Nebraska (15-14) vs. Michigan St. (23-6) Game thread

[tcp]

almost over guys. 2 to go. 

 

I can't say goodbye to this sucker fast enough. 

[Huskerpapa]

Yeah...it is hard to be a Husker basketball fan.  We started well, and then bam, they make a run (something like 20-2).  Then we start the second half well, we knock the lead down (could have had it to six, but for a missed free throw) and then bam, a boneheaded sequence.  Dang.

[jason2486]

If Dakich complains one more f'ing time about their guys getting whacked, I just might lose it. Clearly he doesn't watch Nebraska games where our guys are constantly getting hit and not getting the call, including in this game.

[B-town hoopsfan]

6 minutes ago, brfrad said:

Of course he was one of their players who had made 4 3 pointers for the season.  That'd be like leaving Harris wide open for us, and him making the 3.

We could only hope that Amir’s shooting form looks like Tillman’s on that 3 someday 

[tcp]

Just now, Huskerpapa said:

Yeah...it is hard to be a Husker basketball fan.  We started well, and then bam, they make a run (something like 20-2).  Then we start the second half well, we knock the lead down (could have had it to six, but for a missed free throw) and then bam, a boneheaded sequence.  Dang.

 

What's weird is that you could see the seeds of this in our first loss to Tech. How we reacted to that crap sequence and how we just sort of folded up shop when we got punched. It took awhile to fully manifest, but we can't say there were no indications that this tendency wasn't there the whole time. 

[B-town hoopsfan]

1 minute ago, jason2486 said:

If Dakich complains one more f'ing time about their guys getting whacked, I just might lose it. Clearly he doesn't watch Nebraska games where our guys are constantly getting hit and not getting the call, including in this game.

Can’t stand him as an announcer

[Cowboy Kermit]

At least we really wanna cover. 

[brfrad]

Just now, B-town hoopsfan said:

Can’t stand him as an announcer

Palmer gets slapped in the face, and they call the ball out of bounds on Palmer.  He compliments the refs for a good call.  Glossing over the bad call.

[Cazzie22]

Saw glimpses tonight of what could have been for this team but long stretches of what has been this team. Don’t like stat padding here at the end.  Play the reserves.

[B-town hoopsfan]

Anyone else wondering how this foster lawyer guy was a 4 star recruit? Michigan player of the year his senior year?

[LNKtrnsplnt]

Don’t know if this has been said as I just caught up to the live feed but this is the best the big three have played collectively. Repeat this effort and get SOMETHING from anyone else and we could COULD do decent in the B10 tourney. 

[hhcscott]

1 minute ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

Can’t stand him as an announcer

If we hire him as coach you would.only have to put up.with him for 7 years...max.

[ladyhusker]

Aaaaand the guy who looks like one of the Von Trapp kids scores right over Isaiah. Cool.

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[Huskerpapa]

Let's see if Nana can make a free throw...yesssss

Edited March 6, 2019 by Huskerpapa

[Cowboy Kermit]

Fred Hoiberg's son Jack checks in for Sparty

[brfrad]

2 minutes ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

Can’t stand him as an announcer

My favorite part of the night was Izzo yelling at the refs on the floor for a minute, and it was Tom being Tom.

[B-town hoopsfan]

Just now, brfrad said:

Palmer gets slapped in the face, and they call the ball out of bounds on Palmer.  He compliments the refs for a good call.  Glossing over the bad call.

Ya he’s trash. I think he called some games when his son was at Ohio state last year or two years ago? Had to mute those 

[jason2486]

2 minutes ago, LNKtrnsplnt said:

Don’t know if this has been said as I just caught up to the live feed but this is the best the big three have played collectively. Repeat this effort and get SOMETHING from anyone else and we could COULD do decent in the B10 tourney. 

 

At the start of the season, if you would have told me that Palmer gets 30 and Watson gets 27 and we lose by double figures, I would have called you crazy.

[demone]

4 minutes ago, tcp said:

 

What's weird is that you could see the seeds of this in our first loss to Tech. How we reacted to that crap sequence and how we just sort of folded up shop when we got punched. It took awhile to fully manifest, but we can't say there were no indications that this tendency wasn't there the whole time. 

 

Looking back on the loss to TTU, it was definitely there. I thought at that point it may have been an anomaly. Where I saw the real issues was the loss at Minnesota. I said then that loss would hurt. It exposed this team for what it truly was.

[brfrad]

4 minutes ago, hhcscott said:

If we hire him as coach you would.only have to put up.with him for 7 years...max.

If that happens, Moos should be on the unemployment block.

 

I would rather extend Miles for 7 years.

Edited March 6, 2019 by brfrad

[Cowboy Kermit]

3 minutes ago, NebrasketballJake said:

Fred Hoiberg's son Jack checks in for Sparty

And he dribbles the clock out. Some kind of foreshadowing?? I kid kid 

[The Polish Rifle]

If we lose to Iowa we will break the school record for conf losses in a season......

 

(I know we played 20 conf games, this was tongue in cheek, kind of)

[tcp]

90+ points again on the road. our defensive effort is so ungodly horrid these days. 

that's just motivation. and this team has so little of it. 

 

I am looking forward to the laundry coming out of the locker room after the season to get an idea of where it all went wrong. 

 

[hhcscott]

2 minutes ago, NebrasketballJake said:

And he dribbles the clock out. Some kind of foreshadowing?? I kid kid 

Might be a Hoiberg we could afford.

[Red Don]

Final Stats:

Michigan State is just better (surprise  , surprise ) than we are. Better Shooters and teamwork. FG's 53.3 vs 41.9; Treys 50.0 vs 37.0; FT's 88.2 vs 58.3, Rbs 41 vs 32; and Assists 22 vs 11. The Miracle is that despite losing by 15 points, we were able to get it down to a 7 point game in the second half.

Edited March 6, 2019 by Red Don