Nebraska (17-12) vs. Ohio St. (16-13) Game Thread

[Bugeaters1]

 

[Nebrasketball1979]

Ok, we start games like shit, that trend has long been established.  What's the answer?  We've started 8 different starting lineups so finding the right lineup probably isn't in the cards.  I keep coming back to what I felt was the turning point on Sunday.  We started pressing and Sam made a hell of a play on an inbound pass that resulted in an acrobatic save to Juwan that led to a jump ball and our possession. From that point on we had energy and focus.  

 

So...how about this.  Let's start off in full court press.  Ohio St. is methodical (plays slow) and is also turnover prone.  Let's speed them up and see if the extra intensity locks us in and creates turnovers and easy baskets.

 

Start Brice, Juwan, Berke, Sam and Rollie or Morgan and press these bums into submission.

 

Just do something different please.

 

 

[hskr4life]

Bryce

Gary

Sam

Connor

Berke

 

That's the best lineup to provide a possible scoring punch to start.

[millerhusker]

Ohio State has 6 home losses

[Bugeaters1]

 

[hhcmatt]

 

 

[cozrulz]

 

 

Maybe we just have to think we are down 20 points at the tip?

[throwback]

You can sign up for a free 14-day trial of Instacart+ and receive Peacock during the trial period. I did it for one of the football games, and it didn't require a credit card at that time. Not sure if it still works that way.

 

https://www.instacart.com/instacart-plus

[Handy Johnson]

Levert (Cleveland) “Casanova” 

[millerhusker]

Nebraska still has more road wins plus quad 1 wins than any other team on the bubble. Was surprised to see that but it's a fact. The two things the committee wants to know most - can you beat good teams and can you win away from home. 

 

It's March 4th and we still get to talk about the NCAA tournament. I expect the Huskers to come out and compete like hell in this one. Pitino's recent halftime speech really hits home with this Nebraska team. Who cares if your shots aren't falling. Just dig in and fight harder. Anything less would be a major disappointment tonight. 

[Handy Johnson]

5 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

Nebraska still has more road wins plus quad 1 wins than any other team on the bubble. Was surprised to see that but it's a fact. The two things the committee wants to know most - can you beat good teams and can you win away from home. 

 

It's March 4th and we still get to talk about the NCAA tournament. I expect the Huskers to come out and compete like hell in this one. Pitino's recent halftime speech really hits home with this Nebraska team. Who cares if your shots aren't falling. Just dig in and fight harder. Anything less would be a major disappointment tonight. 

Good Teams BEAT Bad Teams, let’s take care of Business these next Two & we’ll all have a Fun Selection Sunday…! 

Edited March 4 by Handy Johnson

[millerhusker]

3 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

Good Teams BEAT Bad Teams, let’s take care of Business these next Two & will all have a Fun Selection Sunday…! 

Agreed. The missed opportunities are disappointing, but I'm not sure there's a bad team in the conference this year. All of the "bad" teams have beat some of the "good" teams this year..

Washington beat Maryland

Penn St. beat Purdue

USC beat Michigan St. and Illinois

Northwestern beat Maryland and Illinois

Rutgers beat UCLA

Minnesota beat UCLA, Michigan and Oregon

 

[hhcmatt]

Connor Essegian is 6th in the conference in 3pt makes this season

Point spread up to 6.5

[Handy Johnson]

4 hours ago, millerhusker said:

Agreed. The missed opportunities are disappointing, but I'm not sure there's a bad team in the conference this year. All of the "bad" teams have beat some of the "good" teams this year..

Washington beat Maryland

Penn St. beat Purdue

USC beat Michigan St. and Illinois

Northwestern beat Maryland and Illinois

Rutgers beat UCLA

Minnesota beat UCLA, Michigan and Oregon

 

Correct, and if we’re the Team we claim to be, an NCAA Tournament Team working on Back to Back appearances, You Win these next two & leave the Bubble Talk to the Losers. 

[millerhusker]

36 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Connor Essegian is 6th in the conference in 3pt makes this season

Point spread up to 6.5

Of the other players on Nebraska's top 10 single season 3FG makes list, only Cary Cochran and Andrew White did it with a higher percentage. 

[cozrulz]

43 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Connor Essegian is 6th in the conference in 3pt makes this season

Point spread up to 6.5

 

time to blow them off their floor like Northwestern did

[Navin R. Johnson]

2 hours ago, millerhusker said:

Of the other players on Nebraska's top 10 single season 3FG makes list, only Cary Cochran and Andrew White did it with a higher percentage. 

 

The name that should not be spoken

[cipsucks]

After the game on Saturday, I told myself I'm done for this year. We get peacock, not sure if I'll watch. No Kugler, so we might have a chance. 

 

I think about tcp. Maybe a good thing he's not witnessing this last month and a half.  On the other hand, tcp might mean The Cornhuskers Prevail. One never knows...

 

 

[Bugeaters1]

Officials:

Brian Dorsey, Randy Richardson, Kelly Pfeifer

[throwback]

 

[nuhusker7]

42 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Officials:

Brian Dorsey, Randy Richardson, Kelly Pfeifer

It is finally time to beat final boss Kelly

[Bugeaters1]

 

Edited March 5 by Bugeaters1

[hskr4life]

small crowd it appears.

[Nebrasketball1979]

On 3/3/2025 at 10:57 AM, Nebrasketball1979 said:

Start Brice, Juwan, Berke, Sam and Rollie or Morgan and press these bums into submission.

 Starters 

Please press

Please win

 

That is all...GBR

 

[Bugeaters1]