iowa (15-15) vs. Nebraska (17-13) Game Thread

[hskr4life]

At least it’s baseball…. Oh wait…

[Bugeaters1]

For those at the game. You can walk over the bridge and watch the last half of the baseball game.

[Cazzie22]

I guess I will be a disinterested spectator for the B1G Tournament.  I just don’t want Michigan St to win.

[Nebrasketball1979]

Gutting to watch Juwan walk off the floor like that.

[Cazzie22]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:24 PM, Bugeaters1 said:

For those at the game. You can walk over the bridge and watch the last half of the baseball game.

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Is that worthwhile?  NU is struggling on that field.

[Bugeaters1]

This is a dumb question, but do the players have input on who to get in the portal?

[HuskerFever]

Breaks your heart. Much love, Gary.

[hhcscott]

How does a 12-2 start finish 17-14?

[Bugeaters1]

NEB Specialty Stats

Bench Points	14
Points In Paint	30
Points off Turns	7
Opp Turnovers	4
2nd Chance Points	11
Off Rebounds	11
Fastbreak Points	4
Layups	10-22
Dunks	1-1
Times Tied	2
Times Taken Lead	1
Possessions	65
Scores	31
Pts Per Possession	1.046
Scoring %	47.7
Turnover %	09.2
Time Leading	8:40
Time Trailing	28:50
Time Tied	2:27

[Vinny]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:28 PM, hhcscott said:

How does a 12-2 start finish 17-14?

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You go 5-12 the rest of the way and forget about your home court advantage.

 

I was still holding out hope until around the time they didn’t call the trip on Brice today. It is strange as a Nebraska fan to be playing to STAY in the field of 68 rather than playing to GET in. The last month was weird.

[Cazzie22]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:28 PM, hhcscott said:

How does a 12-2 start finish 17-14?

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Our schedule wasn’t real challenging early but the real factor is we didn’t improve as a team.  Young players develop but our veterans pretty much stayed the same or regressed.

[hhcscott]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:32 PM, Cazzie22 said:

Our schedule wasn’t real challenging early but the real factor is we didn’t improve as a team.  Young players develop but our veterans pretty much stayed the same or regressed.

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And that was a drawback in other seasons, early defeats to better teams making it hard for us to build confidence and momentum, but we had every chance to use early success to fuel confidence, figure out rotations and strategies, and learn to hold leads and manage the game. Instead we folded time and time again in close games and allowed droughts to accumulate forcing us to work too hard to get back. 

Hard to feel like there were any TEAM development or bright spots outside of the Creighton win.

[huskerbill85]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:28 PM, hhcscott said:

How does a 12-2 start finish 17-14?

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37-79 in conference record coach 

[cozrulz]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:28 PM, hhcscott said:

How does a 12-2 start finish 17-14?

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Would have liked to see us down the stretch with Berke healthy.  We haven't been the same team since.

Edited March 9 by cozrulz

[hhcscott]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:40 PM, cozrulz said:

 

Would have liked to see us down the stretch with Berke healthy.

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Absolutely..I think he could be a breakout player for us next year, but would also have liked to see us have 5-7 players who could have kept the ship afloat when we had one player out with injury. 

[Vinny]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:32 PM, Cazzie22 said:

Our schedule wasn’t real challenging early but the real factor is we didn’t improve as a team.  Young players develop but our veterans pretty much stayed the same or regressed.

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I disagree about the schedule. Our B1G schedule was front loaded and then we started playing down to our opponents. We went from winning Q1 games the first half of the season to losing Q2/3 games the second half. 

[cozrulz]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:43 PM, hhcscott said:

Absolutely..I think he could be a breakout player for us next year, but would also have liked to see us have 5-7 players who could have kept the ship afloat when we had one player out with injury. 

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Him and Mast.  Probably need at least one more big.

[Woody Boyd]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:49 PM, Bugeaters1 said:

The team missed KT. He opened so much for the rest of the guys with his constant cutting. This years team had no one doing that.

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Tominaga's presence was missed for sure but this team was really missing a big man that could shoot the three, see the floor and run the offense from the top of the key. I really hope Rienk comes back and is healthy next year.

[hhcmatt]

  On 3/9/2025 at 5:42 PM, brfrad said:

If it was Nebraska, that would have been an automatic fragrant 1.

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Unfortunately it was a stinky 1

[AuroranHusker]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:28 PM, hhcscott said:

How does a 12-2 start finish 17-14?

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Epic fail.

 

[AuroranHusker]

  On 3/9/2025 at 6:54 PM, Woody Boyd said:

 

Tominaga's presence was missed for sure but this team was really missing a big man that could shoot the three, see the floor and run the offense from the top of the key. I really hope Rienk comes back and is healthy next year.

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Yes, Rienk's presence was sorely missed all season. If NU could have had Mast & Tominaga it would have made a tremendous difference this year. Sucks to see it end today the way it did.

 

[Huskerpapa]

Bottom line, we had a bad team on the floor.  You can put lipstick on a pig; but it's still a pig!

[Bugeaters1]

1 good thing came out of todays game. The troll didn't show up.