Nebraska (4-4) vs. Creighton (6-1) Game Thread

[hhcmatt]

Just now, khoock said:

First, name me a team where not two players on a 16 man roster have played a single minute of collegiate basketball together (ill wait)... then we can discuss if said team would or would not fall behind to Creighton by 30.

 

We've seen this from experienced Nebraska teams

[khoock]

Hoping Arop and Easley each get a solid 5 minutes of playing time today

[hhcmatt]

We've remained elite at making it to and missing at the FT line

[khoock]

1 minute ago, hhcmatt said:

 

We've seen this from experienced Nebraska teams

Exactly.

[brfrad]

Can this team play with fundamentals?  I've seen a double team on the wing and let the Creighton guy drive by them for a lay-up.  I've seen 3 guys around the ball for a rebound only to lose it out of bounds.  I've seen a player dribble the ball off a ref's foot (bad luck).

[hskr4life]

2 minutes ago, khoock said:

First, name me a team where not two players on a 16 man roster have played a single minute of collegiate basketball together (ill wait)... then we can discuss if said team would or would not fall behind to Creighton by 30.

 

We've had a trip to Italy, 2 months of practice, and 8 games to figure out how not to fall behind by 30.  I think was Scott is saying is... when does this stop becoming the excuse and we expect to see more and improvement from this team?

[jayschool]

6 minutes ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

No offense taken. I work with 5 CU alums that go to the games and are more than just an average fan.

 

i guess they thought with Krampl leaving and Epperson rehabbing (before he got hurt) they were in for a rebuilding year.  Let’s not forget Zegarowski went from a guy who was decent to playing like his hair is on fire. Some of their sentiment came from their perception of being severely undersized, especially for the Big East. 
Frankly, I don’t care about CU. I just know I’m buying the office donuts Monday...

Buy them at Hy-Vee tonight, then leave the box open for a couple of days. 

[tcp]

and make sure all the donuts are sprinkled with stale fruity pebbles. oldsters will pass.

[thrasher31]

Haven't seen Cross in the second half. I think the last play I saw him in on was the bishop leak out dunk. 

 

He's had quite a bit of lapses on defense today. Well. Whole team has. 

[khoock]

7 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

We've had a trip to Italy, 2 months of practice, and 8 games to figure out how not to fall behind by 30.  I think was Scott is saying is... when does this stop becoming the excuse and we expect to see more and improvement from this team?

Did the team not drastically improve from the UC Riverside loss to the USF win? We saw boatloads of improvement in that stretch. 

 

But this our first game against a top 40(ish) team and it is showing. Thats how i see it atleast. You cant say whether they are improving or not because we havent really seen them against this level of competition.

Edited December 7, 2019 by khoock

[thrasher31]

Just now, khoock said:

Did the team not drastically improve from the UC Riverside loss to the USF win? We saw boatloads of improvement in that stretch. 

 

But this our first game against a top 40(ish) team and it is showing.

First game against a tournament caliber team

[tcp]

well, they score like doc's old teams. a shame they can't defend like them tho.

 

[jayschool]

Huh. I never figured a bunch of rich entitled kids from Chicago and Millard would still be complaining about officials' calls with a 23-point lead late in the game. Who knew?

[hskr4life]

3 minutes ago, khoock said:

Did the team not drastically improve from the UC Riverside loss to the USF win? We saw boatloads of improvement in that stretch. 

 

But this our first game against a top 40(ish) team and it is showing.

 

This is a fair point... though I still don't think we should ever find ourselves down by 30... or down 40-9.

[jayschool]

No Cross of Yvan this half?

[thrasher31]

1 minute ago, jayschool said:

No Cross of Yvan this half?

I think Yvan played a bit. No cross though. It's been mainly Kavas and 4 guards though

Edited December 7, 2019 by thrasher31

[khoock]

1 minute ago, hskr4life said:

 

This is a fair point... though I still don't think we should ever find ourselves down by 30... or down 40-9.

Fair enough.

[hhcmatt]

Arop and Easley coming in

[jayschool]

Just now, thrasher31 said:

I think Yvan played a bit. It's been mainly Kavas and 4 guards though

Speaking of Matej, he makes Andre Almeida look like a world-class decathlete.

[bkamler]

If Mack would simply bend his knees on his free throw shots he would improve massively. 

[bkamler]

Going small has improved our offense a lot but not our D.

[Cazzie22]

NU isn’t a good defensive team and I am unsure if we played offense better or just made some shots.  At least there was a semblance of competitive fire.

[khoock]

1 minute ago, hhcmatt said:

Arop and Easley coming in

Now would be a good time to experiment with a Cross/Ouedraogo front court, yes or no?

 

A solid 4ish minutes amd no worries about foul trouble or outcome of the game.

[tcp]

cu fixing to break the speed limit of basketball

[hskr4life]

Thor is our best shooter... prove me wrong.