uneblinstu's postgame chatter: vol 15, ed 28: Maryland

6 hours ago, Red Don said:

 

And didn't Sam Hoiberg also make that amazing play stealing Wiscy's pass to their player under the basket in Overtime to again help seal the Win.

A bit earlier Sam H also had a steal under the basket and took a charge. 

I know his current head coach likes length on defense; but he may have to find a role for a shorter guard moving forward.

On January 28, Nebraska lost to Maryland by 19 points: 63-82.

On February 19, Nebraska beat Maryland by 4: 70-66.

That's a 23 point swing in 22 days--progress.

26 minutes ago, Swan88 said:

On January 28, Nebraska lost to Maryland by 19 points: 63-82.

On February 19, Nebraska beat Maryland by 4: 70-66.

That's a 23 point swing in 22 days--progress.

That means, by March 12, we'll beat Maryland in the Big Ten tournament championship game by 46 points!

2 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

A bit earlier Sam H also had a steal under the basket and took a charge. 

 

I know his current head coach likes length on defense; but he may have to find a role for a shorter guard moving forward.

Why would you move a short guard to forward?

Anybody else afraid that the refs were going to give KT a T when he thought that he was fouled on the drive in the 2nd half?

31 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

That means, by March 12, we'll beat Maryland in the Big Ten tournament championship game by 46 points!

That should be good for a jump into the 80s NET wise.

Having to wait till Saturday is going to make this week take forever.

42 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

Anybody else afraid that the refs were going to give KT a T when he thought that he was fouled on the drive in the 2nd half?

That and the next call was by the same ref and it was a bad one against us.

1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

Anybody else afraid that the refs were going to give KT a T when he thought that he was fouled on the drive in the 2nd half?

James Palmer Jr. has entered the chat

1 hour ago, hskr4life said:

That should be good for a jump into the 80s NET wise.

Meanwhile OSU has lost 12 of 13 and the last 3 by double digits and drops like 1 spot.

1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

Anybody else afraid that the refs were going to give KT a T when he thought that he was fouled on the drive in the 2nd half?

It gave me flashbacks to the T he got at Michigan last year when he thought he got a clean block on Dickinson. 

Have to think about giving Hoiberg a scholarship so he doesn't transfer 

35 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Have to think about giving Hoiberg a scholarship so he doesn't transfer 

I don't think the scholly is necessary.   NIL money is more beneficial to him.

46 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

I don't think the scholly is necessary.   NIL money is more beneficial to him.

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I should have emojied because I was very much joking 

On 2/19/2023 at 6:35 PM, FredsSlacks said:

would we not make the real tourney if we won the final 3 games + 1 big 10 tourney game? that should be the goal.

That won't be enough.

22 hours ago, Fullbacksympathy said:

Another thing I noticed—Hoiberg put on a substitution clinic down the stretch of regulation and OT.  Maximized his offensive and defensive lineups.  Impressive.  

Not the 1st time he's done that this season.

11 hours ago, 49r said:

 

This should be a banner image on this website.  Great photo.

I love KT, however that statue should be of DW.

10 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

I love KT, however that statue should be of DW.

Wrong! It should be 2 statues. DW throwing a dart of a pass. Tominaga recieving it on a back cut.

7 hours ago, Swan88 said:

On January 28, Nebraska lost to Maryland by 19 points: 63-82.

On February 19, Nebraska beat Maryland by 4: 70-66.

That's a 23 point swing in 22 days--progress.

 

Ahem….Undeniable Progress

- Trev Alberts, Vice Chancellor 

7 hours ago, MontanaHusker said:

It gave me flashbacks to the T he got at Michigan last year when he thought he got a clean block on Dickinson. 

He didn't think he got a clean block.

He got a clean block.

10 hours ago, Swan88 said:

On January 28, Nebraska lost to Maryland by 19 points: 63-82.

On February 19, Nebraska beat Maryland by 4: 70-66.

That's a 23 point swing in 22 days--progress.

 

If that defnes progress, Jerry Bush in his fourth year set the bar with a 58 point swing in 14 days:

On 2/19/2023 at 9:12 PM, royalfan said:

He is the defensive coordinator.  Howards schemes obviously a large part of it. 

I'm curious if you have a source for this? Especially the "Loesner has all the scouts," part. That's pretty atypical for a staff, usually scouts are rotated. 

I think it's pretty clear that Loesner is the "lead assistant," and is constantly in Fred's ear and is also making adjustments on the fly/calling out things - I'm not arguing with that. 

But the defense we are playing this year is new to this year, and it's from Howard. 

1 hour ago, basketballjones said:

I'm curious if you have a source for this? Especially the "Loesner has all the scouts," part. That's pretty atypical for a staff, usually scouts are rotated. 

I think it's pretty clear that Loesner is the "lead assistant," and is constantly in Fred's ear and is also making adjustments on the fly/calling out things - I'm not arguing with that. 

But the defense we are playing this year is new to this year, and it's from Howard. 

It was during a recent BTN broadcast during the game.  I believe it was a road game, possibly Rutgers.  The commentator specifically referred to him as the "defensive coordinator" and said he handles every scout and also even alluded to how rare and unheard of that is, just as you did.  Also, when I watched South Alabama to get a feel for his matchup zone, it did not resemble this in many ways.  They were not auto doubling the post for example.  

I also agree that the defense is new to this year.  We were using Sadlers schemes previously.  Only until late in the year last year did it become obvious to me that Nate took on a larger role, and our coaching in all aspects has been noticeably better ever since.   That being said, Howard was largely hired because of his defensive knowledge and his imprints are obviously on the defense, I just personally don't think near as much as you do.   

Also Sam said on his radio show early in year that Nate is running the defense.  

Whatever the case is, they have collectively figured out a really, really good scheme and we don't have guys confused too terribly often.   There are a few nuances I would like to see off it but it could lead to confusion, so who knows.  In any event, when I posted several times that I thought we would be better than most thought, because we would take defense seriously, I was pretty sure the effort would be there.  I was not sure that the coaching would be.  With Loesner and Howard, we have the defensive coaching in spades.   I believe that we can go after a little more scoring skill with this staff in place and still get solid defense with these schemes.  

3 hours ago, royalfan said:

Whatever the case is, they have collectively figured out a really, really good scheme and we don't have guys confused too terribly often.

Agreed. This is one of the best "drilled" defensive teams I have ever seen. Zero hesitations in our positioning, help, and rotations. 

Best line from the coaches presser was “ I thinking don’t try dunking it Sam!”