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The Polish Rifle Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 I know it’s because we’ve been kicked in the nuts so many times, but I can’t shake the feeling that this season ends in disappointment. Please lord let this end well. cornfed24-7, BjoeHusker and huskerkid21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jayschool Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Tuesday Saturday HuscurAdam and tcp 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozrulz Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Not too worried about it. Hopefully Gary is recovering. We need somebody that can get rebounds. Maybe need to try Diop against some of these athletic forwards? HuscurAdam and cipsucks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerFever Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 Even if we win 100% of our remaining home games, losing out on all road games puts us at 20-11. We're not at razor thin margins just yet, but we're not far off if this road performance continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basketballjones Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 I don’t know if I have ever seen a team with more variance in their performances than this team. It’s remarkable. Obviously there’s the home and away element but that doesn’t entirely answer everything. What it screams is a lack of general athleticism and/or lack of size/length. Those things make up for energy/effort/crowd. I wouldn’t stray too far away from what we’re doing X’s and O’s, talent eval wise, but we certainly have to get a little better athlete at certain positions. HuscurAdam, BjoeHusker and Serenity Now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskerpapa Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 This was a terrible performance. Nuf said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipsucks Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 The sky is not falling. If Gary doesn't get hurt, we beat Rutgers. Regroup against Wisconsin, and win a couple road games. It's that simple. HuscurAdam and Bugeaters1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerFever Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 Realizing now that this is the fewest points in a game we've scored all season. And it sure felt like it. BjoeHusker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbacked1 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Not too high, not too low HuskerBB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Maryland has long athletes. That causes problems with turnovers and offensive rebounds. Maryland a tough matchup for us. cipsucks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unl Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, HuskerFever said: Even if we win 100% of our remaining home games, losing out on all road games puts us at 20-11. We're not at razor thin margins just yet, but we're not far off if this road performance continues. That’s what I came here to say. Is that enough to get in? We’d be about 5th-6th in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerActuary Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 10 minutes ago, unl said: That’s what I came here to say. Is that enough to get in? We’d be about 5th-6th in the league. More than likely, not in. 22 feels like the right magic number to me when factoring in the Big Ten Tournament. Maybe 21 depending on who we would beat. throwback and roscoe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kldm64 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 it's all mental at this point!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unl Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 6 minutes ago, HuskerActuary said: More than likely, not in. 22 feels like the right magic number to me when factoring in the Big Ten Tournament. Maybe 21 depending on who we would beat. I agree with this. The only remaining road games I think NU has a good shot would be Michigan or Ohio State. Today could easily be the start of a 1-3 stretch. If I’m right, we may have work to do in the big ten conference tournament. Maybe you need to take my cousin to more games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourneyBound Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 21 in regular season should do it IMO. Especially if Wisconsin is one of them thrasher31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrasher31 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 4 minutes ago, ConkintheCorner said: 21 in regular season should do it IMO. Especially if Wisconsin is one of them That's where I'm at. Could maybe get by with 20+BTT win, but you're leaving the decision in the committee hands at that point, which I'm not comfortable about. Just get to 21 and they should be comfortable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfrad Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 11 minutes ago, unl said: I agree with this. The only remaining road games I think NU has a good shot would be Michigan or Ohio State. Today could easily be the start of a 1-3 stretch. If I’m right, we may have work to do in the big ten conference tournament. Maybe you need to take my cousin to more games! Indiana has not played very well. Outside of Illinois, we match up pretty well with all the road teams we play, if we play up to our ability. The problem is we play no where near our ability on the road. thrasher31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerActuary Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 3 minutes ago, thrasher31 said: That's where I'm at. Could maybe get by with 20+BTT win, but you're leaving the decision in the committee hands at that point, which I'm not comfortable about. Just get to 21 and they should be comfortable Yeah but if we win 21 in the regular season, we are most likely a 5 or 6 seed and playing a double-digit seed in our first conference tournament game (5 plays winner of 12/13, 6 plays winner of 11/14). And if we lose to that team, that's a clunker to end it - I would not be comfortable in that scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcp Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) I'm trying to think like the committee would think, and this focus on overall wins isn't prudent if you're O-fer on the road. The tourney requires competent play outside of your own gym. Marginal teams on selection day are going to be competing with other teams and I can almost guarantee you that everything else being equal, the team that has proven it can win at least a couple of road games is going to be picked over a home court juggernaut with bupkis for road wins. Edit: Right now, honestly, we look like a perfect NIT team....as long as we draw the match at home. Edited January 27 by tcp Ron Mexico 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerFever Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 More than anything, I think Feb. 1 will be telling whether we can hide behind this mirage of Selection Sunday stability or not. Win, and we can keep this optimism through that our wins are enough to get in. Lose and we can no longer rely on the past success; absolutely would need road wins at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugeaters1 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Ron Mexico and Silverbacked1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 45 minutes ago, kldm64 said: it's all mental at this point!!! I'd say it is mostly a physical advantage that Maryland had over Nebraska, combined with role players for UMd playing better at home. Nebraska would likely have a decent shot of overcoming the Terps in a tighter contest in Lincoln, but it's mostly due to our own role players playing better at home than anything mental per se. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcscott Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Last year at this time we played Maryland and we were 10-12 and this year, 15-6. Keep winning at home. Learn and grow to win on the road. BjoeHusker, Lifetimesker, Silverbacked1 and 2 others 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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