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    Game Day Essentials: Game #8 vs Miami Hurricanes

      Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-2) vs Miami Hurricanes (5-3)

      Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena - Lincoln, NE

      Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013

      Time: 8:30 pm, CST

      TV: ESPNU (DirecTV Ch. 208, Dish Ch. 141, Ch. 235 on Time Warner Cable; Ch. 220 on Cox Cable)

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      Radio: Across the state on the IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) in Lincoln, KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington.

      Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka; Color: Matt Davison

      Kent Pavelka Tailgate Pump up Mix

    Miami Hurricane Info

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    Head Coach: Jim Larrañaga

    Location: Miami, Fl

    Conference: ACC

    Roster | Schedule

    Nickname: Hurricanes

    Mascots: Sebastian the Ibis

    Last time out: Beat Arizona State

    Typical Rotation Depth: 7-8 players

    Line: Nebraska by 5

    Fun Fact: Coach Jim Larrañaga led 12th Seed George Mason to the Final 4 in 2005-06 and the Hurricanes to their second Sweet 16 appearance last year

    Fun Fact: The U didn't didn't field a basketball team from 1971-1985 due to financial reasons.

    Possible Starters

    Nebraska

    0 Tai Webster 6-4 194 Fr

    5 Terran Petteway 6-6 209 Jr

    31 Shavon Shields 6-7 219 So

    2 David Rivers 6-7 198 Jr

    35 Walter Pitchford 6-10 234 So

    Hurricanes

    Davon Reed 6-6 208

    Garrius Adams 6-6 200

    Rion Brown 6-6 211

    Donnavan Kirk 6-9 228

    James Kelly 6-7 246

    The Skinny

    As everyone will tell you, this isn't the same Miami team that made the sweet 16 last year....it's the team that lost their top 6 scorers from that team. This year's Miami team doesn't have a dominant big man but as you can see from their starting lineup has a ton of length. They have a fairly short bench that includes a 7ft post player, a 6-5 guard, and a 5-9 PG. As a WIP, they've lost to inferior teams at home but are fresh off a win against a good ASU squad on the road.

    Larrañaga teams tend to muck it up and slow down the game and given the Hurricane's problems shooting the ball he's really slowing it down, especially by utilizing his height and throwing out a matchup zone against teams. Neither team turns it over too much so fast break points will be at a minimum. This game could have some flow to it as unlike the Huskers, the Hurricanes don't draw or generate a ton of fouls. Expect a low possession ball game to be played into the 60s and neither team able to blow the other out.

    Tim Miles talked about a starting lineup change. Is Gallegos coming back in because he's been so-so off the bench? Will Leslie Smith start to give us more height? Will Biggs start to try and give us some added offensive punch? Tai should get the starting nod due to the size. If Gallegos starts and performs well, you might see him in the lineup the rest of the year.

    The keys to this game for Nebraska are denying Kirk and Kelly in the lane and making Miami beat you from the perimeter and figuring out a way to score on the Hurricane's zone if they can't generate points at the line.

    Miami has been on the road since last Wednesday which might be wearing on them. Can what should be a rowdy home crowd have the same effect? Expect the Huskers to take care of what will be a must win for their post season hopes tonight.

    Prediction: Nebraska 65 - 59 with a 23% chance of Runzas




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    Hmmm.  The Miami size component.  They start both their Pitchford-sized kid and their Smith-sized kid.  Miles might still want to pull Smith off the bench and Rivers is a pretty decent low-post defender from his experience last year.

     

    Maaaaaybe it's Pitchford, Rivers and Shields down low and a back-court of Gallegos and Webster.  That gives us an explosion of scorers coming off the bench with Petteway, Biggs and Smith.

     

    It'll be interesting to see the chess match take place.  Starting with who starts.  Lots of ways to play these chess pieces.

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    This one has me all misty eyed recalling Marcus Perry raining down 3's on these clowns a few years back. We can't drop this one fella's, GO BIG RED!

    Him and Pauly V

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