uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 5 - Creighton

[Navin R. Johnson]

3 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

This.

 

I've been thinking roughly the exact same thing. I'm not rejoicing in the fact one of their guys got hurt, but the thought had crossed my mind many times in the past that Creighton had enjoyed a lot of good fortune over the years and had avoided things like the injury bug, whereas we have Isaac Copeland blow a knee in a year where we might have otherwise made the dance.

 

They've had games against us where they shot out of their minds. Where everything seemed to fall for them. That luck had to run out eventually.

 

And maybe it finally has. And all at once. I'm sure their fans are probably pretty good at handling adversity, though, so they should take this all in stride. 

 

I always said that worm would eventually turn.

 

I know what your saying but to be fair and if I remember correctly Creighton did lose a couple of their top players two years in a row just before the NCAA tournament a few years ago.  I can't remember names but one was a score first point guard.  I could look it up but you know.....it's Creighton.

[No Place Like the Vault]

36 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

I know what your saying but to be fair and if I remember correctly Creighton did lose a couple of their top players two years in a row just before the NCAA tournament a few years ago.  I can't remember names but one was a score first point guard.  I could look it up but you know.....it's Creighton.

Ryan Nembhard?

[AuroranHusker]

2 hours ago, No Place Like the Vault said:

Ryan Nembhard?

 

Maurice Watson Jr. was the other one, btw.

 

Edited Sunday at 09:52 PM by AuroranHusker

[49r]

2 hours ago, No Place Like the Vault said:

Ryan Nembhard?

 

I want to say maybe P'Allen?  But IDK...don't pay close enough attention to them.

[Sidelines - Nebraska]

The key to beating Kalk is to go right at his chest.  He doesn't foul, so he's almost too conservative for his own good.  Creighton has problems with Ashworth getting hurt, and they have major problems at the 3/4 position. Loved Juwan and if Conor plays like this all season we are a DANGEROUS team.  Also give Nate Loenser whatever he wants keep that guy around forever. 

[Navin R. Johnson]

Watson and Nembhard I think are the two I was thinking of.  Getting older stinks, or maybe I just have to much knowledge in my brain I can't remember everything.  Yeah, I think I will go with that.

[LincecumFan]

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1860783377797808446

 

FYI

[HuskerFever]

23 minutes ago, LincecumFan said:

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1860783377797808446

 

FYI

 

About as good as they could ask for?

[cozrulz]

2 hours ago, Sidelines - Nebraska said:

The key to beating Kalk is to go right at his chest.  He doesn't foul, so he's almost too conservative for his own good.  Creighton has problems with Ashworth getting hurt, and they have major problems at the 3/4 position. Loved Juwan and if Conor plays like this all season we are a DANGEROUS team.  Also give Nate Loenser whatever he wants keep that guy around forever. 

 

The cool thing is Essegian can play A LOT BETTER.

[89Husker]

Of note, the ankle that Ashworth sprained was from the leg that he stuck about 3 feet forward in an effort to draw a foul.  I like how Greggie took a subtle dig in his after-game presser by saying "he's a 3 pt shooter, defenseless.  What can you do?"  Well, for starters, you can land in the area you jumped from, not contort yourself trying to work the ref. 

 

Sorry for the rant...

[AuroranHusker]

11 minutes ago, 89Husker said:

Of note, the ankle that Ashworth sprained was from the leg that he stuck about 3 feet forward in an effort to draw a foul.  I like how Greggie took a subtle dig in his after-game presser by saying "he's a 3 pt shooter, defenseless.  What can you do?"  Well, for starters, you can land in the area you jumped from, not contort yourself trying to work the ref. 

 

Sorry for the rant...

 

I call him McDumass for a reason....

 

[Nighthawk]

Creighton drops to #22! 

[roscoe]

1 hour ago, 89Husker said:

Of note, the ankle that Ashworth sprained was from the leg that he stuck about 3 feet forward in an effort to draw a foul.  I like how Greggie took a subtle dig in his after-game presser by saying "he's a 3 pt shooter, defenseless.  What can you do?"  Well, for starters, you can land in the area you jumped from, not contort yourself trying to work the ref. 

 

Sorry for the rant...

Went back and watched the "extended highlights" posted earlier. Would estimate 75% of cu's 3 point shots shown the shooter extended his right foot/leg. Ashworth did it every time a defender was close. One time he was wide open and didn't do it. Issacs appeared to do it every time.  

Edited Monday at 03:10 AM by roscoe

[AuroranHusker]

3 minutes ago, roscoe said:

Went back and watched the "extended highlights" posted earlier. Would estimate 75% of cu's 3 point shots shown the shooter extended his right foot/leg. Ashworth did it every time a defender was close. One time he was wide open and didn't do it. Issacs appeared to do it every time.  

 

Do stupid things, have stupid consequences.

 

[MitchMcGaryMunchies]

2 hours ago, 89Husker said:

Of note, the ankle that Ashworth sprained was from the leg that he stuck about 3 feet forward in an effort to draw a foul.  I like how Greggie took a subtle dig in his after-game presser by saying "he's a 3 pt shooter, defenseless.  What can you do?"  Well, for starters, you can land in the area you jumped from, not contort yourself trying to work the ref. 

 

Sorry for the rant...

 

Even my 69 year-old mother recognized in real-time that Ashworthless was flailing his right leg out, trying to draw a foul. We weren't in his landing space. Ultimate FAFO moment for that little baby bird.

 

I didn't think this would be a long-lasting injury because only a small portion of his bodyweight was on that leg he kicked-out. If he would've come straight down and rolled the ankle on his left leg with 100% of his weight, that could've been way worse.

 

The NBA famously created the "Zaza Rule" where they review these type of plays and issue a flagrant 1. This is named after the internationally-renowned dirtbag, Zaza Pachulia who purposely took out Kawhi Leonard in Game 1 of the 2017 WCF by stepping directly under his landing leg as he rotated over to defend a jumper. Kawhi had already tweaked that ankle in Game 5 of the WC Semifinals, causing him to sit out Game 6. In Game 1, he'd already scored 26 points to put the Spurs up 20 on the Warriors, then Pachulia knocked him out for the rest of the series, and Golden State came back to win Game 1 and eventually sweep the series.

 

 

Also sorry for the rant. GSW is basically the Omaha school of the NBA so seemed on topic.

[hugh42]

10 hours ago, 89Husker said:

Of note, the ankle that Ashworth sprained was from the leg that he stuck about 3 feet forward in an effort to draw a foul.  I like how Greggie took a subtle dig in his after-game presser by saying "he's a 3 pt shooter, defenseless.  What can you do?"  Well, for starters, you can land in the area you jumped from, not contort yourself trying to work the ref. 

 

Sorry for the rant...

 

Greg also talked about all of the ways CU lost the game, not how the opponent just flat out beat them today. Fred doesn't pull this crap and always gives credit where credit is due.

[millerhusker]

Yeah, I took it as Greg passive aggressively blaming Rollie for the injury. He's often passive aggressive and smug in his press conferences, but he does it with a little smile so I guess it's hard for some people to see through that. Lost respect for him 11 years ago after the Gibbs Petteway scuffle. Obviously a dirty play by Gibbs, which was normal for him. Greg was asked about it later. He winked at the reporter and said, "Gibbs is my guy." No accountability. 

[Art Vandalay]

He also threw in how they beat us by 30 last year playing the same defense. McDouche is for sure McButthurt

[hhcmatt]

Here's both team's pressers

 

 

[Dead Dog Alley]

Nebraska hasn't beaten Creighton and gone to the NCAA tournament in the same season since 1993-94

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

On 11/22/2024 at 11:36 PM, roscoe said:

The no sleeping tonight comment holds true for me also. But guessing beverage choice will take precedence. Did Nick Bahe seem a little quiet during broadcast?  Maybe just me but his lack of excitement for NU "beating the brakes off" cu was rather enjoyable. 

 

I hate Creighton as much as the next guy, but I will never hate on Nick Bahe. Listened to all his stuff for years and he loves Fred Hoiberg and goes out of his way to compliment the staff and our program. He genuinely wants Nebraska to be good at basketball. Also he's said in the past Barry Collier never offered him a scholarship, so hard to be mad at a guy for not coming to Nebraska when Nebraska didn't want him. 

[millerhusker]

39 minutes ago, GhostOfJoeMcCray said:

 

I hate Creighton as much as the next guy, but I will never hate on Nick Bahe. Listened to all his stuff for years and he loves Fred Hoiberg and goes out of his way to compliment the staff and our program. He genuinely wants Nebraska to be good at basketball. Also he's said in the past Barry Collier never offered him a scholarship, so hard to be mad at a guy for not coming to Nebraska when Nebraska didn't want him. 

Hot take: Nick Bahe and Bo Ruud have the ONLY good Husker football podcast. I like those guys. 

[AuroranHusker]

 

[AuroranHusker]

 

[MitchMcGaryMunchies]

2 hours ago, GhostOfJoeMcCray said:

 

I hate Creighton as much as the next guy, but I will never hate on Nick Bahe. Listened to all his stuff for years and he loves Fred Hoiberg and goes out of his way to compliment the staff and our program. He genuinely wants Nebraska to be good at basketball. Also he's said in the past Barry Collier never offered him a scholarship, so hard to be mad at a guy for not coming to Nebraska when Nebraska didn't want him. 

 

I went to high school at LSE at the same time as Nick and he also had zero interest in attending Nebraska. During Nick's junior year, Roy Williams actually drove-up to watch him practice one morning and discussed him walking-on at KU with the potential of earning a scholarship.

 

Nebraska had signed Jake Muhleisen two years prior and had definitely reached-out through LSE Coach Jeff Smith, but there was no interest on Nick's part after Roy Williams put delusions of grandeur into his head.