uneblinst's postgame chatter: vol 16; ed 30- Rutgers

5 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

We’re either not going to realize how good we had it, or were gonna win by 400 when we get away from big ten refs. 

I'm taking the over and win by 400.

1 minute ago, cornfed24-7 said:

I'm taking the over and win by 400.

And the silver lining is if we do get questionable reffing... we've seen it. It shouldn't derail us at all 

11 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

Fouls were essentially even.

Huge props to the team and coaching start on this. The way the game was being reffed was not the working well with our original plan of moving fast on the perimeter and getting open looks. We adjusted well, started attacking the rim, and turned the reffing style into a positive for us.

Oh man, that was fun.  Went to a basketball game and a rock fight occurred.  We had the bigger stones tonight!

We established ourselves in the first five minutes and then maintained it the entire game.  

Crowd was fantastic...again.  I will re-watch the game and see what we sounded like.

For those at the game, did you see the one ref's reaction at the half to the fans boos.  What a classless act!

This was, once again, a team win.  And if I may add, I'm still waiting for us to play a full forty minutes of a game at our highest level.

Was driving during most of the game and just getting caught up. Very happy to come away with an ugly win when we had to. Clean up our turnovers tonight and it’s a 20 point win. Clean up our turnovers from here on out and there are a few more wins to be had.

11 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

Oh man, that was fun.  Went to a basketball game and a rock fight occurred.  We had the bigger stones tonight!

We established ourselves in the first five minutes and then maintained it the entire game.  

Crowd was fantastic...again.  I will re-watch the game and see what we sounded like.

For those at the game, did you see the one ref's reaction at the half to the fans boos.  What a classless act!

This was, once again, a team win.  And if I may add, I'm still waiting for us to play a full forty minutes of a game at our highest level.

Didn’t see it, what he do? He threatened to kick a couple court-side people out at one point. They really ruined the game.

4 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Is this a real photo? Thats incredible

43 minutes ago, throwback said:

 

Apparently McHale accidentally ran into Amare Bynum at the game too. Nice touch.

Any of you “long-timers” remember when we went up against McHale and Minnesota?

Man I did not feel comfortable with any lead at anytime in this one.  The problem with a low scoring "rock fight" like tonight is that if Rutgers sticks a couple threes in a row it feels like a 12-0 run. KT made some big plays down the stretch but Allick's board work early might have been just as important.

19 minutes ago, Art Vandalay said:

Didn’t see it, what he do? He threatened to kick a couple court-side people out at one point. They really ruined the game.

25 minutes ago, nuhusker7 said:

Is this a real photo? Thats incredible

It's from the Purdue game, first half.

So is Wilcher actually planning on moving on? I assume as a grad transfer if so? He has his flaws but can be an offensive spark plug off of the bench.

1 hour ago, Bugeaters1 said:

That was an ugly win.

Beating Rutgers in a rock fight is going to look like that when the refs let a lot of stuff go. I'll take a dub. Time to drub Michigan at Crisler. LET'S DO THIS, BIG RED!!

5 minutes ago, northwillriseagain said:

So is Wilcher actually planning on moving on? I assume as a grad transfer if so? He has his flaws but can be an offensive spark plug off of the bench.

Derrick Walker had 3 senior nights here so we'll see

28 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

Man I did not feel comfortable with any lead at anytime in this one.  The problem with a low scoring "rock fight" like tonight is that if Rutgers sticks a couple threes in a row it feels like a 12-0 run. KT made some big plays down the stretch but Allick's board work early might have been just as important.

Tominaga had a personal 12-point run, including a traditional 3-point play and a 4-point play. He surged Nebraska to an insurmountable lead because Rutgers was 4 for 25 on threes (16% - lol). And that man deserves to be honored by the Big Ten as one of its 10 best players at a sign of respect and recognition. Will he get any, that's up for debate..

6 minutes ago, northwillriseagain said:

So is Wilcher actually planning on moving on? I assume as a grad transfer if so? He has his flaws but can be an offensive spark plug off of the bench.

Derrick Walker had 3 Senior Days, and Keisei had 2. I think maybe Wilcher wanted some recognition for graduating, like the past 2 guys. Who knows what any of these dudes plan to do in the N.I.L. world we live in.

4 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

 

This happened at a women's game a few years back.

Hoiberg created a team in 2023-24 that's capable of winning in the Big Dance, when the first 3+ seasons the Hoiberg-led Huskers seemed fairly incapable of winning much at all. How these next 3+ weeks go is immaterial to how crazy good this home basketball season's been, a record 18 home wins is a remarkable achievement. Get that first ever win at Crisler, and we'll all be wearin' our dancin' shoes in March Madness. GBR Always.

Notes from UNL

• Nebraska improves to 21-9 on the season and the 21 wins ties for sixth on NU single-season win chart.

• Nebraska improves to 18-1 at home, including a perfect 10-0 in Big Ten play. The 18 wins sets a school record for most home wins and the 18-1 mark is the Huskers' best home mark since going 11-0 in 1965-66.

*-Nebraska was a perfect 10-0 at home in Big Ten play, it marks just the 11th time in school history and third since WWII that Nebraska posted a perfect home conference mark (others were 2017-18 and 1965-66)

*-Nebraska held Rutgers to 32.8 percent shooting, its lowest since shooting 32.3 percent against Indiana on Jan. 9

*-With 11 Big Ten wins, NU is assured of its first winning record in conference play since 2017-18. The 11 wins ties for the fourth-most conference wins in a season in school history

*-Nebraska has held its last nine opponents under 43 percent shooting, dating back to Jan. 27

*- Josiah Allick posted his first double-double of the season and 11th of his career with 10 points and a season-high 12 rebounds. Allick, who reached double figures for the ninth time this year, went over 1,200 points in his career.

*-Juwan Gary also joined Allick with a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds while adding three blocked shots. Gary now has five double-doubles for the season and eight in his career.

*-It marks the second time this season Nebraska had multiple double-doubles in a game (also vs Oregon State on Nov. 18).

• Keisei Tominaga led NU with 18 points, including 12 in the second half. It was the 10th time he paced NU in scoring this season. He now has 982 career points is 18 away from reaching 1,000 career points at Nebraska.

*-Nebraska won the rebounding battle 44-40 and is 14-0 this season when out-rebounding its opponents.