uneblinstu's postgame chatter: vol 15, ed 32: Big Ten Tournament - Minnesota

[uneblinstu]

I hope that's not the end...but it might be...

[huskerbill85]

https://youtu.be/J_ub7Etch2U

[basketballjones]

All of us here are old enough and experienced enough to know that was gonna happen. Charlie Brown kicking the football head ass program. 

[Norm Peterson]

 

[UnicamMan]

Life is pain.

[skerbball]

[HuskerFever]

[Nebrasketball1979]

That was a complete kick to the balls.  The illegal screen on Keisei was a bad call but man, hard to put this on the refs when we played so terribly and they fouled out Minny's beat player on a bad call with 6 minutes left in the game

[The Polish Rifle]

Good time for us to shit the bed. God this program won’t let you feel good for 5 minutes before doing something stupid. 

[basketballjones]

2 minutes ago, skerbball said:

That’s how he should feel after that one. Embarrassed and ashamed. Stubborn, poor decisions. Continuing to over help, double baseline drives, double posts, while leaving their best 3pt shooter all alone. Then getting nothing going for your offense and allowing guys to chuck up crap, quick shots. 

[ConkintheCorner]

Unfortunately I’m not surprised. Hard to beat a team 3 times and without Blaise I knew it was going to be tough. Defense was just off tonight!

[dustystehl]

Brutal. Too many missed shots at the rim. Too many bad decisions. I do not understand why we didn't call a timeout with 4-ish seconds left. That certainly would have been better than dribbling into the lane and turning it over. Really sucks Griesel's last moment was a turnover that sealed the loss. Just brutal. Gonna be hard to fall asleep tonight.

[Nebrasketball1979]

I wonder if there is any chance we pay to play in the CBI.  I doubt it but one home games probably more than pays for itself.

[hskr4life]

Ironically… SJSU was NIT bubbly and our total failure may have allowed them to sneak into the NIT.

[hskr4life]

Just now, Nebrasketball1979 said:

I wonder if there is any chance we pay to play in the CBI.  I doubt it but one home games probably more than pays for itself.

You’d have to have people go for it to pay for itself. Who is going to go?

[demone]

2 minutes ago, Nebrasketball1979 said:

That was a complete kick to the balls.  The illegal screen on Keisei was a bad call but man, hard to put this on the refs when we played so terribly and they fouled out Minny's beat player on a bad call with 6 minutes left in the game

Would give you a million upvotes if I could. Yes, the refs are awful. They always have been and always will be. I’m just exhausted by the excuse making - play smarter and better in the first 39 minutes, it’s a non-issue. Too many turnovers, missed free throws, forced shots and lazy defensive rotations to go along with too many players wearing red that shouldn’t be on the court. Really bad look to lose to this MN team. 

[HuskerFever]

2 minutes ago, Nebrasketball1979 said:

I wonder if there is any chance we pay to play in the CBI.  I doubt it but one home games probably more than pays for itself.

 

I believe Oregon played in the CBI before, for whatever that's worth.

[hskr4life]

Will be a shame if that’s how Keisei’s time ends here

[The Polish Rifle]

I’m ready for Fred to do something next year. 16-16 was a job saver this year, it will be a job ender next season. 

[AuroranHusker]

That totally sucked. But, tbh, I'd go to a game just to be able to watch Tominaga again. That last shot might have been Keisei's final shot attempt for the Big Red.

 

 

[hhcmatt]

They gave us an opening to start the game and we couldn't capitalize.
Every missed FT was huge.

Minnesota had every reason to fold and they didn't.

 

I believe karma dictates they should send us to Colorado to play a NIT game but sure seems like the 2022-23 season ends at 16-16

[B-town hoopsfan]

Gotta pack your defense or your rebounding when you go on the road. We brought neither tonight.  Tough way for a fun second half to end.

 

hopefully most of the eligible pieces return and we get away from the constant doubling the post with more size on the court next season. 

[brfrad]

9 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

That’s how he should feel after that one. Embarrassed and ashamed. Stubborn, poor decisions. Continuing to over help, double baseline drives, double posts, while leaving their best 3pt shooter all alone. Then getting nothing going for your offense and allowing guys to chuck up crap, quick shots. 

The doubling led to some of the worst passes I've seen a college basketball player make.  They make 5.8 3's on average.  I would take my chances having them make 10 3's than get shots at the rim.  They were 12 - 16 at the rim and 10 - 24 from 3.  We were 18 - 33 at the rim and 6 - 19 from 3.  That's the game in a nutshell.  We even go 75 % from at the rim, we win pretty easily.

[hskr4life]

Just now, The Polish Rifle said:

I’m ready for Fred to do something next year. 16-16 was a job saver this year, it will be a job ender next season. 

I guess I’d take post season or bust, but honestly I’m almost to a NCAAs or bust point.  I was post season or bust this year… the injuries and how we fought back made me change my mind a bit.  But it’s gotta happen next year.

[hhcmatt]

"Just smile because it happened" - Sam Griesel in the post game about this season