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Schrödinger's scrimmage?

Is he Glynn Watson or is he Thomas Allen? Harder to spill ink about a guy until you see them go out there and prove it. He's a really good player with a lot of potential. He's also the guy who couldn't make a FT last year.

That time coincided with when it was clear that he wouldn't be retained. Once that pressure was gone he did one hell of a job. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not.

And yet, the results of the scrimmage will tell us everything and nothing about this season at the same time.

compared to the first three seasons of the HCFH era?

It might just be me, but a lot of outlets are accounting for keisei in their preseason write up, but it feels like Lawrence is getting forgotten about from them. By all accounts, could be the starting lead guard and was very important to the end of the year run last year. He shouldn't be catching people off guard this year, but it looks like he is?

Let’s come back to this at the end of the season. This year’s team hasn’t done anything yet. That 18-19 team had as much talent in the starting line up back to our Big 8 tourney championship team. I’ve never seen Mast play and I have high hopes for him and a couple others but let’s see them do it at the bank and then I’ll move them above that team.

This should be a great test and tune-up to see where we are at as a team. Just wish it wasn't a closed damn scrimmage. Noticed Utah is 6 spots ahead of us in KenPom ratings. Will Reink play? Might make a difference with there tall physical lineup.

I think what really worked best for us is having them miss 30 three point shots.

I'd assume that we'd have it at the practice facility

A sampling from various pundits: David Cobb, CBS Sports (Picks Huskers No. 12 in Big Ten) Nebraska finally made strides in coach Fred Hoiberg's fourth season after winning 10 or fewer games in his first three years. The Cornhuskers finished 16-16 (9-11 Big Ten) and won six of their final eight regular season games. The reason for the late-season surge? Keisei Tominaga. The 6-2 guard averaged 20.3 points while shooting 55.7% from the floor and 43.1% from 3-point range over Nebraska's final nine games. He's back for a final season but needs needs some help after last year's No. 2 and 3 scorers departed. A deep transfer class headlined by first-team All-Missouri Valley big man Rienk Mast from Bradley and ex-Iowa guard Ahron Ulis has potential. Jason Bolt, Inside the Black and Gold, Maryland (Picks Huskers No. 11) The Nebraska Cornhuskers found themselves in the thick of things in the Big Ten for much of last season, but ultimately missed out on the big dance yet again. The losses of Derrick Walker (13.6 PPG) and Sam Griesel (12 PPG) hurt the scoring production for the Cornhuskers, but the return of Keisei Tominaga – a player who could potentially be a breakout star in the conference – is something that will provide a glimmer of hope for Nebraska fans. Tominaga had an outstanding 2022-23 campaign for Nebraska, coming essentially out of nowhere to score over 13 points per game and shoot 40% from 3-point range. The defensive attention that he will receive should open up opportunities for others to capitalize on. The transfer trio of Brice Williams, Ahron Ulis and Rienk Mast should add depth to some of the holes left by the departures, but many question marks surround the legitimacy of this squad heading into next season. David Klein, Spartans Illustrated (Picks Huskers No. 13) The most competitive team that Fred Hoiberg has had since taking the job in Lincoln, Nebraska proved pesky with wins over Creighton, Iowa twice, Penn State, Wisconsin, Rutgers, and Maryland. The flamethrower Kesei Tominaga (13.1 PPG-40% from deep on 5.2 3FGA) is back and Nebraska snagged four portal players, the best of whom is likely redshirt senior power forward Rienk Mast from Bradley (13.8 PPG & 8 RPG) or Iowa transfer Ahron Ulis, but fifth-year seniors Sam Griesel (12 PPG, 3.8 APG, 5.8 RPG) and Derrick Walker (13.6 PPG & 7.1 RPG) depart, and with it, two of Nebraska’s top-three scorers. It feels like a return to the cellar for the Cornhuskers. Tristan Freeman, Fansided (Huskers No. 11) Although the end result was yet another missed NCAA Tournament, there’s no question that the Cornhuskers took a step in the right direction this past season. Coach Fred Hoiberg also had a breakout performance season from Keisei Tominaga, who averaged 13.1 ppg on 40% shooting from three-point range and will be back for another year. But Nebraska loses arguably its two best players in forward Derrick Walker and guard Sam Griesel, along with starting guard, Emmanuel Bandoumel. At least they bring back CJ Wilcher and Juwan Gary, along with bringing in a trio of solid transfers. Rienk Mast averaged 13.8 ppg and 8.0 rpg at Bradley and is a two-time All-MVC performer. He’s set to be the replacement for Walker in the frontcourt. Josiah Allick is a bouncy and athletic forward from New Mexico, coming off averaging 8.4 ppg and 7.3 rpg. The backcourt newcomers will be key. Brice Williams averaged over 13 ppg at Charlotte and shot 40% from deep, while Ahron Ulis comes over from Iowa to be the point guard position. He has plenty of shooters to pass it to so Ulis should be able to rack up some assists next season. The question now will be whether this core is good enough to get Nebraska over the hump and out of the bottom of the conference. Alex Hickey, Saturday Tradition (Huskers No. 10) The Cornhuskers might follow in the footsteps of Rutgers and Northwestern the past 2 seasons — the team that comes out of nowhere to earn a top-4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. But given the checkered history of Nebrasketball, I’m not daring enough to actually predict that outcome. But with Keisei Tominaga back in the fold the Huskers are going to be the most fun team in the B1G to watch, win or lose.

17/21.

Did we win?

That was the original word. Now Washut is saying it's tomorrow at 11am.

For one game give me the 2018-19 team. For a season probably the 2023-24 team because you can arguably lose any two guys and still not have a major drop off

You have a keen eye.

appears to be in a boot sitting on bench if you have a keen eye…. I’d add the picture but it’s too large I guess.

The lesson of the end of that season might instead be that you could take just about anyone and plug them in around Roby, Palmer and Watson, and have a pretty decent go of things. And Tim Miles did just about the best coaching job of his life in that last couple of weeks of the season.

I remember Tim Miles saying of that group, “I have four guys that anyone else in the league would gladly take“ or words to that effect. The problem with his team was the rest of the roster was mid-majorish. Talent dropped off precipitously after those first four.

One problem with the '18-19 team was they had no bench. You can argue about which group of starters would be better between these two teams, but I'd take this year's bench over that one every day that ends in Y.