Ohio St. (14-9) vs. Nebraska (15-8) Game Thread

[Bugeaters1]

Enjoy, and post away.

 

 

[Vinny]

 

[MichHusker]

Ohio State is one of the worst teams in the country at keeping teams off the foul line. I don't know what the school record is for free throw attempts in a game but it would be fun to see Brice try to break it

[millerhusker]

IMO the two best point guards in the country are in the Big Ten. Braden Smith and Bruce Thornton. There are some other good ones out there, but guys like RJ Davis, Tamin Lipsey and Mark Sears are having down years by their standards. Thornton is scary. He's like a mix of old school floor general and modern point guard who can cross you up, stop on a dime and drain a 28 footer. Built like a running back and strong as hell. IQ is off the charts. His efficiency might be more impressive than anyone else in the country considering his usage rate - shooting splits of 52/46/83 and 1.6 turnovers per game. 

 

But Ohio State would be hot garbage without him. When you watch them, everyone else on their team looks poorly coached. I suppose that may be because they are. It's not for a lack of talent (4 and 5 stars galore on that roster). They are long and athletic. They play out of control and foul a whole lot. We're going to have a big home court advantage tomorrow. Need to make our free throws. 

Freshman guard Mobley is kind of their Tominaga, but they don't really know how to use him like that. Still, he has legit NBA range and you cannot leave him alone. I'd be ok with making Royal and Stewart try to beat you in the post. Just don't let Thornton and Mobley go off from the perimeter. 

 

Huskers by 8. 

[hskr4life]

Bryce is going to have to try and shut down Thornton. He's a bruiser and would be a bad matchup for Sam. We'll see what we try.

[LNKtrnsplnt]

1 hour ago, hskr4life said:

Bryce is going to have to try and shut down Thornton. He's a bruiser and would be a bad matchup for Sam. We'll see what we try.

Could be wrong but I think he was destroying us last year and sam came in to guard him and essentially turned off the spigot. 

[Huskerpapa]

54 minutes ago, LNKtrnsplnt said:

Could be wrong but I think he was destroying us last year and sam came in to guard him and essentially turned off the spigot. 

...and lest we forget, Rollie should be capable to guard him as well.

[Handy Johnson]

Guided by Voices from Dayton, “Motor Away” 

[hhcmatt]

Look at potentially having the 7th different lineup today with Berke getting the starting nod at center

 

Sam

Rollie

Brice

Juwan

Berke

[nuhusker7]

10 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

Look at potentially having the 7th different lineup today with Berke getting the starting nod at center

 

Sam

Rollie

Brice

Juwan

Berke

For as many odd plays as he sometimes makes, and some of the mixed reaction on here, Berke can have massive impacts on the game.

 

His size and athleticism just changes things on defense for us.

[jimmykc]

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[Silverbacked1]

Might be wearing red at home?

[Bugeaters1]

Officials:

Earl Walton, Terry Oglesby, Jason Phillips

[millerhusker]

Why do college basketball games seem to take 20 minutes longer than they used to?

[MichHusker]

Like 5% of games are 2 hours or less. Why does the big 10 keep scheduling this way?

[Fastbreaker]

5 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

Why do college basketball games seem to take 20 minutes longer than they used to?

Women's games are almost always under two hours

[Vinny]

1 minute ago, millerhusker said:

Why do college basketball games seem to take 20 minutes longer than they used to?

Last night I was watching Duke vs. Clemson, close game, great basketball until the last minute. Then the fouling started and it drug to a crawl and took forever to finish up. In the B1G it seems teams start fouling earlier than the last minute to draw it out and try to claw back into the game. And they do it way too long, you’ll see teams down double digits with 0:30 seconds still playing the foul game. Today, both Maryland and Rutgers in the double bonus before the 4:00 media timeout. Those stoppages add up.

[cozrulz]

If you are Rutgers why would you have a sick player sitting on the bench around all your other players?

[Fastbreaker]

2 minutes ago, Vinny said:

Last night I was watching Duke vs. Clemson, close game, great basketball until the last minute. Then the fouling started and it drug to a crawl and took forever to finish up. In the B1G it seems teams start fouling earlier than the last minute to draw it out and try to claw back into the game. And they do it way too long, you’ll see teams down double digits with 0:30 seconds still playing the foul game. Today, both Maryland and Rutgers in the double bonus before the 4:00 media timeout. Those stoppages add up.

Two more TV timeouts per game for men.  Plus men coaches and refs spent more time posturing during dead balls. 

[Vinny]

Just now, cozrulz said:

If you are Rutgers why would you have a sick player sitting on the bench around all your other players?

They pry tried to check the CDC website for guidance but there was nothing there.

[cozrulz]

Just now, Vinny said:

They pry tried to check the CDC website for guidance but there was nothing there.

 

It's not like he was coming back in the game.  I don't see him out there now.

[cozrulz]

I don't see why they just don't just do a split screen when these games overlap.

[MichHusker]

Mobley can SHOOT. Can we please stop with the careless turnovers?

[Vinny]

Defense to offense works for me!

[MJW82]

Pretty sure I could hear Gary’s dunk in my W O St Home