hhcmatt Posted March 1, 2016 Report Posted March 1, 2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers (14-15) vs Purdue Boilermakers (22-7) Date: Wednesday March 1st, 2016Time: 7:00 p.m. CSTArena: Pinnacle Bank ArenaCapacity: 15,000 Broadcast Information Television: BTN Online: BTN2Go Announcers: Dave Revsine and Shon Morris Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 145); XM (196)Play-by-play: Kent PavelkaExpert Analysis: Matt Davison Purdue Pregame Talk Purdue Info Head Coach: Matt PainterLocation: West Lafayette, INConference: B1G 10Nickname: BoilermakersMascots: Boilermaker Special, Purdue PeteLast time out: Beat MarylandTypical Rotation Depth: 9-10Line: Purdue by 4.54 Factors: Dominating on the boards, vulnerable handling the ballTempo: Middle of the road Last Time out AJ Hammons went bonkers scoring a career high 32 points to go along with 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks. This game featured back and forth runs up through the second half and the Huskers had the lead down to 6 with 7:22 to go in the game after an Andrew White 3. Purdue went on a 9-0 run over the next 5 minutes to put the game away for an eventual 15 point Boilermaker victory. Four Huskers were in double figures led by Andrew White's 18 points. Miles Presser Shavon and Benny Presser The Skinny With wins here and vs Wisconsin at home Sunday Purdue has a decent chance at earning a 4th seed and a double bye in the B1G tournament. Given they'll have to take out a tough Wisconsin team, they're coming off big win over Maryland, and they've already walloped this Nebraska team, expect the motivation level to not be at maximum. Tack on that Purdue hasn't been playing well on the road and this is senior night and we're looking at what should be a tight game tonight. On defense once again the name of the game is how to defend against the inside effort of Hammons/Haas while also accounting for the three guards hitting 40%+ from 3. What are you going to get from Jacobson, Hammond, and Morrow tonight? Probably a lot more than you saw in January. Will it be enough? Nebraska will need to know their Purdue players as you can double off of guys like senior transfer Johnny Hill, defensive specialist Raphael Davis and bad shot taking Caleb Swanigan (see below). Last game Davis killed us by hitting 4-5 from downtown. Will Purdue get that again from a guy who hasn't made more than 1 on the road this year? On offense the biggest question mark is the shooting shoulder of Andrew White who is 6-27 since having it wacked before the Ohio State game. No doubt Shavon Shields will be shadowed by all-B1G defensive player Kendall Davis so the secondary scorers of Nebrasketball will need to step up. Who will it be tonight? Expect the Huskers with a full lineup to run and pressure tonight against a Purdue team that everyone in the league knows has turnover problems. Can they speed up the game in their favor? Can Nebraska force enough turnovers to make up for the rebound advantage that Purdue is sure to enjoy? Prediction: Nebraska 75 - Purdue 71 with a 91% chance of Runzas Click here to view the article Red Rum 1 Quote
Red Don Posted March 1, 2016 Report Posted March 1, 2016 Purdue Likely Starters No. Name Pos Yr. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG Other 3 P.J. Thompson G So 5-10 188 29/18 5.5 2.1 2.8 apg 35 Rapheal Davis G Sr 6-6 217 18/18 8.9 4.0 2.0 apg 12 Vince Edwards F So 6-8 225 22/22 10.2 5.4 3.0 apg 50 Caleb Swanigan F Fr 6-9 250 21/21 9.9 8.4 1.9 apg 20 A.J. Hammons C Sr 7-0 250 20/7 14.7 7.9 2.6 bpg Nebraska – Likely Starters No Name Pos Ht. Wt. Yr. GP/GS (mins) PPG RPG APG 3 Andrew White III G 6-7 216 Jr. 29/29 - 29.9 17.1 6.1 0.6 5 Glynn Watson Jr. G 6-0 165 Fr. 29/16 - 24.2 8.7 1.8 2.5 12 Michael Jacobson F 6-8 222 Fr. 29/20 - 17.8 4.8 4.2 0.5 31 Shavon Shields G/F 6-7 225 Sr. 25/25 - 30.4 16.0 4.9 2.8 32 Benny Parker G 5-9 175 Sr. 29/29 - 25.6 4.7 2.4 2.2 Rotation 0 Tai Webster G 6-4 196 Jr. 29/13 - 26.8 9.6 3.9 2.0 10 Jack McVeigh G/F 6-8 210 Fr. 29/4 - 18.0 5.6 2.9 1.1 11 Bakari Evelyn G 6-2 178 Fr. 17/0 - 5.1 1.2 0.5 0.2 23 Nick Fuller G/F 6-7 204 So. 20/0 - 8.6 2.2 1.5 0.2 24 Jake Hammond F 6-10 235 So. 25/8 - 11.6 2.5 3.0 0.2 30 Ed Morrow Jr. F 6-7 225 Fr. 25/1 - 13.7 3.6 3.5 0.1 Bench 4 Johnny Trueblood G 6-4 195 Fr. 9/0 - 3.1 0.9 0.2 0.4 15 Malcolm Laws G 6-1 190 So. 6/0 - 3.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 20 Tanner Borchardt F 6-8 274 Fr. 8/0 - 3.5 0.8 1.1 0.0 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted March 1, 2016 Report Posted March 1, 2016 Weird that the OWH decided Tai would be in the starting lineup in their write-up. Webster hasn't started a game in quite some time. Quote
hhcmatt Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Posted March 1, 2016 Weird that the OWH decided Tai would be in the starting lineup in their write-up. Webster hasn't started a game in quite some time. He started last game Quote
Silverbacked1 Posted March 1, 2016 Report Posted March 1, 2016 But Watson isn't sick any more is he? Quote
hhcmatt Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Posted March 1, 2016 But Watson isn't sick any more is he? Nope. Also he started last time vs Purdue so we're not locked into matching their starter's heights. Quote
AuroranHusker Posted March 2, 2016 Report Posted March 2, 2016 Weird that the OWH decided Tai would be in the starting lineup in their write-up. Webster hasn't started a game in quite some time. He started last game Okay. He now has a couple of starts in the Big Ten for a total of 14 starts for the season while Watson has 16. Quote
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