uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 24-Ohio St.

27 minutes ago, roscoe said:

And what do you expect from some fans that continue to chant left/right and sit down while Brice is shooting ft? Situational awareness receives an "F".

I hate that. I hate that so much. Dumbest thing ever and the fact they continue to do it is ... baffling. To put it nicely.

56 minutes ago, roscoe said:

And what do you expect from some fans that continue to chant left/right and sit down while Brice is shooting ft? Situational awareness receives an "F".

This has been a pet peeve of mine ever since I was a student trying to tell the others to shut the f up.

Also we only get “really” loud when we have a chance to win a $2 chicken sandwhich…. We should be that loud for any free throw that is important in the game. 
 

Other than my two “old man yells at cloud” thoughts, we have a pretty damn good home court advantage, and we need to keep it up

4 hours ago, royalfan said:

They outscored us by about twelve with the two fouls sir approach.  Fortunate not more with meah making a few ft

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True. But we also allowed Gary to play the entire half without any worries of picking up additional fouls. And Rollie, and Berke, and Morgan 

Can we ever get B1G refs who don't give out phantom fouls to NU's opponent? Rollie & Juwan must both be magnets for those ridiculous calls. I thought Rollie, especially, got the shaft a few times. And the time Juwan grabbed the rebound over Thornton, there's no such call as "over the back," but yet that's basically what the ref called a foul for. Sheesh.

Most fouls called are likely spot on, although as a "homer" I retain the right to bitch and moan to appease my frustration. 

That said I am driven to insanity by the NEW methodology of awaiting the outcome of a shot before the whistle is blown.  The message being sent is that it is only a foul IF the shot is missed.

And then, the opposite of that is the anticipatory whistle, where the ref thinks or assumes there will be a violation, whether there is one or not.

In both cases, it is bad officiating. 

...and oh yeah, did the NCAA do away with the 3 second in the lane rule?  Apparently so.  OSU lived in the lane today.  Sometimes it was to Thortons's detriment, as he couldn't drive thru his bigs.

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

I hate that. I hate that so much. Dumbest thing ever and the fact they continue to do it is ... baffling. To put it nicely.

At one point in the past, we sang "Happy Trails."  Perhaps we should divert back in time?

First of all, a great win. This four game stretch has been really fun to see develop and I’m happy for the guys and for Fred. During the 6 game streak, so many were saying he wasn’t a good coach, was actually a terrible coach. So, during the win streak, people should also say he’s a really good coach.  I personally think he stayed the course and got his guys to stay the course and believe, they didn’t pack it in like some fans did. 
I was surprised to see quite a few red zone seats empty - not mid court, but behind the hoop, quite a few rows were empty. Guess they were prepping for the Super Bowl. 
 

Thursday needs to be rocking!!! 

6 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

At one point in the past, we sang "Happy Trails."  Perhaps we should divert back in time?

 

 

I think that same thing everytime someone fouls out.  At times I sing it to the player.  Maybe someone can make an updated version for the youngins. 

Our win certainly softened the blow of the Chiefs debacle for me. I would rather save my reservoir of sports karma for a Cornhusker NCAA run this year. So, there's that. 

10 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

I hate that. I hate that so much. Dumbest thing ever and the fact they continue to do it is ... baffling. To put it nicely.

I think it is kind of way too old. Somethings are a schools transition but that one can go away. The player either doesn’t hear it or plays games like the kid did Sunday. 
so yeah it could disappear and I wouldn’t feel bad at all

One of Sean Stewart's five stars coming out of HS was earned for getting crowds to make noise while someone shot FTs after he fouled out

11 hours ago, nuhusker7 said:

True. But we also allowed Gary to play the entire half without any worries of picking up additional fouls. And Rollie, and Berke, and Morgan 

Analytically it is a poor choice to sit them all.  All forty minutes are important.  

Braxton Meah currently making FTs at higher clip than Ahron Ulis 

10 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

Most fouls called are likely spot on, although as a "homer" I retain the right to bitch and moan to appease my frustration. 

That said I am driven to insanity by the NEW methodology of awaiting the outcome of a shot before the whistle is blown.  The message being sent is that it is only a foul IF the shot is missed.

And then, the opposite of that is the anticipatory whistle, where the ref thinks or assumes there will be a violation, whether there is one or not.

In both cases, it is bad officiating. 

 

...and oh yeah, did the NCAA do away with the 3 second in the lane rule?  Apparently so.  OSU lived in the lane today.  Sometimes it was to Thortons's detriment, as he couldn't drive thru his bigs.

This a 1,000 times yes.  Twice yesterday the whistle was blown before anything happened.  Also my group up in the 3rd tier didn't quite get the jump ball call in front of the OSU bench, wasn't the ball still "live"

Really hope BK is okay.  Similar to November when he got hurt with his hamstring he was starting to play really well and figuring out his role then he cam back and struggled for a bit.  He has played really well lately.  Need Andrew and Braxton to step up on Thursday if we want to win that one 

Braxton also seemed to play way more aggreesive than he ever has in the minutes he got yesterday.  He is a real threat when he is going downhill, but he seems to just be okay with not doing that most of the time. 

For the last couple of seasons Fred has been on the extreme for not playing guys with 2 fouls

1 minute ago, hhcmatt said:

For the last couple of seasons Fred has been on the extreme for not playing guys with 2 fouls

Interesting— wonder if they are seeing something analytically that we’re not seeing?

Whatever he’s doing must be working because….. we’re having the best 2 year stretch in a very long time.

12 hours ago, nuhusker7 said:

Other than my two “old man yells at cloud” thoughts, we have a pretty damn good home court advantage, and we need to keep it up

I want pep band music only, old ladies in leotards strutting at halftime, and a muffled PA system from the '70s.

Bah, humbug.

1 hour ago, hhcmatt said:

Braxton Meah currently making FTs at higher clip than Ahron Ulis 

Speaking of Ahron, I'm pretty sure Fred's exact instructions before inserting him into the game were: "OK. Bring the ball up, dribble around for 20 seconds, then toss up an off-balance fadeaway from 13 feet. But don't get fouled. That would be even worse."

Yes, let's bring back the guy on the surfboard with the Hawaii 5-0 theme and especially Marco the Mime.

1 minute ago, jayschool said:

Speaking of Ahron, I'm pretty sure Fred's exact instructions before inserting him into the game were: "OK. Bring the ball up, dribble around for 20 seconds, then toss up an off-balance fadeaway from 13 feet. But don't get fouled. That would be even worse."

He was the embodiment of the argument against sitting guys with 2 fouls yesterday.  Yeesh!

1 minute ago, jimmykc said:

Yes, let's bring back the guy on the surfboard with the Hawaii 5-0 theme and especially Marco the Mime.

Oh, and the court sweepers from the Coliseum.

One thing I didn't see mentioned (and did not notice myself) was when Morgan skied for that rebound over Devin Royal and was called for a foul, Royal ended up being injured and didn't play the rest of the game.  Ohio St's lack of depth was exposed during the second half which certainly contributed towards the win

1 hour ago, royalfan said:

Analytically it is a poor choice to sit them all.  All forty minutes are important.  

I 1000% agree with this and surprised it doesn't get more discussion.  It's likely because we are winning but it does feel like we are playing with fire.  These are all seniors and in our most important games, you have to trust they understand their importance and can play without fouling.  We were fortunate over the last 8-10 minutes of the first half to only be trailing by 5 at half.

I was pleased that Fred kept Juwan in with 3 fouls after he picked up his third early in the 2nd half.  They also made a nice adjustment at that point and made sure Gary was not guarding Thornton after that.