HHCC Game #01 - vs. UC Riverside (Nov. 5, 8:00 PM CST)

[Norm Peterson]

I stopped doing the HHCC contest because I'd forget to pick a score some game and it would knock me out of the running and then I'd be all pissed about it.

 

That said, I'm going to make a prediction about the season win-loss record because I'm usually accused (and guilty) of being a sunshine pumper but I look at some of these win predictions in this thread and find myself scratching my head. I get told I do it every year -- pump things up and make it seem like we'll go undefeated.  I've pumped things up this year as well, but just want to go on record that, while I'm excited about what we're going to see from Hoiberg's team, I don't have any misapprehension about us being a top shelf Big Ten team.  I mean, we're not. And we won't be.

 

I think we'll have a very good back court, but I think we'll struggle in conference games and it'd be a pretty good accomplishment for us to win more than about 3-4 conference games. So, I'm thinking 7-8 non-con wins and another 3-4, maybe 5, conference wins.

 

I'm going to say 12 total wins and I'll be satisfied. More than that and I'm happy.

[trickey]

NU 80

cr   65

 

Non-con   8

Total        13

[TheNovice]

NU 85

UCR 70

 

nc wins: 9

total wins: 18

 

[NeeandMe]

Nebraska 79

Riverside 67

 

Noncon 7

Total 14

[4NUfans]

NU79

UCR 61

 

8

15

[Cowboy Kermit]

Nebraska 82 UC Riverside 69

Non Con Ws 8
Total Ws 16


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[SkersHoops]

Skers- 81

Riverside-74

 

Non-Con: 7

Total: 12

[HolyBobpilgrimage]

Nebraska: Hoiball Version 76 - 63 UC-Riverside 

 

Non con wins (of 11): 9

 

Total wins(of 31): 14

 

Edited November 5, 2019 by HolyBobpilgrimage

[HolyBobpilgrimage]

16 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

I stopped doing the HHCC contest because I'd forget to pick a score some game and it would knock me out of the running and then I'd be all pissed about it.

 

That said, I'm going to make a prediction about the season win-loss record because I'm usually accused (and guilty) of being a sunshine pumper but I look at some of these win predictions in this thread and find myself scratching my head. I get told I do it every year -- pump things up and make it seem like we'll go undefeated.  I've pumped things up this year as well, but just want to go on record that, while I'm excited about what we're going to see from Hoiberg's team, I don't have any misapprehension about us being a top shelf Big Ten team.  I mean, we're not. And we won't be.

 

I think we'll have a very good back court, but I think we'll struggle in conference games and it'd be a pretty good accomplishment for us to win more than about 3-4 conference games. So, I'm thinking 7-8 non-con wins and another 3-4, maybe 5, conference wins.

 

I'm going to say 12 total wins and I'll be satisfied. More than that and I'm happy.

My mantra (for sake of my sanity) has become with Husker sports, to set the bar low and avoid disappointment. imo we already as a fanbase have CRAZY high expectations(Nebrasketball fans are better), for little reason. I'm trying to be more level headed and I think I'm much better than I once was. Cheers on putting your foot in for HHCC a bit this year. I usually miss a good handful and I wouldn't worry about missing them yourself, just do what you can. I agree on the numbers. I had 5 non con wins, and total wins at 14 but only inflated because of some winnable games in cayman classic. I look forward to see how good (or bad as usual) the team is away from home. We might be amazing at home, but might take a few years to get there.

[big red22]

91-75 skers

 

9 out of conference

17 total

 

 

[jimmykc]

Of the 56 who have voted so far, the most common total predicted is 15 (16 entrants) with a high of 18 and a low of 11. I suppose this establishes me as a SUNSHINE PUMPER this year, but before the season starts, why not? For a group of BB enthusiasts, this seems a bit on the pessimistic side for this point in the year. I wonder if the dismal way the football expectations have been dashed had any dampening effect upon roundball expectations? At any rate,  I'm sure there will be more entries here, so perhaps someone will want to become the ultimate optimist and go for 19 or 20 or perhaps one of our favorite trolls will want to opt for a 4 or 5 prediction. Anyway, I am ready for the curtain to open (and don't forget KU-Duke and Mich St.-Kentucky will also start). Cheers-Jimmy ( a former winner in this competition)

[huskerbaseball13]

NU 78-63

 

8 Non Con wins

 

14 total wins

[Neon Budreau]

NU - 86-71

 

8 Non Con

 

13 Total 

[bb33ch]

Nebraska 78 Riverside 59

 

7 non con

15 total

[HuskerPower #nato73]

Guess I will play until I forget

 

NU 86

Riverside 67

 

9 Non Con

15 Total

[demone]

NU 78

UCR 70

 

7 Non-conference wins 

12 Total wins

[Tallbaby21]

NU 81

UCR 69

 

7

12

[Nebrasketball1979]

Huskers - 79

Riverside - 67

 

7

1

[hhcmatt]

Nebraska 82 - UCR 70

 

non-con 8

Total 15

[49r]

I don't know if I'll have the energy/desire to keep up with putting the KenPom prediction up every game this year, but...

 

KenPom says:

 

285 UC Riverside at 96 Nebraska

Nebraska 79-64 (92%)

9:00 pm  Big Ten Network

Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena

 

 

non-con wins: 8

Total wins: 13

[jimmykc]

Ken hasn't won for a number of years now.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Nebraska 81

Riverside 59

 

7

13

[aphilso1]

Huskers 85

UCR 60

 

7 non-con wins

11 total wins

[NU Follower]

Nebraska - 85

Riverside - 66

 

noncon - 10

season - 19

[1sdpad2]

80 NU - 64 River

noncon 9

total wins 17