Berke

[Navin R. Johnson]

 

[aphilso1]

Well dang.  He has quickly become one of our most irreplaceable players.  That's not great to hear.

[Handy Johnson]

He’s the REAL X Factor on this Team isn’t he? Huge Ceiling & his ability to play the 5 as others have mentioned let’s you move Essiegan into the Starting Lineup or Mix & Match. Road Wins are at Premium in the B1G & I hope he’s got his Sea Legs by Saturday. 

[hskr4life]

My guess is out vs MSU and back for Indiana.

[Vinny]

1 minute ago, Handy Johnson said:

He’s the REAL X Factor on this Team isn’t he? Huge Ceiling & his ability to play the 5 as others have mentioned let’s you move Essiegan into the Starting Lineup or Mix & Match. Road Wins are at Premium in the B1G & I hope he’s got his Sea Legs by Saturday. 

I get where you’re coming from, but it’s actually him being out that has brought Essegian into the starting lineup. Will he stay when Berke returns is the question.

[Handy Johnson]

15 minutes ago, Vinny said:

I get where you’re coming from, but it’s actually him being out that has brought Essegian into the starting lineup. Will he stay when Berke returns is the question.

I’d like to find out Saturday, but it’s a luxury we haven’t had in awhile. Unlike a LONG list of Recent Bigs, he’s actually Played Basketball  

[HuscurAdam]

With a full week off before the next game, I imagine they will play it safe and hold him out against MSU. He's too important to risk a setback that could derail his entire season when another week of healing is there for the taking. 

[cornfed24-7]

34 minutes ago, Vinny said:

I get where you’re coming from, but it’s actually him being out that has brought Essegian into the starting lineup. Will he stay when Berke returns is the question.

If he keeps playing like he has how do you keep him out of the starting lineup?!?

[49r]

44 minutes ago, aphilso1 said:

Well dang.  He has quickly become one of our most irreplaceable players.  That's not great to hear.

 

Depends on your perspective I suppose.  To me, it's excellent news to hear that he's able to do some live work already.  I was kind of penciling him out until the new year at least so it seems to me like maybe he's a little be ahead of schedule!

[49r]

6 minutes ago, HuscurAdam said:

With a full week off before the next game, I imagine they will play it safe and hold him out against MSU. He's too important to risk a setback that could derail his entire season when another week of healing is there for the taking. 

 

Absolutely!  I'll happily sacrifice a league game or two if it means we can have a fully healthy Berke for the other 18.

[hhcmatt]

Berke Groinwitslitetpül

[B-town hoopsfan]

If we can win at MSU with Berke out this weekend then this team is definitely legit.  Gonna be a tough task as there’s only 15 fouls to go around instead of 20 for the front court. 

[No Place Like the Vault]

25 minutes ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

If we can win at MSU with Berke out this weekend then this team is definitely legit.  Gonna be a tough task as there’s only 15 fouls to go around instead of 20 for the front court. 

They are well balanced.  Scored 90 last night with nobody scoring more than 12.  8 guys scored 7 or more.  For the season they have 7 guys that average between 7.7 and 12.4.  However,  they only shoot 25.7 from 3

Edited December 5, 2024 by No Place Like the Vault

[Vinny]

46 minutes ago, No Place Like the Vault said:

They are well balanced.  Scored 90 last night with nobody scoring more than 12.  8 guys scored 7 or more.  For the season they have 7 guys that average between 7.7 and 12.4.  However,  they only shoot 25.7 from 3

Counting on that lack of shooting. If we can stay in the passing lanes we can do it. We also had 6 days to get ready. Have 6 days for Indiana too. Great opportunity to start 2-0.

[Huskerpapa]

It's either healed, or not.  If it is medically healed, and he is cleared to play, you play him.

[roscoe]

Maybe he needs to go to doctor that miraculously healed As*worth for blue team. Initial diagnosis was 6-8 weeks then reduced to month and low and behold he plays against Domers on November 30th. Fakers fake!  

[cipsucks]

22 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

It's either healed, or not.  If it is medically healed, and he is cleared to play, you play him.

 

What if it's supernaturally healed?

 

 

[Sidelines - Nebraska]

Bold prediction: Berke plays limited minutes (8-10 minutes) and gets hot from three randomly on Saturday.