uneblinstu's postgame chatter: vol 15, ed 27: at Rutgers

[uneblinstu]

Holy crap! What a win! Didn't see that one coming at all. That may have been the best performance of the season. Don't look now, but with a three game homestead looming, the NIT dream isn't dead yet.

[HuskerFever]

[PimpMario]

This is suddenly fun!

 

Let's Go!

[Silverbacked1]

Just so fun to watch right now.  What would be going on now if we haven’t have our two guys go down?

[Bugeaters1]

18 Asst. on 28 made buckets.Sorry ZI looked at Rutgers stats. The Huskers had 16 on 32 made buckets.

 

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by Bugeaters1

[hskr4life]

2 minutes ago, uneblinstu said:

Holy crap! What a win! Didn't see that one coming at all. That may have been the best performance of the season. Don't look now, but with a three game homestead looming, the NIT dream isn't dead yet.

 

NIT-- after a win like this, you've got to go bigger.  HA!

[Nebrasketball1979]

The most satisfying part of that win is that it wasn't a fluke.  We won the first half and then dominated them the last 12 minutes of that 2nd half.  Great win

[millerhusker]

That's two road wins against NET top 25 teams. 

Everyone played well, but my game ball goes to Griesel. 12 points, 11 rebs, 5 assists, 1 turnover. 2-2 free throws in crunch time. And handled the press pretty well. 

[atskooc]

Just now, Nebrasketball1979 said:

The most satisfying part of that win is that it wasn't a fluke.  We won the first half and then dominated them the last 12 minutes of that 2nd half.  Great win

I love having the two highest point totals out of the four halves. 
 

So satisfying. 

[cornfed24-7]

Welp... I was wrong.  Hoiberg has in fact EARNED another year. 

[Handy Johnson]

Any questions…???

[aphilso1]

Recency biased complete overreaction: this was Hoiberg’s best coached game since he arrived here. We are a team without a true point guard playing against a full court pressing top 5 defense. That is a recipe to get blown out. But he had this team incredibly well prepared.
 

The boys knew where to find the open man to break the press all game. The boys knew how to create open shots all game. The game plan was clearly to use Rutgers’ aggression against them, and it was an absolute thing of beauty. 

Edited February 15, 2023 by aphilso1

[basketballjones]

I’m just speechless with these guys….

 

What a testament to talent not being the most important thing, but playing as a team.

[hskr4life]

Everything is better when you make some shots too.

[cipsucks]

7 minutes ago, uneblinstu said:

Holy crap! What a win! Didn't see that one coming at all. That may have been the best performance of the season. Don't look now, but with a three game homestead looming, the NIT dream isn't dead yet.

Actually, some did see it coming.

[basketballjones]

1 minute ago, aphilso1 said:

Recency biased complete overreaction: this was Hoiberg’s best coached game since he arrived here. We are a team without a true point guard playing against a full court pressing top 5 defense. That is a recipe to get blown out. But he had this team incredibly well prepared.
 

It’s not even a question. 

[The Polish Rifle]

3 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Welp... I was wrong.  Hoiberg has in fact EARNED another year. 

I felt the same after Wisconsin. I was sure prior to that game I had Hoiberg pegged and a lot of this board was wrong. Never felt so good to be wrong.

[hskr4life]

WE CAN STILL AVOID A WEDNESDAY GAME.

[millerhusker]

Played around with the Big Ten tourney seed predictor thing. Had us going 9-11 and STILL playing on Wednesday. That's wild. Seeds 2-12 are all really close. 1, 13 and 14 are pretty much set. If only we had won that Purdue game...

[Huskerpapa]

Fun game to watch.  We played like a veteran team, weathering all of Rutgers little runs.

We out played them, basically from beginning to end.

Every one of our players who saw the floor played well.  No negative vibes whatsoever.   Sam g had a well earned double-double.

[HuskerFever]

8 minutes ago, The Polish Rifle said:

I felt the same after Wisconsin. I was sure prior to that game I had Hoiberg pegged and a lot of this board was wrong. Never felt so good to be wrong.

 

I've always seen Hoiberg at a 5-6 year type of tenure (it's been leaning much closer to 5 after the first 2 seasons), as treacherous as it's been, that chance for longevity is what we've lacked in our men's athletics as of late. But this doesn't understate how important next season is going to be. Any bit of step back next season is going to raise a lot of eyebrows. But between now and November, at least for me, there's no evaluation or criticisms. But starting in November we must start to see some results come to fruition. 

[REDZONEDAN]

I love this team.  I’m proud of this team.  To lose two starters.  To having a head coach potentially on the hot seat.  To have to rely on bench players stepping up.  To have a walk-on player providing more than meaningful minutes.  Even though we don’t have a winning record, I enjoy watching this team.  This team loves playing basketball.  They love playing for each other.  They love playing for the state of Nebraska.  Here’s to winning out at home and hopefully making the postseason.  

[Cazzie22]

In HHC I had predicted a 10 point loss. Who picked the Huskers by 10?

 

Only saw the 2nd half but what a joy to watch composed, team basketball.  Sam G was a stud tonight and it didn’t hurt for CJ to find his shot.  Let’s hope that carries over.  

[MichHusker]

Can you imagine going into that iowa game at 16-14 with a chance to finish 10-10 in the league? Certainly not impossible

[Huskerpapa]

1 minute ago, REDZONEDAN said:

I love this team.  I’m proud of this team.  To lose two starters.  To having a head coach potentially on the hot seat.  To have to rely on bench players stepping up.  To have a walk-on player providing more than meaningful minutes.  Even though we don’t have a winning record, I enjoy watching this team.  This team loves playing basketball.  They love playing for each other.  They love playing for the state of Nebraska.  Here’s to winning out at home and hopefully making the postseason.  

I think Fred was ON the hot seat...not probably on it