Game Day Essentials: Game #24 vs Rutgers

[hhcmatt]

Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-11) vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-17)

 

Date: Saturday, Feb 6th, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m. CST
Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena
Capacity: 15,000

 

Broadcast Information

Television: ESPNU

Online: WatchESPN

Announcers: Clay Matvick and Sean Harrington

Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka
Expert Analysis: Matt Davison

Rutgers Info

 

Head Coach: Eddie Jordan
Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Conference: B1G 10
Nickname: Scarlet Knights
Mascot:Scarlet Knight
Last time out: Lost to Illinois
Typical Rotation Depth: 8 players
Tempo: Middle of the road
Offensive Style: Princeton
Defensive Style: Soft in the middle
Opening Line: Huskers by 17.5

 

Miles Post Practice presser

 

Player to Watch

 

Corey Sanders: Much like Glynn Watson, Sanders is a 4 star freshman who is Rutgers first highly touted PG in a while. Last game vs Illinois in 3OTs he put up 39 pts, 12 assists, and 8 rebounds. At the moment, Sanders isn't a great 3pt shooter so keeping him out of the paint as much as possible is part of the scouting report.

 

The Skinny

 

Rutgers might possibly be one of the worst B1G teams of this century and Miles has been hammering on "winning at home" because no one is going to buy the 'these guys aren't that bad' line.

 

Rutgers runs a Princeton style offense and shoots the lowest % of 3pt shots in the conference so packing the paint or even rolling out zone is how you defend them. They're one of the worst rebounding teams (among being the worst at most everything) so expect the Huskers to win larger than usual on the offensive boards tonight.

 

We're probably not going to see a let down game from a Nebraska squad on a 3 game losing streak and who hasn't just dialed it in since Samford.

 

Prediction: Nebraska 85 - Rutgers 65

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[HuskerFever]

Come on students, show up early!

 

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[Red Don]

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Rutgers Likely Starters                

No. Name                  Po. Yr. Ht.    Wt.    G/GS  PPG  RPG  Other

3   Corey Sanders      G   Fr   6-2   175   22/19   15.4   3.3   4.1 apg

5   Mike Williams        G   So   6-2   190   23/21   12.3   4.0   1.0 spg

3   Jonathan Laurent  F   Fr   6-6   210   18/3        6.9   4.3   0.8 apg

1   D.J. Foreman        F   So   6-8   240   23/21     7.5   6.3    0.4 bpg

35 Greg Lewis            F   Sr   6-8   240   16/16     4.3    5.2   1.0 bpg

 

 

Nebraska – Likely Starters

No Name                     Po Ht.   Wt. Yr. GP/GS (mins)   PPG RPG APG

3    Andrew White III     G   6-7  216  Jr. 23/23 - 28.8       17.0  6.1   0.7

5    Glynn Watson Jr.   G   6-0  165  Fr. 23/11 - 22.4        8.6   1.7   2.4

12  Michael Jacobson  F   6-8  222  Fr. 23/14 - 16.4        4.2   3.7   0.3

31  Shavon Shields   G/F  6-7  225 Sr.  23/23 - 30.5      15.1   5.1   2.9

32  Benny Parker       G    5-9  175 Sr.  23/23 - 25.4        4.8   2.2   2.3  

Rotation                  

0    Tai Webster         G    6-4   196  Jr.  23/12 - 27.1     10.2  4.1   1.7

10  Jack McVeigh     G/F  6-8   210  Fr.  23/0 -  16.7       5.0   2.9   1.1

11  Bakari Evelyn       G   6-2   178  Fr.  12/0 -   5.6        1.8   0.7   0.3

23  Nick Fuller          G/F  6-7   204  So. 15/0 -  7.5        2.4   1.5    0.1

24  Jake Hammond     F  6-10  235  So. 18/8 - 11.6        2.5  3.2    0.2

30  Ed Morrow Jr.        F   6-7   225  Fr.  23/1 - 15.7        3.5  3.4    0.1  

Bench                  

4   Johnny Trueblood  G  6-4   195  Fr.   7/0 - 3.6           0.7   0.3   0.6

15  Malcolm Laws       G  6-1   190  So.   5/0 - 3.4          0.2   0.4   0.0

20 Tanner Borchardt   F  6-8   274  Fr.   6/0 - 4.0           0.7   1.0   0.0

[jimmykc]

And there we go, getting all "cocky" again.

[AuroranHusker]

Time to get after the State University of New Jersey... but, that didn't fit on the jersey, so the NJ school went with Rutgers.