The Polish Rifle Posted January 27 Report 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. BjoeHusker, huskerkid21 and cornfed24-7 3 Quote
cozrulz Posted January 27 Report 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? cipsucks and HuscurAdam 2 Quote
HuskerFever Posted January 27 Author Report 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
basketballjones Posted January 27 Report 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, Serenity Now and BjoeHusker 3 Quote
Huskerpapa Posted January 27 Report Posted January 27 This was a terrible performance. Nuf said. Quote
cipsucks Posted January 27 Report 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
HuskerFever Posted January 27 Author Report 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
HB Posted January 27 Report Posted January 27 Maryland has long athletes. That causes problems with turnovers and offensive rebounds. Maryland a tough matchup for us. cipsucks 1 Quote
unl Posted January 27 Report 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
HuskerActuary Posted January 27 Report 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
unl Posted January 27 Report 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
TourneyBound Posted January 27 Report Posted January 27 21 in regular season should do it IMO. Especially if Wisconsin is one of them thrasher31 1 Quote
thrasher31 Posted January 27 Report 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
brfrad Posted January 27 Report 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
HuskerActuary Posted January 27 Report 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
tcp Posted January 27 Report 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
HuskerFever Posted January 27 Author Report 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
AuroranHusker Posted January 27 Report 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
hhcscott Posted January 27 Report 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. unl, Lifetimesker, Ron Mexico and 2 others 1 1 3 Quote
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