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Having a bunch of adults who love rebounding is really fun to watch.

Fun experience. I think it was the first time this season the whole crowd got up and yelled when on defense. The beauty of the neutral site game is the people who show up care and show it during the game. Watching Allick, Gary, and Mast relentlessly pursue rebounds all season is going to be good for the soul. Hope this gets some excitement at PBA this week because they may need it to beat Duquesne.

I vote whatever NIL money was going to Sims gets transferred to Mast after Sims transfers out. Have to keep him one more year.

It was a good team win. Oregon State had two pretty good players; but there was a pretty sharp talent drop off after that. That said, we put our foot on their throat and made it a pretty boisterous environment. Glad I went.

I don’t mean to make too big of a deal out of that game. But that was huge. We always lose a game kinda like that in the non con that bites us in the ass. To completely take care of them is such a breath of fresh air.

45th. New Hoiberg record.

I have to say We Have A Women's Basketball TEAM! I haven't seen team play like this for a long time. despite ALL the breaks going to Creighton in the first half, you know, things like making 8 of their first 13 treys, Bad calls by the officials, missing traveling, non-existent personal fouls, etc. Lady Huskers never held the Lead. BUT, they have fought and played great teamwork to stay within Seven, despite all the breaks going to Creighton. Creighton's largest lead was about Nine, with the Lady Huskers solid play shrinking that lead every time Creighton would try to expand it. I'm proud of this Husker WBB Team!

!st half.... When Markowski is out of the game, Creighton immediately goes inside to the basket. When Markowski's in, they shoot threes. Creighton's prepared well for us. They aren't subbing much....get them in foul trouble ? And like always it seems when we play Creighton, we don't defend the 3 well. On the other hand we aren't shooting the 3 well at all today. Getting some good offense from the newbies...but not great defense. Lots of time left.

And yep, I can see why y’all are so excited about Potts. She looks great for a true freshman! She and Prince playing together will make a formidable duo!

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We've basically swapped spots now with Maryland and leap-frogged OSU to move from 9th to 7th in the KenPom rankings in the Big Ten. We're inching closer to jumping over Wisconsin too so that's nice. Big test on Wednesday against Duquesne and if we pass it I think we've got a good shot at moving into the 30's. Ken has again upgraded our predicted record to 20-11 (10-10). San José State won big over Norfolk State and have moved up to #136. KenPom rankings as of 11-19-23 ======================= B1G (0-0): 2. Purdue 25. Michigan State 31. Illinois 36. Michigan 38. Iowa 42. Wisconsin 45. Nebraska 49. Ohio State 55. Northwestern 56. Maryland 63. Rutgers 73. Indiana 75. Penn State 103. Minnesota Non-Conference (5-0): 352. Lindenwood - W 338. Florida A&M - W ---Cornhusker Classic--- 237. Rider - W 291. Stony Brook - W ---Sanford Pentagon--- 192. Oregon State - W ---Cornhusker Classic--- 79. Duquesne 208. Cal State Fullerton 8. Creighton 37. @Kansas State 244. North Dakota 342. South Carolina State

This type of game is a unicorn. You need to play 10 points better than us to defeat us in the Pentagon

Met his grandfather. He may have thought we didn't know where Henderson was; but he said he was from York. Cool to greet him. He was a very proud man!

KenPom: Projected record: 20-11 10-10 Torvik: Projected Record: 20-11 (11-9) I posted in the game thread KenPom's prediction and at that time he had it the same as Torvik's prediction so things are still very fluid. Ken's got us at #45 now and Torvik has us at #34

Danny Nee (1986-2000) - 75 Danny Nee (2001-2006) - 70

#44 and 7th in the Big Ten. Our first Kenpom top half of the conference in the Hoiberg era.

Well, that's less impressive.

Finishing the weekend with killing 3 rodents would be nice though.

Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) vs. 22/24 Creighton Bluejays (2-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, 1 p.m. (CT) Pinnacle Bank Arena - Lincoln, Nebraska Tickets: Huskers.com/Tickets - 1-800-8-BIG-RED Live TV: BTN (Larry Punteney & Meghan McKeown) Live Stats: Huskers.com (StatBroadcast) Live Radio: Huskers Radio Network (12:30 p.m.) Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (105.9 FM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Mast is a dude. And the game change when the Governor came in and shut down Pope.

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Funny thing is that I remember that, too. They were little piggies.

I had the pleasure of coaching John for a couple years of Legion Baseball in Hampton. Henderson doesn't have a Legion. Well, they have legions of Mennonites, but that's a different story.... Anyway, great athlete and a great attitude. We could have used him last night in the punting game.

John Kroeker was from Henderson. He was a beast on the football field in H.S., set all kinds of records... He became a punter at NU.

Yeah, live by the 3, die by the 3. Today...

1-7.

Halftime Stats:

My goodness - I thought we'd win double-digits-plus and the -8.5 was a gimme, but that was even more impressive than I expected. And Keisei didn't even have an average game, let alone a big game. Nice to know we can play that way and he doesn't have to carry us. I loved Keisei's pass to Allick for the dunk in transition early 2nd half after he had just hit a 3 in transition and easily could've popped another, but he chose to look for a big man running the floor. He definitely doesn't do that this time last year. There's a lot to like about this team. Very curious to see how things go Wednesday. DU is for real, and this is the absolute definition of a letdown/trap game, but our veterans should be able to help everyone stay on the right page. If we lock in again on defense Wednesday, I think it goes well. We took advantage of a soft start to the schedule. It's a good time for a really tough test in DU.

Thanks, 12Doz - this is interesting and maybe even more entertaining. i can only chuckle at this. If the betting line were Nebraska by 31, or even 21, i would be liquidating all assets and seeking a HEL to maximize my wagering capacity!

We've got work to do today.

Accidentally subscribed to Peacock for this one as I thought I was just downloading the app. Im sure glad I did— that was fun! - Two double doubles in the same game… when is the last time that happened? Gary had 12/10… Mast 15/13. - We didn’t even shoot it particularly well in this one. 46/33/61 splits. We can do better on all of those. - Dominated the glass again and I think that might be a common theme as the year progresses. 44-31 overall and we had 17 offensive boards. - Went to an Oregon St message board and they were pretty down on the team. They weren’t high on us either. Apparently one of their guys is working his way back from injury. - Duq will be a tough test for us again but we should head into Creighton undefeated. I’m pumped for that one since we will. - That’s a huge week for us. Creighton, @ Minny, MSU in a 7 day span. 1 win is bare minimum… 2 is really keeping the momentum alive and 3 is ranked team and start the games of interest thread. - These are the types of games we’ve always should have won but always seem to allow it to be closer than it should and/or lose them.

This is very well put.

Tall kid for Oregon St. who came in as a sub, #3 Gavin Marrs, well, his mother is originally from Henderson, Nebraska. That was a pretty cool experience for him to have a lot of fans in attendance in the heartland of America. And, conference affiliation-wise, I kind of feel bad that both Wazzu & Oregon St. as they are essentially being left to hold down things as the forsaken "Pac-2" going forward, but this season is still the full 12. Anyway, that's your fun fact for today's game that not many would likely know. On a Husker note, great ballgame by NU today in Sioux Falls. My dude Brice Williams balled out & so did the defense for Nebraska, it was a game-changer during that 20-0 first half run that broke it wide open. GBR

There have been so many times over the years where you just look at the lineup on the floor and wonder who the hell is going to score?

That non tripping call was inexcusable. I still feel we are moving in the right direction. Ruhle needs to work on clock management. We should have had 2 or 3 shots to the end zone, instead of 1 and a kick. I think the old saying is play for the win on the road and the tie at home. We needed to try to win the game in regulation.

Super excited as I got tickets to this one! NU-80 DU-69

Not just 5-0 either. 5-0 and playing at or above expectations.

Final Stats:

Guys and Gals, we are freaking 5-0

Pope roasting our butts....will refrain from beaver jokes....

Obviously not a great start for the BIG but at least we tied the Gavitt games. People make it seem like the Big East crushed us.

In my best Matt Coatney voice…. YOUUUUUUUUUU BETCHA