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Didn't vote. No Neither option. Reminds me of my 2016 ballot.

I'll be at the game too for my only Huskers WBB home game of the season... Likely behind the West hoop in my usual accoutrements. Feel free to drop by!

First 45 seconds of the video is all that matters here:

He has been away from the team for approximately 2 weeks. I'm sure the medical staff is taking all precautions. There is no rush to return him to action until he has fully recovered and has gotten his legs back under him. From a medical perspective we do know that mono can cause weight loss and fatigue, and those symptoms can linger.

I prefer one Pepsi product over all other sodas/pops. It's really just that one, and all others are a far distant second. Basically, it's Mountain Dew or nothing.

You walk right by me, I'm in section 106 row A.

For anyone who may have missed it, here is the Official Box Score for the Cal State - Fullerton Game:

Oh man where do I start.... *That’s a game we lose under Miles for at least 4/6 years he’s coached here. No kids, deadish crowd, break coming up, coming off some emotional wins with illness creeping through the team. Nice to have talent. If Doc was coaching that game with his players, that’s 21-19 at half or something. *I feel bad for CSF’s coach. He had a phenomenal game plan that I expect conference teams to exploit. His team executed the general principles of it well, also. Too bad he has some bone-head individual players who lost him so many crucial possessions when it coulda been made into a real game. *That was an ugly 20 from Roby. I did not think he played well at all. We kinda forced it to him in the second half and he clanged his way to 20 somehow. Should have had 30 with his miss free throws and missed opportunities earlier in the game. *If Glynn woulda had just an “ok” year last year - he’d be receiving so much more pub this year. He’s really doing some special, special stuff to lead this team. And his defense.... OOOHHH MY ? *I love Cope and Palmer. *Nana’s never seen a shot he didn’t like. *Tom Allen is that dude. 11:52 mark in 1st half - his 1on1 defensive transition - 99.9% of people can’t do that. *As long as we don’t ever have the type of team that solely relies on Brady to be a superstar, he could go down as one of the most serviceable bigs we’ve had IN A LONNNGGGG TIME.

So this is kind of interesting. As I joked in another thread recently, I'm not used to "seeding discussions" when it comes to Nebraska basketball. I was curious if there are certain seeds that are more advantageous with the 1 v. 16, etc. layout of the bracket. I looked at the historical NCAA tournament records by seed, by round, and assigned points to advancing to each round: 1 to the 2nd round, 2 to the Sweet 16, then 4, 8, 16, and 32 for winning the championship. Then I calculated the expected points value for each seed based on historical results. Not surprisingly, the 1 seed has by far the best expected value and there is a general downward trend from there. But, it's not a perfect pattern. For example, the 6 seed actually has a higher expected value than a 5 seed. This is largely because 6 seeds have advanced to the Elite 8 nearly twice as often as 5 seeds, because they don't have to play the 1 seed in the Sweet 16. Another interesting phenomenon is that 10 and 11 seeds have performed better than 9 seeds - again likely related to avoiding the 1 seed matchup, in the 2nd round. Connecting this to Nebraska, we are currently projected as a 4 seed or 5 seed on most sites. But, don't fret if we fall to a 6 seed. History would say we are no worse off if we fall to the 6/11 game.

I think Wisky had interest, but after he was on a visit and attended one of their practice sessions focused on flopping and family-jewel punching, he decided to go in another direction.

Merry Christmas to all! Please be safe and enjoy the blessings and true spirit of this holiday season.

They're currently out of stock..... back-ordered, to be precise.

Are you friends with Standhardinger? ?

Agreed. The only thing we have to go on for now is that he had/has mono and hasn't recovered enough yet to rejoin his team on the court, at least in games.

I forget. Which one makes whiskey? That one.

For the record: That's not my current picture. That was taken when I was much younger and slimmer.

The more of our vanquished foes who are projected to make the tourney the better

This medical redshirt discussion takes me back to the Cookie Belcher days. Danny almost got his ass in trouble for publicly speaking about how many games he could play....

Reminds me of this family guy bit

We have a game coming up that will bail him out. Beat Maryland and he can say "Oh, well, now I've seen more of Nebraska and they belong in the Power 36." Lose, and he can say "see, I knew they weren't that good."

Coke, “It’s the real thing!”

You didn't hear about the new NET metric where a win for a "football school" only counts as half and a loss is double counted?

Wisconsin has 2 open schollies.

giving "off topic" a whole new level of meaning!

I think I gained 15 pounds over the weekend. #TooManyChristmasCookiesCanRuinYourDiet

He completely contradicts himself with his entire rankings. If you want to base you rankings on 'what you have done for me lately' - that's cool, but your rankings should at least reflect that. Also, Nebraska is 3-0 in their last 3, won all 3 by 19+ points, two of those being against power confrence schools. We've played like a top 20 school lately. What has Nova done lately to be ranked? 1-2 with a loss to Penn? What has Butler done lately to be ranked? Lost to Indiana at home, beat Presbyterian by 9? I'd have more respect for Katz if he came out and said "Oh sh*t, I forgot Nebraska!"

Good thing we beat 'em by 70 points.

Don't look now, but Mississippi Valley State is #351 in Kenpom and #347 in the NET rankings.

This is better than the 350th ranked team, like Nebraska played last season. The NET rankings for NU wouldn't be irrevocably broken by this matchup like the RPI was last year against the Delaware State's of the world. Sheesh, *that* was awful.

Miles' former player is now the Southwest Minnesota State Head Coach, Brad Bigler.

Lets not forget Tai made his biggest improvements during his junior amd senior years (i know they dont have the same skill set and arent the same type of players). But Thor has shown some flashes of things i like. Im sure the jump from Iceland ball to B1G ball is pretty significant. I will also root for him til he is no longer a Husker. GBR

Merry Christmas everyone! Having a ranked basketball team kind of feels like an early present to me ?.

There was nothing else to do yesterday.

Thanks. Lucky Guess! (I guess; even a blind squirrel.... )

Is that a joke lol ??

Santa Claus will be delivering some stocking stuffers for everyone on HHC. But don't be alarmed when you see it. Those NyQuil chasers are only to be used on an as-needed basis, which hopefully won't be necessary in 2019.

I didn’t fact check this but it’s getting a lot of retweets. So I hope it’s all correct ?

The Fighting Hornets already have three wins this year. One is against a rock formation or a terrier (Cairn) and another is against Delaware (big rivalry win). But this one is my favorite:

Years ago Nebraska had a JUCO Qb recruit (Jordan Adams) that had mono and ended up having his spleen removed . He physically never recovered. That is likely the medical staffs fear and probably why they have been so careful with him. That being said, I would assume he'll be back when B10 play starts. The games aren't the issue because he doesn't play lots of minutes. Practice intensity is and that can adequately be managed in season quite easily.

They no longer have a Creighton Prep grad on the team, so the chances of them bringing a Jaysker cheering section is none to minimal, as are the odds that one of their dudes will try to take out our best player on a fast break.

He’s not.

Since the loss at home v Kansas last year, in regular-season games we are: 25-6 straight-up 17 wins against P-5 conference teams 24-4-1 against the spread 18-0 at home 19 wins by at least 9 points Climbed from KenPom #85 to KenPom #14

Huskers sit at 10-2. 7 wins by 20+ points, 1 by 19, 1 by 15 and 1 by 2 points. I can't ever remember any Nebraska team beating teams by these types of margins ever. And with that giddiness I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

I played senior year of HS with mono and tonsillitis. Had tonsils removed before prom. Harris will be fine

- the progression nana has made on the defensive end in 12 games is remarkable. He still gets lost from time to time but hes competent now and rebounds well. Tip of the cap to the young man -the flashes that Brady shows in limited minutes are so encouraging. His ability to wall up on the defensive end is going to be key for us in the coming years. Now to just work on those free throws. -it’s probably not permanent but I like nana in the starting lineup and Allen off the bench. Allen’s capable of getting his own shot and creating for others which we don’t have on the bench. Nana is a dead eye shooter that meshes well w the starters IMO. -we are going to miss Palmer for many reasons but one of the biggest will be games like today. Dude just brings it every time we need it

They're 7-4. Last game was Dec. 15, a 75-63 win against Minnesota-Duluth. They shoot 43 percent from 3, and 81 percent from the line. Leading scorer is Ryan Bruggeman at 23.2 ppg. He's a 6-0 sophomore from Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. LIKELY STARTERS Ryan Bruggeman, 6-0, So. Taylor Schafer, 6-3, Sr. (12.1 ppg) Kenny Byers, 6-4, So. (11.7 ppg) Michael Lee, 6-6, Sr. Steven McNease, 6-6 Sr. They'll go 8 deep.

Ok, so a 2 seed. I'm good with that.

As long as we're not a 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, or 11 seed then we're in good shape. History can't repeat itself if we're a different seed right?