Game Day Essentials: Game #10 vs Oklahoma St.

27 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-2) vs Oklahoma St. Cowboys (4-5)

 

Date: Sunday, Dec. 15, 2018
Time: 6 p.m. 
Arena: Sanford Pentagon

Broadcast:  BTN

 

Courtesy of @HuskerHoops

 

Oklahoma St Info

Head Coach: Mike Boynton 
Location: Stillwater, OK
Conference: Big 12
Nickname: Cowboys
Mascot: Pistol Pete
Last time out: Lost to Houston

Typical Rotation Depth: 9+
Line: Nebraska by 7

Gear not to wear: Orange, Black, 10-gallon hat

 

Player to watch: Cameron McGriff

The 6'7 220 PF is the lynchpin for Okie St as the team's leading scorer and rebounder is a 38.9% 3pt shooter.  Defensively he'll either work as the 4 or the small ball 5.

 

KenPom Helps explain the Roster

PG	SG	SF	PF	C	Pct
1	13 Isaac Likekele 6-4  210  Fr	4 Thomas Dziagwa 6-4  180  Jr	21 Lindy Waters 6-6  210  Jr	12 Cameron McGriff 6-7  220  Jr	14 Yor Anei 6-10  225  Fr	14.2
2	23 Michael Weathers 6-2  180  So	55 Mike Cunningham 6-1  180  Sr	4 Thomas Dziagwa 6-4  180  Jr	21 Lindy Waters 6-6  210  Jr	12 Cameron McGriff 6-7  220  Jr	9.2

 

Okie St doesn't have a lot of experience in the front court and thus you'll see them roll with a small ball lineup anchored by McGriff

• Starting Fr PG Likekele doesn't really shoot 3s. The big PG will actually try to post up smaller defenders in the paint if possible
• Miami of Ohio transfer Michael Weathers is the other PG and is a much more aggressive scorer than Likekele. He's also more turnover prone
• Thomas Dziagwa is a statue 3pt shooter hitting 53.4% on the year
• Lindy Waters is a glue guy hitting 39% from 3. He's personally bringing up the FT% of this poor shooting team going 29-30 from the line
• Freshman center Yor Anei is a block machine and efficient scorer when 
• Grad transfer Mike Cunningham has been a proficient 3pt shooter like everyone else 
• 6'9" Fr Maurice Calloo and 6'8" Duncan Demuth have provided back court depth but both have been pretty poor offensively
• Indiana transfer Curtis Jones will be eligible but it remains to be seen how much he'll play to begin with on a team with plenty of guard options. The 6'4" Jones was a consensus 4 star coming out of high school but was inconsistent during his time at Indiana. 

 

Miles Presser

 

 

The Skinny: Oklahoma St like Nebraska missed out on the NCAA tournament despite beating Kansas twice because they scheduled soft in their non-con. This year with mostly a new roster the Cowboys have overcompensated and now are sitting at 5 loses. Mike Boynton followed Brad Underwood here from South Carolina and Stephen F Austin and the 36 year old coach runs a lot of the pressure defense that one might expect from someone from the Martin/Huggins tree.

 

Oklahoma St is a proficient 3pt shooting team that is mediocre most elsewhere so they don't pull a lot of 2nd chance points and turn the ball over which should generate easy points for the Huskers.  Good defenses like Villanova, Houston, and Minnesota have kept this team in check. A team like Nebraska that specializes in taking away the 3 should do well.  This team isn't quite as aggressive at Illinois and has a lot better rim protection. The Cowboys will dare you to beat them from the outside and we'll see if Nebraska can roll out another good shooting night. There will be 2nd chance points available against this poor rebounding Cowboy squad.

 

How sick is the team? That might matter.  We're favored by 6 by KenPom in a neutral court game. This will be a home crowd for the Huskers.

 

Prediction: Nebraska 80 - Oklahoma St 68

 

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That is one busy court.

Going back to that old High School hoops thread, it does kinda look like Hastings St. Cecilia’s court, except it’s level.

I am a worrier, and I do worry about this game.  Okie State certainly has a losing record, but they have played a tough schedule that should have toughened them up.  They can look sharp, but they can also look bad.  Our team has had a week off, went through finals, went through some sickness...soooo.  

If we play well, we will win; no matter how the Cowboys play.  Hopefully we play like we did against Creighton, if so, we could beat nearly any team out there.

Forgot the presser video 

On 12/16/2018 at 12:17 AM, Bugeaters1 said:

That is one busy court.

Parquet floor looks legit old-school. And the Sanford Pentagon also had those vintage clocks, which is a cool look.