Oklahoma (3-1) vs. Nebraska (3-1) Game Thread

[cornfed24-7]

3 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Games on ESPN so naturally the game ahead of us will go to OT.

They sure as hell tried their best to let them send it to OT.

[cornfed24-7]

Gary  doesn't gives a damn if you think he shouldn't be shooting the 3 ball

[Handy Johnson]

Blaise needs to go UP with that Damn Ball & Dunk It…!!!

[brfrad]

Our defense is reverting back to last year's team.  Not good at all today.  OU is getting whatever they want.

[tcp]

well...sigh. 

[Huskerbballfan]

Wilcher should not be starting…..

[hskr4life]

Not good y’all.  This OU team isn’t good.

[brfrad]

Griesel gets elbowed in the head, no foul?

[Handy Johnson]

Our lack of outside shooting is all too apparent today. And the physicality of a bigger team isn’t helping either…

[hhcmatt]

Need Oklahoma to stop making every three and we can get back in this thing

[hskr4life]

One thing about it— any team who can score or is “hot” will kill us this year.  We can’t score to keep up.

[Huskerbballfan]

Wilcher cannot play defense are score for anything

[cornfed24-7]

2 hours ago, basketballjones said:

Not that the bird hasn’t been screaming the last couple years… but for this season, this game will be the canary in the coal mine for me. 
 

Oklahoma is not great, and they won’t overwhelm us with pace. If this is a double digit loss, it’s probably safe to say we won’t win more than 1-3 games in conference.  

[hal9000]

OU season 3 pt. % = 28%

 

Today, so far = 63%

[brfrad]

4 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Need Oklahoma to stop making every three and we can get back in this thing

We could try to guard them.

[Bugeaters1]

Huskers shooting 40% from downtown.

[Handy Johnson]

I think I’ll just burn some money in the Fire tonight rather than drive up to Omaha for the Creighton game. 

[cornfed24-7]

There you go big guy!

[Silverbacked1]

You know we seem to “flow” a bit more without Sam.

 

Also I am starting to see the game slow down a bit for Blaise.

[Huskerbballfan]

Last time I’ll say it for the day. But wilcher should not be playing very much if at all. He can’t drive or play defense he also seems to be shying away from shooting threes which is the reason he is playing.

[HuskerBB]

CJ certainly should not be passing up open 3's.    Problem is even though he slimmed down his body he did not get more athletic.   Lack of speed makes it difficult for him on both ends.

[Red Don]

Halftime Stats:

 

[Faux Mike Peltz]

Fellas, who do you have winning in a foot race? 
1) CJ Wilcher

2) Bryce Benhart

3) Trent Hixson

[HuskerBB]

Teams seem to have definitely decided to play us aggressively defensively - which seems smart.   We don't shoot free throws well and we don't really handle the pressure well.  Even if it is not creating turnovers we just have a tough time running offense when teams are hand checking and pressuring on D.    Final part of that is I think Fred is simply to nice to the officials I think - doesn't like to complain as much as other coaches do - which should not be effective but it is, particularly in games with teams playing aggressive D.   If you foul constantly and then still complain about every call - refs just start to get reluctant to make calls.

[brfrad]

3 minutes ago, HuskerBB said:

Teams seem to have definitely decided to play us aggressively defensively - which seems smart.   We don't shoot free throws well and we don't really handle the pressure well.  Even if it is not creating turnovers we just have a tough time running offense when teams are hand checking and pressuring on D.    Final part of that is I think Fred is simply to nice to the officials I think - doesn't like to complain as much as other coaches do - which should not be effective but it is, particularly in games with teams playing aggressive D.   If you foul constantly and then still complain about every call - refs just start to get reluctant to make calls.

The refs called it pretty tight.  OU had 12 fouls in the 1st half.  We shot 13 free throws, including missing 1 front end.  Only foul I thought they missed was the elbow to the head on Griesel.  Will they call it this tight in the 2nd half?

Edited November 24, 2022 by brfrad