St. Mary's (3-0) Vs. Nebraska (3-0) Game Thread

[cornfed24-7]

Just now, GhostOfJoeMcCray said:

9 guys have played 14+ minutes. And Griffiths has 7.

 

St. Mary’s has 6 guys with 14+ minutes.
 

Yes we’ve had a little foul trouble but this has been our M.O. and I don’t like it. Trying too hard to keep guys happy and it’s killing us. 

Plus it's pretty obvious who should have more minutes and who shouldn't.

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

2 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Plus it's pretty obvious who should have more minutes and who shouldn't.

it’s been obvious all year. We play way too many guys that offer nothing offensively. 

[cornfed24-7]

Just now, GhostOfJoeMcCray said:

it’s been obvious all year. We play way too many guys that offer nothing offensively. 

I've read. This is the first game I've seen. And I'm like yup the HHC board was right.

[Fastbreaker]

2 minutes ago, GhostOfJoeMcCray said:

it’s been obvious all year. We play way too many guys that offer nothing offensively. 

If it is so obvious Why don't the coaches see it like you do ?

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

Just now, cornfed24-7 said:

I've read. This is the first game I've seen. And I'm like yup the HHC board was right.

it’s frustrating because it really feels like we could have a team that plays similar to last year with Essegian being Keisei, Morgan being Allick and Berke being Mast. I’m seeing some qualities in each of them that resemble  what we lost. 

Instead we’re forcing not one but TWO point guards and a 7-1 stiff into the rotation. 

[cornfed24-7]

Just now, Fastbreaker said:

If it is so obvious Why don't the coaches see it like you do ?

There in lies the mystery. Because we know coaches never make the wrong decisions. Just ask Satterfield.

[Cazzie22]

With Berke at the 5 we haven’t been able to secure the defensive rebound.

[Fastbreaker]

Just now, Cazzie22 said:

With Berke at the 5 we haven’t been able to secure the defensive rebound.

 

2 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

There in lies the mystery. Because we know coaches never make the wrong decisions. Just ask Satterfield.

And guys on message boards are never wrong

[cornfed24-7]

Just now, Fastbreaker said:

 

And guys on message boards are never wrong

We're not getting paid Millions. You can pay me and I'll gladly make dumb decisions and live with the message board critics

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

2 minutes ago, Fastbreaker said:

 

And guys on message boards are never wrong

I’m happy to be wrong. Whenever we start playing really good winning basketball with Meah and Ulis both playing 15 minutes, I will gladly say I was wrong about them. 

[MichHusker]

Damn. That freshman killed us. That spurt right after brice got his fourth certainly wasn't great either 

[Cazzie22]

We lost to a solid team.  We should benefit from this when we go to Omaha.  It’s not like we lost to a cellar dweller.

[hskr4life]

Gotta beat Creighton on Friday or it’ll be a dreaded B1G season where we can’t afford to lose many.

[hskr4life]

Just now, Cazzie22 said:

We lost to a solid team.  We should benefit from this when we go to Omaha.  It’s not like we lost to a cellar dweller.

Not a bad loss— but it isn’t great when you have relatively no opportunity for quality wins before B1G season.

[cornfed24-7]

2 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Not a bad loss— but it isn’t great when you have relatively no opportunity for quality wins before B1G season.

It still felt like one we had to have. 

[CanadianHusker]

2 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

We lost to a solid team.  We should benefit from this when we go to Omaha.  It’s not like we lost to a cellar dweller.

The loss won’t hurt us because St. Mary’s seems good. But not winning will hurt us because of our lack of quality non-con opponents. (If that makes any sense!)

[CanadianHusker]

1 hour ago, Bugeaters1 said:

He quit  the forum.

I miss Norm. I followed him on twitter and asked him to come back. I really mean this, but it’s not the same without him. He was a big part of the heart and soul of this board. And I don’t read as much here anymore because he and Cip aren’t around. 
 

Come back, Norm and Cip!

[CanadianHusker]

Proud of how they fought. Brice’s 4th foul was the turning point. Glad they fought to the end though.
 

Really like Berke! His energy is great too. When he gets leaner and more muscular and consistent from deep, I’m talking next year, he will be a force.
 

Capt. Morgan is solid too. Rollie will be a big plus as the season goes along. Essegian will get his too. Would be great to see Griffiths find his form and confidence because we’ve seen how well he can play.

 

Meah needs to play a bit more sparingly or according to matchups. And I’m not sure what Uhlis offers over Sam. So if we are going to trim the rotation, Uhlis is the first casualty and Meah with a reduced role. 
 

I do have one beef with Fred: why wasn’t Essegian on the floor for the final shot? Didn’t want too many good 3-pt shooters on the floor at a time? Don’t understand that one at all. But hopefully they were saving all of their 3s for Omaha. 
 

GBR!!!!

[AuroranHusker]

I did like how NU battled back from being down 23-9 early on to pull within 46-43 at the half. And, then again when it was 73-63 late in the game, as the Huskers didn't fold despite a lot of miscues today. If NU could hit a few more threes, they'd have won, but on the other hand, it was a lack of rebounding & defensive prowess that haunted the Huskers this afternoon.

 

All in all, it felt like a missed opportunity. Hopefully the team figures out its rotations sooner than later. There were too many empty possessions with certain non-offensive players on the court at the same time. I think they battled all game, which is refreshing to see from the roster.

 

[thrasher31]

Turnovers are a problem still, and 3 ball. Like the foul drawing nature of the team, but the ball has to find the bottom of the net. 

 

Berke is getting better every game also. Him emerging as a guy teams have to account for as a third guy would be massive. 

[Vinny]

The tough conversations will happen soon. “Listen you’ll still get your NIL, but you won’t get your minutes.”

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

17 minutes ago, Vinny said:

The tough conversations will happen soon. “Listen you’ll still get your NIL, but you won’t get your minutes.”

we call that the Boogie talk 

[hskr4life]

Q1: 0-1 (these opportunities are few and far between)

[Vinny]

25 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Q1: 0-1 (these opportunities are few and far between)

Every road game on our schedule is a Q1 right now expect Washington, which is borderline Q1.