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Matt Abdelmassih is at St Johns. And they have a roster full of kids that look talented on paper but lack toughness and cohesiveness. weird.

If half of the information is correct regarding how Coach Williams handle the situation, her job could be in serious jeopardy. It should be easy to verify as the whole team was present for the meeting. Even though Ashley was an adult and may have consented in the relationship, Love had power and control over her and she is the victim in my opinion. And I am about as conservative as they come. It is never okay for a coach to engage in sexual activity with a member of the team. It amazes me that people think they can get away with developing this type of relationships. Even District Attorneys are not immune to total stupidity.

We have to hope the PBA effect continues because I don’t like the matchups with Rutgers and Minnesota. I think Indiana is our best bet for that road win.

Just hope this doesn’t distract this years team. We’ve got a nice season going so far. I remember that PSU game. It was awful. You could tell the entire team was in a massive funk.

This may turn into deserving its own thread. Holy cow this skeleton just crawled out of the closet!

That's our jam!

Exactly. See, though I don't understand how they come up with it, I remember ppl like @49r patiently trying to explain to me that even though we might be favored in all the remaining games, the analytics people might project a different record than 5-0. Way over simplified. But say we're projected to win all 5 of our games. But the expected individual game probabilities are 52%, 75%, 90%, 60%, and 55%. In short, that's 1*52%+1*75%+1*90%+1*60%+1*65% = 3.42 wins out of 5 games.

I watched the Michigan State/Michigan game at Michigan. Michigan should have won. I still want to play Michigan St. in the conf. tour. with them as the 5 seed and us the 4 seed. It would give us another quad 1 win opportunity. The media sure loves Mich. St. and their coach.

I actually appreciate his demeanor on the bench. He's always cheering on teammates. It could've very well been a situation where the old guy who has been a starter his whole career gets disgruntled and causes locker room issues after losing playing time. But doesn't seem to be the case here. Props to Boogie.

Nah, The women took the W out of Iowa.

Minnesota really scares me...

Let’s hope that doesn’t come to fruition. However, if there is truth to the allegations we may be looking for a new Coach.

To piggy back on that he brought his starting PG Daniss Jenkins from Iona had he's had the job from day one. If Jenkins comes back for his extra covid year, he's likely to have the starting job again. Otherwise if you cut through all the Pitino bluster he is a defensive coach and it's also likely that Wilcher isn't elite enough defensively to make up for his lack of experience.

This is exactly right. Love was in a position of power and control. How in the world could teammates know about this but the other coaches didn't? Sounds like one of the practice squad players was in on the ruse when they confronted her as well. I'm curious if her attorney has already spoken to some of the team members at that time (ones who left the team later on) about what transpired in this meeting where Ashley was yelled at. All it takes is one person to corroborate her story.

Illinois only played six players and all scored in double figures. Indiana basically played five players. The 5 played 35,35,40,34,31 minutes.

This is a sad situation. I don’t like how players were used to entrap Scoggins being in the Coaches room. There has to be some concern that the Head Coach and other assistants had no inkling when it seems team members had some knowledge. Maybe it is a shakedown but it certainly needs to be dealt with openly and fairly.

With Mast being able to shoot, you can get away with Kyle/mast lineups. Ideally they work on his shot a bit, but not a necessity. I would like him also honestly.

I have faith that our coach and athletic director knew what they were doing at the time and will continue to do so. That being said it can be one hell of a detraction or a rallying point for our team. We will soon find out.

First reaction: I CALL BULLS**T !!! Not on what is alleged of the assistant coach but on the reported reaction of the HCAW. No coach would handle the situation in the manner alleged. Instead she would have been in immediate contact with the AD who would have brought in the lawyers who would have advised that the AC be separated from the team - as happened. There would not have been an hours long team meeting at which the player was shouted at. My guess is that some shyster lawyer sees this opportunity to shake down the university ... that as a respondent UNL would have to choose between re-living the whole incident (obtaining testimony from players - thus subjecting them to cross examination) and disrupting the program vs just settling the suit. Obviously the AD has a ton of money and the litigants might hope that UNL would rather part with a couple million rather than open an old would. In another word ..... shakedown.

Kyle intrigues me, plays hard and very athletic. Good replacement for Jo but no outside shot at all. Don’t think Saint is a P5 guy but could be wrong. He’s improved a lot but not sure it’s enough for the big 10

I like Petrie's upside. But next year we will possibly lose Stewart and Coley isn't very physical. I think a pickup in the portal would be a wise move especially if the player had 2 or 3 years left. Losing Mendelson and possibly Stewart leaves us short at the post.

Just read the on3 article. Always felt like something was not right with what was reported. If indeed true, this goes beyond Williams as a head coach, Alberts as the AD, there are players that fans are high on, and this just make them look so bad. Completely handled the wrong way on so many levels. If true then Ashley should not take money to drop the suit, it is a story that needs to be told.

I notice how in the article it states Love pursued sexual relationships with students. Students - plural.

Isn't Petrie showing growing promise in this area?

If this went down the way she claims, then the people named in the lawsuit need to be shown the door.

This is one difference, but the biggest difference is they smoked their Q4 opponents by 40+ points in almost every game. They were ranked top 10 or maybe even top 5 in NET going into conference play. An absolute tragedy that the metrics would care about that, but alas, they do. Someone needs to get the memo to Fred. Next year, no screwing around in blowouts. Don’t unload the bench. Keep pouring it on.

Because of the addition of guards coming in, we still need a big recruit or transfer, that can control the lane like Markowski. When she graduates, it's going to be a whole new ball game for this team........like any team that has to replace a force in the middle.

I don’t bet often, but when I do it’s usually to hedge against my happiness on Nebraska sports. This one is appealing…

Not doubting you, but who's saying we win out? We have 5 games left, three on the road, and our current conference record is 8-7. Winning out would put us at 13-7. That would tie for the most conference wins this century and the 2nd best conference win %. If we do that, surely we're a lock regardless what happens in the conference tournament, right?

NE still needs a couple power forwards of 6'3" variety to take care of the middle and score as well.

Damn you Ken Pomeroy and your computer!!!

Actually, the kids they ran off are better: AJ Storr at Wisconsin, Butler's starting pg, Memphis' leading scorer, starters at 3 other schools with better records.

As usual, putting his career skin before his players...would love to hear Kent giving him the business...

The original Jack-Wagon, Rick Pitino.

Admitting affair under oath and paying for an abortion apparently still more enjoyable than coaching this St. Johns team. https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/sport/rick-pitino-scandal-history/index.html

Gophers squarely in the hunt for a bid. Our game with them in Lincoln could be very important....and it won't be easy. Payne and Garcia will be a challenge.

There’s bad in the refereeing world, and then there is this tip toss

After seeing Keita walk almost normally hoping that he's a candidate to pick up Allick's 20 minutes a game.

When it comes to Indiana music, they're star heavy, depth light. There will be few people here who recognize this group/song, I know who you are. Mason Proffit. This song really pertains to what's going on today. GBR!

You got love it though. I don't like the Indiana coach, she comes off as a major BIT#$.

Legit question then...why isn't he playing on a team where the coach is lambasting much of the team for their slow feet, lack of toughness, et al? It doesn't make sense.

I’ll take a William Kyle from SDSU and Saint Thomas if Gary or Williams moves on

And don't get blown out in games, tbh.

Considering Tominaga started the season out by missing his 1st 3 FTAs, the fact he's sitting at over 90% now is pretty amazing. He's been 56 for 59 since that 0-3 to begin 2023-24.

Maryland has had two season ending injuries to key players, but yes not a typical Maryland WBB season.

NET is purely numbers based. The biggest head scratcher is BYU being #9. They aren’t a big name. MSU is high because they’ve played an extremely difficult SOS, and while they’ve lost most of their Q1 games, they were close losses. Win margin matters a great deal to NET.

If it comes down to it, Omaha is walkable

I just really hate Iowa. But on the flip side I really hate Wisconsin too!