Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-4) vs Ohio State Buckeyes (14-0) Game Thread

[Huskerpapa]

Crap...another run right at the end of the half.  Crap

[hskr4life]

Anyone still wanna question Rivers.... not strong with the ball at all.....

[tcp]

ugh. bad little meltdown to finish. we gotta play smarter.

[Huskerpapa]

Very disappointing last four minutes.  Man, we were right there...

[underoop]

Hey guys, you got Rivers like you wanted.... he may have oars for arms, but that leaves paddles for hands.

[HuskerFever]

Well.... before watching the game, I expected a 10 point deficit at half. After watching how we played the first 18 minutes, I thought being down 5 points or less would have been the outcome at half.

[tcp]

Hey guys, you got Rivers like you wanted.... he may have oars for arms, but that leaves paddles for hands.

 

not on the game thread, please.

[hskr4life]

They are tough defensively... but when you are allowed to bump all the time... and get a call on one end and not the other... bunch of crap.

[nuhusker7]

Why did we have that lineup in the game at the end of the half?

[GoBigRed]

What a pathetic end to an otherwise good half. Really pissed it down our legs. Doesn't help that Ohio State is allowed to bump and grind our guards all the way out to the mid court. Thought that was supposed to be a foul now? I guess not if you're a top 25 Big Ten team. Literally watched that De la valde whatever defend with his hand on webster's forearm the entire time he dribbles the ball.

[Silverbacked1]

Yeah I think that David has lost all ability to play the game at this level.

Some might be on him and some on the staff, don't know.

Really, really sad.

[TheKamdyMan]

Yeah I think that David has lost all ability to play the game at this level.

Some might be on him and some on the staff, don't know.

Really, really sad.

 

yep he earned those minutes only to firmly get the grasp on the 10th man off the bench going forward.

[underoop]

Why did we have that lineup in the game at the end of the half?

Couldn't agree more. Needed to finish the half with scores.

[hal9000]

Why did we have that lineup in the game at the end of the half?

Miles put in Hawkins and Rivers at the end to keep starters out of foul trouble I think.  But unfortunately our offense suffered.

[Bugeaters1]

So Smith gets a shot driving to the rack gets gets a bucket is fouled but they end up with ball out of bounds. So the other 3 called foul on floor ? 

[49r]

If you were worried about who we were gonna hate after Craft retires...uhhh...graduates...from Ohio State, I think that Della Valle guy is going to pick up nicely where Craft leaves off.

[hal9000]

If you were worried about who we were gonna hate after Craft retires...uhhh...graduates...from Ohio State, I think that Della Valle guy is going to pick up nicely where Craft leaves off.

I'll continue to hate Craft after he leaves....just because.

[George Beadle]

It's hard to stay with a good team when you struggle doing simple things like inbound the ball. And when the good team is allowed to play Craftball and you have to play regular basketball.

Speaking of Craftball, what did Biggs do to commit a foul that caused Nebraska to lose the ball on that late inbounds play? Those of us watching BTN didn't get to see because they were busy showing a graphic of how many wins the Rosy-Cheeked Hacker has amassed in his seemingly 9 year Ohio State career.

[GoBigRed]

So Smith gets a shot driving to the rack gets gets a bucket is fouled but they end up with ball out of bounds. So the other 3 called foul on floor ?

Ohio State gets that bucket counted and no one even questions it. Such is the world of being a nobody on the road at the Big Ten's premier team.

[hhcmatt]

Why did we have that lineup in the game at the end of the half?

 

Because Ohio State was in the triple bonus

[ajb5856]

Why did we have that lineup in the game at the end of the half?

No clue. I'm guessing Miles thought we could just survive and not get a 3rd foul on any of our key players. But Rivers, Hawkins, Smith, Gallegos, and Webster? I thought he would at least put in one of creators when we had the ball out of bounds with 14 seconds but whatever.

[Silverbacked1]

I think I said that by the time that the season was at the mid point that the reffing would go back to what it always has been.

People didn't like all the fouls calls so they have "adjusted the game"

Didn't tell us though, so we as fans get to complain some more about how the game is to be called.

This is just my own conspiracy theory.

[hhcmatt]

It's hopefully safe to say we're going to beat our previous Big 10 record of scoring 44 points at OSU

[Silverbacked1]

If you were worried about who we were gonna hate after Craft retires...uhhh...graduates...from Ohio State, I think that Della Valle guy is going to pick up nicely where Craft leaves off.

How can some body have more teeth than mouth?

[Bugeaters1]

 

So Smith gets a shot driving to the rack gets gets a bucket is fouled but they end up with ball out of bounds. So the other 3 called foul on floor ?

Ohio State gets that bucket counted and no one even questions it. Such is the world of being a nobody on the road at the Big Ten's premier team.

 

So at the least Smith is shooting free throws right ?