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why fix a good thing? does Alabama fix Roll Tide? or does KU fix rock chalk..Husker Power, is a much a great tradition as the tunnel walk, GO BIG RED chants. Plus its simple, easy, and the it breaks even for crowd support people can pick up quick, and it isnt to much of a hassle.

H: 4-1 A: 0-5 N: 0-1 now look at the top 25 Yes, I understand how to compare and contrast. I fail to see how this warrants another topic when it's pretty much the only thing we've been discussing. Also when replying use the space UNDER the quoted region or else it looks like you're quoting me talking to myself. YOU MEAN DON'T DO THIS BUT, do it like this. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. I hate you a little less now.

H: 4-1 A: 0-5 N: 0-1 now look at the top 25 Yes, I understand how to compare and contrast. I fail to see how this warrants another topic when it's pretty much the only thing we've been discussing. Also when replying use the space UNDER the quoted region or else it looks like you're quoting me talking to myself.

I suppose it's about the overall goal. The only point of saying/doing anything during the other team's introduction is to disrupt it. The student section can do something off the wall and it will make a dent in the noise/process. If you want the entire stadium to get into it, which would be the only way to drown out a soundsystem, it needs to be something they're used to cheering.

Agree on all of this. Husker Power would be the logical choice because the arena knows about it and has already participated in it. Start it immediately after the flag corps walks off after the National Anthem.

I have never understood this logic. Just because a conference is good doesn't mean a certain number of teams are going to get in even if there are not qualified teams.

Losing record or not, IF we finished all alone in 6th I will take it.

What's wrong w/ having situational players? There's only 13 scholarship positions on a roster, and not everybody can play 20-30 minutes. If NU has 3 viable PG's on the team, all the better as Miles likes to run 2 PG's in a game at times.

Damn, Norm. You got this weekend's lottery numbers, too?

Hey, Coaches Kid, I don't want to highjack this thread but I am also a coaches kid and I wonder how many other people who post here are too. For example, I believe kidney said his last name was Wooden.

I liked these jerseys from last year, but I think I may be in the minority.

I think our current black alternates are really sharp looking. Unfortunately they played poorly in them and then people around here blame the jerseys.

Not sure if everyone's heard or seen the story about Miles' sit down with Benny this summer. He basically told Benny, "Look, you're the #3 PG on this team. With you not being able to do much for us offensively, we're not going to have any minutes for you..." It would have been easy for Benny to swallow his pride and find another school, but he didn't. He took it at as a challenge and found other ways to help the team. The kid legitimately loves being here. Where most would've given up, he didn't. That's the type of kid that I want on this basketball team, regardless of role.

So Doc gave death? Miles had a dream Doc doesn't dream

So Doc gave death?

Boy, won't they be shocked when we finish 6th.

I think the reason is you cant really sag off him because it creates open space on the floor. If you have scorers like Pitchford, Gallegos, and Petteway that can hit the 3 coming off a screen you can put Benny out there to create the open space and all you need is that screen and boom open shots. Last year you only had one consistent 3 point scorer so you could sag more but you cannot do that as much. Thats my take anyway.

If you're talking quality of assistant (which can, and often today, DOES impact the quality of recruit), Miles also has something like twice the budget for salaries that Doc did, so there's that. In my diabolical mind, sometimes I wonder what would happen if we could find a time machine and transport Miles to the pre-practice facility Devaney or transport year-2 Doc to the arena. Time has a way of glossing over some faults while bringing others out, and there's a certain optimism that goes with newness. The saying that only time will tell is a cliche for a reason. I like Miles a lot. I also liked Doc a lot. But I think a lot of us were pretty pleased with the Year 2 version of Doc (20-12 record that year, with wins over a handful of ranked teams), just as much as we are with the Year 2 version of Miles, and as much as I'm hoping to see us project upward more, it's still a little too early to make any sweeping judgments yet.

why fix a good thing? does Alabama fix Roll Tide? or does KU fix rock chalk..Husker Power, is a much a great tradition as the tunnel walk, GO BIG RED chants. Plus its simple, easy, and the it breaks even for crowd support people can pick up quick, and it isnt to much of a hassle. Plus the "older" crowd will join in I would think. That is probably true but in my opinion, that is some of the problem with NU "traditions" is that they are geared towards the older crowd. That's becuase there are more of them that come to games than the younger ones. That is kind of one of our "problems" im 25, i was with my 36 year old brother, and my 16, 11 year old nephews...Husker Power chant comes on they know what to do...just saying its a staple, it makes sense, it spans across all sports not just football.

I gotta say, the classic white top spotted red tie uniform is my favorite so far.

It helps ease the Husker football fans into Nebrasketball...

Big 10 attendance figures from the Big 10 website. The first columns are home games, followed by away games, neutral site games and total. Illinois 12-21057 1755 10-32246 3225 3-2598 866 25-55901 2236 Indiana 13-35450 2727 11-32801 2982 0-0 0 24-68251 2844 Iowa 15-65497 4366 8-37902 4738 3-2375 792 26-105774 4068 Michigan 13-26278 2021 8-35259 4407 4-1012 253 25-62549 2502 Michigan State 12-81011 6751 10-39634 3963 2-453 226 24-121098 5046 Minnesota 14-45320 3237 9-29057 3229 2-0 0 25-74377 2975 Nebraska 15-87994 5866 8-25156 3144 0-0 0 23-113150 4920 Northwestern 15-19637 1309 7-27539 3934 2-879 440 24-48055 2002 Ohio State 17-86286 5076 9-35601 3956 1-1134 1134 27-123021 4556 Penn State 13-67047 5157 9-37210 4134 2-512 256 24-104769 4365 Purdue 10-78014 7801 12-46263 3855 2-175 88 24-124452 5186 Wisconsin 12-50700 4225 11-26410 2401 1-0 0 24-77110 3213 Totals 161-664291 4126 112-405078 3617 22-9138 415 295-1078507 3656

I have never understood this logic. Just because a conference is good doesn't mean a certain number of teams are going to get in even if there are not qualified teams. You're right. We could have a better conference record than Minnesota and they could get picked over us. You would want to root against Minnesota because they are a bubble team and the more bubble teams that falter means more open spots for us. Yes. Conference standings and our final position have little to do with making the tournament. Was it 1998 where we finished 4th in the Big 12 standings and got skipped over and the 2 teams below us got in? An Oklahoma team with Eduardo Najara', that we BEAT in Norman was taken instead of us, even though we had the same Conference record. Still chaps my a**

Gotta love what's happening with Nebrasketball these days! How a team finishes a season is always more important than what happens early-on. That's a good thing for Nebrasketball because of the youthful nature of our team--improvements as the season goes along are almost always greater for a young team than for a senior-laden team. It could still happen, as Tim Miles said, on prospects for getting to the bottom of league standings, especially if some crucial injuries were to occur. But you've gotta like our chances for performing well over the remainder of the season and for good results of some sort in the post–season--and for some excellent recruiting results to follow! In years past (even during the late Nee days), any optimism around this time of year is always dashed by realities that follow. Dare we say/hope/think/expect/believe/wish that this year might be different? My money is on an affirmative answer to that question!

Greg Mac is the biggest culprit.

I agree. My initial guess while watching was 500. I think I may have been too high.

I'm going to say the 'reported' attendance was 5,500. Seems like every team reports 5k even if there's obviously 200 people in attendance.

I'll guess they had some ridiculous number like 2 or 3 thousand.

This picture was taken at player introductions before tonights game. Without looking it up guess the attendance.

My wife even called it a travel Spoiler- she Doesn't know shit about basketball.

Good question. I felt that way the time that I went to the Hilton Coliseum with the Fastbreakers bus trip in 2008, when home attendance at UNL's games were still not great.

I really hope you don't think people were serious. I would say with 99.9% certainty that those people don't believe we lost because of the jerseys Sports fans are a superstitious breed.

Doc had open practices, Coach Miles does not Coach Miles appears to leverage his assistants much more effectively and efficiently Coach Miles seems to make effective in-game adjustments...whereas Doc tended to be a bit more stubborn.

I like the scoring was really spread around. 5 players in double figures. Good Win!

Which guy? It seems this thread has meandered through a number of names...

Some times it is just hard to be the bigger man.

I think message boards sometimes bring out the worst in people and their underground board is a bad example of that. In fairness, there are also some Nebraska boards that don't exactly reflect favorably on Husker fans either. I think this board is somewhat of an exception and I think it's because the people who post here are, for the most part, affable and easy going and don't want that kind of caustic environment. But we do have our moments over here, too.

But they do have 2 less bad losses and 2 more road wins than us. Those are difference makers when deciding if team A or team B gets in. We would get cut every time with our resume right now. Have to add another road win (or 2) and pick up another quality win.

I don't see anything there?

Don't they read the board?

The only way I'm gonna get out of 40th place is by picking upsets... Neb- 68 MSU- 63

I like the way you think, but personally I'd feel a lot less pain if Yo-Adrein Payne were out as well on Sunday... You never know. Maybe he will get angry watching film after the Northwestern game...

Marcus Perry. Bo Spencer. Honorable mention to Steve Harley and Sek Henry. Both coaches had guys who could score. I'd say it's more about Doc trying to be perfect and Miles trying to minimize mistakes. Brandon Richardson still probably looks over his shoulder if he misses a shot on his driveway. No. Sorry. Perry was a great shooter if he caught the ball in rhythm beyond the arc. He could nail threes at a pretty high rate. But he did NOT create his own offense. Spencer was close, but as someone else pointed out, he wasn't able to finish at the rim like Petteway and Petteway's numbers are all-around better than Spencer's. Petteway is hitting 37% from three and 45% overall. Spencer was 34% from three and 41% overall. Harley and Henry were nowhere near as good of shooters as Petteway. Nowhere near. Terran is one of those rare players who can score from anywhere. Last night, he shot (and made) a 3 off the dribble, he took it off the dribble and got to the rim, and he hit a mid-range fade-away jumper off the dribble. Sek and Steve simply could not do what Petteway does. Period.

Screw it... Nebraska 71 Michigan State 66

While I think Doc's teams play good defense, I still have not been convinced that some of his teams great defense was simply holding the ball for 33 seconds each trip.

Marcus Perry. Bo Spencer. Honorable mention to Steve Harley and Sek Henry. Both coaches had guys who could score. I'd say it's more about Doc trying to be perfect and Miles trying to minimize mistakes. Brandon Richardson still probably looks over his shoulder if he misses a shot on his driveway.

Interesting, I actually thought that the crowd was pretty good. I guess it may depend where you sit. I am pretty proud...generally speaking of our section.

Once again, Tim Miles leads the way in identifying and pursuing and offering a talented player. It seems that, once Tim Miles shows interest in a player, others jump on board. Here is a recruiting strategy for a competing coach: wait for Tim Miles to identify a talent and then go after him. Or, if I'm a player and Coach Miles comes calling, I'd say, "Hallelujah!," and then sit back and await the interest from other coaches to come rolling in. Or, Coach Miles might consider showing interest in a less-than-talented player for the sole purpose of throwing other recruiters onto a dead-end recruiting trail.

Why can't you rate us higher than PSU? So, there. I've moved us into 10th place. Hey, it's better than a kick in the butt. That's not much higher than 12th