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uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 7 - North Florida

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basketballjones

basketballjones

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14 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

The best three point shooting team in the country made their average (14), which is more than they made when they won at Georgia Tech and at South Carolina, and we still won by 31. Checked a lot of boxes tonight. The first two conference games are winnable. Lock in, boys. 

They have committed to taking away anything in the paint and not fouling (especially not and1 or shooting fouls). And we’re doing a hell of a job of it. 

Norm Peterson

Norm Peterson

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Y'know, it's like we played really mid in stretches. And turn around and we're up 25. I was not expecting a 100-point offensive output and 31-point win over a team that won AT South Carolina and AT Ga Tech. And to do it without Berke.

 

The takeaway for me is if Essegian gets hot, we're a tough out. But we'll see what things look like if Essegian isn't hitting.

Keenan9595

Keenan9595

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Just now, Norm Peterson said:

Y'know, it's like we played really mid in stretches. And turn around and we're up 25. I was not expecting a 100-point offensive output and 31-point win over a team that won AT South Carolina and AT Ga Tech. And to do it without Berke.

 

The takeaway for me is if Essegian gets hot, we're a tough out. But we'll see what things look like if Essegian isn't hitting.

I agree with you, I also want to point out that the more I watch I really think we are a nightmare defensively.  That’s gonna help us a lot in league play.  Plus we rebound so dang well, theirs in the conference.  

hhcmatt

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Notes from UNL

 

  • Nebraska has now won 17 straight at home dating back to last season. 
  • Nebraska’s 103 points is the most since scoring 110 against Doane on Dec. 17, 2021. The last time NU scored 100 points against a Division One opponent was 100 in a four overtime loss to NC State on Dec. 1, 2021.  Nebraska has had season highs in points in each of the last two games. 
  • Nebraska shot a season-high 58.0 percent and a season-best 45.8 percent from 3-point range in the win. It is the first time NU shot at least 50 percent this season.
  • Connor Essegian led Nebraska with a game-high 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 6-of-8 from 3-point range. He is the first Husker in the Big Ten era to hit at least six 3-pointers in consecutive games, as well as the first in at least 20 seasons. Essegian is the first Husker with multiple games with at least six 3-pointers in a season since Kobe Webster in 2020-21. 
  • Essegian’s 22-point effort was his second straight 20-point night and fourth of his career. It is the first time in his three seasons he had consecutive 20-point games. 
  • Brice Williams reached double figures for the 11th-straight game dating back to last season, as he finished with 17 points and a season-high six assists.
  • North Florida’s 43 3-point attempts is a school record against Nebraska, breaking the mark of 42 set by Creighton on Nov. 22. 
  • Nebraska had a 15-0 run from 18:15-14:42 in the first half, the sixth double-digit run this season for NU. The Huskers have had at least one double-figure run in each of the last five games. 
  • As a team, Nebraska finished with 22 assists and a season-low six assists, In the last two games, NU is averaging 23.0 assists per game. 
  • Nebraska had 53 points at halftime, making it back-to-back games for NU with at least 50 points at half. 
  • Nebraska finished with five double-digit scorers in the win, matching the most this season. 
  • Nebraska is now 1-0 all-time against North Florida and 8-0 against Atlantic Sun teams. 
  • The Ospreys came into today’s game averaging 86.7 points for the game on 46% shooting and were limited to a season-low 72 points on 38.5% from the field. 
  • Nebraska finished with a season high 12 steals, the fifth time in six games with double-digit steals.
  • Sam Hoiberg matched his career high in steals with four, the last time he accomplished this feat was against Florida A&M on November 9, 2023. 
  • Nebraska’s bench out-scored UNF, 37-15, as the Huskers got double-figure efforts from Ahron Ulis (10 points, three assists) and Andrew Morgan, who had season highs in points (13) and rebounds (nine).

 

throwback

throwback

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That was impressive - UNF didn't have a lot of interest in playing defense very deep into the shot clock, and we took full advantage - for the most part, we didn't let them lull us into a back-and-forth 3-pt shooting contest - we worked to get great shots instead of good shots.

 

I thought we were solid defensively, outside of losing some 3-pt shooters in transition and after offensive rebounds. UNF did a good job to get into the 70s and they hit some really tough shots. They should be able to do some damage in their league. 

 

12 steals will always play - we deflected a lot of balls.

 

Need to get Berke healthy for Saturday - going to be a fistfight in E Lansing like always.

 

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AuroranHusker

AuroranHusker

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Did not anticipate a 31-pt. victory. I figured N. Florida would hit 20 threes and it would be a 40-min. contest. Pleasantly surprised by NU stepping up and making a ton of shots, which forced the Osprey shooters to launch shots that they felt they had to take to get back into it & they did not make them in the 1st half. Now, 2nd half the Osprey did make them but it was far too late to overcome the great effort by the Big Red today. It was definitely not a trap game for the Huskers, even though it could have been. I have a feeling that this team can do some good things in the Big Ten. Time will tell the story. GBR

 

hskr4life

hskr4life

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The more I’ve watched this team, the more I see quite a bit of stuff I like. We’re really gelling as a team and pretty early. We’ve had players buy into roles, but also step up when needed as well.

 

Honestly, we seem like that team who makes your offense look like crap. I have a feeling we’re going to have a number of message boards this year with posts like “we’ll we just didn’t shoot it well” or “well we just had too many errant passes.”

 

The thing about it is that a lot of that is due to our D. We’re pretty suffocating this year. That was no slouch non-con opponent we should beat by 20+.

 

A few notes on individuals.

 

- Conner is thriving and gaining more confidence daily. His stroke is pretty pure too. He’ll have off games for sure (KT did too) but he’ll still get his 8-10 in those games like KT.

 

- Gavin gave us better minutes today. His shot will come, but they were good shots to take. He had much better hustle today. One play where he either missed a shot or turned it over and he hustled to get a steal from behind.

 

- Cale is such a valuable player to have in the role he’s in because he’s going to hustle and perform while giving it 110%. That’s not an easy role to fill usually.

 

- Meah has started to find where he’s going to fit in our O. He didn’t have a great game today by any means but looks more comfortable.

 

- Big test in these next two. Our Creighton win looks to have put a lot of wind in our sails (much like I believe our MSU win did last year). 

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