royalfan Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 This season is not over gentlemen(and ladies). Someone has to beat us or we win the national championship. And this deal starts tomorrow. Potential for 11 games(12 if they put us in the first four). It is obviously not likely to make a run, but come on. Not enough discussion about the tournament. We are not terribly outmanned by anyone in the league. We have to shoot the ball well and we need to ride or die with White and Shields taking a lot of shots IMO. Lets get through this tricky first game, hopefull with Miles using the bench a lot. We have better players than Wisconsin in the next game. Then a struggling Maryland team. Hopefully an upset of Michigan St. prior but we have beaten them. Then hopefully we catch a cold shooting team having played the prior two days. Not easy, but that is what we have in front of us. No reason whatsoever to give up before we even start. Buglem, Silverbacked1, brfrad and 2 others 5 Quote
FredsSlacks Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 it's not even that we're that bad of a team, but having to play an extra 2 games than the top 4 teams is what makes it nearly impossible for us to win. Quote
AuroranHusker Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Two years ago Nebrasketball was celebrating a 77-68 victory over a 25-4 Wisconsin Badger team. GO BIG RED!! Red Don, Miles ahead of the rest and Noah121 3 Quote
CrazyforNUHOOPS Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 This season is not over gentlemen(and ladies). Someone has to beat us or we win the national championship. And this deal starts tomorrow. Potential for 11 games(12 if they put us in the first four). It is obviously not likely to make a run, but come on. Not enough discussion about the tournament. We are not terribly outmanned by anyone in the league. We have to shoot the ball well and we need to ride or die with White and Shields taking a lot of shots IMO. Lets get through this tricky first game, hopefull with Miles using the bench a lot. We have better players than Wisconsin in the next game. Then a struggling Maryland team. Hopefully an upset of Michigan St. prior but we have beaten them. Then hopefully we catch a cold shooting team having played the prior two days. Not easy, but that is what we have in front of us. No reason whatsoever to give up before we even start. Let's go!!!! I'm pumped up!!! Quote
jimmykc Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Two words: Austin Peay. But I am a little concerned about Sanders, and I don't mean Bernie. Also, there was a nice article on Gill in the LJS this morning. Dimes posted it in the External media section here last night-but I often neglect to visit that section myself, so check it out. Quote
hskr4life Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Why not us? Why? The basketball gods taketh some of Shields games earlier this year. Why not giveth him more with the gift of a nearly impossible run. His two humble senior servants have giveth him everything over the past 4 years. They deserve to receive a humble gift in return. Oh Gods of all things basketball... Giveth Shavon and Benny just one more chance at an NCAA. They deserve it. Noah121 1 Quote
Norm Peterson Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Two words: Austin Peay. But I am a little concerned about Sanders, and I don't mean Bernie. Also, there was a nice article on Gill in the LJS this morning. Dimes posted it in the External media section here last night-but I often neglect to visit that section myself, so check it out. Colonel Sanders? The fried chicken guy? No need to worry, jimmy. He's been dead for years. That's just an actor portraying him in the commercials. Quote
colhusker Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Two words: Austin Peay. But I am a little concerned about Sanders, and I don't mean Bernie. Also, there was a nice article on Gill in the LJS this morning. Dimes posted it in the External media section here last night-but I often neglect to visit that section myself, so check it out. Colonel Sanders? The fried chicken guy? No need to worry, jimmy. He's been dead for years. That's just an actor portraying him in the commercials. KFC now subs more Colonel Sanders than Mike Anderson players in his 40 minutes of hell at Arkansas. Noah121 and Silverbacked1 2 Quote
hhcmatt Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 So this looks like the scouting thread. Let's roll Red Don and 49r 2 Quote
hhcmatt Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Everything starts with Corey Sanders, who put up 28 of his team's 63 points in Lincoln. It's all about keeping him from penetrating the lane as he's not a good 3pt shooter and sucking in defenders frees up teammates he can find. I have to think we'll run a decent amount of zone in this game because not only is Rutgers an overall sub-par 3pt shooting team, they don't take many of them. Sure Mike Williams went 6-8 last game but he's a lot more likely to go 2-6 in this game given his history. Minnesota was playing with 5-6 scholarship players, starting a walk-on freshman guard, and playing a guy 10+ minutes who only had 2 the entire season; they're still horrible. If anything the win is something that the coaches can use to motivate the team to not sleep on Rutgers. You would hope this wouldn't be a problem for a team on a skid. Quote
hhcmatt Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Also it's sort of nice that we're looking at a 6pm and then 8pm game for those who aren't able to watch a game on a computer at work, so we have that going for us. Quote
basketballjones Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 This season is not over gentlemen(and ladies). Someone has to beat us or we win the national championship. And this deal starts tomorrow. Potential for 11 games(12 if they put us in the first four).Your logic is indisputable. I'm convinced. Quote
hhcmatt Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Here is the entire bracket with game times Quote
Norm Peterson Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Someone tell Kent P to be careful out there. Keep his hands low when describing the action. Hate to see him get booted from a game. But ... it's happened before. http://deadspin.com/radio-announcer-ejected-from-college-basketball-game-fo-1763707532 Kent Pavelka 1 Quote
MichHusker Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 We gotta come out and punch them right in the jaw early. Bring everything we got, build a big lead, and then rest guys in the 2nd half. Cannont let Rutgers hang around and force us to play our top 7 guys 25-30+ minutes. In order to go 5 in 5, our key players will need the rest Quote
hhcmatt Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 One other thing to note if you haven't followed Rutgers basketball, (pauses for chuckles), is that 6-10 freshman Ibrahima Diallo is back and playing giving Rutgers 3 viable post players over 230# Quote
49r Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Also it's sort of nice that we're looking at a 6pm and then 8pm game for those who aren't able to watch a game on a computer at work, so we have that going for us. ...which is nice... Silverbacked1 1 Quote
Husker4theSpurs Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 I like our second game matchup (Wisconsin) the best of all the possibilities of who we could've had. OK, first things first ... I'm a little worried about us tonight. There's a lot of downside to this game but not a lot of upside and Rutgers has been playing a little better. We might get a good hint at the state of our guys' mindset from this game tonight. I'm thinking there will be about 500 people in the stands tonight ... Quote
Huskerpapa Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 I sure hope we can get this done tonight. I am not brimming with confidence, but it certainly should be a winnable game. Quote
Red Rum Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Ok after a day of soaking up Husker Baseball at the home opener yesterday....I'm not ready to move on yet. Lets get a coupe wins can we? colhusker 1 Quote
Kendrick Perkins Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Wow. Must've watched Fantasia a lot growing up... Quote
colhusker Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Someone tell Kent P to be careful out there. Keep his hands low when describing the action. Hate to see him get booted from a game. But ... it's happened before. http://deadspin.com/radio-announcer-ejected-from-college-basketball-game-fo-1763707532 Talk about a thin skinned official. Quote
lanigan123 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Worried about losing to Rutgers.... lol. But this ain't rock bottom. hskr4life 1 Quote
hal9000 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 Can't have any more scoring droughts. We've had our fill of them. If we start having another scoring drought tonight, I want to see Miles use all of his time outs in a row, right before a media time out. Kill the other team's momentum, and get our kids' heads cleared. Silverbacked1 1 Quote
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