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I just want to shout-out Juwan Gary. He plays with an edge and consistently makes winning plays. When UCLA was trying to come back and steal it at the end, it was Gary who slammed the door shut. It was also Gary who knocked down a couple 3s, forcing UCLA to guard him, which helped open up the floor for Brice to get to the rim (and get fouled). I do tire of some fans complaining about him taking 3s. His shot has obviously improved, and is to the point where he should be taking 3-5 open/rhythm 3s per game. The threat of him shooting opens things up for everyone. He just shouldn't try to make a living out there, and he hasn't. Gary is a program-changer, and I don't think we will understand just how valuable he is to this program until he's gone. I'd love to see the record of games with Gary in the lineup versus the same number of games without him.

Rooting for as many wins as it takes to bring back Woodson for another year

Kent and Greg are the best basketball/football 1-2 punch in the nation and it isn’t even close.

Mick Cronin please pick up the red courtesy phone.

Well, to be fair, their fanbase is full of entitled, pretentious douches, so that tracks. Random thought: Do UCLA fans wear sweater vests? 2nd random thought: I'm confident that NU is the first team in history to win back-to-back(-ish) conference games against teams with at least 16 combined nat'l championships.

Hasn't really been all that subtle if you ask me

She lost out on numerous assists when relatively open looks were missed. I hate when that happens!

I have found the Husker games on YouTube. I will look again on Tuesday to see if it is on YouTube.

Exactly, I think NU has a better chance this year of beating the ditch chickens in Iowa City, but winning on the road in conference is so difficult. Especially with Iowa probably being royally pissed off after getting 3 of their 4 remaining teeth forcibly removed by the ditch weasels the other day.

Today... we are exactly 10 weeks away from finding out where we will be going for our first round game.

...yeah...Nebraska makes their 3's, the Huskers win even more easily...just saying.

Nebraska had 4 guys, primarily bench players, who were able to shoot 8 for 10 from the field, while the other 5 guys (with 4 starters) shot 9 for 42. And won by 8 over the #15 team in the nation. That's incredible.

Murray State got it done. Very nice, that will help us some.

Agreed with all this, he's statistically the 3rd-best 3-point shooter on the team and it's not close. I want to shout-out Sam Hoiberg. Yes he makes game-changing plays, we all know what he does out there. But I think it's extremely underrated how watching him play inspires other guys on our team to give the same effort/focus. Wisconsin fans said Connor Essegian wouldn't play defense and wouldn't care on that side of the ball. Now he may not ever be the best or smartest defender, but a large of part of defense is just caring. And right now Essegian clearly cares out there and is trying his best and it showed yesterday, even when his shot wasn't falling. +24 in an 8-point game against a top-15 team when he had 2 points? That's crazy considering he's supposed to be a liability on the other end of the floor. Coaches and Connor deserve credit for that, but ultimately great teams need players like Sam, who at "6-0" are out there busting their tails with no excuses. New players like Connor and Gavin who needed to pick up their play on defense have to be watching that every game and thinking "if he can do all that, why shouldn't I be?"

I just love that ex Huskers are coming to this awesome board! Keep them coming and providing amazing insight. Loved watching you Steve!

We’re a real PITA to play. This particular roster is exotic. Very long, deceptively athletic, and smart. It’s likely the best FT shooting team we’ve ever had. Just wanted to shout out Morgan who was a friggin dude this game. He and Sam were awesome. Brice didn’t shoot well against UCLA’s elite defense but he got to the line 12 times and made 11. That’s what pros do. Also, I’m not sure anyone could watch Connor’s play and not see an enormous improvement defensively. Being able to hold his own makes us almost unbeatable if he’s shooting well. Hell of a win. We should be ranked.

Since I gave up my season tickets, Nebraska is 28-1 at home. You're welcome.

So if my memory serves me right, last year we upset #1 ranked Purdue in Lincoln, stormed the court and were riding an emotional high. Then went to Iowa and lost by 20. I personally think this team has more mental toughness and more mature leadership from last year, so I’m not predicting that will repeat itself. Would love to suffocate Iowa defensively and hope Fran goes to Francon level 1 quickly.

Am I the only one that likes that we're not ranked? I'd like to fly under the radar as long as possible so the guys get a nice boulder-sized chip on their shoulder.

House of Large Sizes, the BEST thing to come out of Iowa (since I-80 West)

What's sad is she could hit them at a good percentage as a freshman (50% on 42 attempts). Shot 33% as a sophomore on 79 attempts, and 30% as a junior on 71 attempts. It's puzzling that she had a good outside shot early in her career. Are our players getting better while they're here? Issues on the player development side in addition to recruiting?

With Markowski missing three 3pointers yesterday she now has a 3-point percentage of 0.182 which is worst on the team!! Needs to pass the ball instead of shooting 3's!!

His shot was flat Saturday— but I don’t remember that being the case other games? Maybe it’s just because they went in.

I understand Huskerpapa. You made your prediction before and based on predictions, I did not know if anyone would show up. Still it was a good turnout considering.

Not even close To a good turn out that was a fantastic turnout considering the weather conditions. Nebraska fans continue to show they are the best. The attendance is the number of season tickets (4000 or so) p!us the number of walk-ups to equal 5900 I would estimate 3500 butts in the seats. Way more than the guy who said not even a 1000 would show up

I believe Fred pointed out to the Big Ten Conference that Nebraska is the only Big Ten team to start conference play on the road each of the past 6 years. I’m guessing we might finally start conference play at home the next couple of years.

No. But they definitely drive a Tesla. They don't leave home without a light Patagonia jacket. And guy or girl they're wearing a visor.

They all suck in terms of presentation and the content isn't much better. 'make more 3s and we win this easy'

Actually our first B1G of the new year last season was a big win over Indiana which we followed up with getting our teeth kicked in by Wisconsin and Connor Essegian. Playing on the road in the conference is not for the weak.

It’s really remarkable from game 1 to 14 how much essegian has bought into the defensive concepts and just the effort needed to stay on the floor. Goes 0 for 6 from 3 on 6 pretty good looks but yet his biggest impact on the game may have been how he effects spacing just by being on the floor.

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The turnaround by Hoiberg is remarkable. Simply astounding, tbh.

Zero turnovers for Rollie, Ulis and Sam in their 58 combined minutes. In a game against the best team in the country at turning opponents over, that's probably the most important stat right there. I've been pretty hard on Rollie for how loose he gets with the ball sometimes. But you could tell from the very first possession that he was going to take ball security seriously. Not sure we win this game without his reliable ball handling.

I personally don't think it matters much one way or another but it's nice to see the recognition. Keep winning and we'll get in there.

We have to get some consistency from our wings in scoring. Nissley is hit or miss. Clearly we are not getting consistent production from the 4 spot. We are asking much from Prince and Markowski misses the help that Potts provided.

Hake has shown very impressive improvement. Petrie some and maybe Bozan is coming along. After those, I can't think of any player development to brag on. The Kendalls give great efforts, but to my (admittedly untrained) eye they look as seniors a lot like they did as freshmen. Maybe the threes will start to fall for AM40 during conference play. I have to believe that if she weren't hitting them in practice she wouldn't have the green light to throw them up during the games. Double coverage is often cited for her decline in scoring, but that only happens down low in the lane. It's a mystery.

To quote a famous movie, "You effed up. You trusted them".

I wouldn't bet the farm on it. This is the B1G we're talking about. The front office has been subtly shafting NU since the moment they joined.

In case the cold and snow have you feeling down... Baseball season starts Monday (sort of)! NU starts preseason workouts tomorrow - only 40 days to the opener

PSU is not a good team.

Prince passes off way too much.she needs to take the shot instead of going for an assist.

His shot looks smooth, but he's also taking really good and open looks. He's going to be a key shooter for us that needs to keep shooting and knocking them down. He is one that, on the scouting report, they will "sag" off of when he's on the perimeter to stop a drive. So expect more and more kickouts and if he can keep a good percentage of them going in, he's going to keep that D more honest.

Everybody who played had a hand in the win. Gary probably saved the game. Blocking an easy lay-up, keeping it in bounds when UCLA had a chance to cut the lead to 3 and then a big steal after the free throws. Sam with the strip and save protecting a 7 point lead. Big free throws down the stretch. Morgan giving us some offense. Brice getting to the line and making free throws. Rollie and Uhlis qqhandling the ball. Berke, Connor, and Meah solid on the defensive end.

Fox was gushing over the UCLA defense before the game. Nebraska: Hold my beer

I probably shouldn't have butterflies for a Jan 4th, 3rd conference game of the season... but here we are. HUGE opportunity today. UCLA projected in the 3-5 seed range currently.