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  1. Thor is not the problem. We play better with him in the game. One of the highest hoops IQ ever. And he doesn’t need his, unlike some of the guys today.
    5 points
  2. I don't know if they would either, but until they return I would give Stephenson more minutes. He has the body and seems to be crafty around the hoop.
    4 points
  3. I think we need to be a little more clear about what qualifies as a good shot for certain people.
    3 points
  4. Key plays to me: 1. Early on Benton makes a steal and tries to dunk it instead of just making a layup. If he makes the simple play we are up 12-4 and rolling. They stick a 3 right after which always happens after a missed layup and the momentum is gone. 2. Hand check on Allen late that allows them to shoot free throws without having to earn a hoop in the clutch and tie the game. 3. Lack of execution on the 2 for 1 play. Lat hesitates on the open three.
    3 points
  5. Yuv is 18 bro. He’s going to see backup minutes. Sure he isn’t a starter in the Big 10. Give the kid time to develop. We can’t complain about no post depth and then run off our post depth. Tai Webster, Benny Parker, Brandon Ubel are all guys who fans wanted “gone” early and didn’t want them to leave later in their years.
    2 points
  6. Disappointed-- YES. Do we miss our two bigs that are out -- YES I will call it a sub-par HUSKER coaching performance -- YES Good game planning and adjusting by Nevada -- YES Piss poor shooting by HUSKERS -- YES A bit of panic from the HUSKERS when our shots didn't fall --YES Did the Huskers play decent defense -- YES Did the HUSKERS oftentimes settle for poor shots -- YES Should HUSKER fans start to panic -- NO.
    2 points
  7. - Was surprised to see our guys so hesitant to shoot after missing a few. Nevada also shot terribly from the perimeter, but their demeanor was different. They stepped up and seemed to take every shot with confidence and no hesitation. - Dalano played 38 minutes. Clearly, he's the guy Fred trusts the most. He felt like he needed to take shots I don't think he'll normally take, due to our offense being so stagnant. Credit Nevada - they executed their defensive gameplan, which was to completely take away the paint and just hope Nebraska missed enough threes. It worked for them, but I think we beat this Nevada team 7 or 8 times out of 10. - Losing 20 lbs. might've actually hurt Yvan. He still struggles getting a shot up through minimal contact, is always off balance and doesn't have great hands. He just has a pretty low ceiling. If Eduardo and Wilhelm develop at all over the next year or two, Yvan might end up in the transfer portal. - Shamiel is a solid two way player. He's passed up some open threes that I'd like to see him take. Kobe is a good scorer. I generally don't care who's in the starting lineup, and I like Kobe's scoring punch off the bench. But, Shamiel's defensive versatility and rebounding would be useful in our first 5. - Loved Trey's enthusiasm on the bench in the second half. He scored zero points and didn't play much in the second half, but he was the happiest guy on the team, jumping up and down, every time we scored a bucket. Complete culture shift from last year. I like this team. Hopefully Husker fans are patient. We probably aren't a tournament team yet, but the future is bright.
    2 points
  8. Poor rebounding, horrible shooting and not driving the ball when you are bricking threes and the ref’s are calling defensive fouls if the defender even looks at the ball handler. The rebounding and shooting reminded me of last year. We even had our usual quota of air balls. Maybe our bad shooting was because our legs were dead from yesterday’s game but our misses were bricks. Banton’s last shot was unfortunate as it was deeper then necessary and rushed. This was a winnable game as Nevada is picked to finish 7th in the Mountain West Conference. The season is young but we looked so “last year”.
    2 points
  9. Would it be a reasonable experiment to have Stevenson start and play Thor's minutes and have Thor off the bench? I'm hoping Andre can bring something to the rotation when the Big Ten season rolls around. The team we have should go 4-3 or 5-2 non-conference, and the team we'll have with Andre and then Walker hopefully can win between 6 and 8 in the conference. Bring everybody back, add Lakes, Tominaga, Breidenbach and that one kid from South Carolina, and be a tourney team. Baby steps sometimes means the baby falls down. Time to get back up.
    2 points
  10. Gaaaaa! Can we get an inside game, please? I get the idea of drawing the opposing team's big out to the 3-point line where maybe they aren't so comfortable. And opening up driving lanes. But that only works if you're hitting shots. And to have a 2-point lead with under a minute to play and being outscored 5-0 to end the game is not how I would have drawn things up. I don't know if Walker or Andre give us an inside offensive presence or not, but neither Lat nor Yvan do.
    1 point
  11. Sir, this is the Fred Hoiberg era. The question is who will guard Wilhelm.
    1 point
  12. I noticed Mayen pass up a couple of looks as well. Might be one of these guys that is streaky and knows when he does or does not have it. Banton making those couple of 3s early in the 2nd half gave seemed to give him the green light to just keep shooting them. Maybe he proves it down the line but I don't think of him as a guy who should be shooting that many 3s. I thought the look for him to end the game was a good enough play because with a 6'9" guard you at the very least get the shot off...an attempt gives you a better chance to tie than a turnover or blocked shot. I would have liked to have seen Kobe or Teddy take over the same way at the end of the game like Sheffield did for Wichita St. I know that Webster can take and make tough shots and am pretty confident that Allen can as well. To me the problem wasn't the number of 3s....that is what we want to do and what Nevada will give you. It's that we let them dictate the type of 3s that we would take which weren't really in any sort of rhythm or without any attempt to penetrate into the lane. We are very fortunate that Trey McGowens was eligible this season. Lock down defender. He just needs to maintain more control on the offensive end so he can stay on the court. I guess the encouraging thing with this team is that when we got down a couple of times we did bounce back. Seems to be a team that possesses more resiliency than last year's squad.
    1 point
  13. Our lack of “physicality” down low is glaring. Hopefully Walker & Andre can help the cause sooner or later...
    1 point
  14. I noticed this about Lat as well and posted in the game thread. Lost all confidence in the 2nd. Passed up at least 2-3 good and open looks.
    1 point
  15. Teddy needs to let the game come to him and stop hunting shots. If he plays within the structure of the offense he should be ok, otherwise he will become a liability.
    1 point
  16. Pretty much when he touches the ball, I'd say. He forces some horrible shots and the offense does not flow well when he's in the lineup.
    1 point
  17. The hardest part about coaching is when you have a philosophy and it isn’t working. How do you get the guys to adjust styles without losing confidence in the philosophy or putting a name to the issue. Coach and the leaders on the court didn’t manage this one well today.
    1 point
  18. You can kinda tell when Teddy Allen is going to take a shot.
    1 point
  19. Cause Fred got his ass out coached big time by Alford.
    1 point
  20. Live by the 3, Die by the 3... when we were up 10 that should have been “Ballgame” Stevenson certainly needs more minutes & how did Teddy score all those points with that Homemade jump shot...?
    1 point
  21. Thor was bad on both ends today. He may end up just being a zone buster on this team. He can’t defend guards. Lat was softish on the boards. Banton needs to go to the rack against tall defenders as a default. He can get in at will and draw help if he doesn’t score. Kobe and Shamiel are making serious cases to start. Trey didn’t show up offensively but he willed us back into the game on defense. Can’t fault him for this one. Teddy was abysmal in the first half but I think he’s figuring out how to manufacture his points at this level. The team was too unselfish when open. Shoot the friggin ball when you catch it in rhythm. Fred was losing his mind on those plays. Yvan was Yvan. We know what we have there. Bottom line: if you can’t get a stop or a friggin rebound, the system can’t thrive. It didn’t help that the refs manufactured a comeback for Nevada. There were some insane calls. I really think that was the difference. I thought we defended very well in the second half and got screwed for it.
    1 point
  22. Nebrasketball giveth and Nebrasetball taketh away. Yvan. Oof. I expected more gains in his game from the offseason work he put in. He was last in minutes so I don't think they go down much. I really like Webster. He seems to get so high so quick on his jump shot. I really like this team and am still pretty high on them. But I think I can temper down my Cinderella run into the tourney daydreams for a moment
    1 point
  23. Young team. Young season. Disappointing loss. We’ll get better.
    1 point
  24. Trey was in a little foul trouble and Thor recognized he was off and tried to play within himself.
    1 point
  25. Ouedraogo is really bad. He may have reshaped his body but he has zero hands or touch. Mayen has to take that shot at the end. It was open. Bad loss because we had it in the bag.
    1 point
  26. Nebrasketball1979

    B1G bias

    I agree, we should skip the sweet 16 nonsense and act like a final four team.
    1 point
  27. HuskerFever

    B1G bias

    Let's start winning first and then we'll have something to complain about.
    1 point
  28. A couple of observations: Stevenson should be playing more minutes. Weeks ago I thought he should be a starter. Also, Yvan has no place in the Big Ten- football perhaps, but not here, especially when Hoiberg favors skill. Good grief.... I think the temp. loss of Andre and Walker is significant. Perhaps they will be decent when the two big men return. Naturally, Nebraska had to absorb some annual bad news sent by the Basketball Archons to make the season less promising. (Perhaps a pre-season exorcism of the arena might help?) It's tragi-comic how NU starts every season with hope only to be cut down within hours of the first game, and no, it doesn't mean they might not escape the conference cellar (as predicted). They might, but as long as Yvan is a starter we cannot be taken seriously in a league this brutal. Keep in mind, Nevada was picked sixth in the Mountain West! Not an auspicious start, yet again....
    -1 points
  29. I am sick and f*****g tired of s****y players like Ouedraogo taking minutes. Why does this continually happen? Hoiberg is brilliant yet he recruits and plays a man who is clearly, profoundly unskilled. Footwork, hands and awareness are non-existent. If he continues to see minutes NU will finish last again- as predicted by the coaches and media. If Hoiberg needs an eligible, unskilled brute all he has to do is ask one of the tall, slow big guys on the other inept team (see Memorial Stadium) to fill in like last year. I am sure Austin Allen couldn't be any worse than Ouedraogo, for example.
    -3 points
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