UCLA (11-2) VS. Nebraska (11-2) Game Thread

[CanadianHusker]

Nick Bahe!!! Never compare our Sam Hoiberg to Aaron f****n Craft!!!!

[HuskerFever]

Unnecessarily close.

[HuskerFever]

1 minute ago, HuskerFever said:

Unnecessarily close.

 

Also....oh, how far we've come.

[hhcscott]

Was Mara in the paint long enough to qualify for in-state tuition?

[NUtball]

Pretty poor late-game execution.

[hhcscott]

SAM 

[MJW82]

Gary!!

[NUtball]

Suck it, UCLA.  Suck it, Cronin.

[hhcscott]

Better LATE-LATE game execution.

[CanadianHusker]

Goooooooooo!!!! Biiiiiiiiiig!!!!!! Reeeeeeeeed!!!!!!

[Vinny]

Boom!

[Handy Johnson]

W 

[B1G Red]

Rank us.

Edited January 4 by B1G Red

[rwhiston]

 

[Keenan9595]

This just seems like a team that takes control…it’s okay, we’ll figure it out and then we are up 12.  Very good feeling to have.  

[millerhusker]

Zero turnovers for Rollie, Ulis  and Sam in their 58 combined minutes. In a game against the best team in the country at turning opponents over, that's probably the most important stat right there. 

 

I've been pretty hard on Rollie for how loose he gets with the ball sometimes. But you could tell from the very first possession that he was going to take ball security seriously. Not sure we win this game without his reliable ball handling. 

[Huskerpapa]

Back home...to me...at the game...this game wasn't in doubt.  From the get go, we were the better team.  What made it a rock fight was the defensive effort from the beginning to end.  Damn, that was fun.

[hhcmatt]

1 hour ago, No Place Like the Vault said:

Not much of a slam

 Long range 2 for Meah

[49r]

9 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 Long range 2 for Meah

 

They mentioned during the game that Meah was something like 21/21 on FG against UCLA in his career.

[49r]

6 hours ago, 49r said:

Here is the KenPom Strength of Schedule for each team.  Can you tell which is which?

 

Strength of Schedule
Components:	107.0 117	107.0 221	106.2
Overall:	+0.04 160		0.00
Non-conference:	-3.15 272		0.00

 

Strength of Schedule
Components:	107.3 108	106.7 201	106.2
Overall:	+0.63 142		0.00
Non-conference:	-2.59 252		0.00

 

 

 

The answer is UCLA is the one on top (#160 overall SOS) and NU (#142) on the bottom.

 

Ironically, this game improved UCLA's SOS quite a bit more than ours.  #102 UCLA vs #109 NU now.

Edited January 4 by 49r

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, Cazzie22 said:

Aaaauuuggghhh! When you milk clock you wind up with poor shots.  Attack the basket!

 

Draining 30 seconds on those two possessions left UCLA a very small window to make a full comeback, it wasn't the worst idea. I'd prefer to have a shot going toward the rim, but the refs might let UCLA mug us again. You know what I mean?!

[AuroranHusker]

Nebraska's final 13 points were from the FT line. Juwan made the last shot from the field with 7:15 remaining. That was a dogfight the entire game, glad NU had the dogs to take the fight to UCLA. That kind of struggle will win in March Madness if the team can get there. GBR

[OurDecay]

A game like this is why you build a roster that is one of the oldest in D1.  And my goodness are we deep.  Capable players 9-10 deep.

[Huskerpapa]

On 1/3/2025 at 10:54 AM, Huskerpapa said:

This is going to be a rock fight.  Two good, physical, hard working defenses.  Will the refs let 'em play?

Yes, the refs let them play...

[hskr4life]

49 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Draining 30 seconds on those two possessions left UCLA a very small window to make a full comeback, it wasn't the worst idea. I'd prefer to have a shot going toward the rim, but the refs might let UCLA mug us again. You know what I mean?!

Or a fluke charge that fouled someone out/got someone more in foul trouble.