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I hope everyone has a great final 8 days of 2024. And that 2025 is a very happy and HEALTHY year for you and your loved ones. Peace to all!

Ya I was expecting a lot more from Worster. He does a good job running the show and getting us into our offense but has struggled shooting and with turnovers a both more than I expected.

Last year, we had 11 guys who averaged at least 30% from beyond the arc. That's right, 11. Right now, we only have 3 guys with at least 7 attempts who are shooting over 30% from 3 (granted, two of them are well into the 40s). But, after those 3, of all the guys with at least 7 attempts, nobody else is shooting better than 22.2% from beyond the arc. On six attempts, Andrew Morgan has hit two (33.3%) so I'm not counting him. But other than Morgan, the only three guys on the team shooting better than 22.2% from beyond the arc right now are Bryce, Connor and Juwan. That is shocking. Hawaii was daring Rollie to jack up a 3. Daring him. We'll leave you alone back there, dude, go ahead and take that shot. Nope, we're not gonna let you drive. But we'll leave you wide open to miss that 3-pointer. Him and Berke both. Chase Bryce, Connor and Juwan off the 3-point line and we might have trouble scoring.

Dimes slacking on the Meah dunk infographic is not the championship-level performance I expect from this program.

Are we better with Worster or would we be better if we still had J Law playing PG? I lean J Law just because of his shooting.

To quote Everett Flatch in Hoosiers....."I'm not seeing it".

This — I believe Morgan, Connor, Bryce, Gary, and Berke can all be the “guy” on any given night.

Last year's team was going to be three heavy. You could see it a mile away because everyone could take 3s. This season would be a disaster is we shot them at the same rate because it's not built the same. We have posts and PGs that aren't threats from 3. We're stronger rebounding and generating turnovers but unfortunately have been sloppy with the ball. The slightly surprising upside is that we've generated FT attempts at a rate higher than any Fred Hoiberg team to date. There is a very good argument that production at the FT line is fickle. From my experience, the same can be said about making 3s. This is a different team and hopefully the outcome is that the matchups benefit us with success in the tourney

I’ve Been pretty critical of meah this year but man his impact was felt tonight as it was vs Indiana and vs that Blue instate school down the road. Have to think even though the offense isn’t pretty when he’s the pivot point this is how hoiberg envisioned him helping us when they got his commitment

I like that we overcame a lot in this game. Our guys were clearly frustrated by the officiating but we stayed tough and notched a victory. It will be interesting how the Oregon St game will be officiated.

Will give him credit - Sam has made 2 nice plays on the offensive end this half.

his underneath dunk was pretty impressive

Brice and Juwan show out tonight against the home squad and home refs. They can't take away made shots, and that proved to be the difference for the Big Red in winning at Hawai'i. Great win by the Huskers. Now let's go win a Diamond Head Classic championship game on Christmas Day! GBR

It’s almost easier if we know and are ready to get screwed by the refs. We got rattled for seconds at a time, and then remembered that this is the way it is playing at Hawaii; and got refocused. Totally different story than MSU

Phenomenal defense for the win. Don’t really care how ugly it looked offensively. We kicked their ass by 12 in the second half because they couldn’t score. Hawaii had 5 assists and 15 TOs. 41% from 3 to their 25% 90% from FT to their 67% 38 points in the paint to their 26 10 assists to their 5 8 steals to their 4 4 blocks to their 1 12 TOs to their 15 Lunch pail, Nate Loesner win. Let’s go.

Hawaii was about the ugliest D1 team I’ve ever seen. Learning to win in all situations is a very important skill, that’s why I don’t mind playing games like this. We are setting ourselves up to win some tough games we have no business in winning. Our team is a lot closer to Iowa football that Brazilian football (soccer). We will play a lot of ugly games and win a lot of ugly games. That is fine with me, just win the games. Huge opportunity on Christmas. Would be massive moving forward if we can win. The metrics might not care that much, but it will have a huge impact on our season if we can win.

That was a textbook blockout.

Funny Gary sticks his ass into a guy and gets called for a foul.

Brice is going to the league.

We’re getting royally shafted by the men in stripes tonight. It’s not even close to appearing fair. The same calls on one end are not called on the other end.

Meah has had a nice game so far.

We are a MUCH better rebounding team when Berke is on the floor. On the other hand the thought that he might be a threat from 3 point range seems to be a failure to this point in the season.

I mean...it gets the boys a trip to Hawai'i and we get some national TV.

came out of the gate rough, but got straight as the game went on.

This is the 11th most by a Husker in a season since 2009-10. He is chasing Roby's 28 for the Bartorvik crown

No. Rollie's deal is that he's never been much better than a 30% 3pt shooter and he should only take those shots as needed. Sometimes it feels like he'll take one at the end of a game we are winning so it makes it slightly harder to profile him as a guy who you don't need to guard at the 3. Maybe it's the last couple of games moving the needle but the numbers offensively and defensively are significantly better when Worster is on the court

Beating Hawaii is pretty fun. It about started like the last three games we played them. I remember following the 2004 NIT game on the yahoo sports stat tracker. Were there more fans at the 2006 game? Nice to have the lead at half. Absolutely shut down probably their best shooter (Greene) in the 2nd half. The defense of stifling. How often do you see a defense force two shot clock violations? Felt like we were in control but with six minutes left it was still a 6 point game. We have played a lot more one-on-one offense in this tournament. Early in the 2nd half it was pretty clear we needed to go through either Brice or Juwan. Great leadership and energy from those two. This tournament the reffing is letting the games flow so we certainly are getting some conditioning. I don't mind it. Big 10 reffing can be way worse. Playing for a championship is pretty cool. Doesn't happen that often.

I have been surprised with Rollie’s turnovers, but I can’t deny that his size has been an advantage that helped against Creighton and other teams with smaller guards. A true 6’5” 215 pound point guard isn’t something we’ve had often. Juwan hitting 3 threes last night was encouraging. GG doesn’t have the confidence right now. He’s a great shooter in practice and was one of the best over the summer. But he’s a liability defensively. And turns it over. I’m afraid he will be on the bench for a while

Michigan State is 300+ in 3-pt percentage and they didn’t have trouble scoring. We’re also due for some positive shooting regression from a couple guys, Worster and Berke. Also could create a couple more looks for Morgan since he’s capable and just isn’t taking a lot. I’m still in the camp that we’re better than last year. I don’t feel like we’re screwed if one or two guys are off like I did at times last season. We more diverse in how we can attack, it’s just how quick do we find what’s working each night.

Not sure whether we are better this year than last. Time will provide the clear answer. Last year we seemed more reliant on the perimeter game; this year we seem to enjoy scoring in the paint (when we are not missing bunnies). Last year we seemed to be a finesse team; this year we seem to be more physical. Last year we seemed to struggle at time gathering rebounds; this year we seem more consistent going after the ball. Last year we seemed to have many more defensive lapses; this year we seem to like our defensive identity. Yes our three point shooting is (at times) missing in action; but our shot selection seems solid and the form of the shooters appear solid. I like the odds that our over all percentage will improve as the season wears on. We shall see, I guess.

Corn 69 Nice Beavers 59

I believe he meant to say "cromulent".

2011 was the last time we won two non-conference road games (at USC, at TCU). Those games were also the last time they won a true road game west of Lincoln. It was also the year that got Doc fired.

Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-2) vs Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (7-3) ** 2024 Diamond Head Classic ** Date: Monday Dec. 23nd, 2024 Time: 9:30 pm CST Arena: SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i Broadcast: ESPN2 Hawai'i Info Head Coach: Eran Ganot (10th Season) Location: Honolulu, Hawai'i Official Name: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Conference: Big West Nickname: Rainbow Warriors Mascot: None Line: Nebraska by 9 Rotation Depth: 10 Last time out: Beat Charlotte Nota bene: Nebraska is 2-7 all-time vs Hawai'i with their only wins coming on Dec 2nd and 3rd of 1976. All games Nebraska has played vs Hawai'i have been in Honolulu including an 84-83 season ending loss in the NIT Hawai'i coach Eran Ganot was an assistant under Randy Bennett at St. Mary's from 2010-2015 and runs many of the same defensive principles as Bennett Fred Hoiberg is 4-0 as a coach in Hawai'i, 2-1 as a player. 6'10" Hawai'i sophomore Forward Akira Jacobs was Keisei Tominaga's teammate on the 2024 Japanese Olympic Team This marks the Huskers’ seventh trip to the islands for a tournament and the first since the 2014 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Fred Hoiberg led Iowa St to the championship of the 2013 Diamond Head Classic. There is an infamous report that Iowa St made the team sleep in a ballroom before their flight home to save money. Hawai'i Roster Player # Class Pos Height Weight Summary Gytis Nemeikša 5 SR F 6-7 220 15.0 Pts 6.6 Reb 0.8 Ast Marcus Greene 4 SR G 6-2 190 12.7 Pts 3.0 Reb 2.5 Ast Tanner Christensen 32 SR F 6-10 260 11.5 Pts 7.6 Reb 1.1 Ast Tom Beattie 2 SO G 6-4 190 7.5 Pts 2.4 Reb 1.8 Ast Kody Williams 0 JR G 6-0 190 7.4 Pts 1.2 Reb 1.6 Ast Akira Jacobs 34 SO F 6-9 205 6.7 Pts 2.7 Reb 0.2 Ast Harry Rouhliadeff 14 JR F 6-9 220 5.3 Pts 4.0 Reb 1.0 Ast Ryan Rapp 22 SR G 6-5 189 7.4 Pts 3.9 Reb 2.1 Ast Jerome Palm 20 SR F 6-10 215 3.0 Pts 3.1 Reb 0.6 Ast UNL Game Notes Roster/infirmary report 2 Guard Ahron Ulis 6-3 190 lbs Senior (Could be out with an ankle) 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 34 Center Braxton Meah 7-1 264 lbs Senior 9 Forward Berke Büyüktuncel 6-10 244 lbs Sophomore (Might be out with an ankle) Bench 0 Guard Connor Essegian 6-4 190 lbs Junior 1 Guard Sam Hoiberg 6-0 185 lbs Junior 23 Forward Andrew Morgan 6-10 242 lbs Senior 31 Guard Cale Jacobsen 6-4 195 lbs Sophomore 12 Guard Gavin Griffiths 6-7 193 lbs Sophomore 5 Forward Braden Frager 6-7 220 lbs Freshman 8 Guard Jeffrey Grace III 6-3 200 lbs Junior 20 Forward Justin Bolis 6-8 225 lbs Sophomore 25 Guard Nick Janowski 6-4 208 lbs Freshman 35 Forward Henry Burt 6-7 222 lbs Sophomore Out for year 51 Forward Rienk Mast 6-10 260 lbs Senior Tourney Schedule Diamond Head Classic Schedule Dec. 22 Oregon St. vs. Col. of Charleston 2 p.m. Loyola Chicago vs. Oakland 4 p.m. Nebraska vs. Murray State 8 p.m. Charlotte vs. Hawai'i 10:30 p.m. Dec. 23 Loyola Chicago vs Col. of Charleston 4:30 p.m. Oakland vs Oregon St 7:00 p.m. Nebraska vs Hawai'i 9:30 p.m. Murray State vs Charlotte 11:30 p.m. Dec. 25 Seventh Place Game 12:30 p.m./2:30 p.m. Fifth Place Game 12:30 p.m./2:30 p.m. Third Place Game 5:30 p.m. Championship Game 7:30 p.m. The Skinny: Typically I like to wait until injury reports are out to release this writeup, so things will be a brief today. Nebraska might be down Berke and Ulis tonight. Hawai'i is a tough team that runs a Randy Bennett like defense. Thus they'll man up and run you off the 3pt line, forcing you to beat their post players one on one or else take mid-range shots. Nebraska can work in this environment and Hawai'i gives up a lot of points at the FT line. Offensively, the Rainbow Warriors are looking to bring everything into the paint. By default Nebraska is set up to stop this and it's really about how well they can guard without fouling as Hawai'i scores a ton of points at the FT line. Otherwise, it will be about preventing second chance points as Hawai'i's posts excel on the glass at both ends. It would be surprising to see Nebraska take Hawai'i out of this one quickly. Nebraska is the better team but if they get into the wrong side of a ref show in Hawaii they sure could drop this one. Prediction: Nebraska 76 - Hawai'i 68 View full article

Was that even against a Division 1 team?

Are we forgetting Omaha already...........

Kent was not familiar with Bart Lennox and hoped he wasn't a local high school ref.

Feel like that one is going to be a tightly called game that should benefit us as long as we keep loving the rim.

Yes absolutely. 2014, 2006 (doc got tossed), and 2004 NIT when Conklin went nuts against them.

NEB Specialty Stats Bench Points 4 Points In Paint 38 Points off Turns 14 Opp Turnovers 16 2nd Chance Points 9 Off Rebounds 9 Fastbreak Points 10 Layups 11-19 Dunks 2-2 Times Tied 1 Times Taken Lead 4 Possessions 60 Scores 30 Pts Per Possession 1.150 Scoring % 50.0 Turnover % 20.0 Time Leading 23:17 Time Trailing 14:33 Time Tied 1:44

I get it. But I’d add: He’s smart and mature, 3 level scorer, elite ft shooter, and luxury perimeter defender at 6’7”. If he can keep putting clutch closer on tape, he’s getting drafted 2nd round.

We are going to need better play out of Rollie. I get he’s not the greatest shooter in the world, but the loose turnovers and poor shots selection can’t happen from a point guard with his experience.

Williams and Gary are the offense. Hasn’t been much else from anyone.

They both guard like hell though.

Generally agree … unless the host is located in a literal tropical paradise.

I agree with all on the poor officiating. When they called Juwan for a charge and the phantom push on Morgan on back to back possessions I felt like the home cookin' was gonna keep us from winning. Now beat the Beavers!!

Shoutout to Coach Joe Cipriano, Brian Banks and Carl Mcpipe with special shoutouts to Nebraskans Curt Hedberg, Terry Novak, Mark McVicker, and Bob Seigel (The Fairbury Giant).