uneblinst's postgame chatter: vol 16; ed 27 - Indiana

Indiana needs to find players willing to get on the floor for loose balls.  Every time there was a loose ball where the teams had to get on the floor, it was always Nebraska.  Not once did Indiana get on the floor.  Indiana has to find those players.  It took Fred a few years to realize it's not just the number of stars the player has, but the effort those players give.  

1 hour ago, brfrad said:

Lawrence

 

before Feb 1st (career) 4.5 PPG 2.5 RPG 1.7 APG  36.8% FG% 31.3% 3PT% 62.2% FT% 19.2 MPG

after Feb 1st (career) 9.3 PPG 3.5 RPG 2.1 APG    43.1%/39.0%/51.2% 25.5 MPG

 

Last year J-Law started playing well latter part of the season, and the same goes for his SOPH season, too. It's uncanny.

Hopefully he puts together a solid JR. year that is good from start to finish. GBR

1 hour ago, HuskerBB said:

Wish I could give this more upvotes.   FWIW Brice has taken over games this season also.   He was critical tonight and has been in other games as well.   Maybe he does not play with as much outward emotion as others and I do recognize he has made some lazy passes on occasion but he has been a lockdown defender against some key opponents, a big time scorer who is probably our best player at creating his own shot which is sometimes necessary and a key rebounder at times as well.   We ask him to do a ton of things on the floor and he does them very well.  Plus I am not sure we have ever had a guy who so consistently knocks down key free throws at the end of games.   I love Keisei and Reink and Juwan is the team leader and maybe my favorite player - but Brice is absolutely critical to the success of this team as well.

Thank you, BB. I have felt like one of the very few who loves what Brice gives to this team. He's a baller. A very nice player. I think he'll take over games A LOT next season. GBR

3 hours ago, HuskerBB said:

Wish I could give this more upvotes.   FWIW Brice has taken over games this season also.   He was critical tonight and has been in other games as well.   Maybe he does not play with as much outward emotion as others and I do recognize he has made some lazy passes on occasion but he has been a lockdown defender against some key opponents, a big time scorer who is probably our best player at creating his own shot which is sometimes necessary and a key rebounder at times as well.   We ask him to do a ton of things on the floor and he does them very well.  Plus I am not sure we have ever had a guy who so consistently knocks down key free throws at the end of games.   I love Keisei and Reink and Juwan is the team leader and maybe my favorite player - but Brice is absolutely critical to the success of this team as well.

He has some some MJ and Kobe in his form shot/jumper. He can even back down a defender and shoot the fade away. Please don't take that as he is the next MJ or Kobe . But I do see some offensive qualities that make him MJ or Kobe Lite by Nebrasketball standards!

6 hours ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

 

This is a real good team. The sum of their pieces is greater than any one individual.

 

I agree. If I had to vote for a team MVP to this point in the season I’d choose Mast. We have struggled this year when he doesn’t play well, but we were much better on both ends last night when he was on the bench and the +/- confirms that. That’s a good thing going forward imo.

7 hours ago, brfrad said:

Indiana needs to find players willing to get on the floor for loose balls.  Every time there was a loose ball where the teams had to get on the floor, it was always Nebraska.  Not once did Indiana get on the floor.  Indiana has to find those players.  It took Fred a few years to realize it's not just the number of stars the player has, but the effort those players give.  

That’s also partly a difference in having something to play for vs playing for the season to end.

We led the entire game

2 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Or.....hear me out....keep doing what they're doing

Hopefully,  they don't read this board for the magical formula.

1 minute ago, hhcmatt said:

We led the entire game

 

 

Im surprised our 2nd half collapse didn’t get it closer to a 50/50 game.  Appears we were still in the 65-70%(ish) range.

2 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Im surprised our 2nd half collapse didn’t get it closer to a 50/50 game.  Appears we were still in the 65-70%(ish) range.

That's because KenPom had us favored to win the game. The favorite gets a bump.

Oh no, Allick! Don’t give them bulletin board material incase we see them again in the B1G tourney. We all know how playing Minnesota a third time worked out last year.

What a crazy game!

That Brice Williams block was incredible and encapsulated the night.

Go Big Red!

Maybe I'm tired, but didn't Kesei miss? Looked like Allick's shot was the one that went in.

Add another one to the list of games where I (irrationally) have been frustrated with Brice in the first half for seeming to calm and cool, almost appears uninterested. Only in the second half those exact same qualities make him the most important player on the team battling through tough stretches.
 
I love watching guys like Josiah and Keisei who put every emotion out on display. But we need guys like Brice.

BTW, I love it when KT or any other player goes on what Fred calls a “heater”

Other guys sense it and find him and it has to be demoralizing to have a dude throwin up those shots and seeing them continue to go in. Would love to see the Indiana crowd’s reactions after some of those threes dropped

1 hour ago, hhcmatt said:

We led the entire game

 

 

4 minutes ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

BTW, I love it when KT or any other player goes on what Fred calls a “heater”

Other guys sense it and find him and it has to be demoralizing to have a dude throwin up those shots and seeing them continue to go in. Would love to see the Indiana crowd’s reactions after some of those threes dropped

That first half of KT ball… there’s not stopping that.  They even played realllly good D on some of his shots… still made it.

Win #59 for Fred. Ties him with R.G. Clapp for 10th most in program history. 5 away from William Browne.

2 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Win #59 for Fred. Ties him with R.G. Clapp for 10th most in program history. 5 away from William Browne.

Yikes, Fred caught clapp....

1 hour ago, Vinny said:

Oh no, Allick! Don’t give them bulletin board material incase we see them again in the B1G tourney. We all know how playing Minnesota a third time worked out last year.

I don't think hanging up a clip about your own fans booing you would have that effect

10 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

I don't think hanging up a clip about your own fans booing you would have that effect

I was picturing more of a scenario of an impassioned speech from the coach along the lines of “They’re laughing at you getting booed!” Not literally hanging a printout of a tweet on a bulletin board. Call it, fodder, not bulletin board material I guess.

10 hours ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Some of it was deserved. But I think most of it was derived from you can see how talented he could be. His decision making has gotten immensely better. But like last game. Has a 1 v 2 and pulls it out. You think he's gonna set it up the offense, instead he goes 1 v 3. He's as an important piece to this puzzle as any other. 

Yeah, I can see that side of it. No one seemed to retract their disdain, though. I guess I see the whole picture, you gotta take the bad with the good, he's definitely progressing forward, and he will be great next year in Lincoln. GBR

44 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Yeah, I can see that side of it. No one seemed to retract their disdain, though. I guess I see the whole picture, you gotta take the bad with the good, he's definitely progressing forward, and he will be great next year in Lincoln. GBR

 

I can see your side too. Mine was never disdain though. Just extreme frustration. I do agree with you that next year he's gonna be the DUDE