Sunday's foe

[Norm Peterson]

Against Texas, they went 8 deep, played five guys at least 33 minutes each, and their 6th man got 12 minutes.

 

So, if Baylor Scheierman had come here instead, who would be getting his 33 minutes?

 

Someone not nearly as good, that's who.

[Cazzie22]

I was surprised they hung that well with Texas despite not hitting outside shots.  I imagine they will scorch the nets against us.  Nemhard is going to be a tough matchup.

[Craytonhater]

21 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

I was surprised they hung that well with Texas despite not hitting outside shots.  I imagine they will scorch the nets against us.  Nemhard is going to be a tough matchup.

Its coming down to him and kalkbrenner to decide this game.  They have no bench and cant sustain relying on the starting 5 all year to win big games.  Only chance NE has is if it can hit 3's and jays struggle at the 3.  Something tells me the jays will get hot from 3 on Sunday.

[Handy Johnson]

Walker brings his lunch pail & hard hat & wins this thing for the Big Red. 

[MichHusker]

Get a guy like kalkbrenner or baylor in foul trouble and this game can become interesting 

[millerhusker]

1 hour ago, MichHusker said:

Get a guy like kalkbrenner or baylor in foul trouble and this game can become interesting 

No such thing as foul trouble for Creighton in Omaha, unfortunately. 

[Chuck Taylor]

2 hours ago, MichHusker said:

Get a guy like kalkbrenner or baylor in foul trouble and this game can become interesting 

It's possible, but they only commit 11.4 fouls a game, 2nd in the country. They also don't draw many though.

[Nighthawk]

Lol...can we just refer to Sundays foe as Sundays foe or that team who shall not be named? 

Edited December 2, 2022 by Nighthawk

[hhcmatt]

11 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

Against Texas, they went 8 deep, played five guys at least 33 minutes each, and their 6th man got 12 minutes.

 

So, if Baylor Scheierman had come here instead, who would be getting his 33 minutes?

 

Someone not nearly as good, that's who.

 

Christian Bishop?

[hhcmatt]

Both Creighton and Nebraska are top 10 in FTA/FGA, which is a tempo free way of tracking how often other teams get FTs against you.

Creighton is #1 and Nebraska is #7.  Both McDermott and Hoiberg over their careers have customarily had teams that faired well in this category.

 

Obviously there are games that are outliers but it would be pretty in line for both teams to struggle to get above 10 FTs.

 

 

[hhcmatt]

A couple of things interest me in this game

 

One is Creighton's strategy on pressuring the ball is to not pressure the ball even though they probably have the guards to do so. Generally this is part of McDermott's strategy to not pick up fouls.

 

Nebraska obviously has ball handling issues that can be exploited. I'd assume the Jays feel like they have a good enough team they won't change from their norm here but they've been known to switch things up when facing their in-state rival.

 

 

 

How will the Jays defend Walker if he's away from the basket?  I think the last thing they want to do is bring Kalkbrenner out on the perimeter though maybe that would work better than when he went out there against Disu from Texas.  Walker isn't much of a threat to hit from outside but he's such a good passer/driver you have to put someone on him.

[kldm64]

I HATE CREIGHTON!!!!!

[Nighthawk]

Just now, kldm64 said:

I HATE CREIGHTON!!!!!

lol...so say most of us.

[HuskerFever]

44 minutes ago, kldm64 said:

I HATE CREIGHTON!!!!!

 

Who?

[Nighthawk]

4 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Who?

Who's on first.  Wrong sport. 

[Huskerpapa]

Creighton played Laurel-Concord-Coleridge last night.  Did anyone hear the score?

[Nighthawk]

10 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

Creighton played Laurel-Concord-Coleridge last night.  Did anyone hear the score?

is that like playing Emerson, Lake & Palmer? 

[Nighthawk]

11 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

Creighton played Laurel-Concord-Coleridge last night.  Did anyone hear the score?

71 - 69  T over C

[hhcmatt]

It's the Creighton Blue Jays

[NUtball]

First and foremost, Nebraska needs to find a way to not be down 33-7 at the under 12 TO.  Seems like that's the typical way the games in this matchup start.

[hskr4life]

3 hours ago, NUtball said:

First and foremost, Nebraska needs to find a way to not be down 33-7 at the under 12 TO.  Seems like that's the typical way the games in this matchup start.

It’s sad that this has more truth to it than on would think.

[hskr4life]

4 hours ago, kldm64 said:

I HATE CREIGHTON!!!!!

Disappointed this doesn’t have more impressions than 1.5/hour. Come on people.

[Dead Dog Alley]

On 12/2/2022 at 9:50 AM, Nighthawk said:

is that like playing Emerson, Lake & Palmer? 

Hubbard should have changed their town name in the 70s

[Dead Dog Alley]

On 12/2/2022 at 8:49 AM, kldm64 said:

I HATE CREIGHTON!!!!!

Thank you for so clearly stating what needed to be said.

 

Creighton delenda est.

[hal9000]

All I want this Sunday, is somewhere, somehow...