This Was The Season That Was! WBB - 2018/2019

[Red Don]

2018 /19 Women's Basketball Game Schedule
http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&SPID=25&SPSID=31

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Husker Ladies (14-16) (9-9) (0-1)

Coming off a 21 Win Season in 2017/18, the Husker WBB Team lost a ton of leadership and experience from graduation. There was only a single Senior on this year's team. This lack of experience is reflected in this season's 14 wins, despite returning several stand-out starters and a top-20 class of recruits; And their not qualifying for post-season play.

Inexperience was particularly evident in inability to close out contested games. Ten losses were decided by ten points or less, and six of the losses were decided by five points or less.

Next Year's team will have Three Seniors, Two Juniors, and the returning class of Four Freshmen, now seasoned Sophomores. With an incoming class of three highly-regarded recruits, the WBB Team is Poised to Improve on last season's record and return to Post-Season play.

 

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McKeown: Husker women are bullish on future, even with no tournament bid
"We just need to get over the hump. What’s it going to take to make that happen?”

Leaders. Clear go-to players. Williams is bullish on this, and it’s good to hear.

91 percent of the Huskers’ scoring returns. Haiby, a gifted scorer and NU’s best player driving to the basket — Williams seems especially insistent that center Kate Cain can dominate games more than she thinks. Brown has natural scoring talent, Taylor Kissinger is the team’s best shooter and Hannah Whitish has been that player before. A three-player recruiting class includes Australian star Issie Bourne, who has international experience and is one of the nation’s best young players.

it’s not hard to envision NU making a run to the NCAA tournament. A run to the second weekend, in fact. The pieces are there.

https://www.omaha.com/huskers/plus/mckewon-amy-williams-husker-women-are-bullish-on-future-even/article_3cd66e40-7b83-579d-816e-5964626b22f9.html

 

Season Over

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GOOOOOO LADY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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GRIT; NO QUIT LADY HUSKERS!

Quick Run-Down:

Sat, 10/27 Secret Scrimmage vs AZ ST (66-57) - Pssst! Huskers 9 pts short; outrebounded by only 3 

...(Exhibition Game)
Sat, 11/3 vs Nebraska-Kearney (94-41) - Ladies start Fast; Freshmen Look Good! Should be Fun Year

Out-of-Conference (11) Record: 5-6

Wed, 11/7, vs Drake, (L, 83-77) - Close Loss; Both teams roar back fm deficits in high-scoring

Sun, 11/11, vs USC Upstate, (W, 87-64) - Kissinger sets new School Record; 6 of 6 Treys in Win

Fri, 11/16, @ Washington St, (L, 87-84 2OT) - Down 13 pts @ HT; Ladies rally, unable to finish in OT

...(Miami Thanksgiving Classic @ Miami, FL - Record: 1-1; Third Place)...
Fri, 11/23, vs Miami, (L, 82-68) - Ladies rally fm 22pts down; but leave too many pts on the floor
Sun, 11/25, vs Radford, (W, 77-39) - Huskers bounce-back B1G-Time in Coach Amy's 30th NU Win

...(ACC/Big Ten Challenge: Series Record: 2-6)...
Thu, 11/29, @ Louisville, (L, 85-68) - AP#4 Louisville's stifling Defense proves too much to overcome

Sun, 12/2, @ Creighton, (L, 74-65) - Disappointing Loss-Ladies Fight Backbut Shots Won't Fall
Wed, 12/5, vs Kansas, (W, 58-52) - Frosh shine in Ladies 6 pt win in close game
Sat, 12/8, vs San Jose State, (W, 96-63) - Teamwork + Shots Falling = Huskers Dispatch Spartans
Sat, 12/15, vs Denver, (W, 96-71) - Romanowski=33pts (8-8,3s) Huskers=96 pts; 5 in Double Digits
Tue, 12/18, @ Arkansas, (L, 84-80) - Uneven Refing - Scoreboard problems contribute to close Loss 

Merry Christmas!

B1G Conference Play (18) Record: 9-9
Fri, 12/28, vs Michigan, (W, 70-56) - Team Gels in 4th Qtr goes on 33-13 run for the Win!
Mon, 12/31, @ Ohio State, (W, 78-69) - First Win in six tries vs Ohio State - Monkey's off our Back

- 2019 - Happy New Years!

Thu, 1/3, @ Iowa, (L, 77-71) - Huskers Hang Tough despite Iowa's Gustafson (28/17) & 43 pts in Paint
Tue, 1/8, vs Maryland, (L, 81-63) - Tale of the Tape; Terps Outshoot Huskers @ FGs & Treys
Sun, 1/13, vs Rutgers, (L, 63-59) - Grit, No Quit Lady Huskers Rebound to Tie, final shots won't fall
Thu, 1/17, @ Illinois, (W, 77-67) - Husker Ladies rush into lead, Don't look bk. Veerbeek career hi 19 pts 
Sun, 1/20, vs Minnesota, (W, 63-57) - Not so 'Nicea' Sparks 'No Quit' Huskers; Take down #23
Thu, 1/24, vs Northwestern, (L, 58-54) - 'No Quit' Huskers rally fm 10 pt deficit, lead in final minute, fall short
Sun, 1/27, @ Wisconsin, (L, 70-69) - Disappointing Buzzer-Beater Loss To The Badgers
Thu, 1/31, @ Purdue, (W, 84-64) - Hot-Shooting Husker Gals Gel, Blow Past Boilermakers
Thu, 2/7, @ Michigan, (L, 67-61) - Ladies Play Tough; But Let Game get Away from them At the end
Sun, 2/10, vs Purdue, (W, 67-61) - Grit, No Quit Lady Huskers Down 10, Surge To Win! Leigha w/30 pts
Thu, 2/14, @ Maryland, (L, 89-63) - 7th Ranked Maryland Outshoots Lady Huskers winning by 26 pts
Sun, 2/17, vs Michigan State, (W, 82-71) - Husker Ladies on FireBlow-Out #24
Thu, 2/21, @ Northwestern, (W, 71-64) - Huskers ahead by 20; survive frantic NW Rally for the Win 
Mon, 2/25, vs Iowa, (L, 74-58) - Game Story - Hawkeyes out-shoot Huskers 52.6% to 34.8%
Sat, 3/2, @ Penn State, (W, 79-74) - Taylor with 4 Treys & Sam with 10 straight FT's in a nail-biter Win


...B1G Tournament @ Indianapolis - (Record: 0-1)
Wed, 3/6 thru Sun, 3/10 (Sixth-seeded Husker Ladies Earn Bye)

Thu, 3/7, vs Purdue, (L, 75-71) - Ladies fall @ #11 seed Purdue, rally to a 1 pt game; inexperience shows  


Jeff Sagarin Ratings: (discontinued for the 2018/19 wbb season)
Realtime rpi (women's): http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Women.html
Warren Nolan (women's): http://warrennolan.com/basketballw/2019/rpi-live

(Links to Prior Years' Game Summaries)

2017/18:  https://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/11872-this-was-the-season-that-was-wbb-20172018/?tab=comments#comment-204787

2016/17:  http://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/10771-this-was-the-season-that-was-wbb-20162017/?tab=comments#comment-162890

2015/16:  http://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/10022-this-was-the-season-that-was-wbb-201516/?tab=comments#comment-147843

Edited April 10, 2019 by Red Don

[redsteve]

The building process continues.

 

Well, it was one of those years you would like to have a mulligan...a do over.  Tough year in some respects, and very good in others. Mix bag of everything...without getting into too many details.

 

A learning year for  staff and team. Probably everyone is a little wiser now. We'll benefit from now on...from it all.  Playing against good teams has a funny way of showing both strengths and  weaknesses, but/and where you need to get better. 

 

We were so close, so many times, to breaking out to the next level. Maybe it's the biggest reason to work harder, and get improve in tons of ways. Which is obviously the goal for everyone involved anyway.

 

Got better at some things...rebounding was better at times, not so hot others. Shooting and defense.was the same. Up and down. And assists were  improving.

Free throws were better. Assist's were better at times.  Breakout big scoring at times.

 

Will be a different team makeup next year.....we should have learned a lot that can be put into practice, and blended in,  next season. Coaches will be another year wiser.  Will recruit even harder.

Edited April 10, 2019 by redsteve

[whoopdeedoo]

nice work, Red Don! take a bow!!!

if AT LEAST one of the new recruits can contribute similar to last season's class---should be very interesting. 

[Redhac]

Below is a comparison compilation of NE women's stats versus other Big Ten Teams for all season games through Saturday, March 2nd plus at the bottom, NE only stats for Big Ten Games. Nebraska had finished its season.  As reflected the least favorable stat is lack of offensive rebounding at 8th place, and was worse using NE Big Ten Games only.   Ave blocked shots were at the top of the league.  Shooting percentage in all games was in 5th place at 0.427 and was lower at 0.416  for Big Ten Games only,  with all the missed lay ups that occurred or horse shots that occurred versus solid in the stance good shots that need to occur.  Big ten opponents shot slight better on average at 0.424.  Turnovers fluctuated from time to time and occurred from both poor passes and poor pass receive positions as well as not handling the press at times.  This was prepared to pass on to the NE women's coaches before games in the Big Ten tournament  to potentially reflect on focus items (offensive rebounding; better shots; press breakers; better defense; and fewer turnovers) to win enough games in the tournament to get in the NIT.  They needed to win the first 2 games in the tournament to get in,  which as you know we lost to Purdue right away,  71-75.   For that game NE shot 38.5% versus Purdue's 44.6%; got out rebounded 44 to 36 with 17 offensive rebounds to their 19; but had only 8 turnovers to their 10. So some of the same old story for this game.

        Personally, the current NE women's coaches need to have a much higher focus on these and other basketball acumen for next season, or perhaps get some different coaches and assistants who will!!!

 

>BIG TEN WOMEN ALL GAMES PLAYED STATS THRU 3-2-19 (SOME TEAMS HAT ONE MORE CONFERENCE GAME LEFT AS REFLECTED BELOW

(Compiled from NE stats and Big Ten Team stats)

 

Thru 3-2-19		One *		FIELD GOALS		3-POINT		FREETHROWS		REBOUNDS							AVE		BLKS		STLS	SCORING
Team Statistics		GmLft	GP	FG-FGA	PCT	3FG-3FGA	PCT	FT-FTA	PCT	OFF	OFF/GM	DEF	TOTAL	AVG	A	TO	TO's	BLK	/GM	STL	/GM	AVG
Illinois			29	739-1772	0.417	187-597	0.313	310-443	0.70	312	10.8	739	1051	36.2	401	381	13.1	131	4.5	180	6.2	68.3
Indiana		*	29	722-1692	0.427	152-433	0.351	415-555	0.748	303	10.4	781	1084	37.4	345	448	15.4	84	2.9	180	6.2	69.3
Iowa		*	28	869-1674	0.519	159-465	0.342	352-462	0.762	281	10.0	797	1078	38.5	613	374	13.4	105	3.8	175	6.3	80.3
Maryland			29	814-1767	0.461	170-458	0.371	380-537	0.708	393	13.6	852	1245	42.9	483	440	15.2	148	5.1	213	7.3	75.1
Michigan		*	29	794-1758	0.452	130-403	0.323	381-551	0.691	402	13.9	756	1158	39.9	431	468	16.1	102	3.5	202	7.0	72.4
Michigan State		*	28	779-1748	0.446	201-540	0.372	383-536	0.715	350	12.5	738	1088	38.9	517	405	14.5	102	3.6	237	8.5	76.5
Minnesota		*	28	680-1622	0.419	135-407	0.332	435-634	0.686	404	14.4	753	1157	41.3	380	445	15.9	92	3.3	218	7.8	68.9
Nebraska			29	749-1754	0.427	216-602	0.359	386-538	0.717	323	11.1	778	1101	38.0	457	441	15.2	153	5.3	216	7.5	72.4
Based on total games played-NE					Fifth		Third		Sixth		Eighth			Seventh			Sixth		First		Fifth	Fourth
Northwestern		*	28	691-1712	0.404	126-392	0.321	378-550	0.687	359	12.8	731	1090	38.9	434	374	13.3	133	4.8	269	9.6	67
Ohio State		*	26	572-1422	0.402	151-470	0.321	326-495	0.659	263	10.1	676	939	36.1	319	427	16.4	103	4.0	195	7.5	62.3
Penn State			29	697-1773	0.393	160-535	0.299	420-569	0.738	332	11.4	698	1030	35.5	351	401	13.8	107	3.7	227	7.8	68.1
Purdue		*	30	693-1669	0.415	175-516	0.339	373-511	0.73	362	12.1	712	1074	35.8	440	453	15.1	160	5.3	193	6.4	64.5
Rutgers		*	28	660-1572	0.42	142-483	0.294	322-439	0.733	368	13.1	642	1010	36.1	370	444	15.9	130	4.6	290	10.3	63.7
Wisconsin		*	29	692-1746	0.396	125-444	0.282	356-611	0.583	413	14.2	785	1198	41.3	401	434	15	145	5.0	196	6.8	64.3
				FIELD GOALS		3-POINT		FREETHROWS		REBOUNDS
				FG-FGA	PCT	3FG-3FGA	PCT	FT-FTA	PCT	OFF		DEF	TOTAL	AVG	A	TO		BLK		STL		AVG
Nebraska			29	749-1754	0.427	216-602	0.359	386-538	0.717	323	11.1	778	1101	38.0	457	441	15.2	153	5.3	216	7.5	72.4
Opponents			29	731-1784	0.410	186-559	0.333	379-529	0.716	349	12.0	742	1091	37.6	384	444	15.9	107	3.7	237	8.2	69.9
>CONFERENCE ONLY-Nebraska Trends					Worse		Better		Better		Worse			Worse			Better		Better		Better	Worse
Nebraska			18		0.416		0.368		0.733	178	9.9	444	622	34.6	264	264	14.7	99	5.5	136	7.6	69.1
Opponents			18		0.424		0.348		0.725	220	12.2	459	679	37.7	241	289	16.1	65	3.6	143	7.9	69.1