uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 27-Penn State

No words. I better just stay quiet. 

Get home, get healthy, get back on track

This team simply cannot JUST show up and expect to win.  We lacked intensity, we lacked basic fundamentals, we lacked effort.  Crap, we lacked everything.  Terrible effort = expected results.

Move on.

I could be very negative here. 
 

But Nebraska is still in the tournament today. And still has 3/4 at home left. I do expect a win Monday. 

There are only so many halftime ass chewings and white boards you can break before the message is no longer effective. The change going forward has to be player led.

Having said that, the sky is not falling.  Despite the metrics taking a beating, we are currently still comfortably in the field. The bubble is awful this year.  Magic number is still 2 wins and the biggest impact from these beatings will simply be reflected in our seed.  We would rather be a 10 seed than an 8 or 9 anyways.  Glass half full!

Metrics that update quickly are… tough.

KenPom 5 point drop

T-Rank 8 point drop.

4 minutes ago, Nebrasketball1979 said:

There are only so many halftime ass chewings and white boards you can break before the message is no longer effective. The change going forward has to be player led.

 

Having said that, the sky is not falling.  Despite the metrics taking a beating, we are currently still comfortably in the field. The bubble is awful this year.  Magic number is still 2 wins and the biggest impact from these beatings will simply be reflected in our seed.  We would rather be a 10 seed than an 8 or 9 anyways.  Glass half full!

I'm not worried about seeding we've struggled against the whole range historically so more likely we shock as twelve seed than piss it away as higher  seed.

6 minutes ago, Nebrasketball1979 said:

There are only so many halftime ass chewings and white boards you can break before the message is no longer effective. The change going forward has to be player led.

 

Having said that, the sky is not falling.  Despite the metrics taking a beating, we are currently still comfortably in the field. The bubble is awful this year.  Magic number is still 2 wins and the biggest impact from these beatings will simply be reflected in our seed.  We would rather be a 10 seed than an 8 or 9 anyways.  Glass half full!

True but we got some very tough games ahead and we need at least 2 if not 3…

Find a way to get 2 more dubs. That's the recipe. Anything less will be horrendous.

We had 7 turnovers in a 9 possession span early on. Got to a 12 point deficit quickly and that was pretty much it. No more talk about wanting to get off to better starts. Just freaking do it. A good start doesn't mean you need to come out on fire shooting the ball. Just take care of the ball, be smart and play hard defensively. 

Juwan has 1 total defensive rebound in the last three games. That needs to change. Last year, he was the glue guy who could impact games in a number of ways even when he wasn't scoring. He's not defending or rebounding at the same level this year. 

Connor looked to be out of his funk tonight

4 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Metrics that update quickly are… tough.

 

KenPom 5 point drop

T-Rank 8 point drop.

Yeah, by the end of the regular season I really don't think 19 will be enough. Think we're gonna need three more to go dancing. 

3 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Connor looked to be out of his funk tonight

Just a shame he and Morgan had stellar nights when it didn't matter

We all saw the bad, was there any good?

Shot over 50% from field.

9/11 fts

GG made a 3 and led team with 5 rebounds.

Limited turnovers in 2nd half.

Outscored them by 6 in 2nd half. Unfortunately thay came early in 2nd half.

Essegian had 20 points.

Morgan had 18 points.

Horrific coaching.  For further details see the game thread.  I honestly cannot believe how bad a job our staff is doing with so many things. 

5 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

Find a way to get 2 more dubs. That's the recipe. Anything less will be horrendous.

 

Need 3.

Just now, royalfan said:

Horrific coaching.  For further details see the game thread.  I honestly cannot believe how bad a job our staff is doing with so many things. 

Horrible take.   No understanding of the profound weaknesses of most of our players.   Bitch about roster acquisition.  Coaching has been very good all season, having to put this lineup out there every night. 

10 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Metrics that update quickly are… tough.

 

KenPom 5 point drop

T-Rank 8 point drop.

Did we knock Northwestern out of a Quad 1 win as the result of our loss tonight? 

1 minute ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Did we knock Northwestern out of a Quad 1 win as the result of our loss tonight? 

We might have knocked Penn St into Quad 1 loss territory 

5 minutes ago, HB said:

Need 3.

Counting post-season in Indy, I agree.

Only time will tell.

4 minutes ago, royalfan said:

Horrific coaching.  For further details see the game thread.  I honestly cannot believe how bad a job our staff is doing with so many things. 

No coach in the history of college basketball would have won with our effort tonight, especially on defense.  Now, if you want to bitch about the coaches not having them ready.  That's fair game.

1 minute ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Counting post-season in Indy, I agree.

 

Only time will tell.

 

if we need to win one at Indy, we likely need to win two.

Notes from UNL

*-Brice Williams reached double figures for the 25^th time in 27 games, finishing with 17 points. His streak of 20-point games ended at six.
*-Williams is now 22 points away from 1,000 for his Nebraska career
*-Andrew Morgan posted his 12^th double-figure game this season with a season-high 19 points, including 17 in the second half. Morgan’s previous season high is 17 at Maryland on Jan.19.
*-Connor Essegian finished with a team-high 20 points, his fourth 20-point game of the season and sixth of his career. It marked the 25^th double-figure effort by a Husker reserve this season.
*-Penn State became the fourth opponent to shoot over 50 percent against Nebraska this season.

11 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

Yeah, by the end of the regular season I really don't think 19 will be enough. Think we're gonna need three more to go dancing. 

Nahh— not with the quality of wins. Seeding wise though….