uneblinst's postgame chatter: vol 16; ed 17 - Iowa

[AuroranHusker]

2 hours ago, 89Husker said:

Our defense was not ready for this game. Energy, or "X's and O's", or both, we were always behind. We weren't that way with Purdue. Is it the 2-day prep thing, or was it just effort that caused our guys to not know where the open shooter was? 

Also, I don't know why you would want to run with Iowa (or with Creighton).  Slow down and run 15 seconds of offense, you will probably get a good shot. 

Anyway, we have more time to prep for Rutgers.  It will be an ugly game so be prepared.  If we go 1-1 on the road for this stretch, that is more than acceptable.

 

Agree wholeheartedly on the "not running" with Iowa or CU, not sure why Hoiberg didn't light up his guys about that aspect in either game, tbh. They can turn it around, much like the team did after that subpar 2nd half at Minny. It's a long grind, but this can not become a trend when a bunch of dudes think they're Duke after one B1G-time win. We shall see, GBR no matter what.

 

[Art Vandalay]

4 hours ago, busticket said:

Allick absolutely abused Iowa’s stud freshman.  He was the only guy who brought his A game.

 

Rice showed some nice flashes on offense but his defense showed why he doesn’t play more.  He looked like a confused freshmen.  He’ll figure it out with experience.

 

Brice Williams is maddening.  His defense is lousy.  The frustrating thing is he has the tools to be very effective on D.  When we tied the game up he basically turned it back into a double digit lead for Iowa.  
 

Anyways, it was a road game we were supposed to lose so time to put it in the rear view mirror.

It was a lot more than Williams for sure. Anyone not named Josiah, Reink, or Sam did not look like they had a clue on the defensive end.

[Ron Mexico]

Several of us where concerned about this being the hangover game and it was. Felt we celebrated this win a bit to long. Add to the fact that we swept Iowa last season made the outcome pretty predictable.

Cold as ice from 3.

Guys from Iowa going off that don't normally go off. 

Inability to adjust to zone defense after we got back into the game.

This game reminded me very much of our game against Creighton, which is no coincidence since they are similar teams.

 

Despite poor 3 pt shooting, we still shot 45% from the field and 72% from from 2.

We dominated pts in the paint and where essentially even on rebounds.

Evolution of KT to find other ways to score when 3's aren't falling.

 

Overall just a poor performance.

I felt we adjusted offensively by attacking them inside. 3 wasn't working

We did not adjust defensively.

 

4 of our 5 losses have been by double digits with 3 of those being 15+pt blowouts. We need to do a better job of "staying in games" when we are struggling.

 

[hskr4life]

58 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

 

 

4 of our 5 losses have been by double digits with 3 of those being 15+pt blowouts. We need to do a better job of "staying in games" when we are struggling.

 

This was huge Friday.  Lose by 4-7 points, we drop, but not back into the 50’s.  NET favors MOV so we need to blow teams out and avoid getting blown out.

[AuroranHusker]

 

[hal9000]

[Ron Mexico]

On 1/13/2024 at 11:45 PM, OurDecay said:

Kinda surprised by the anger and dismay from folks about this loss. 
 

This is NOT “same old Nebraska”.  Same old Nebraska hasn’t ever been here, coming out to a half-dead road crowd after beating the #1 team in the country by 16 three days prior.

 

ANY team - and I do mean any - was going have a letdown there.  And there is not enough of a talent delta to overcome it.

 

Teams come out flat.  Lose on the road.  Coaches get outcoached.  It happens.  It’s a 31-game season.  And I have to tell you, there’s a 4-game stretch coming down the road that looks like an 0-4 deal (look at our schedule, you’ll see it).  But that doesn’t mean we can’t still go 22-9 and be a safe tourney pick.  So let’s all just keep our poo together. This wasn’t one of the games projected as a win, folks.

 

Sure, you could say it was a “winnable” game.  So is any game.  Michigan St, Kansas St, Indiana, and Purdue were likely losses and went 4-0 against them.  So let’s not lose perspective.

 

We will give Rutgers a good game.  They will be ready to go.

 

I swear, some of you act like you haven’t been a masochist NUBB fan for very long.  If you have, you should know better and enjoy the 13-4 start!

 

GBR!

Yep. It begins on Feb 1.