hhcmatt Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-5) vs Northwestern Wildcats (12-1) Date: Wednesday, Dec 30th, 2015Time: 3:00 p.m. CSTArena: Pinnacle Bank ArenaCapacity: 15,000 Broadcast Information TV: ESPNU Online: WatchESPN Announcers: Daymeon Fishback and Jordan Bernfield Radio: IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. Play-by-play: Kent PavelkaExpert Analysis: Matt Davison Scouting Northwestern Prairie View A&M Info Head Coach: Chris CollinsLocation: Evanston, ILConference: B1GNickname: WildcatsMascot: Willie the WildcatLast time out: Beat Loyola MDTypical Rotation Depth: 8-9 playersOffensive Style: Perimeter passing, 3pt shootingDefensive Style: Zone-Man MixShirt Not to wear: Purple, Gold, CatNotable Alumni: 50% of ESPN personalitiesLine: Nebraska by 3 Player to watch: Bryant McIntosh Collins has rolled with the Sophomore PG since day 1 and he's evolved from a good shooter to a very good shooter, knocking down 47.2% of his 3s which anchors his impressive 59.2 eFG%. Last season the Huskers hounded him into 4 turnovers and 3 points. This year it will be more about containment than shutdown as Northwestern has a decidedly better supporting cast. The Skinny The Christmas break has been much kinder to the Huskers as they've had a week to recoup from their December whereas Northwestern has lost their starting center Alex Olah indefinitely with a stress fracture. Northwestern however comes into Lincoln with their best start since 1931 though their 12-1 record has been against some so-so competition. Essentially returning their entire starting lineup from last year, this year's 3pt shooting NW team has been shooting lights out, their 57.2 eFG% is a top 10 number. Three players for NW shoot 40%+ from downtown and freshman stretch 4 Aaron Falzon shoots a respectable 36.8% as a 3pt specialist. Inside the Wildcats do have some serviceable bigs in VT transfer Joey Van Zegeren and freshman Dereck Pardon. Expect NW to continue to look inside to set up a rhythm 3pt shot as part of their offense. It's still the same slow-as-molasses NW team and the zone defense that the Wildcats will utilize often against the Huskers will slow things down even more. If the Huskers are going to attack this thing without passing, they'd better draw contact against a NW zone designed to kill hero ball. The lack of Olah also opens up the offensive boards a bit more for Nebraska. Sure it's overall a tall team that Collins rolls out but it's not a team you need to worry about killing you on the break. Can the Huskers be patient enough in their offense to crack NW's zone? Can they draw enough contact and hold onto the ball enough to overcome what will likely be a Northwestern team that outshoots them? Will the Olah injury lead to some Wildcat that we didn't scout well enough blowing up? Look for the 3pm Husker faithful to help pull out a close one against a NW team not used to playing against noise. Prediction: Nebraska 67 - Northwestern 63 with a 40% chance of Runzas Click here to view the article atskooc 1 Quote
Red Don Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 Northwestern - Probable Starters No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG Other 14 Tre Demps G Sr. 6-3 202 13/13 15.2 3.6 4.2 apg 30 Bryant McIntosh G So. 6-3 185 13/13 16.2 3.2 6.8 apg 34 Sanjay Lumpkin G/F Jr. 6-6 220 13/13 5.8 6.2 56.6 FG Pct. 35 Aaron Falzon F Fr. 6-8 213 13/10 8.8 3.2 36.8 3-pt Pct. 1 Joey van Zegeren C Sr. 6-10 235 9/1 4.3 4.1 1.6 bpg Nebraska - Likely Starters No Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. GP/GS MPG PPG RPG APG 3 Andrew White III G 6-7 216 Jr. 13/13 27.6 17.1 5.5 0.3 5 Glynn Watson Jr. G 6-0 165 Fr. 13/1 21.3 7.5 2.2 2.6 12 Michael Jacobson F 6-8 222 Fr. 13/4 12.1 4.1 3.2 0.4 31 Shavon Shields G/F 6-7 225 Sr. 13/13 29.7 16.3 5.5 2.9 32 Benny Parker G 5-9 175 Sr. 13/13 25.3 4.1 2.2 2.2 Rotation 0 Tai Webster G 6-4 196 Jr. 13/12 26.9 9.3 3.7 2.0 10 Jack McVeigh G/F 6-8 210 Fr. 13/0 16.8 5.0 3.1 1.0 11 Bakari Evelyn G 6-2 178 Fr. 8/0 12.8 4.0 3.2 0.4 23 Nick Fuller G/F 6-7 204 So. 11/0 8.5 2.6 1.8 0.2 24 Jake Hammond F 6-10 235 So. 13/8 13.8 3.3 4.1 0.2 30 Ed Morrow Jr. F 6-7 225 Fr. 13/1 13.6 3.1 3.8 0.2 Bench 4 Johnny Trueblood G 6-4 195 Fr. 5/0 3.4 0.8 0.2 0.8 15 Malcolm Laws G 6-1 190 So. 3/0 3.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 20 Tanner Borchardt F 6-8 274 Fr. 4/0 4.0 1.0 0.8 0.0 atskooc 1 Quote
hhcmatt Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Posted December 30, 2015 Joey van Zegeren per minute is a better shot blocker than Olah but I don't expect the Dutchman to play more than 20 minutes because he fouls more than Morrow or Hammond. We should be attacking the rim whenever possible though once again I expect that NW watched game tape and will run a lot of their zone. Quote
brfrad Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 One key to the game is getting to the free throw line. We are 8 - 0 when we attempt more free throws than our opponent. We are 0 - 5 when we attempt fewer free throws than our opponent. Silverbacked1, AuroranHusker, MichHusker and 2 others 5 Quote
hhcmatt Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Posted December 30, 2015 One key to the game is getting to the free throw line. We are 8 - 0 when we attempt more free throws than our opponent. We are 0 - 5 when we attempt fewer free throws than our opponent. If they out free throw us, we're losing this game. Quote
HB Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 One key to the game is getting to the free throw line. We are 8 - 0 when we attempt more free throws than our opponent. We are 0 - 5 when we attempt fewer free throws than our opponent. If they out free throw us, we're losing this game. Anyone know who the refs are? Noah121 1 Quote
hhcmatt Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Posted December 30, 2015 One key to the game is getting to the free throw line. We are 8 - 0 when we attempt more free throws than our opponent. We are 0 - 5 when we attempt fewer free throws than our opponent. If they out free throw us, we're losing this game. Anyone know who the refs are? Not yet. I say this because McIntosh is the only active player on the team with over 40 FT attempts. They're a finesse 3pt shooting team, not a drive and draw contact team. Quote
Noah121 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 One key to the game is getting to the free throw line. We are 8 - 0 when we attempt more free throws than our opponent. We are 0 - 5 when we attempt fewer free throws than our opponent. If they out free throw us, we're losing this game. Anyone know who the refs are? Ed Hightower, Karl Hess, and Jack McElwee. And the backup ref is the "BOOM" T-giver. HB, Silverbacked1 and Haymarket Husker 3 Quote
jimmykc Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 That would be Tom "Boom" Eades. And let us not forget Teddy Valentine, Noah. We can make him supervisor of this illustrious group. Noah121 and Silverbacked1 2 Quote
HB Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 One key to the game is getting to the free throw line. We are 8 - 0 when we attempt more free throws than our opponent. We are 0 - 5 when we attempt fewer free throws than our opponent. If they out free throw us, we're losing this game. Anyone know who the refs are? Ed Hightower, Karl Hess, and Jack McElwee. And the backup ref is the "BOOM" T-giver. Is this an April Fool's joke? Nightmare on P Street? If not today may be the day I get arrested..... Silverbacked1 and Noah121 2 Quote
PimpMario Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 This is a must win. Do we know these refs? Quote
Nighthawk Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 This is a must win. Do we know these refs? We don't know who the refs are yet I don't think. Quote
PimpMario Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 This is a must win. Do we know these refs? We don't know who the refs are yet I don't think. I was more or less asking if people recognize refs by name because of their reputation. Quote
Nighthawk Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 This is a must win. Do we know these refs? We don't know who the refs are yet I don't think. I was more or less asking if people recognize refs by name because of their reputation. ah....ok...yeah that's a different story. Yes...I'm guessing most of the people here do know who those refs are....but then again...you might have just been trying to be sarcastic in your question in the first place. Quote
hhcmatt Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Posted December 30, 2015 This is a must win. Do we know these refs? We don't know who the refs are yet I don't think. I was more or less asking if people recognize refs by name because of their reputation. ah....ok...yeah that's a different story. Yes...I'm guessing most of the people here do know who those refs are....but then again...you might have just been trying to be sarcastic in your question in the first place. We don't know who the refs are yet at all though hopefully we don't pull Hannah from the movie Youngblood. Quote
hhcmatt Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Posted December 30, 2015 Hot off the presses Today's refs: Gene Steratore, Lamont Simpson, Chris Beaver Quote
aphilso1 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 One key to the game is getting to the free throw line. We are 8 - 0 when we attempt more free throws than our opponent. We are 0 - 5 when we attempt fewer free throws than our opponent. If they out free throw us, we're losing this game. Anyone know who the refs are? Ed Hightower, Karl Hess, and Jack McElwee. And the backup ref is the "BOOM" T-giver. I loved having Hightower as a ref, but only when we were on the road. Whereas most refs generally give the home team the benefit of the doubt, Hightower seemed to intentionally irritate the fans by giving every call to the visitors Quote
Bugeaters1 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 Hot off the presses Today's refs: Gene Steratore, Lamont Simpson, Chris Beaver NM Quote
HuskerFever Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 Hot off the presses Today's refs: Gene Steratore, Lamont Simpson, Chris Beaver NM I really just hope we don't get called for targeting when we're fundamentally boxing out a shot. brfrad and Silverbacked1 2 Quote
hhcmatt Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Posted December 30, 2015 Hot off the presses Today's refs: Gene Steratore, Lamont Simpson, Chris Beaver Unless I'm missing something, we have a pretty good crew today. Quote
Nighthawk Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 Hot off the presses Today's refs: Gene Steratore, Lamont Simpson, Chris Beaver NM I really just hope we don't get called for targeting when we're fundamentally boxing out a shot. well...as long as they didn't go to the same school at the officials for the football game the other day we should be ok. Quote
Nighthawk Posted December 30, 2015 Report Posted December 30, 2015 This is a must win. Do we know these refs? We don't know who the refs are yet I don't think. I was more or less asking if people recognize refs by name because of their reputation. ah....ok...yeah that's a different story. Yes...I'm guessing most of the people here do know who those refs are....but then again...you might have just been trying to be sarcastic in your question in the first place. We don't know who the refs are yet at all though hopefully we don't pull Hannah from the movie Youngblood. lol..yeah that's what I told him too. I think he was asking about if people knew those specific officials. Quote
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