2023-24 Husker opponents

[cornfed24-7]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

 

I completely agree.

Oooops

[jayschool]

Iowa non-conference announced. Four high-major foes, two on the road and two at a neutral site. One more game to be scheduled, likely against a patsy in suburban Coralville.

Nov. 7 vs. North Dakota

Nov. 10 vs. Alabama State

Nov. 14 at Creighton

Nov. 17 Arkansas State

Nov. 23-24 vs. Oklahoma/Seton Hall/USC in San Diego.

Nov. 29 North Florida

Dec. 7 at Iowa State

Dec. 16 vs. Florida A&M in Des Moines

Dec. 29 Northern Illinois

Edited June 9, 2023 by jayschool

[Huskerpapa]

Bit of a preview of our MTE opponents.

 

https://share.newsbreak.com/450u4gkw

[hskr4life]

There’s… another one!?!?

 

 

[k3s3i]

47 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

There’s… another one!?!?

 

 

he’s the best one by far too, id be surprised if fran is still at iowa in 2 seasons 

[Norm Peterson]

John Rothstein's Big Ten Power Rankings going into the season. Spoiler alert: he has us 13th.

 

Interestingly, he has PSU  12th but lists them as his sleeper team and he projects all five of PSU's starters will be transfers, new to the team this season. The only transfer he predicts will break into our starting lineup is Mast.

 

 

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[jayschool]

On 6/15/2023 at 8:33 PM, k3s3i said:

he’s the best one by far too, id be surprised if fran is still at iowa in 2 seasons 

Sad news about Jack McCaffery.

 

Son of Iowa coach Fran McCaffery cited in fatal Iowa City crash

 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Police said they have cited 16-year-old Jonathan McCaffery, of North Liberty, as the driver who hit Iowa National Guard soldier Corey Hite.

Police said they responded to the crash at around 4:16 p.m. on May 22nd at Melrose Avenue and Kennedy Parkway.

Hite, 45, of Cedar Rapids died following the crash.

The driver was later identified as Jonathan McCaffery, 16, of North Liberty. McCaffery is the son of Iowa Basketball coach Fran McCaffery.

 

https://www.kcrg.com/2023/07/12/driver-who-hit-killed-iowa-national-guard-soldier-identified-cited-by-police/

Edited July 17, 2023 by jayschool

[Norm Peterson]

Delving into this PSU thing a little further: Rothstein projects two UNC transfers to leap into the PSU starting lineup.

 

Puff Johnson spent 3 seasons at UNC. As a junior (Covid sophomore) he only commanded 16 minutes and scored 4 ppg at UNC. But he'll start at PSU? D'Marco Dunn played just 10 min/game and scored 2.7 ppg his sophomore year at UNC last year. But Rothstein projects him as a starter too.   I mean, if they were freshmen and didn't contribute much, I could see them blossoming somewhere else. And maybe they'll be all that. But their historical performance so far wouldn't afford much basis for that kind of projection.

[Norm Peterson]

8 minutes ago, jayschool said:

Sad news about Jack McCaffery.

 

Son of Iowa coach Fran McCaffery cited in fatal Iowa City crash

 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Police said they have cited 16-year-old Jonathan McCaffery, of North Liberty, as the driver who hit Iowa National Guard soldier Corey Hite.

Police said they responded to the crash at around 4:16 p.m. on May 22nd at Melrose Avenue and Kennedy Parkway.

Hite, 45, of Cedar Rapids died following the crash.

The driver was later identified as Jonathan McCaffery, 16, of North Liberty. McCaffery is the son of Iowa Basketball coach Fran McCaffery.

 

https://www.kcrg.com/2023/07/12/driver-who-hit-killed-iowa-national-guard-soldier-identified-cited-by-police/

 

Holy smokes! How sad. 

[AuroranHusker]

I would think of James Palmer Jr. from Miami to Nebraska as the preferred example...

 

 

[hhcmatt]

Cal State Fullterton

 

 

[hhcmatt]

Full non-con schedule

 

Home 
Nov. 6 vs. Lindenwood
Nov. 9 vs. Florida A&M
Nov. 13 vs. Rider (MTE)
Nov. TBA vs. Stony Brook (MTE)
Nov. 22 vs. Duquesne (MTE)
Nov. 26 vs. Cal St. Fullerton
Dec. 3 vs. Creighton
Dec. 20 vs. North Dakota
Dec. 29 vs. South Carolina State

 

Road 
Dec. 17 at Kansas State

 

Neutral

Sanford Pentagon Game Sioux Falls, SD 
Nov. 18 vs. Oregon State

[49r]

Full non-con schedule - now with 2023 final KenPom rankings

 

Home 
Nov. 6 vs. Lindenwood - #343
Nov. 9 vs. Florida A&M - #359
Nov. 13 vs. Rider (MTE) - #206
Nov. TBA vs. Stony Brook (MTE) - #328
Nov. 22 vs. Duquesne (MTE) - #129
Nov. 26 vs. Cal St. Fullerton - #124
Dec. 3 vs. Creighton - #12
Dec. 20 vs. North Dakota - #269
Dec. 29 vs. South Carolina State - #345

 

Road 
Dec. 17 at Kansas State - #21

 

Neutral

Sanford Pentagon Game Sioux Falls, SD 
Nov. 18 vs. Oregon State - #214

[49r]

We're gonna have one of the worst non-con strength of schedule in the nation this year.

[throwback]

I normally would hate this non-con, but with so many newcomers, guys coming off injuries, and with a couple of key guys not being here for summer/Spain, this is probably the right formula for this group.

 

Doesn't mean I have to like it, but it's a smart schedule.

[Dead Dog Alley]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

We're gonna have one of the worst non-con strength of schedule in the nation this year.

 

Non conference schedules that are death marches haven't seemed to work out very often for this program.

[hhcmatt]

Would agree with the above...we need a softer schedule to put together this roster in addition to getting some Ws on Hoiberg's resume. Whether or not this comes back to bite us tourney time depends on how the conference ranks.

[kldm64]

I'm all for a challenging non-conference schedule but doesn't do us any good if you lose all the difficult games which we did last year.  At this point, Fred needs W's and gain this team some confidence.  We can help our SOS once we get to conference play.  The downside is you can't afford to lose any games to teams with 200+ or 300+ KenPom ratings.

[HuscurAdam]

5 hours ago, 49r said:

We're gonna have one of the worst non-con strength of schedule in the nation this year.

 

Well we had one of the best last year and that didn't help us one bit. This year's group needs the non-con to build chemistry and confidence, so I'm good with feasting on cupcakes, at least for this year. That said, it would be nice to have just one more game vs a P5 or solid mid-major team at home.  

Edited July 18, 2023 by HuscurAdam

[Chuck Taylor]

Fred needs a winning record this year, period. I don't have a problem with the soft noncon, if we get 9 wins out of it.

[AuroranHusker]

[AuroranHusker]

[Cazzie22]

I don’t think we are in any position to call any non-conference foe a cupcake. Too many times the cupcakes have emerged victorious.  We need success early and often.

[The Polish Rifle]

Houston had the #1 NET last year despite a much weaker SOS than their P5 peers. Iona, Drake and Yale played a combined 2 less Quad 1/2 games than Nebraska, and won a combined 6 vs Nebraska's 8, and all finished 30 spots ahead of us in the NET. The NET made scheduling tough irrelevant.

[HuscurAdam]

11 hours ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Houston had the #1 NET last year despite a much weaker SOS than their P5 peers. Iona, Drake and Yale played a combined 2 less Quad 1/2 games than Nebraska, and won a combined 6 vs Nebraska's 8, and all finished 30 spots ahead of us in the NET. The NET made scheduling tough irrelevant.

 

The key is margin of victory. We need to beat the bad teams badly. Keeping the scores close when we lose is big too. All of the double-digit losses last year overshadowed the close wins over good teams.