uneblinstu's post game chatter: ed 6, vol 27 - Purdue

'nuff said. 

On to the next one

I want whatever quaalude AJ Hammons is on.

Our best winning streak this season by 2 games.

Hammons looks like one of those bigs that the college game wants to get 30+ minutes out of him - but unable to, he doesn't have the stamina - but still... projects better for the NBA game as a 10 to 15 minute backup Center.

- Benny Parker may not win Game MVP but his play Raised us up, and demoralized Purdue.

- Shavon and Terran and gelling right now, and its beautiful they are starting compliment each other so well.

- We didnt need it, but id still like to see Pitch intiate more dribble drive action on other big men.

- Hammonds, looked just absolutly disinterested in being  in Lincoln, NE; having the same temprament, and passion for basketball as Andrew Bynum is not a good thing.

-Liked Hawkins stroke, and aggresiveness, he, and Benny's performance play neutralized Tai fould trouble.

- I love our confidence right now, continue it next week boys!

Time to hit the road and execute. We are the better team but we better show up and defend our tails off!

We need our Chicago alums to make a roadie.

Started very sluggish which I thought probably would happen but it didn't last.

My biggest complaint was the press break not going back to the inbounder in the first half.  Shields kept going straight into the trap.

Parker and Rivers brought the energy.  My co-players of the game.

This team is fun and right now on the bubble.  Picking up another road win @Illinois and it will be hard to have them out at that moment.  Getting so close now.  10 and one in the tourney or maybe just 10 with a win over Wisconsin should be enough.  Or...Just win out!

I thought Smith, quietly had a great game. While he didnt bolster the state sheet, he played with lots of heart and battled. Hammons, is a load, physically. Not sure why he doesnt get more minutes.

HUGE props to Benny, his drive to the basket is dynamite and is great on tape for opposing teams, if he can keep this up and improve his shot making ability, we will be cooking with gas. teams are playing their center on him and he has to make them pay.

Ray, keep shooting we will need you to hit a few jumpers.

Terran is great, he just needs to keep grinding. IF he could hit em with a pull up jumper he will take his game to another planet.

Love Walter showing that turnaround game, that 15 foot jumper, he is so dangerous, he is playing more aggressive.

Tai, he is coming in to his own, while he isnt burning down the state sheet, but he appears to be playing much more aggresively. IT will turn the corner.

Shields is the glue of this team, which is what I mentioned even when he was struggling mightily.  He's a stud.

Petteway is the heart, and has been carrying this team on the offensive end of the floor.  NBA-caliber already.

Pitchford is a stretch 4 playing 5 and he's been doing much better on the defensive end during this amazing run!  Could be even better when he's locked & loaded for his true position next year...

Parker is the soul of this team by making effort plays all over the court - he has really pushed Webster to raise his level of play!

RayRay is becoming a more complete player w/ rebounds, assists & defensive pressure - now, if only he only rain a few more triples!

Rivers is becoming a man on the boards & swatting shots, and even knocks down a jumper when he's open!

Smith is doing his best to defend, block-out & rebound - offensively he seems to be struggling & has made a number of passing errors lately.

Guys have developed roles on this team, and the defensive identity is the tipping point for this run of 8-2 in the past 10 games... time to keep this rolling at the Illini!

Love uneblinstu's post. I'd agree on several fronts.

-pettaway is a beast, and he continues to drive this team. He is the incarnation of our passion to get to the tourney and play hard right now. It's so fun watching this team play together. (PBA has great fan enjoyment/entertainment value)

-Shavon is complimenting Terran well, and I think the pressure taken off him by pettaway has helped him.

-tai is really starting to open up over the last few games, but still has work to do, along with ray. They are still in the kind of funk shavon was in earlier, but it don't think it would be too hard to change; all it takes is a paradigm shift similar to shavon and pettaway.

-Leslee and David are making strides, getting dem rebounds

-gotta love Benny! Even after all my years seeing the touted husker defense, this year's team (or half year) is leaps and bounds beyond ANY defensive presence I've ever seen. We shut them down today. After the close period where neither team could score in the first half, we finally got going and they never could.

Crowd participation is good, but it can get better. I'd like to see the entire student section behind the hoop get going more, along with the rest of the crowd, not only on jams; they can ignite the crowd as a whole if they would stand most of the game like the court side student section. I was really disappointed with their laziness besides the lower 1/3 of the section. A lot of times it was really hard to get them to stand up, and they would often wait until the last necessary moment to stand up.

Otherwise it's really picking up, and the husker fan base is starting to learn how to turn us into a hard place to play and "basketball school" :)love their dedication and support. Pretty classy bunch as a whole, and it makes me proud to be part of the movement.

Our best winning streak this season by 2 games.

And our best conference winning streak this season by 3 games.

My dad asked me this....and I didn't know the answer. Prior to this game and the last one...when was the last time we have played a game where everyone got court time?

Nice win.  This is a team game and the team played well.  Good job men!

My dad asked me this....and I didn't know the answer. Prior to this game and the last one...when was the last time we have played a game where everyone got court time?

Last year, as in December of this current season...

Go listen to Matt Painter's post-game on Huskers.com.  He had some nice things to say about our players of course, but when asked if Nebraska was an NCAA team, said we've "still got some work to do".  He didn't shower a lot of platitudes, which I can truly appreciate.

Go listen to Matt Painter's post-game on Huskers.com. He had some nice things to say about our players of course, but when asked if Nebraska was an NCAA team, said we've "still got some work to do". He didn't shower a lot of platitudes, which I can truly appreciate.

He did say that we would be a tough team to play if we did make it. I do agree we have some work to do. I'm glad he said that.

Pitchford Dunk

http://www.snappytv.com/landing/b1g-network?s=198843

Petteway Dunk

http://www.snappytv.com/landing/b1g-network?s=198844

My dad asked me this....and I didn't know the answer. Prior to this game and the last one...when was the last time we have played a game where everyone got court time?

Last year, as in December of this current season...

Ah...cool... lol .I thought it was a lot longer. I'm just not used to seeing us win like this.

I have a pretty strong feeling we are going to play Purdue in the first round of the B10 tourney again this year.  I see a #6-#11 seed match-up shaking out.

Never mind - their last game is home against NW.   I'd say we are more likely to play NW.

What a difference a year makes - remember this quote from Miles after last season's NU-Purdue game at the Bob?

No need to call timeout this season as a motivational tool to ask the guys to watch the fans leaving because of a lopsided loss.

Calling timeout to make sure the walk-ons get into a blowout win is much more enjoyable. 

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/husker-rally-does-little-to-satisfy-miles-after-loss/article_30f25eb6-4a7d-5ca6-b3ee-eddf044ffbb6.html

What a difference a year makes - remember this quote from Miles after last season's NU-Purdue game at the Bob?

 

“That’s why I called that last timeout. I said, ‘Look around, what do you see? Empty seats, people heading to the exits.’

 

 

No need to call timeout this season as a motivational tool to ask the guys to watch the fans leaving because of a lopsided loss.

 

Calling timeout to make sure the walk-ons get into a blowout win is much more enjoyable. 

 

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/husker-rally-does-little-to-satisfy-miles-after-loss/article_30f25eb6-4a7d-5ca6-b3ee-eddf044ffbb6.html

I know I was thoroughly enjoying the rolling T.O.  Those around me must not have realized the implication from a mere season ago

That was an awesome teaching time out!