Scouting Mich St

[throwback]

 

5 Q1 wins and 9 Q1/Q2 wins already - unreal. And starting Thursday they have 5 Q1 games in a row

 

 

MICH ST (15-2)	#7		(5-2)	(4-0)	(2-0)	(4-0)
QUAD SHEET	NET		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Kansas	N		L
Fla GC	H					W
La-Monroe	H				W
Tenn Tech	H					W
UCLA	N			W
Texas	N		W
L'ville	A		L
Rutgers	A			W
Iowa	H		W
Florida	A		W
Green Bay	H					W
Oakland	H					W
N Illinois	H				W
N'western	H			W
Ohio St	A		W
Purdue	H		W
Penn St	A			W
Nebraska	A		x
Maryland	H		x
Iowa	A		x
Purdue	A		x
Indiana	H		x

 

Edited January 15, 2019 by throwback

[49r]

Toughest test of the season so far...and this is for history.  21 home wins in a row!

 

2019 Schedule

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Tue Nov 6	13	9	Kansas	L, 92-87	85		Neutral	0-1
Sun Nov 11	13	262	Florida Gulf Coast	W, 106-82	83		Home	1-1
Wed Nov 14	13	143	Louisiana Monroe	W, 80-59	72		Home	2-1
Sun Nov 18	13	326	Tennessee Tech	W, 101-33	68		Home	3-1
Thu Nov 22	11	75	UCLA	W, 87-67	74		Neutral	4-1
Fri Nov 23	10	31	Texas	W, 78-68	72		Neutral	5-1
Tue Nov 27	8	25	Louisville	L, 82-78	77	OT	Away	5-2
Fri Nov 30	11	110	Rutgers	W, 78-67	64		Away	6-2	1-0
Mon Dec 3	9	34	Iowa	W, 90-68	68		Home	7-2	2-0
Sat Dec 8	9	24	Florida	W, 63-59	61		Away	8-2
Sun Dec 16	8	207	Green Bay	W, 104-83	85		Home	9-2
Fri Dec 21	8	228	Oakland	W, 99-69	71		Home	10-2
Sat Dec 29	6	108	Northern Illinois	W, 88-60	73		Home	11-2
Wed Jan 2	5	59	Northwestern	W, 81-55	70		Home	12-2	3-0
Sat Jan 5	4	28	Ohio St.	W, 86-77	69		Away	13-2	4-0
Tue Jan 8	4	16	Purdue	W, 77-59	64		Home	14-2	5-0
Sun Jan 13	4	61	Penn St.	W, 71-56	67		Away	15-2	6-0

[Huskerpapa]

This just in...

Breaking news...

 

Michigan State has a good basketball team!

[49r]

Also just in...Nebraska is the highest KenPom ranked team since Kansas that MSU has played.  And we get them at home.

[Cazzie22]

Is Langford still out?  We must try to contain Cassius Winston and hope Nick Ward takes the night off.

[thrasher31]

10 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Is Langford still out?  We must try to contain Cassius Winston and hope Nick Ward takes the night off.

Langford and Aherns will both be out this game. 

 

They started Aaron Henry at the 3 last game, I envision the same this game

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

Also just in...Nebraska is the highest KenPom ranked team since Kansas that MSU has played.  And we get them at home.

 

I have a good, good feeling about the roof being lifted off the foundations on Thursday night at The Vault.

 

 

 

 

[49r]

4 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

I have a good, good feeling about the roof being lifted off the foundations on Thursday night at The Vault.

 

 

 

 

 

The kegs at Longwell's and Gate 25 and Mellow Mushroom....and several other places better damn well be empty on Thursday!

[thrasher31]

Ward will be an animal and will get his. If we can play defense in him without fouling that will be huge. I don't think can guard Roby or cope is space. 

 

I think this game will come down to the "others" for MSU. Need to contain Winston. McQuaid is a shooter. And they have a couple guys who can do some damage. 

 

If there's any team that's designed to beat us, it's this team. HOWEVER. Langford and Aherns being out us huge. 

 

That plus the home atmosphere we will have will be huge. I hope we can pull this off. 

[trickey]

8 hours ago, 49r said:

 

The kegs at Longwell's and Gate 25 and Mellow Mushroom....and several other places better damn well be empty on Thursday!

 

They are all sharp enough to know how to order extra kegs and how to change them.

I don't want to be anywhere that tells me they are out of beer before I go to the game.

 

Well...I could order a Rusty Nail!

[ladyhusker]

 
The kegs at Longwell's and Gate 25 and Mellow Mushroom....and several other places better damn well be empty on Thursday!

Lord have mercy, but no. I was in Sioux Falls. Our fans were SLOPPY. I am far, far from a teetotaler, but that experience alone made me change my stance on having beer at the arena. Cheer loud, have fun, but please don't yell during our own free throws and try to take photos with the players during the game (and steal their stuff from the bench).

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[hhcmatt]

34 minutes ago, ladyhusker said:

Lord have mercy, but no. I was in Sioux Falls. Our fans were SLOPPY. I am far, far from a teetotaler, but that experience alone made me change my stance on having beer at the arena. Cheer loud, have fun, but please don't yell during our own free throws and try to take photos with the players during the game (and steal their stuff from the bench).

 

People don't get South Dakota drunk at the PBA

[Huskerpapa]

We will win this game.  People have to start realizing, Nebraska is a very good team this year.  

[HuskerFever]

11 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

We will win this game.  People have to start realizing, Nebraska is a very good team this year.  

 

Michigan State is also a very good team. So whatever happens, happens. But should things go south this next game, people just need to realize that we're up there with the likes of MSU, Kansas, UNC, etc. right now.

[TourneyBound]

any spread predictions on this one??  Michigan st -3 is mine but who knows

[B-town hoopsfan]

To bad this wasn’t a Saturday home game. Gonna be a crazy environment would be nice to get some recruits in house for both football and basketball 

[hhcmatt]

6 hours ago, ConkintheCorner said:

any spread predictions on this one??  Michigan st -3 is mine but who knows

 

I'd say coinflip so Michigan St -1

[khoock]

We have beaten better/similarly talented Michigan State teams with less talented Nebraska teams, correct?

Edited January 15, 2019 by khoock

[tcp]

this game should be a blast if both teams bring their better games. 

we haven't seen many dudes like Ward. Definitely need to lock Winston down. If we can disrupt their passing lanes enough, we can win this one and negate what for them should be a significant rebounding edge. 

 

Edit: Izzo, incidentally, is worried about this game. He was unusually bash-y with his team last time out and he's looking to pick up their fire a bit coming in. I take that as a good sign that he's playing the "my team isn't good enough" card at this moment. 

Edited January 15, 2019 by tcp

[HuskerFever]

3 minutes ago, khoock said:

We have beaten better/similarly talented Michigan State teams with less talented Nebraska teams, correct?

 

I thought the same thing the other day, but it's not as great as I remember it.

 

We're 0 of our last 3 against Michigan State.

 

Home: 1-3, Away: 2-3 since joining the Big Ten. (Home: 0-2, Away: 2-3 when Michigan State was ranked.)

[hhcmatt]

39 minutes ago, khoock said:

We have beaten better/similarly talented Michigan State teams with less talented Nebraska teams, correct?

 

Miles has never had a more talented team than this so yes

[unl]

I want this game’s atmosphere to be at least like Penn State last year. Can we pull that off? 

[49r]

19 minutes ago, unl said:

I want this game’s atmosphere to be at least like Penn State last year. Can we pull that off? 

 

It would be nice to see.  You could tell that last night in the Indiana game the fans just didn't bring the energy other than sitting there "harrumph-ing" most of the game.  Had they been able to get past their feeling of entitlement and actually cheer the team on instead, I'm pretty confident they would have been able to  will their team on to at least have themselves in it at the end.  Not that I'm complaining, mind you, their loss is our gain.  But a raucous environment from tip to buzzer could very well be the difference between winning and losing.

[Huskerpapa]

41 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

It would be nice to see.  You could tell that last night in the Indiana game the fans just didn't bring the energy other than sitting there "harrumph-ing" most of the game.  Had they been able to get past their feeling of entitlement and actually cheer the team on instead, I'm pretty confident they would have been able to  will their team on to at least have themselves in it at the end.  Not that I'm complaining, mind you, their loss is our gain.  But a raucous environment from tip to buzzer could very well be the difference between winning and losing.

I did have a question, because you really couldn't tell via television; but did the crowd start out lethargic, or did our early run simply take them totally out of the game?  

[Silverbacked1]

I think we also might have a better chance is they will be missing two guys.

 

That often messes up rotations, i.e.... Nebraska v Penn State this year with the flu hang over.