)"Ummm... Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Quote
hskr4life Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 Just now, 49r said: "#24 Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-0) vs Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-0)" Ummm... Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk I noticed this too... we're actually 4-0. That's what you were talking about right? Quote
hhcmatt Posted November 20, 2018 Author Report Posted November 20, 2018 I'm having a good year. My error/game is sub 1.00 49r 1 Quote
hskr4life Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 Just now, hhcmatt said: I'm having a good year. My error/game is sub 1.00 My sarcasm game is a little off again . I think he was referring to the #24 ranking, but I could be wrong. Quote
hhcmatt Posted November 20, 2018 Author Report Posted November 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, hskr4life said: My sarcasm game is a little off again . I think he was referring to the #24 ranking, but I could be wrong. We are #24 though. I'm using whichever ranking is higher between the coaches and AP poll Quote
hskr4life Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) Just now, hhcmatt said: We are #24 though. I'm using whichever ranking is higher between the coaches and AP poll Dang it- I was looking at the AP. I'm on board with this! Edited November 20, 2018 by hskr4life Quote
HuskerFever Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 42 minutes ago, hhcmatt said: We are #24 though. I'm using whichever ranking is higher between the coaches and AP poll Sagarin isn't an acceptable/approved ranking? Quote
49r Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 1 hour ago, hskr4life said: I noticed this too... we're actually 4-0. That's what you were talking about right? Yes, that's what I'm talking about. Part of the fun of @hhcmatt's essentials threads is finding the easter eggs he leaves in them. HuskerFever and hhcmatt 1 1 Quote
49r Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 We tried to get Husker Power going last night during the Mo State introductions without much luck, hopefully tonight we'll do a little better job. Quote
The Polish Rifle Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 43 minutes ago, hhcmatt said: "ice" uniforms The "ice" uniforms and the "pinstripe" uniforms seem basically the same to me. Surprised we havent seen the script husker unis yet, hopefully they havent retired those. Quote
jimmykc Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) I'm just looking forward to watching all of the little red and white circles wander around on half of my screen. Wonder how much time the announcers will allot to this marvelous technical advance tonight? Edited November 20, 2018 by jimmykc northwillriseagain 1 Quote
northwillriseagain Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, jimmykc said: I'm just looking forward to watching all of the little red and white circles wander around on half of my screen. Wonder how much time the announcers will allot to this marvelous technical advance tonight? Just enough to piss me off. Nebrasketball1979 1 Quote
atskooc Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 18 minutes ago, northwillriseagain said: Just enough to piss me off. It'll be far more than enough to piss me off. Nebrasketball1979 1 Quote
Huskerpapa Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 1 hour ago, atskooc said: It'll be far more than enough to piss me off. New drinking game, take a shot each time the analytics are placed on the screen over the game action. Norm Peterson and hhcmatt 2 Quote
49r Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 New drinking game, take a shot each time the analytics are placed on the screen over the game action. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Vinny 1 Quote
atskooc Posted November 20, 2018 Report Posted November 20, 2018 39 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said: New drinking game, take a shot each time the analytics are placed on the screen over the game action. No thank you. I like being alive. Quote
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