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

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

Just now, royalfan said:

Couple of key front end misses make it a little worse in my view, but your point is a great one. 

Yup, it's nice when we win and I don't have to go back and mentally add up those missed 1 and 1s

21 minutes ago, Fullbacksympathy said:

They were my second favorite, yep.  I just didn’t think the defense Doc was running with that group would be sustainable without 5 interchangeable guards.  Fred’s defense of running the three pointers off and then rotating with anticipation is so fun to watch for me personally. 

Loenser's defense.  And it is a blast to watch. 

Today once again showed me I want this whole staff back and working with these kids for a full year.  Couple of the guys you had to redshirt this year are getting good coaching and seeing how to put in the work needed.

Future looks better than it has the last couple of years.

4 minutes ago, royalfan said:

 

Loenser's defense.  And it is a blast to watch. 

I thought that Howard was the defensive genius 

Just now, Silverbacked1 said:

I thought that Howard was the defensive genius 

Would guess he is giving important input.  

38 minutes ago, throwback said:

Being able to play straight up more often was a big help on the defensive boards.

Yep. We were in our base coverage every possession but one late 1st half 1-3-1 match up, and a couple where we went pretty straight up 2-3. Other than that it was our base match-up zone coverage. 

36 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

I'm not sure if this was mentioned earlier; but at some point in the 2nd half, the cameras picked up Coach Rhule going nuts.  Great to see.

We absolutely needed it. He was on the big screen and got the people going at an important time

13 minutes ago, royalfan said:

 

Loenser's defense.  And it is a blast to watch. 

This is entirely Howard’s match-up zone…. Am I missing something?

Keita 8 boards in 16 minutes

Wilhelm 4 boards in 9 minutes

11 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

This is entirely Howard’s match-up zone…. Am I missing something?

I believe you are.  Loenser has  every scout and adjusts the defense accordingly.  We are playing a variety of defenses, but obviously Howard has had a huge impact as well.  

3 minutes ago, royalfan said:

 

I believe you are.  Loenser has  every scout and adjusts the defense accordingly.  We are playing a variety of defenses, but obviously Howard has had a huge impact as well.  

The defense we are playing, the base package, is 100%, entirely, completely, Howard’s matchup zone. Pass off first cutters, go with next guy and dribblers, Walker hard hedges or soft hedges ball screens while they pre-tag and then rotate top down, etc… this is entirely his defense. 
 

I’m sure Loesner scouts and whatnot and can make adjustments, but it’s assuredly not “his” defense. 

Within striking distance...

8-7 Illinois (v MN, v NW, @ OSU, v Mich, @ PU)

8-7 Michigan State (v IU, @ Iowa, @ NU, v OSU)

7-9 Wisconsin (v Iowa, @ Mich, v PU, @ MN)

7-9 Penn State (@ OSU, v RU, @ NW, v MD)

7-10 Nebraska (v MN, v MSU, @ Iowa)

3-13 Ohio State (v PSU, v Ill, v MD, @ MSU)

1-13 Minnesota (@ Ill, @ MD, @ NU, v RU, v UW)

NO, NO!  I'm afraid that Keisei Has This All WRONG;  We should be the Ones Thanking HIM!!!

6 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

The defense we are playing, the base package, is 100%, entirely, completely, Howard’s matchup zone. Pass off first cutters, go with next guy and dribblers, Walker hard hedges or soft hedges ball screens while they pre-tag and then rotate top down, etc… this is entirely his defense. 
 

I’m sure Loesner scouts and whatnot and can make adjustments, but it’s assuredly not “his” defense. 

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

2 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

I think we need to resurface this. Here is the current status of our predictions:

 

Total Wins (predicted at start of season):

88% predicted wins at or below 14 total wins

 

Remaining predictions: 15 (x2), 16 (x2), 19

 

Conference Wins (predicted in December):

97% predicted wins at or below 7 conference wins

 

Remaining predictions: 8 (x2)

I had picked 15 & 8. It was my hope for an even end-of-season record. It might not have been optimistic enough. GBR

20 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

The defense we are playing, the base package, is 100%, entirely, completely, Howard’s matchup zone. Pass off first cutters, go with next guy and dribblers, Walker hard hedges or soft hedges ball screens while they pre-tag and then rotate top down, etc… this is entirely his defense. 
 

I’m sure Loesner scouts and whatnot and can make adjustments, but it’s assuredly not “his” defense. 

Certainly not trying to argue, but you were asking if you were missing something.  They brought it up on a recent broadcast how he was in charge of the defense.  Also Sam Hoiberg on his radio show earlier this year said the same thing.  He also has extensive defensive background going back to working with Larry Eustachy at Iowa St and S. Miss.  It also was fairly obvious to me that he took over the defense late in the year for Doc last year and the results showed it.  It coincided with DOC turning his back to the team on the sideline and ultimately being relieved of his role.  (yeah yeah, I know Doc wasn't a coach). Obviously any good staff works together well, and I think he and Howard certainly are.  

2 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Maryland fans think they got screwed too.

That's insane. The refs made sure to KEEP the Terps in the game in the 2nd half by calling some of the worst calls I've ever witnessed. There were some completely bogus calls that went all MD's way. Wow, that's a hot take "Maryland Fans."

3 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

That's insane. The refs made sure to KEEP the Terps in the game in the 2nd half by calling some of the worst calls I've ever witnessed. There were some completely bogus calls that went all MD's way. Wow, that's a hot take "Maryland Fans."

 

 

Absolutely. There are certain fouls that mean more. That’s especially true with our lack of depth. We got absolutely screwed when the refs changed the way the called the game completely at half

Gonna need Lawrence and keita to put some serious rehab in on those ankles in the coming days 

I'm impressed with the different ways this team has found to win games. Scorch the nets in NJ, have a 28 minute drought between 3s today, manage to win both.

Just a gritty, gutty and determined effort.  So proud of how we overcame foul trouble and further injury issues. 

6 minutes ago, Crush78 said:

I'm impressed with the different ways this team has found to win games. Scorch the nets in NJ, have a 28 minute drought between 3s today, manage to win both.

Yeah, but... Rutgers is dealing with injuries, or so I'm told.