unelinstu's postgame chatter: vol 15, ed 14: vs. Iowa

I remember this NU team. Glad to see the K-State game appears to be a blip. Very impressive.

We are ahead of iowa in the standings. the board work done by Wilhelm and Gary in the 2nd half was unreal. Those 2 took over a minute off of the clock with the O rebs that they got in 1 strecth.

Everyone might laugh at me, but this team very much reminds me of the 1986 team after Hoppen went down.  They have no true big man, and they play with true attitude. Defense and team ball. Gotta feeling...

Man, that was a blast.  That was a bad ass, tough ass, work your ass off win.  Keep it up now!  It was a pleasure watching some of our shots fall!!!

This is just a scrappy, fun to watch, basketball team. 

8-6 probably puts us somewhere near the bubble for now right? This hasn't exactly been an easy schedule so if you told me 8-6 going into new years I would have told you pass the pipe

They have me back to thinking a .500 conference record isn't out of the question.  They will probably burst my bubble with a terrible performance at MSU and a loss at Minnesota.

That was awesome, this team has something. Even though it almost felt like a non conference game from the past where we beat a bad team like we should.

Too little too late or not, Nebraska is a very well coached, smart, tough B1G team.  
 

That’s the highest scoring offense in the conference.  We held them to 50.  

50.

And the last 10 were garbage buckets. 
 

Unreal defense. 

31 minutes ago, huskerbill85 said:

8-6 probably puts us somewhere near the bubble for now right? This hasn't exactly been an easy schedule so if you told me 8-6 going into new years I would have told you pass the pipe

The St. John's loss, Oklahoma, and Memphis you can maybe explain away as not having DW.  I would say had we beat Purdue and been 9-5 right now, we were firmly on the bubble.  The PU loss stings, the IU loss is explainable being a road game.  We also looked like dog doo doo against KSU on a neutral floor.

This team is completely different with DW on the floor and in the starting lineup.  The confidence of the entire team has revolved around DW.  It's amazing really.  However, I don't think we're on any radars just yet.  We're still a "tough out in Lincoln" team on a lot of radars.  Not a true bubble contender yet.

Want to be on the bubble?  Win @ MSU and @Minny and then come and talk to me.  That's not too tall of a task this year and a right side of the bubble team needs to take advantage of those two games.

It pleases me when one McCaffery has an off night.  All three though.  GLORIOUS.

Yeah, I just read comments from the Iowa press and team...not much credit given to us.  Rather Iowa simply missed open looks, didn't attack, Yada Yada.  They are a bunch of dip-s**ts. 

I have said this before - but it is amazing how much different this team is from what we had to watch the last couple of years.    Just a completely different level of effort.   So much fun to watch !

 If we can find a way to keep getting this level of effort from the role players - and mix in high talent players who we can then get to play with them and have that effort lever rub off.   I actually think if Bryce McGowen had played with Bandoumel and Gary they would have made him play hard just by example.

Was glad to be there. One of the more fun home environments I can remember. Just enjoyable watching Fran-Con continue to explode. Our effort, energy, and attitude separate us from last year, by far. 

Full KenPom update coming in the morning. But until then, here’s a hearty F IOWA to all of you tonight!

Tuesday.  What game realllly got the ball rolling when Miles team made the dance??  If you said @MSU, you're correct.  

I get that the officials were going to let it go, but I'd think most any other coach outside of Bobby Knight, if a chair was shoved across the floor even in a time out situation, a T would have been called. 

If anyone wants to relive it.

That was a lot of fun tonight. Nebraska manhandled Iowa for a full 40 minutes. Now, if NU had been able to produce offensively the entire time with that stifling defense, the final score is likely more like 78-45. But, I'm not greedy, 66-50 still felt real, real good after prior years of heartless efforts by Hoi-ball. Adam Howard's a genius as Nebraska's defensive coordinator and the team's moxie is a thing of beauty at that end of the court, particularly Bandoumel badgering the opposing team's PG. He is a junkyard dog, and I love it!

Creighton:  check.  Iowa:  check.  Who's next on the most hated list?  Wisconsin?  Michigan?  Ohio State?

These guys are fun to watch.  The effort tonight was off the charts.  Pretty much out hustled Iowegia the entire game.

Liked the balanced scoring.  So nice to not have to watch hero-ball on 75% of the possessions.

The officials made some real head-scratching calls.  They evened out over the full 40 minutes, but, as usual, most of them got NU big guys in foul trouble.  Nice job by Oleg to give a few meaningful minutes.

Robraca's a pretty good ball player, but man, what a crybaby.

5 hours ago, NUtball said:

Creighton:  check.  Iowa:  check.  Who's next on the most hated list? 

Emm. Ess. Eww.

9 hours ago, huskerbill85 said:

8-6 probably puts us somewhere near the bubble for now right? This hasn't exactly been an easy schedule so if you told me 8-6 going into new years I would have told you pass the pipe

Definitely getting there. NET is 74.