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Our bigs. Meah - I was worried from the very first possession of the first game, when he missed that dunk. Got fouled (mayble), but should've made the dunk. But that alone didn't bother me. After the missed dunk, he lazily/nonchalantly walked around the paint for a bit, smiling and laughing, before he made his way to the free throw line. Then clanked two free throws. That whole scene was a microcosm of years 1-3 of Fred here at Nebraska. Last night, he did the "too small" gesture after dunking on someone a foot shorter than him. We were losing to Bethune Cookman at that time. Read the room, guy. He also had Brice laughing on the court last night. If there's one player you want to be locked in at all times, it's Brice. He's prone to losing focus, and is much better when he doesn't. I want Brice pissed off when we're not playing well. All these things are signs and symptoms that remind so much of Fred's first three teams and it worries the heck out of me. Culture matters, and Fred's timeline here is proof of that. Morgan - isn't a very good defensive rebounder, which I suppose is to be expected. He wasn't a very good rebounder at NDSU either. Doesn't have the vision or passing ability to play the Mast role. The staff thought he could stretch the defense when they brought him on, but he has only made 17 threes in his entire college career. And we haven't ran anything to get him a perimeter set shot, like we did with Mast. Just more of a traditional post player. Can definitely still have a role in the rotation, but there's a reason he isn't starting or getting starter's minutes. Berke - Does have the natural vision and passing ability to play the Mast role. The handful of times he's been in that spot, he's looked pretty damn good. Kind of surprisingly, he looks like our most sound interior defender, as well. Meah has long arms and will block some shots, but he gave up at least 4 layups last night. Berke has a wide base, long arms and defends without fouling in the post. He looks much more comfortable as the 5 on both ends of the court. He looks bigger than Mast to me. Certainly longer and more athletic. I hope we don't continue to insist on playing him at the 4 for 22 of his 27 mpg. Our "finisher lineup" is Rollie, Connor/Sam, Brice, Juwan, Berke. Yet I'm pretty sure we didn't see that group play together at all in the first 37 minutes. If that's your best group, how does that make sense? I suppose Fred didn't expect a barn burner with Bethune-Cookman. It's pretty clear to me that our best five is that group, with Connor in the 2 spot. Connor only playing 14 minutes in that game is inexcusable. I don't care that he went 0-fer from three. Still had 8 points in those 14 minutes and he's the ONLY player on our team that constantly makes the defense work with his off-ball movement, similar to Keisei. He's also our best shooter - can be hard for a shooter to get into a rhythm coming off the bench playing spot minutes (see Connor's freshman vs. sophomore seasons). I know Fred doesn't want to go small with Gary at the 4 in conference play, but I think we're going to have to. We can still be a good team. Can still go up to Sioux Falls and beat St. Mary's. But we have a lot of work to do.

They should be embarrassed after that “effort.” This team isn’t “bad,” (I don’t think anyways…) - but boy do they do some atrocious things. We’re gonna get the brakes beat off of us by Creighton and St. Mary’s. Brice Williams needs to check the attitude/ego at the door. His body language is such shit. It’s clearly all about him out there, and if he doesn’t have it he’s checked out. Braxton Meah is not a good basketball player, and if he can’t figure out how to be 7’1” with a 20ft wingspan then he will be riding pine. I asked after the scrimmage, “does this team have mono?” And I’m starting to wonder if either I was onto something, or they all just hate each other. Definitely looks like 2 or 3 different teams depending on the line-ups. And certain guys play different when other guys are on the bench. Last thing I’m going to say - all I’ve heard is how smart of an offensive mind Fred Hoiberg is - when have you ever said, “damn Fred really dialed up some stuff tonight?” I can’t think of one game. His hot potato 5-out weave offense is so ridiculously easy to guard. These guys never space the floor and let actions happen/develop. No one knows how to draw two and kick, then use it. They never get solid kick-out 3’s (and if they do it’s to the wrong guys). I’m pretty fed up with what I’ve seen from this crew the first few games. Lazy, uninspired, too-cool-for-school basketball. Zero team chemistry. Get it figured out fellas

I watched the whole replay. Two things: Griffiths should have been on the court for the last 5 minutes. The more I watch him the more I like. I’d start him over Meah and have Berke start at the 5. He creates all sorts of problems that don’t show up on the stat sheet with his length and speed. He’s smart, unselfish, and helps the offense flow. He also has a good understanding of pro spacing. BC’s run to get back in the game was with him on the bench. His closeouts on defense are really good and he’s capable of switching everything. He also led our team in assists playing 13 minutes. I love Sam but he’s not a PG and GG deserved Sam’s minutes last night. I like Berke a lot. He’s smart, skilled, and tough. We need to give him a ton of reps as the 5 in the half court because he has the passing ability to get it done in Mast’s role. They also need to green light him from 3 and live with the results. He’s a good player. Juwan started being Juwan more this game. Good to see. Brice forced it but also played really well alongside Griffiths. They are a problem together. Worster was terrible offensively but he’s a great defender. I guess this week is layup practice. Wtf.

No doubt we have quickness issues on the exterior. Although I am surprised at the quickness that Rimdal exhibited yesterday. But we have length and physicality that can offset that lack of quickness. In the league we are in, that may be more important. For example, I would argue that last year, Iowa did not have quick guards, yet they did okay. Our guard corp, with Britt healthy, should be a big advantage for us. By the way, our interior players seemed quicker this year than last. Potts and Hargrove move very well. AM has some nice quick moves, and Bozan has good feet. I think we will be okay.

A bunch of new guys on the squad, many of whom are objectively good at basketball. Perhaps we should give them the noncon to gel before we start passing absolute judgments.

Hake with 7 assists and only 1 turnover was big for us. Considering their speed even more impressive.

Here is what I would like to see: Starters Rollie Connor Brice Juwan Berke Bench Gavin Andrew Ahron Braxton

Was at the game last night....SLOPPY!! I think some of this has to do with the fact that we are rotating so many guys in as Fred's still trying to figure out rotations. So I completely get it. I was even sitting the crowd last night thinking "Who would I have in that can maybe give us some offensive flow?" Last night I'm hoping was just one of those games where for whatever reason it just didn't "work" Here is the optimist in me that feels we can still continue to improve as the year goes on. Brice and Rollie combined for ELEVEN of our 18 turnovers. I don't believe that will the norm by any means at all. I felt on numerous occasions we were able to get to the paint, but our decision making was very poor. I do believe with some film those are things that can be corrected. Numerous times we had guys get into the pain with shooters open on the wings/corners and for whatever reason didn't get the ball to them and forced up a tough two. Other thing. We missed SO many buckets at the rim. I saw Robin tweet that at the 1/2 we were 6/12 on layups/dunks. Second half I bet we missed 5-6 more. I really don't think that will be the norm with this group. Heck, Gary missed about 4 at the rim and that is not him at all. Defensively I do like our length. I do think as the year goes on we can be a pretty solid defensive team. Especially with certain lineups. Look, last night wasn't pretty by any means. I've walked out of the Bob/PBA on NUMEROUS occasions where we lose that game last night. We did find a way to win. Was it pretty? NOT AT ALL. Were their some things we can improve on....ABSOLUTELY! I do worry about how we may struggle to score at times this season, but every team goes through that. Its why in basketball you see upsets all the time! I believe I saw that in the Big East alone they have already lose 3 "buy" games and we are just in the 2nd week of the season. It happens. I also like that our schedule isn't "brutal" to start as we try and find those right rotations. I will be curious to see how this team does. I do feel we can still be a solid team this year. We may have to "ugly" up games this year almost the same way Doc did. I'm sure we will lose some we shouldn't, but I also think we can win some we maybe shouldn't either. Lets not hit the panic button though. I remember after a game one time Kent Pavelka after beating Indiana said to Doc "What do you feel you guys did to look so much better tonight." Doc simply replied "We made shots." Let's avoid the 4-22 on 3's and all the turnovers and see where this season takes us. GBR!!

First, I don't recall having seen many opponent teams as quick and as fast all across the roster as was SELA yesterday. Huskers were consistently out quicked and outrun. Many rebounds were seemingly in the hands of a Husker before being swiped away by a pair of quick hands connected to a pair of really fast feet. Hake was a warrior out there, controlling the pace, getting the ball upcourt before opponents' quickness closed in on us, and getting the ball to teammates for open shots. Her defense was best yet. She doesn't seem to run out of gas. I loved the persistent urgency and intensity of the entire second half in trying to keep up with a team shooting such at such a high percentage - near 60% well into halftime. Potts: She said her summer work especially included improving her 3 point shot. Looks like mission accomplished so far. If she can keep that around the 35% level, she will have it all as an offensive threat. She can post up and score close in, and pull up and score at mid range, and she can drive and score and draw fouls. Add to that the ability to set up and score from beyond the arc and she will be even more of an opponent coaches' head ache. Rimdal: Fits right in. Looks as tho she has been playing in this system and with these teammates for years. Nissley: Fleet feet. Yaaay! Weidner: Effective, but not (yet I hope) 100%. Bozan: What a nice surprise! Several of us on here, myself included, were bemoaning the lack of having found, either thru recruiting or the portal, another big especially given that this is AM's last year. And then along came Petra. Interesting that so early in the season she got more minutes at important game moments than did Petrie. She could turn into a very potent scoring threat. As to her size - she and AM are both listed as 6-3. I thought I noticed this in the National Anthem lineup last game but didn't pay close enough attention. Yesterday I focused on it. She stands next to AM in that line and the top of AM's head looks to match up to the bridge of PB's nose They are not the same height.

My 11-0 Non Conference Record still intact.

This is true. Context. Remember when certain past teams lose these.

I know some people hate this thread, but when a team secures their ticket to the championship match, there's no apologies for resurfacing this.

Starting Meah mucks up the whole offense and that leads to the stagnant offense throughout the game because it prevents the offense from getting into a rhythm early and then guys get down and start pressing. For the life of me I can't understand why he starts. He should be a 5-10 minute a game player, at most. I would be fine with zero minutes against lesser/smaller teams. His detrimental role in the starting lineup is compounded by the fact that Rollie and Gary can't shoot. Hard to believe Hoiberg is starting a lineup with three guys who can't shoot. Ugh! Watching basketball is not as fun when the players on your team can't shoot. Last year any of 4 or 5 guys could go off from the 3 point line on any night (Keisei, Wilcher, Mast, Williams, Lawrence, etc.) That made if fun--electric! After three games of watching this team the only thing I have felt is annoyed. Now that I've got that off my chest, I'll try to find some positives. Like many above, I do agree there could be some potential in some of these players if the lineups are adjusted. More minutes for Connor, Gavin and Morgan. Less minutes for Meah and less for Ulis or Sam. My roster is the exact same as Hugh's above, except that battle for the 8th spot is between Sam and Ulis. As of this point, I have no idea what Ulis brings to the table. So far all I have seen is a guy who can kind of dribble and is an okay athlete. He is not a good shooter. I have not seen any indication is a good creator or distributor. He is just . . . there. Does not really bring anything of substance that i have seen so far. But the season is early so he should have more time to show what he can bring and then it must be decided between him and Sam for those minutes.

Meah is 7’1” and had 4 boards in 20 minutes. That’s not great with how poorly both teams were shooting. Morgan had 3 boards in 11 minutes and at least is a threat to shoot from deep. Those minutes need to swap. Meah should play roughly the middle 6 minutes of each half and not be out there in crunch time or when we’re trying to set the pace we want.

I mentioned previously after seeing the team picture that I felt she was at 6' 5". After seeing more of her around her teammates I still feel the same way. She also is what Amy likes to call "long". That will really help her shot blocking once she gets more playing time experience.

I think the body language concerns are overblown at this point. When shots are going in everyone is happy and when they aren’t, it looks bad. Effort and selfishness haven’t been the major concerns of mine through two games. At the end of the day you have to take care of the ball and make 3s to win in today’s game. -Rollie was close to 3:1 assist to turnover ratio and at the top of the PAC 12 in that stat. So far he has 5 assists to 8 turnovers which has to change. I will put more stock in his two years over two games but no offense looks good with your PG having those stats. - 3 point shooting. We currently sit at 25% which again is not a winning level. I don’t hate the shot selection overall but Griffiths/Berke/Gary/Brice have to shoot a better percentage if we are to be successful. I’m more concerned about this one long term than the above point. Those guys have some track record of good shooting but outside of Brice not a long history of high percentages.

Didn't get to see the game last night and just popped on here this morning. After reading all the posts gotta say I'm a bit concerned. Then I landed on your post. The rescue is bringing our new puppy by in about 45 min. Coincidence? We shall find out.

$15 for 3 noncon games + 1 exhibition game makes it $3.75/game. Which....was still overpriced for the product we saw on the floor last night. NyQuil goes for around $9.99 which would have been the better purchase.

some thoughts Berke- timid shooting 3s. Can see why after he attempted a couple. I think back to his games over seas this summer and thought he shot the ball considerably better. If he can’t have confidence to make the 3 then we might have to look elsewhere. I do like him on boards. Sam Hoiberg- had a couple wide open 3s and couldn’t hit. Missed his FT at end of game. Just doesn’t appear to have the same energy he did last year. I know him and keisei were tight so maybe him being gone is part of it or maybe even his injury. Brice-couple bogus charge calls felt like it took him out of his game. Saw this some last year where his body language is just bad. Saw him get beat on a couple defensive rebounds as well. Need more energy from him meah-was actually pretty dang good inside tonight but once again him on perimeter is a disaster rollie- yikes he struggled with just about everything tonight. Hopefully just an off game uhlis- was pretty happy with his play tonight. Think he might of had one bad turnover but other than that he was solid Gavin- played pretty well. Had a nice pass for an easy score. Doesn’t force things Connor- need him to hit his 3s. Did have a couple nice drives for some buckets. Made his FTS which were big. morgan- surprised but don’t believe we have seen him shoot a 3 yet.. needs to improve his defense and rebounding. I think those two factors led to him not playing as much tonight gary- was great defensively tonight but man he has to finish at the time better. Left way to many points out there. i hate to say it but man I’m just not seeing it from this team. Hope they can get things figured out but scoring seems to be so difficult either way these guys.. I do watch body language out there and guys do seem to get along good which is a good sign. Really miss Mast if you ask me. He was just the perfect 5 in this system and these guys we got are too hesitant to shoot the 3. Berke had an open 3 but put ball on floor and traveled. Got to shoot it!! im headed up to SD next week and am a little worried..

Good: We had a season's worth of bricks from inside 5 feet, so maybe we got it out of our system. Bad: I'll give B-C credit for playing hard, but I'd argue that's one of the 10 worst opponents we've ever played at PBA. Ugly: This kind of game kills our NET, but without major, major improvement, at least we won't have to worry about it. Horrible on so many levels.

Searching for a combination that can function together. Didn’t see it tonight. Credit B-C for playing with effort and enthusiasm. It’s a step forward.

And that is a win.

Connor belongs in this group that finishes games, instead of Sam, imo. Connor is always moving, is always a threat to score, and is an elite free throw shooter.

We may take some… lumps… against good teams this year. Color me a little worried.

B1G+ is showing this halftime game right now. It's hard to tell whether their shooting % is better or worse than our first half performance.

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Allison Weidner pre ACL's may have been fine against a quick guard but not today. Rimdal showed out today with her overall play. Potts continues to step up her game. Hake stepped up when we needed her today with Allison slowed and no Prince. Yes, our coaches did there homework on Bozan after not getting a 4/5 in the portal. With Prince it might have been over sooner but good to have them learn to step up when we have a player out. This type of game should help us down the road.

I was thinking that Southeastern. Louisiana was a cupcake and would be a total pushover. I was wrong. They played much much more competitively than I thought they would.

The middle of each half should be pretty safe vs being in the bonus. But if we’re there and the opponent is trying to expose it we can adjust. From these first two games he’d be the first players who’s minutes I would reduce.

Meah wasn’t bad last night. But I don’t understand Fred’s infatuation with him. “I’ve never had a player like him before at any level.” Yes and you’ve also had really good offenses most of the time and last year’s team was no slouch defensively at all, we were the #1 defense in the country in February with a hobbling Mast and one guard who had no interest in defense and another who tried but didn’t know what he was doing. Meah kills the offensive flow, he can’t get up and down the floor, he has fewer rebounds than our point guard, and he has blocked 1 shot and has 0 steals. I really don’t understand. It seems like we are just trying to force this to happen. Play like last year! Honestly I would like to see us start Brice, Connor, Juwan, Gavin, Berke. Bring Rollie, Morgan, Sam off the bench and Meah and Ulis in case of foul trouble or injuries. We need a better scoring starting lineup to start games. Right now we are starting basically one guy (Brice) who is a scoring threat from 3.

Yeah, his sloppiness on defense lead Essegian to the bench for good portions of that 2nd half. I did appreciate his clutch play in each of the 1st 2 games, though. It's a tough one to set a standard on one end, this early on, and making sure your team wins the game at the same time. Hoiberg seemed to thread the needle well enough both games.

A non con game I'm watching closely now is north Florida. They beat South Carolina first game of the year and are hanging in with GT. Nate Lliteras, former Nebraska HS kid, is a starter and putting up double digits. They look to be a great shooting team, making over 10 a game in their first two matchups. We'll see how this one turns out, but they have Georgia before they come to Lincoln too.

"There's a lot of parity this year in college basketball." -- Random television color man

In the portal era, this is probably 90% of teams though. Have to be able to figure it out sooner now days. There are teams playing much harder schedules with just as many new guys.

kind of wonder if we'll see Janowski start getting minutes

This is definitely one way to say we’re 2-0….

I saw Worster go 14 for 15 from three in warmups. He’s got to shoot. He’s now 2-4 on the year. BC was blitzing pick and rolls but going under for Uhlis always and Worster at times. He has to take that shot.

The spirit of "a win is a win" was in the context of "we just squeezed out a 5 point win against a 2023 NET #308 team". So you take the win and find a way to stop the bleeding for future games. We've got much bigger problems to sort out before we close out the regular season than worrying what the selection committee is going to say in March.

need to figure some lineups out. on to next week.

I’m quickly lowering my expectations- unless something changes quick and we get exponentially better, our trip to Omaha is gonna be UGLY

Context here... Ugly is ugly, but a win is a win.

Hard to believe Hoiberg went into the portal and got next to 0 offensive threats

Brice and Gary are not good on forcing contested midrange shots. Have to shoot better from 3, especially at home. Goodness.

My goodness. This game is dreadful. Nearly unwatchable.

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Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-0) vs Bethune Cookman Wildcats (0-1) Date: Saturday Nov 9, 2024 Time: 7:00 pm Arena: PBA Broadcast: BTN+ Bethune Cookman Head Coach: Reggie Theus (4th year) Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Conference: Southwestern Athletic Conference Nickname: Wildcats Last time out: Lost to Texas Tech Shirt not to wear: Maroon, Gold, Minnesota Gopher hat you found in your glove compartment Opening Line: Nebraska by 24.5 Nota bene: This is the 2nd time Nebraska will play Bethune Cookman in their history. Their first ever meeting was one for the record books as Nebraska smothered the Wildcats 70-26 on Dec 20, 2003. The 26 points was the least allowed by the Huskers since January 7, 1941 when Nebraska defeated Kansas St 33-22. Bethune Cookman actually led in the game 6-0. This will be a matchup of former NBA coaches and players as Reggie Theus played 14 years in the NBA and was the head coach of the Sacramento Kings for two seasons. Theus and Hoiberg worked together for the Timberwolves organization from 2009-10 when Theus was an assistant and Hoiberg was in the front office Reggie Theus has led an eventful life including playing a fictional high school basketball coach in late 90s Saturday morning TV show "Hang Time", playing for Jerry Tarkanian in the late 70s, and being the shooting guard the Bulls traded in 1984 that led to the Bulls selecting shooting guard Michael Jordan in the 1984 draft. B-C is Theus's third college stop as he coached Cal St Northridge from 2013-18 and New Mexico St from 2005-07. Bethune-Cookman was a longtime member of the Mid-East Athletic Conference. They switched to the SWAC at the start of the 2021-22 season. Player to watch: Brayon Freeman This is the 4th stop for Freeman who previously played at Coastal Carolina, Rhode Island, and George Washington. The 6'2" CG is the most likely player to take a 3 for a team that typically doesn't take a ton Player to watch: Reggie Ward One of two returning players, Ward is an undersized F/C clocking in at 6'6", 230#. He's a highly efficient finisher at the rim and will occasionally pop a 3 if left wide open. Others to watch Antwann Jones - This might be a familiar name to some as Jones played for Creighton during the 2020-21 season after coming from Memphis. Since then he's played at Louisiana and UCF. When healthy, the oft-injured Jones is a serviceable glue guy. It's unknown whether or not he'll play tonight after leaving the Wildcat's opener at Texas Tech with non-contact right foot/ankle injury 6 minutes into the game. (After watching back the injury and Jones putting zero weight on the foot afterwards I'd be surprised if he played) Gianni Hunt - 6th year PG who spent his first 3 years at Oregon St followed by stops and Sacramento St and Cal St. Northridge. Serviceable 3pt shooter but otherwise not much of a scorer and can be turnover prone. Everyone Else - WIth the exception of returner Seneca Willoughby, most everyone else on the team is a collection of guys that have multiple stops at the D-1 level. UNL Game Notes Roster/infirmary report Possible starters for Nebraska 3 Guard Brice Williams 6-7 214 lbs Senior 4 Forward Juwan Gary 6-6 226 lbs Senior 24 Guard Rollie Worster 6-5 210 lbs Senior 9 Forward Berke Büyüktuncel 6-10 244 lbs Sophomore 34 Center Braxton Meah 7-1 264 lbs Senior Bench 2 Guard Ahron Ulis 6-3 190 lbs Senior 5 Forward Braden Frager 6-7 220 lbs Freshman 8 Guard Jeffrey Grace III 6-3 200 lbs Junior 0 Guard Connor Essegian 6-4 190 lbs Junior 12 Guard Gavin Griffiths 6-7 193 lbs Sophomore 20 Forward Justin Bolis 6-8 225 lbs Sophomore 25 Guard Nick Janowski 6-4 208 lbs Freshman 31 Guard Cale Jacobsen 6-4 195 lbs Sophomore 1 Guard Sam Hoiberg 6-0 185 lbs Junior 23 Forward Andrew Morgan 6-10 242 lbs Senior 35 Forward Henry Burt 6-7 222 lbs Sophomore Out for year 51 Forward Rienk Mast 6-10 260 lbs Senior Hoiberg presser/ Andrew Morgan The Skinny: Bethune Cookman is going to give Nebraska a very different look than UTRVG. Instead of a team out there hunting threes, what you should see tonight is a deep team looking to run and steal their way to a victory. The Wildcats will attempt to live in transition or else hero ball their way through this game at the PBA. This is a type of team Nebraska is set up to beat with their base defense. Speaking of base defense, at this point it feels like Nebraska's length not only allows for closeouts in their scramble 3 defense but also has a chance to be the Hoiberg's best team in terms of defensive rebounding and generating turnovers. We'll need to see how it looks vs better teams but the pieces are there. Tonight the Wildcats will take and make plenty of tough shots when forced to run offense. As long as the Huskers clean up on the boards they'll be fine. I don't know that Nebraska will plan to pound the ball inside every game but I expect them to keep at it during this one. Nebraska has two more games to figure out their rotations but their best lineups are likely to involve Brice Williams, Rollie Worster, and whoever else might have it that night. Andrew Morgan ended up playing 20 minutes last game despite being out of shape after recovering from his concussion. I wouldn't expect Nebraska to put away the Wildcats early as Bethune Cookman slugged it out with Texas Tech until the Red Raiders put on a 27-4 run towards the end of the first half and into the second. At some point B-C will stop making shots and can Nebraska put them away? If they put away the Wildcats, can they keep them there? Prediction: Nebraska 90 - Bethune Cookman 65 View full article

I am not sure the best team won today. I was impressed with SEL and how they executed both against man and they diced up our zone. We all know that quickness is going to hurt us but I was surprised that their big girl neutralized Markowski. Two factors won the game for us, excellent three point shooting 14/29 and our depth may have worn them down. -Potts is our key player, she wants to win -Hake played solid -Weidner was not on her game -Berte R played well -Bozan continues to impress -Alexis was not dominate on the boards Good test and without Prince. Hopefully we step forward.