uneblinst's postgame chatter: vol 16; ed 28- Minnesota

[TZAHL]

11 minutes ago, throwback said:

Very impressive win - Minny has been playing solid basketball, and they desperately needed this one, but they really didn't have much of a chance. We didn't seem to have our legs on our 3-pt shots - other than Juwan - but we just found a way to score and tough out a win we had to have. 

 

Love the way we've flipped our rebounding lately - the guards are really hanging in there and cleaning up the loose change. Yeah, Minny had quite a few 2nd chance points, but our rebounding was still pretty solid, I thought.

 

Defense was simply outstanding. Garcia just flat out gave up. Loved seeing it. Was a big fan of the NIT chant as well - nicely done, students. 

 

Win Thursday, and we can start worrying about NCAA seeding, rather than worrying about whether we're on the bubble.

 

My theory. Coach Fred he has showed he will play the ‘big’ lineup that he starts.  It was a disaster the first game we rolled it out but I think it has sent a message to our guards that we are going to rely on defense and toughness. I think there has been an uptick from guys like Williams and KT on defense and physicality rebounding because they know Fred will roll with a lineup with Gary at the 3….thus making back court minutes a premium and if you’re not gonna bring it on D or have great decision making you may not get minutes. 

[big red22]

15 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

We cannot drop a home game to NET #89 or a road game against NET #122. So, even if we beat Ohio State, I'm gonna still feel like we've got to avoid any bad losses.

Both are Quad 2 right?

[KoH]

24 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

I know we won and I don't want to throw a damper on that, but this seems to be a recurring theme on the season: Keisei doesn't seem to like to pass to Bryce and Bryce doesn't seem to like to pass to Keisei. Neither assisted on a made shot for the other today. And there were times where they each made a harder play when the easier play and higher percentage play would have been to the other.

 

Stop it, guys. There's too much riding on this season. The offense stops when the ball stops in one guy's hands.

I don’t think there’s a problem between them. They both look to get their own shots first. But Keisei threw a lob to Brice and he got fouled and went to the line on the play. They each like to hunt their own shots, but they are team players and I don’t see any animosity between them. 

[CanadianHusker]

26 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

This team has a lot of the same things working for it like the good Nee teams did.

The run that the 90-91 team had was exhilarating! Did that team care as little as this year’s team about who was scoring big each night? I seem to remember different guys having big nights regularly. I think that’s a huge strength of this year’s team too. And hopefully when it’s crunch time the right player will step up at the right time. GBR! 

[royalfan]

47 minutes ago, cipsucks said:

This pretty much says it all.

 

 

He is an easy guy to like,  

[royalfan]

Really good job by our guards and Williams of coming down to clear the defensive glass when our bigs boxed out. We have to have that to have reasonable success on the glass since we don’t have any prototypical elite rebounders.  

[Norm Peterson]

17 minutes ago, KoH said:

I don’t think there’s a problem between them. They both look to get their own shots first. But Keisei threw a lob to Brice and he got fouled and went to the line on the play. They each like to hunt their own shots, but they are team players and I don’t see any animosity between them. 

 

OK, good, glad to know. Thanks!

[49r]

STOP TRYING TO STIR UP CONTROVERSY @Norm Peterson!!!  

[Norm Peterson]

23 minutes ago, big red22 said:

Both are Quad 2 right?

 

No. Rutgers would be a Quad 3 game. Must win. Cannot pick up a Quad 3 L at this point. And losing to #122 anywhere would look bad.

[big red22]

13 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

No. Rutgers would be a Quad 3 game. Must win. Cannot pick up a Quad 3 L at this point. And losing to #122 anywhere would look bad.

They beat us at home may put them as a Quad 2, but I get what you are saying 

[Nebrasketball1979]

24 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

No. Rutgers would be a Quad 3 game. Must win. Cannot pick up a Quad 3 L at this point. And losing to #122 anywhere would look bad.

Guys, this iteration of Rutgers isn't beating this team at home, on Senior night.

[AGHANSEN]

That was the best defensive performance I have seen in a long time.

The guys were flying around and made Minnesota earn every point.

We did a tremendous job limiting Garcia and Hawkins.

 

Gary had a phenomenal night.

He shot the ball with a lot of confidence.

We easily could have scored 85+ points if we hit some shots we usually make.

 

This team is so much fun to watch.

 

Go Big Red!

 

[HuskerFever]

Just now, Nebrasketball1979 said:

Guys, this iteration of Rutgers isn't beating this team at home, on Senior night.

 

I hear you, in theory.

 

We've also never won 7 consecutive conference games in the 21st century. And our goal is to clean out the rest of the regular season. Is it possible? Yes. But any conference game isn't guaranteed.

 

It was just 2 seasons ago that a 8-21 (2-16) Nebraska basketball team won at #23 Ohio State and at #10 Wisconsin in back-to-back road conference games.

[basketballjones]

We played like hot crap in multiple areas of the game and won by 20. Love it… I think?

[bobcat402]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

I know we won and I don't want to throw a damper on that, but this seems to be a recurring theme on the season: Keisei doesn't seem to like to pass to Bryce and Bryce doesn't seem to like to pass to Keisei. Neither assisted on a made shot for the other today. And there were times where they each made a harder play when the easier play and higher percentage play would have been to the other.

 

Stop it, guys. There's too much riding on this season. The offense stops when the ball stops in one guy's hands.

I noticed around the under 5 mark in the 1st half , there was a possession that Keisei was doing his curry impression with Brice wide open at the 3 off the elbow and Brice just shook his head, like he knew no matter what KT is putting it up. Than after that Sota put up back to back points on KT and Gary was kinda yelling at this direction. Could be something, could be nothing but it’s def something that could bite us in March.. the 14 team didn’t really have this problem I don’t think, shields respected Petteways heat checks, and petteway knew shields was his automatic secondary go to, with Walter available in the corner. 

Edited February 26 by bobcat402

[AuroranHusker]

3 hours ago, Bugeaters1 said:

It just doesn't look like this team does much to get a lead. But then you look up and they are up 20 pts.

 

 

This team is the best defensive group in the Big Ten, plus they legit have 7 different dudes who can be the offensive guy any given night. It's beautiful basketball, even if shots don't go down early on, the defense holds serve. I love it.

[AuroranHusker]

2 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

That's a lot of movement this late in the season. Two-and-a-half weeks ago after we lost at Northwestern, we were #51. Four wins in a row and we're taking aim at being in the 20s.

 

My boy was in the hospital due to something outside of his control when the two of us sat in that hospital room & watched on a 20" TV that horrible gut-punch of a ballgame against NW, with opposing guards Boo Buie & Ty Berry htting dagger 3 after dagger 3 whilst mocking Keisei every chance they could. I was livid for a lot of reasons outside of our control. I was just mad and everything sucked. But God's good all the time. My son is starting to heal from his ordeal and on the road to recuperating, and we've been able to attend every single game this season together.  It's been a remarkable time to be resilient and have so much resolve, just like the NU team we cheer for.

 

To be honest, my 16 y.o. son is my hero. He hasn't blamed anyone or anything for his misfortune or any of his trials or troubles, instead he bucks up in the midst of pain & anguish and keeps his chin up even though he hasn't been able to fully participate in his H.S. sports thus far in the spring season. He is able to start back to his spring season, albeit generally from the sidelines, but his upcoming surgery has finally been set for about two weeks from now, after the regular season, coincidentally. And, after that, then he ought to be able to slowly get back to doing what he loves, soccer, he's played it since he was around 3!!

 

Not to have this post become too personal, sorry about that... but it is kind of personal to us, I'm saying all this here because I realize that Nebrasketball has been kind of a God-send in a time of fear & unknown circumstances in our lives, and we have made sure to be there at PBA for everyone else we sit by & we cheer our little hearts out for the 2023-24 Huskers -- and watch all the away games together -- because we freakin' care. It's been a fun ride. let's keep this rollin'!! GO BIG RED!! Let's buy our dancin' shoes!! GBR - and we love HHC !!!

 

Edited February 26 by AuroranHusker

[Faux Mike Peltz]

1 hour ago, bobcat402 said:

I noticed around the under 5 mark in the 1st half , there was a possession that Keisei was doing his curry impression with Brice wide open at the 3 off the elbow and Brice just shook his head, like he knew no matter what KT is putting it up. Than after that Sota put up back to back points on KT and Gary was kinda yelling at this direction. Could be something, could be nothing but it’s def something that could bite us in March.. the 14 team didn’t really have this problem I don’t think, shields respected Petteways heat checks, and petteway knew shields was his automatic secondary go to, with Walter available in the corner. 

Trust me on this. That team had more internal issues than this team does. I won’t go into too many specifics, but you had a mix of older players trying to quickly gel with the transfers Miles had brought in. Gallegos was used to getting many more shots than he did that year, a few players that had played larger roles the previous were largely relegated to the bench, and a player got kicked off the team during the season. But going on that hot streak cured a lot of issues. This team has a guy who transferred here under the assumption that last year’s top scoring threat wasn’t coming back, but then he did come back. So they’ve had to adjust and gel. The last few games, KT and Brice have communicated quite a bit, even just the two of them. They hunt shots, yes. But I think Norm’s observation about tonight was accurate. Let’s hope it was just a blip. 

[tcp]

@AuroranHusker, hold your head up brother. You're not alone in the struggle my friend. And don't apologize for nuthin'! This place has done the same for me as it is for you, and for that, I'm grateful. 

 

This is what a good internet community can do when stuff's working right. 

 

Also, if for any reason you have any issue with pain medicines and need any help or assistance, this is what I do for a "living" so feel free to PM me if needed. 

 

tcp

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, tcp said:

@AuroranHusker, hold your head up brother. You're not alone in the struggle my friend. And don't apologize for nuthin'! This place has done the same for me as it is for you, and for that, I'm grateful. 

 

This is what a good internet community can do when stuff's working right. 

 

Also, if for any reason you have any issue with pain medicines and need any help or assistance, this is what I do for a "living" so feel free to PM me if needed. 

 

tcp

 

Thanks, brother. Together, we got this. My kid will eventually be all right, it's harder on the parents, I think; our kids are pretty resilient. 

 

Tough Nebraskans get tougher when times get tougher. 

 

Edited February 26 by AuroranHusker

[millerhusker]

9 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

I know we won and I don't want to throw a damper on that, but this seems to be a recurring theme on the season: Keisei doesn't seem to like to pass to Bryce and Bryce doesn't seem to like to pass to Keisei. Neither assisted on a made shot for the other today. And there were times where they each made a harder play when the easier play and higher percentage play would have been to the other.

 

Stop it, guys. There's too much riding on this season. The offense stops when the ball stops in one guy's hands.

There's probably still something there. There certainly was earlier in the season, but you can't see it as much through the television so I haven't noticed it these past handful of games. And winning helps everyone's attitude become more positive. This is on Brice to just get over it imo. We need Keisei to do what he does. As an opposing coach, trying to get your guys to sprint and chase Keisei around screens consistently over the course of a game scares you just as much as Zach Edey does. CJ plays similarly but I've never seen Brice scoff at him. Just get over it, man. Keisei is an unselfish kid who wants to win. He's genuinely happy whenever someone else makes a play. And he's the one guy on the team who consistently is willing to give up his body and attempt to take charge when an opposing player is barreling down the lane. 

 

Anyway, on a positive note we have a really, really good basketball team right now. We are finally looking like Hoiberg's Iowa State teams when they were as fun to watch as anyone in the country. Fred finally has the players who are willing to run and execute his stuff, and the counters to that stuff, and the counters to those counters. And it's beautiful to watch. We can beat you a number of different ways offensively. We have four guys averaging 12+ ppg, and two more guys off the bench who can get hot and go for 20. And the other two guys in the rotation are hometown kids who will pour their blood, sweat and tears into every possession. And if nothing is going right offensively, we can now beat you in a dogfight with our team defense. No coach will be excited about playing Nebraska in March. 

[AuroranHusker]

9 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

No. Rutgers would be a Quad 3 game. Must win. Cannot pick up a Quad 3 L at this point. And losing to #122 anywhere would look bad.

 

I've been saying it for two weeks, just "WIN OUT"! A lot of great things will have been accomplished with a lot of great things still ahead of them in the BTT & beyond. GBR!

 

[AuroranHusker]

36 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

...

 

Anyway, on a positive note we have a really, really good basketball team right now. We are finally looking like Hoiberg's Iowa State teams when they were as fun to watch as anyone in the country. Fred finally has the players who are willing to run and execute his stuff, and the counters to that stuff, and the counters to those counters. And it's beautiful to watch. We can beat you a number of different ways offensively. We have four guys averaging 12+ ppg, and two more guys off the bench who can get hot and go for 20. And the other two guys in the rotation are hometown kids who will pour their blood, sweat and tears into every possession. And if nothing is going right offensively, we can now beat you in a dogfight with our team defense. No coach will be excited about playing Nebraska in March. 

 

That's what I expected from Hoi-ball from the jump, I am so glad that Freddy was given the chance to remain at NU and figure his shit out. It's been a thing of beauty to watch, and I am hoping to see some historic stuff accomplished real, real soon. GBR Always.

 

[Norm Peterson]

36 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

Anyway, on a positive note we have a really, really good basketball team right now. We are finally looking like Hoiberg's Iowa State teams when they were as fun to watch as anyone in the country. Fred finally has the players who are willing to run and execute his stuff, and the counters to that stuff, and the counters to those counters. And it's beautiful to watch. We can beat you a number of different ways offensively. We have four guys averaging 12+ ppg, and two more guys off the bench who can get hot and go for 20. And the other two guys in the rotation are hometown kids who will pour their blood, sweat and tears into every possession. And if nothing is going right offensively, we can now beat you in a dogfight with our team defense. No coach will be excited about playing Nebraska in March. 

 

To your last point, I've mentioned this in multiple places and can't always remember who I've told, so bare with me if you've heard this, BUT ...

 

I feel like this would be a REALLY difficult team to prepare for on a two-day turnaround. Say, Saturday or Sunday in the first weekend of the NCAA tourney.

 

I say this for two reasons: 1) similar to what you observed, we have 7 guys who can legitimately pop off from 3-point range, and a couple of guys who can score inside, along with 3 guys who are really solid mid-range scorers, and you're going to have to work hard on defense to shut us down; and 2) some people might call it a "junk" defense, but it's certainly not a defense that teams would see a lot and it's really effective at running teams off the 3-point line but still keeping them out of the paint.

 

If we somehow make it to the dance and win in the first round, the team that faces us in the round of 32 has their work cut out for them. It's one thing to watch this group on film; it's another thing to actually try to execute against us. We lack high end athleticism, so we're not invincible. But, in terms of scheme, if you haven't faced us yet, and you just got done putting away Middle Tennessee State, and now you have two days to prepare for whoever's on the other side of the bracket and it's us? Well, good luck with that.

[thrasher31]

11 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

I know we won and I don't want to throw a damper on that, but this seems to be a recurring theme on the season: Keisei doesn't seem to like to pass to Bryce and Bryce doesn't seem to like to pass to Keisei. Neither assisted on a made shot for the other today. And there were times where they each made a harder play when the easier play and higher percentage play would have been to the other.

 

Stop it, guys. There's too much riding on this season. The offense stops when the ball stops in one guy's hands.

I guess I see what you're saying, but keisei was basically being smothered all game. I saw Brice look his way when running off screens, but no opening and moved onto the next read. Didn't knock down any of his 3s, which one or two had to have come off passes from Brice without remembering, and all of his shots were self created.

 

They were also throwing doubles at keisei on dhos forcing him to pass to a big underneath or allick in the corner. Good gamelan by ben Johnson to shut the water off from him. Force him to create his own shot and don't give him C&S opportunities. He did have a lob pass to Brice at the rim which would've been an assist had he finished it, but got fouled. I saw keisei point in his direction afterwards as if to say "I got you" after the play. There may have been opportunities to look each other's way more often, but the gamelan they had was working, and it led to a 20 point win. 

 

I don't see much animosity between them personally, but I don't pay that close of attention to stuff like that. 

Edited February 26 by thrasher31