uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 9 - Indiana

[cornfed24-7]

20 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

Before I get too excited, can somebody let me know whether "the Big Ten is down" or not? That will help me set realistic expectations as to whether we need to win the conference tournament to get in the Dance or not.

It's easy.

 

If we do well in conference play the Big Ten is down and we have to win the conference tournament to dance. 

 

If do poorly in conference play the Big Ten is not down and we have to win the conference tournament to dance.

 

 

[hskr4life]

24 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

Before I get too excited, can somebody let me know whether "the Big Ten is down" or not? That will help me set realistic expectations as to whether we need to win the conference tournament to get in the Dance or not.

Maybe @49r can post the updated conference rankings on the KenPom thread? Most likely still a distant 2nd for the B1G.

[Huskerpapa]

39 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

This was prior to the game yesterday… but… yikes.

 

IU #5 and ahead of MSU!?!?

 

Us at #16!?!? It’s like these rankings were solely based on game 1 of the B1G season.

To be fair, we did look like a bottom feeder versus MSU.  After Indiana, not so much.

[LincecumFan]

1 hour ago, Huskerpapa said:

To be fair, we did look like a bottom feeder versus MSU.  After Indiana, not so much.

https://x.com/TheAndyKatz/status/1867778960224137451

 

Looks like Andy agrees with you, Pop. (I apologize my reposting of X comments won't auto-resolve. I've tried everything with no success.)

[49r]

 

12 minutes ago, LincecumFan said:

https://x.com/TheAndyKatz/status/1867778960224137451

 

Looks like Andy agrees with you, Pop. (I apologize my reposting of X comments won't auto-resolve. I've tried everything with no success.)

 

You gotta replace the x.com part with twitter.com

[LincecumFan]

1 minute ago, 49r said:

 

 

You gotta replace the x.com part with twitter.com

I've tried that with previous posts and it still didn't help. hhcmatt thought maybe it was a pop-up blocker, but I turned it off and that didn't help.

[hhcmatt]

2 hours ago, hskr4life said:

This is one of those where the +/- stats don’t reflect how important that player was. They get blown out of the water MSU style without him in the 2nd half.

 

Without context +/- can be almost random from game to game 

[49r]

Hey Dimes, did you update the Meah Dunk Tracker today?  He got at least one last night I'm sure.

[cozrulz]

18 minutes ago, 49r said:

Hey Dimes, did you update the Meah Dunk Tracker today?  He got at least one last night I'm sure.

 

It's becoming my favorite thing on here. 

 

Play by play says he had two.  First points of the 2nd half and the other with 10:00 to go.

[Bugeaters1]

1 hour ago, LincecumFan said:

https://x.com/TheAndyKatz/status/1867778960224137451

 

Looks like Andy agrees with you, Pop. (I apologize my reposting of X comments won't auto-resolve. I've tried everything with no success.)

Does this help?

[Bugeaters1]

1 hour ago, LincecumFan said:

https://x.com/TheAndyKatz/status/1867778960224137451

 

Looks like Andy agrees with you, Pop. (I apologize my reposting of X comments won't auto-resolve. I've tried everything with no success.)

I have found that you need to wait a bit before you hit the send button. The tweet will populate it's self. Hope this helps.

 

[throwback]

 

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

41 minutes ago, cozrulz said:

 

It's becoming my favorite thing on here. 

 

Play by play says he had two.  First points of the 2nd half and the other with 10:00 to go.

 

I love that Meah's only shot selection is a dunk. I remember when Jorge Brian Diaz absolutely refused to dunk. It was like he was afraid of hurting the rim. 

 

Random note after googling him...he went his whole career at Nebraska as Jorge "Brian" but his entire pro career and his wikipedia page say Jorge "Bryan". He really never corrected anyone on the spelling of his name for 3 years. 

Edited December 14 by GhostOfJoeMcCray

[hhcmatt]

2 hours ago, cozrulz said:

 

It's becoming my favorite thing on here. 

 

Play by play says he had two.  First points of the 2nd half and the other with 10:00 to go.

 

I missed the first dunk so when I saw the second dunk and saw he had 4 points I thought..I bet the other bucket was a dunk. 

 

[MJW82]

The whole basket apparatus really shook after the second dunk. Thought for a second we’d get a second Jason Dourisseau situation 

[throwback]

 

[hskr4life]

35 minutes ago, throwback said:

 

Back by popular demand.

[B-town hoopsfan]

On 12/14/2024 at 9:13 AM, Huskerpapa said:

After a night's sleep, here are a few more random thoughts:

*  Andrew Morgan is a vital cog on this team.  He is an athletic big; as is Berke.  Meah has a role and will help us as well.  So we have three bigs that seemingly continue to grow into their roles.  Andrew is prone to fouling early, so I kind of understand him coming off the bench.  Meah had some ugly turnovers last night.  That has to stop.

 

*  Gavin will be interesting to watch.  At this moment, he seems void of athleticism.   It has a certain cringe factor.  I still believe in him; but he currently has lost his rotational role.  Cale looks sooo much more comfortable on the court and seems set in the ten man rotation.

 

Seems like when meah and worster are on the floor they run mainly pick and roll stuff where as Friday night with worster in foul trouble we were back to meah being that pivot point up top which resulted in 5-7 empty trips with several of those being lay ups the other way for Indiana.  Need pivot to uhlis/williams with meah as the picker offense when worster isn’t out there. 
 

unless there’s an injury GG won’t get a rotation spot, hopefully he sticks around for next year 

[Navin R. Johnson]

3 minutes ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

Seems like when meah and worster are on the floor they run mainly pick and roll stuff where as Friday night with worster in foul trouble we were back to meah being that pivot point up top which resulted in 5-7 empty trips with several of those being lay ups the other way for Indiana.  Need pivot to uhlis/williams with meah as the picker offense when worster isn’t out there. 
 

unless there’s an injury GG won’t get a rotation spot, hopefully he sticks around for next year 

 

GG might see some time over the next four games.  Really hope he finds his game if he does.  Like you said, minutes will be tough to come by, especially once conference play starts full time.

[B-town hoopsfan]

1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

GG might see some time over the next four games.  Really hope he finds his game if he does.  Like you said, minutes will be tough to come by, especially once conference play starts full time.

He might and I hope he does but it will only be in games hoiberg feels we are fully in control of IMO, not when the games on the line 

[Silverbacked1]

Hopefully GG will get to run home for a day or two.. Get some home cooking she an old girl friend hang with his boys.

Then come back refreshed and more confident.. I truly feel that he is going to be a good to really good player here at Nebraska.

and with the things that he can get here, weight room, nutrition and having a coach that can help you become a really good shooter.

so yeah hope he sticks around

[hhcmatt]

If nothing else GG should see run vs Southern because they take away the 2 which means we'll need 3pt shooting in what should be a winnable game. The one thing Southern does is turn you over so the likelihood of GG getting pulled over a bonehead turnover in that game, should he play, increases as well. 

 

We Will have a lot of minutes to fill next season so really we just need to figure out if he's going to be a part of that.

[49r]

I am old enough to remember when CJ was going through a funk in 2022-23 and many folks thought he'd be a candidate to leave the team at semester break.

[cornfed24-7]

25 minutes ago, 49r said:

I am old enough to remember when CJ was going through a funk in 2022-23 and many folks thought he'd be a candidate to leave the team at semester break.

Yeah, but a funk is a funk. When I've seen GG play it looks like the 1st time he picked up a basketball was in warm ups that day.

 

Now I know the sample size is small I've only seen him in a few games. And know the a bunch of posters that see promise in him know WAY more about basketball than me. But I am absolutely perplexed by the thought he is going to turn into a player that plays any meaningful minutes in any season.

 

Again, only seen him live in a few games. And I am nothing more than a casual basketball fan. But the games I've seen him in he has been an absolute train wreck. And looks nothing close to a player that can compete consistently at this level. Absolutely perplexed I say.

 

 

[hskr4life]

50 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Yeah, but a funk is a funk. When I've seen GG play it looks like the 1st time he picked up a basketball was in warm ups that day.

 

Now I know the sample size is small I've only seen him in a few games. And know the a bunch of posters that see promise in him know WAY more about basketball than me. But I am absolutely perplexed by the thought he is going to turn into a player that plays any meaningful minutes in any season.

 

Again, only seen him live in a few games. And I am nothing more than a casual basketball fan. But the games I've seen him in he has been an absolute train wreck. And looks nothing close to a player that can compete consistently at this level. Absolutely perplexed I say.

 

 

I watched some of his highlights from pre-Rutgers and remembered this video. Confidence goes a long way. But hopefully this can help you see the potential.