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  1. That's pretty much why I picked us to lose. I walked out of the arena thinking we'd lose by 20 to whomever we played next though when I found out it was Northwestern I couldn't pick us to lose by that much.
    3 points
  2. Red Don

    The Official Media Thread

    Good article in 1/9/20 Chicago Sun-Times. (hitting refresh should eliminate a blank screen if it comes up while reading) https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2020/1/9/21059158/fred-hoiberg-nebraska-bulls-coach
    3 points
  3. HuskerActuary

    Jervay Green

    Sek was one of my favorite players on that team, and I will also never forget this moment. Maybe I'm too uptight, but I was enraged at this sign. If I was closer to those two, I definitely would have told them to have some respect for someone who had just given four years of hard work.
    3 points
  4. Played poorly, made it interesting at the end. So, basically, it was a standard, classic, #Nebrasketball game...
    2 points
  5. … tape them and use fast forward when necessary to avoid stress. That way the dud games can go by quite pleasantly without using an expensive bottle of Nyquil, and the good ones can provide many replay highlights. With that in mind, I plan to attend a matinee of "1917" this afternoon with two sons and a grandson and watch the game at my leisure. I'll let you know how I like the movie.
    2 points
  6. Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-8) at Northwestern Wildcats (5-9) Date: Saturday Jan 11th, 2020 Time: 3:30 p.m. Arena: Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,039, 168th largest in D-I) Broadcast: BTN Nothwestern Info Head Coach: Chris Collins Location: Evansville, IL Conference: B1G Nickname: Wildcats Mascot: Willie the Wildcat B1G: 0-4 Typical Rotation Depth: 7-8 Line: Northwestern by 5.5 KenPom rank: 100 Offensive Style: Passing into the paint Defensive Style: Zone/non-aggressive Key Injuries: SG Anthony Gaines - Out for season with shoulder injury PG Boo Buie - Out indefinitely with a foot injury Players to watch: Pat Spencer If you don't know who Pat Spencer is you'd probably be a great candidate for jury duty. Spencer is a graduate transfer from Loyola where he was one of the best lacrosse players in Div-1, winning the Tewaaraton Award last year. Instead of moving on to a professional lacrosse career, Spencer decided he wanted to play college ball and chose Northwestern. Up until recently he was splitting time at the point with frosh Boo Buie but now finds himself playing the majority of the game with Buie injured. While he struggles with his shot, he's an excellent FT shooter and leads the team in assists. Players to watch: Miller Kopp The 6'7" Soph F is currently playing at SG due to injuries. Kopp is the team's best 3pt shooter and leading scorer. Roster points PG SG SF PF C Pct 1 12 Pat Spencer 6-3 205 Sr 10 Miller Kopp 6-7 210 So 31 Robbie Beran 6-9 205 Fr 22 Pete Nance 6-10 225 So 15 Ryan Young 6-10 235 Fr 9.6 Yet another shorthanded team. The Purple came in with just 10 scholarship players and are down to 8. They're also young, starting 2 sophomores and 2 freshmen Forward Pete Nance comes from a NBA family where his father played for 13 seasons and his brother is currently playing. Nance is a 3 and D guy except he can't hit 3s. Robbie Beran is the highest rated recruit in NU history and finds himself in the starting lineup with the injuries. He's capable of shooting 3s, driving, and blocking shots. He's doing none of that particularly well right now. Also not aggressive with his shot. Young leads the team in rebounding and shoots at a high percentage in the paint when he gets the ball. 6'7" Boston College grad transfer F can play point and did so at BC. Can't buy a bucket this year but plays a lot of minutes off the bench. 6'10" freshman center Jared Jones is just depth Soph G Ryan Greer is guard depth with limited offensive game The Skinny: This young Northwestern team has been just as inconsistent as Nebraska, losing pay a couple of pay games to start the season and dropping another one during the winter break. Injuries have also hurt, especially losing promising freshman PG Boo Buie. Chris Collins has built up recruiting after winning the Wildcat's first NCAA tournament game. This has not translated into winning. I expect Northwestern to try and grind this thing and for the most part be successful. Defensively they'll most likely throw out a lot of zone and see if Nebraska can jack up 3s over their length. While there are offensive rebounds to be found against Nebraska, expect Northwestern to retreat to limit the Huskers transition. The Wildcats are going to make the Huskers most of their points on Saturday. Nebraska will try to push the pace but it will be difficult with Northwestern selling out and what should be your typical dead Ryan-Welsh crowd. The Huskers tend to let off the gas after wins and this Northwestern team is hungry for a win. In what will probably be a close game, here are a couple of Northwestern stats for you Northwestern shoots 76.3% from the FT line, 31st in Div-1 Northwestern is 1-12 in their last 13 games decided by 10 or less Prediction: Northwestern 71 - Nebraska 67 View full article
    2 points
  7. I get it. It's hard to stay close win a game where the opponent is shooting close to 60% from the three-point line. We made adjustments at half and put an end to that. But we just couldn't make fundamental shots right under the basket. It's a different 2nd half if we could make a few shots for once.
    2 points
  8. Pulling Cheatham for Kavas has been the right move
    2 points
  9. Best defensive possession by Kavas ever, although the bar is admittedly low.
    2 points
  10. NW has scored 9 points this half. They very much want to let us back in this
    2 points
  11. "Cross wide open for three" is the Nebrasketball equivalent of buying a powerball ticket, you hope, but it rarely pays out.
    2 points
  12. As miserable as this is, we still have a shot to get back in this one.
    2 points
  13. Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Nebrasketball gets a big home win against a decent team, then follows it up with zero energy or cohesion on the road and gets ran out by a desperate, bad team.
    2 points
  14. If the game stays at this pace we should win
    2 points
  15. Should be an interesting game. Let's hope the right team shows up:)
    2 points
  16. I got bored at work this afternoon, and as we pass the midway point of the season, I was curious about how things were going among the first-year coaches in Power 5 conferences so I thought I'd take a peek on KenPom to see how they stack up and I ended up writing a little article. For your entertainment, here's what I came up with: The 2019 College Basketball coaching carousel produced one of the most impressive crops of new coaches among Power 5 schools in recent memory, and right away several names jumped out among the national media as being home run hires. Buzz Williams, Nate Oats, Fred Hoiberg and Eric Musselman being among the most highly regarded, with Juwan Howard being the late addition who seemed to stand head and shoulders above the rest as well as the one most well situated for early success. Now that we've reached the midway point of the season, how are things shaping up? Buzz and Fred have certainly stumbled, Oats and Musselman have impressed and Juwan, just as many expected, is holding court at the top. Here is a brief synopsis of how things are going at all 10 of the Power 5 schools with first year coaches. All rankings and numbers come courtesy of Ken Pomeroy https://kenpom.com Alabama: Nate Oats #50 (8-6) Alabama’s first year coach Nate Oats has assembled an absolute murders row for his schedule so far (#43 non con and #26 SOS overall) and the team’s record is indicative of that schedule. This Crimson Tide team is battle-tested and should not be intimidated by any team they face in the SEC. They will not have a gaudy W-L record when the dust settles, but they will also have a strong case for an NCAA berth even as a sub-20 win team. Pull off an upset here or there against an Auburn or Kentucky and they’ll be a lock. But if for some reason they fall to the NIT, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them win it. Arkansas: Eric Musselman #33 (12-2) The second most impressive job among first season coaches belongs to coach Musselman. Arkansas hasn’t really played anyone of note besides #28 LSU (L) and at #42 Indiana (W). But what they have done, is win. Their schedule strength is respectable but not impressive, and they look to rack up a mighty win total. But even so, Arkansas is a team that (while they look to be a NCAA lock at the moment) seems destined for the play-in round in Dayton. Cal: Mark Fox #189 (7-8) Cal has played one of the stronger non-con schedules in Power 5 this year, and they have the KenPom ranking and record to show for it. Their best win is against #135 Fresno State but they’ve also suffered losses to #132 Boston College and #149 Santa Clara. Cal is a prohibitive underdog in each of their remaining games, so breaking even double digits in wins seems like a long shot for the Bears. No postseason is likely. Michigan: Juwan Howard #19 (11-4) Easily the best start of the bunch, Michigan has reeled off a series of super-impressive wins against #9 Gonzaga, #20 Iowa and #22 Purdue while only losing to KenPom #3, #6, #16 and on the road against #29 Illinois. The Wolverines may not contend for a Big Ten title, but they are a stone cold lock for the NCAA tournament. They look like a 6-8 seed team as of now. Nebraska: Fred Hoiberg #138 (7-8) Shockingly embarrassing losses to #220 UC Riverside, #151 Southern Utah, #156 George Mason and #211 North Dakota are only somewhat balanced out by wins against #22 Purdue and #20 Iowa. Fred’s team do look like a bunch that is just starting to get some things figured out, but it’s likely too late for them to have any hope of any kind of postseason play this year. The Big Ten is an absolute nightmare, and 3-4 wins out of the remaining 16 games would be an astonishing accomplishment. Texas A&M: Buzz Williams #164 (7-6) Texas A&M may be the most disappointing of the group. Like Nebraska, the Aggies have some head-scratching losses, and unlike the Huskers, there isn’t really a single marquee win in the bunch. With SEC play getting underway, wins are going to be few and far between, it’s looking likely the Aggies will miss the postseason. UCLA: Mick Cronin #120 (8-7) The Bruins have played a pretty weak schedule to date, the exception being a 13 point loss to Michigan State in Maui. They have a couple of semi-embarrassing losses (#141 Hofstra, #278 Call State Fullerton and #147 Washington State) and one semi-impressive win at #43 Washington. CBI may be the only hope for postseason for UCLA. Vanderbilt: Jerry Stackhouse #126 (8-6) Vandy has put together a pretty unremarkable first half, their wins coming against mostly +200 and +300 KenPom teams. But they also don’t have any embarrassing losses either. The meat of their schedule is about to hit however, and there is most likely no post season for the Commodores this year. Virginia Tech: Mike Young #61 (11-4) Virginia Tech has gotten off to a sneaky-good start at the midway point. Their wins are against just the #351 Non-con schedule, but they have a decent win against #70 Syracuse and a fantastic win against #3 Michigan State. Their losses are no embarrassment either, coming to #36, #32, #8 and #1. The Hokies are looking like a solid NIT team right now with NCAA bubble being a legit aspiration. Washington State: Kyle Smith #147 (10-6) The Cougars are racking up wins at a pretty impressive rate, until you take a look at their strength of schedule (#347 Non-con and #340 overall). They’ve only played two teams ranked ahead of #120 UCLA, a loss at home against #79 USC and a neutral site win against #92 New Mexico. The schedule strength flips in the second half with just two of their remaining 15 games against sub-100 ranked teams. There is a strong possibility of just 1 more regular season win for the Cougs. Postseason play is an extreme long shot.
    2 points
  17. For the data nerd out there, you may enjoy this one. I've kept having a suspicion that some middle-of-the-pack teams in other conferences have been taking basketball more seriously. In particular, it just seems that the SEC is starting to put the money where their mouth is. Just figured some other people may find some interesting insights in my waste of a Saturday afternoon. Nebraska's ranking was far from any average conference team up until the last two seasons: When compared to the top conference teams (~top 4 or so teams depending on conference), Nebraska was able to surpass the top Pac-12 teams last season. In the past two seasons, Nebraska had a better ranking than four of the top seven conferences: And fortunately, Nebraska surpassed all of the bottom teams in each conference (~4 bottom teams): However, when looking at a five-year average, Nebraska is only better than the AAC conference average, along with the all of the bottom-dwelling conference teams:
    1 point
  18. I thought I've seen it all. But now we're in a league where Penn State and Rutgers are good at basketball and we're here losing to Northwestern.
    1 point
  19. Same play that they ran at the end of regulation vs. Indiana.
    1 point
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  21. No contact up top but a clear hip check
    1 point
  22. Disappointing finish, but things certainly got better in the second half.
    1 point
  23. Among many things that make me nuts, 2 of the biggest are... 1. Missing free throws 2. Piss poor fundamental rebounding technique Consequently, it would not be a surprise if I am consuming massive amounts of alcohol for the remainder of this season.
    1 point
  24. They are doing EVERYTHING they can to let us come back
    1 point
  25. Well we got northwestern twice and it looks like we are going to blow our best shot to get a road win.
    1 point
  26. I'm only 10 points, assists and blocks away.
    1 point
  27. The athleticism is different than when he was playing at Seattle yes. So that may be throwing him off As I was typing this he nails a 3
    1 point
  28. He seems spooked like he does when he misses a couple but he hasn't actually taken any today
    1 point
  29. I love Cross as a player, potential Husker version of Draymond Green but not Husker Steph Curry.
    1 point
  30. We have to get stops because we are very inefficient on offense.
    1 point
  31. I'll be following the 2nd half from this board and Twitter. An NFL playoff game gets my attention because, as EF Hutton would say, "they've earned it." My goodness, I am getting old How many on this board are "mature" enough to remember that terrible TV commercial?
    1 point
  32. But you got to put some pressure on them I mean he'll all their shots are wide open Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk
    1 point
  33. Well I guess we know which team showed up today. Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk
    1 point
  34. It could be worse. We could be losing to Northwest..........oooohhhhh.
    1 point
  35. Cam doesn't seem to have it today offensively. Too many turnovers.
    1 point
  36. I don't know what segment we're on, but I know we're not winning it.
    1 point
  37. It's probably just selective memory, but bad offensive teams sure seem to get hot regularly when they play NU.
    1 point
  38. I have him slotted in as a certain starter next year.
    1 point
  39. Teddy had 39 last night. 15-15 from the line. His free throw shooting this year is pretty unbelievable. 115-126 (91.3%)
    1 point
  40. I bet Jervay should be more nervous than Charlie!
    1 point
  41. Charlie's saying damn I just got my scholarship coach, chill for a second
    1 point
  42. Handy Johnson

    Jervay Green

    In old school parlance, Jervay needs to “let the game come to him”...
    1 point
  43. Think you hit the nail on the head. Jervay is having to deal with not being "the man." My observation is that Jervay sometimes predetermines that he is going to "get his" when he hasn't touched the ball for a few possessions. Forcing it, rather than reacting to the situation before you, leads to bad shots, turnovers and wasted possessions. As the season progresses, we'll need him to step up at some point in time. With his athletic ability, he could be a good defender, but there have been a number of times when he plays D for 20 seconds and then goes matador. Thing is, if he changes his mindset and commits to playing tough defense and rebounding, he could see some extended playing time and his offensive struggles might work themselves out. Hope he resolves to committing to giving 100% to what the coaches are asking of him and that he becomes a productive member of the rotation.
    1 point
  44. Sek was a great defender and busted his ass for Nebraska. He just couldn't put it together offensively under Doc. He and Ryan A. were on my summer league team before their senior year. Good guys. I think Sek would've been a lot like Cheatham under a Hoiberg offense.
    1 point
  45. There's an important distinction here for Charlie besides getting his school paid for (for a semester.) It also means he gets some of the other advantages reserved for scholarship players. For instance, I believe walk-ons don't get the full training table treatment that scholarship athletes get. So … food. Which is a big deal to some of us.
    1 point
  46. jimmykc

    Jervay Green

    Cip, you are a comma,comma,comma,comma,comma chameleon.
    1 point
  47. Oh forgot to say that the new Thor's hammer all over the screen after Thorir's 3's was sick last night.. Hope to see it many more times this year and next.
    1 point
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