Nebraska (6-10) vs. Illinois (11-3) game thread

[huskerbill85]

We've played 2 rank teams back to back at home. That's something right?

[Red Don]

 

[HuskerFever]

This changes things a bit with 4 fouls on Cockburn. Take advantage and we might actually have a shot here.

[tcp]

every time vve either get a lead or get near one late......(cough choke etc)

[Bugeaters1]

welp fold time!!!!

 

[hskr4life]

AND WE IMPLODE..... only took us 38 minutes tonight.

[tcp]

Maybe a TO on this run late. Or maybe justnot bother. 

[huskerbill85]

We absolutely fold in the last few mins against good teams 

[tcp]

our guys just can'thandle the pressure of winning. and obviously no committment to balls off the boards. 

[hskr4life]

UGHHH that call is BS Brooks.

[HuskerFever]

1 minute ago, hskr4life said:

AND WE IMPLODE..... only took us 38 minutes tonight.

 

Just now, huskerbill85 said:

We absolutely fold in the last few mins against good teams 

 

Devil's advocate...we could've folded early/midway into the 1st. I don't believe in moral victories. But I could've seen this team giving up much sooner than 38 minutes into a game.

[Cazzie22]

Sad finish.

[tcp]

annnnndddd.......verge doing verge late. this one's done. and the script is virtually word for word identical. 

[hskr4life]

Verge doing Verge things.... might as well all go wrong the last 5 minutes here.  Hell... Illini have a shot at covering now.

[The Polish Rifle]

Offensive boards giving other teams 10-15 more shots than us is gonna make it hard to win B1G games, no matter how well we play. 

[huskerbill85]

Just now, HuskerFever said:

 

 

Devil's advocate...we could've folded early/midway into the 1st. I don't believe in moral victories. But I could've seen this team giving up much sooner than 38 minutes into a game.

True but man it feels like NC State/OSU all over again. 

[HuskerFever]

Game.

[tcp]

game and well earned loss. this team absolutely infuriates me at every turn. all that watching the other team hammer the boards....they just don't have a molecule of a winning ruthlessness. 

[HuskerFever]

I debated changing me 16-point deficit HHCC prediction to something larger. For that, I say they've exceeded my expectations. But, as I've criticized the football team for, "it doesn't matter how close the game is, you still lost. Many times."

[The Polish Rifle]

What’d the stands look like tonight, looked and sounded kinda empty on TV.

[huskerbill85]

1 minute ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Offensive boards giving other teams 10-15 more shots than us is gonna make it hard to win B1G games, no matter how well we play. 

Been saying it all year and someone said with Fred's style it's gonna happen. They are probably are right but this NEEDS to be addressed this off season.

[HuskerFever]

1 minute ago, huskerbill85 said:

True but man it feels like NC State/OSU all over again. 

 

That's what makes it frustrating. Just said it in another comment, but even with the football team "who cares how close you were...you still lost". If it was "win 2/3 of those close ones, lose the 1/3 ones" that's one thing. It's another to lose every single close one.

[hskr4life]

Moral victories do nothing for me at this point.  Don't care how much the announcers want to talk about it.

[tcp]

1 minute ago, huskerbill85 said:

Been saying it all year and someone said with Fred's style it's gonna happen. They are probably are right but this NEEDS to be addressed this off season.

 

any "style" that involves staring at the other teams 2 dudes busting butt for a rebound while your 5 stand there and admire their effort needs to probably be re-evaluated. 

[hal9000]

Even the Illinois bench liked Bryce’s dunk.