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  1. redsteve

    Isabelle Bourne 2019

    VIDEOS: WOW ! She is really going to be a huge add to the team. Strong girl....plays big and strong inside. Look out B1G ! Here's the only thing I could find on her size....6'-2 https://play.fiba3x3.com/players/afccef3a-2104-4f71-b7a4-8e193f311473 'MORE STUFF: http://www.fiba.basketball/oceania/u17women/2017/news/isabelle-bourne-to-fulfil-lifelong-dream-of-playing-for-australia https://www.google.com/search?q=Isabelle+Bourne+2019&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtw-Lf9MnbAhUJ6oMKHUgCAO8QsAQIOg&biw=1920&bih=947 https://www.smh.com.au/sport/canberras-isabelle-bourne-to-make-australian-debut-at-oceania-championships-20170709-gx7pt0.html
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  3. Bugeaters1

    The Media Thread

    http://www.wfft.com/content/sports/DeKalbs-Brown-helps-Indiana-All-Stars-beat-Kentucky-485054421.html
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  6. hskr4life

    NBA Playoffs

    I actually can't stand watching the NBA. So much so that I don't even watch the finals. I think the game they play is boring. I also grew up in small town Nebraska where defense was more important than offense. That's probably why I have loved the Huskers all these years. ? The college game is uglier, but it is better in my opinion. I actually would watch most all professional sports, including soccer, over the NBA. As you said... to each his own. At least we all love Nebrasketball
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  9. Red Don

    Isabelle Bourne 2019

    !BOOM! (keep 'em coming! )
    1 point
  10. Bugeaters1

    Isabelle Bourne 2019

    https://www.smh.com.au/sport/canberras-isabelle-bourne-to-make-australian-debut-at-oceania-championships-20170709-gx7pt0.html
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  11. Bugeaters1

    Isabelle Bourne 2019

    http://www.fiba.basketball/oceania/u17women/2017/news/isabelle-bourne-to-fulfil-lifelong-dream-of-playing-for-australia
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  13. The Polish Rifle

    NBA Playoffs

    He's smart in the sense that it was the fastest way to titles, financially he was going to get a max deal wherever he went. But I don't think it was a smart move for his legacy. Golden State had proven they were the best team in the NBA prior to his arrival. Kind of like how we don't think of Larry Coker as the best coach of all time, even though he coached one of the best teams of all time. 2001 Miami football was on a title path with or without Larry Coker - 2018 GSW were on a title path with or without KD.
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  14. HuskerFever

    2018 Husker Baseball

    Compare that to Minnesota who had 20 guys on their roster from the state of Minnesota. It's amazing what that program was able to do with so many local players this season.
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  15. The two problems you would hit is that I think this will be the Friday before Christmas and the tickets need to be secured because this will easily sell out. If someone is a bus owner, either short or long, hit me up.
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  16. throwback

    2018 Husker Baseball

    I counted at least 7 players who played high school baseball in the state of Nebraska that were drafted out of college last week - 4 in the top 11 rounds - and 0 of them played at NU this past year. (Chandler was here and did nothing in 2 years before transferring and becoming a 6th rounder in one year.) NU had 12 in-state players on its roster in 2018, 8 of whom were draft eligible, and 0 were drafted. I can't see any of the other 4 ever becoming draft picks. There's your talent gap. I get that not every Nebraska-born kid wants to play at NU. But if you get 4-5 of those 7 kids in your program -- and you absolutely should, if your talent evaluation is worth anything & if you have any kind of relationships built, which you should after 7 years -- I guarantee we'd have challenged for the B1G title this year. I mean with most baseball players paying roughly 2/3 of their own tuition, you should have a huge advantage recruiting in-state players. You should have your pick, whether it's straight out of high school or after they go to juco for a year or two. We've been picking the wrong ones. In college baseball, you just have to have several professional-level, draftable players in the program, or you can't win at a high level. We had 3 this year. We had 3 last year ... and, technically, we had 4 different players drafted, as Schreiber and Alvarado were drafted both this year and last year. 4 is nowhere near enough over a 2-year span. And next year may be worse as far as number of draft picks. If Luensmann & Tillotson prove they're healthy, they'll get drafted. Beyond that, there aren't any sure things. Barring someone making a huge step forward, 2 might be it. We're going to have to rely on a bunch of newcomers in 2019, which has not worked well under this staff and in the B1G in general. Hopefully the coaches can put their heads together, figure out what's been holding them back, switch around some roles, and make '18 look like the blip on the radar. But they can't turn around the talent gap overnight, so that means a lot of things must go perfectly in '19 to get back to an NCAA bubble team. That's asking a lot. They were able to do it during the regular season in '16 and '17 with similarly talent-challenged teams, so maybe there's some hope. But the drop in '18 was so fast and so far, it's going to be tougher to climb back up to that level and get the players to believe in that same message that worked in '16 and '17 after they watched it fail so badly in '18.
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  17. Handy Johnson

    NBA Playoffs

    On a lighter and more positive note, I renewed my season tickets yesterday, and could give a fat frog's a** where LeBron ends up (as long as it's not the Lakers) .
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  18. Silverbacked1

    NBA Playoffs

    Thought the samething aphilso.... I remember the thread on that game/player was one I stood mine ground and got the second most red arrows shot at me.?
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  19. royalfan

    NBA Playoffs

    I agree, I don't think Warriors are better without Durant(assuming they don't have other people with that massive amount of money, which they obviously would)
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  20. khoock

    NBA Playoffs

    Series is tied 2-2 if KD isnt a Warrior, in my hypothetical opinion.
    1 point
  21. jimmykc

    NBA Playoffs

    I gave aphilso and Huskerpapa up arrows because I also respect the skills of players in the NBA ( James and Durant are two of the best I have ever seen and good guys to boot) but find the NBA teams to be incredibly boring to watch. Get a matchup, drive , take three steps, get fouled and perhaps have it called, kick out and shoot a three (usually made), then go to the other end and see the same thing. Anyone who watched Cousey, Russell, Magic, Bird,etc. perform can appreciate the dramatic flair which has left the NBA building.
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  22. aphilso1

    NBA Playoffs

    So, hot take from a guy who was a casual NBA fan and is getting closer to just not caring at all anymore: The Warriors are ruining the league. It's not entirely their fault, but as a generality I blame them for why me and lots of people like me are walking away from the NBA. 1. They've worn out their welcome. Most casual fans only find dynasties interesting when it's a Goliath (Lakers, Yankees, Alabama, Barcelona soccer, etc) that can be toppled by either a) David or b) another Goliath. It's not their fault that they're a small-ish market team with no history, but I know a LOT of people that didn't watch the Finals but would have if it had been the Lakers or Celtics going for their third title in four years. Parity would be even better. 2. Style of play. This is purely subjective, but the Splash Brothers style of offense is incredibly boring to watch. I'm a young guy (31), but hate the new style of play that has overtaken the league. It was interesting when it was only a handful of teams doing it, because it allowed for some interesting clashes of styles. But now that most NBA games just feel like a 3 point shooting contest (ugh...), I've literally stopped watching all NBA games other than playoffs. And again, I know a bunch of people with the same opinion. 3. Increased viewership of other sports, specifically soccer. This is happening at a time when it's easier than ever before to order your sports programming a la carte via streaming subscriptions. No longer are the days of quasi-monopolies where a sports league can be the only show for a season. So if the NBA is boring, I can subscribe to MLS (which is the fastest growing professional sports league in America, BTW) or any number of international soccer leagues. English Premier League, for example, runs on close to the same calendar as NBA/NHL. As it is, I'd rather watch a regular season MLB, MLS, Premier League, or Bundesliga game over a regular season NBA game. But it's getting to where I'd rather watch a regular season game in one of those leagues rather than a playoff game in the NBA. The style of play is unappealing, and the outcome is not in doubt. So why watch?
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  24. brfrad

    2018 Husker Baseball

    14th round is pretty good money. One failure of the staff this past season was not using the gift they received when Luis decided to come back. Why did they not use him like Meyers. Play him in the field Friday and Saturday, then start him Sunday? This recruiting class, the staff seemed to get the in state talent to stay. According to baseball America, the top 2 high school seniors are set to go to Nebraska. Including Colby Gomes, the 161st best prospect by mlb.com.
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  25. In 2006, with what should have been a pretty good roster with some solid returnees and a decent recruiting class, the top returning player showed up 30 pounds overweight after an offseason regimen of doobies and Big Macs. The program was adrift. No one was in charge.
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  26. I attended DONU for the last couple Collier years and first couple Sadler years. At the time, I liked Barry. His teams seemed to play their most competitive basketball in home games against big teams. It was a lot of fun to be in the student section for those contests. I also liked his interaction with the students. He used to come talk to us before the games and buy us a bunch of pizzas as we watched team warm-ups. With a decade+ of hindsight though, I wish the University had moved on from Barry quicker. He walked into a great situation, inheriting a program with excellent talent but not a ton of history. Expectations were reasonable. But he mostly squandered the talent he inherited, and recruited terribly. By the time he left, the Huskers basically just had Aleks Maric surrounded by a bunch of guys that wouldn't have cracked the rotation for the majority of major conference programs. The talent was bad enough that whoever followed Collier had very little chance of success. TL;DR -- I liked him at the time but now I realize that he was the key figure driving the program into the ground.
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