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  1. Hello, Nebrasketball fans. I come in peace wanting to discuss your upcoming game tomorrow. I saw a little bit of discussion in the pinned thread, so if pulling this out is not kosher, I apologize. If you haven't seen the Badgers this year, they returned all 5 starters who are all seniors. Not a single player made first or second team of the B1G last year, even though they were co-champions, a testament to the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. 3 bench players play a lot - another senior, who's the backup PG, and a sophomore and a freshman. They've shot lights out from 3 the last two games (60% combined) against Louisville and Loyola, so they may be due to come back to earth a little. The number of shots taken is pretty even among the starters (I think each of them average between 8 and 12 points). 7 of the 8 in the rotation are excellent 3 point shooters. And, like every UW team for 25 years, they don't turn over the ball much. Defense has been its normal good self, always man-to-man. UW - somewhat surprisingly - is one of the leaders in blocked shots in the country. Reuvers just became the school's all-time leader. They do not cause a lot of turnovers, though. The pace will be, um, deliberate. Usually, that's because UW takes its time on offense, but this year, the defensive possessions have actually been slower (so far) than the offense. Downsides: they are not excellent at offensive rebounds, and the bigs have been in a fair amount of foul trouble. They got beat at Marquette on a missed FT tipin at the buzzer, but the story of that game was that Marquette got UW in foul trouble and had a huge advantage at the FT line. As a Badger fan, this is the greatest concern in league play because of all the great big men. Ask me anything.
    5 points
  2. Generally speaking, a guy showing up on various draft lists tends to have better NBA prospects than a local scribe pondering if someone could be the best PG in school history.
    4 points
  3. 3 points
  4. Why are we wasting time and effort on a guy who has expressed no interest in going to Nebraska?
    3 points
  5. Bugeaters1

    Indiana

    To all of you debbie downers
    3 points
  6. formerlybis

    Badgers

    Well, I'm not gonna win over 49r... It does give me a little jolt to hear our fanbase described as hyper-entitled. Cue Barry Manilow: "LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT" (note the correct usage of the full colon). A sense of humor and thick skin are wonderful things... (note the use of an ellipsis)
    2 points
  7. AuroranHusker

    2020 Football

    And, like that, 2020 Husker football is done. They ended the final game on somewhat of a high note. Much more work to do. GBR
    2 points
  8. Fastbreaker

    Indiana

    Not one word on Indiana so far tells me all I need to know about the current state of Nebraska WBB. I expect a bloodbath considering Indiana has two All B1G guards and we have a walk-on true freshman playing extensive minutes. A good friend of mine predicted two more wins the rest of the year. Probably about right.
    1 point
  9. formerlybis

    Badgers

    Well, the opposite of love is indifference, not hate. I hate every B1G team to varying degrees except one whose colors are red and white and is situated in the state capitol named after a president. And is on a lakefront.... Also realize that people over 50 like me grew up with teams that sucked for decades, including our pro teams like the Packers. We appreciate where we are now. The people under about 40 have a different perspective.
    1 point
  10. formerlybis

    Badgers

    Kaminsky, and it's not all that close. No swipe at Happ intended as he was great for what he was, but Frank was NPOY. The second pair is harder, but you have to go Devin, who was clearly the more talented player. However, I had Jordan Taylor as my avatar for several years. As for Husker players that stood out, I don't remember many before you joined the league - Tyronn Lue, but no one else springs to mind. Petteway is the first guy I think of, though, and wasn't there a Shields with him? Also Ed Morrow because he ended up with Marquette. Sorry if my lack of knowledge about the Husker history is < your knowledge of Badgers'.
    1 point
  11. millerhusker

    Badgers

    I respect the heck out of the Wisconsin basketball program. Dick Bennett is probably the most under-appreciated college coach there ever was. His creations of the packline defense and mover-blocker offense changed the way most coaches coach. I think he and Dean Smith are the two guys who have had the greatest influence on the way college game is played. Bo Ryan is also an underrated coach. I’m always curious about outsider’s perspectives of our teams. Since Nebraska has joined the Big Ten, who are some Husker players that stand out in your mind? Pick one... Kaminsky or Happ? Jordan Taylor or Devin Harris?
    1 point
  12. 49r

    Badgers

    Why do you guys over at buckyville have to be so, um, unsavory? Especially when it comes to discussing anything University of Nebraska related? What did we do to raise your ire so much? Do we not lose to you regularly enough and by enough points that you can just stop the hate? Or is it just an unfortunate side effect to living in Wisconsin? I've been there once and it seems like an okay enough place, but I guess maybe the winters are so bad you just become naturally grouchy and unlikeable? I dunno. Maybe you guys should just appreciate what you have (which is currently arguably the best overall athletic departments in the country...possibly the history of college athletics) and not feel the need to be complete assholes to the rest of us squirrels just tryin' to get a nut. Thanks. I hope you guys lose all the rest of your games for eternity.
    1 point
  13. A big move from hhcmatt and a big drop from Ken Pom. Regression to the mean. The non-conference season is over and now we're moving into the intense conference slate. For the sake of HHCC, even if we schedule some non-conference games after this, they will not count toward the non-conference bonus. There will, however, be a HHCC prediction for that game. HHCC Standings - End of Week 04 1 Ralph Wiggum 252 U2 2 uneblinstu 268 NC 3 hhcmatt 271 U16 4 throwback 272 U2 5 jayschool 279 U2 6 LNKtrnsplnt 287 D2 7 BjoeHusker 293 U6 8 basketballjones 299 NC 9 northwillriseagain 299 NC 10 1sdpad2 301 U2 11 hskr4life 302 D1 12 TheNovice 303 U2 13 UnicamMan 310 D8 14 75unlgrad 316 U2 15 KenPom 319 D14 16 BLB115 320 U14 17 brfrad 322 U5 18 AuroranHusker 326 NC 19 Crush78 329 D2 20 jimmykc 331 D5 21 MichHusker 331 D1 22 HuskerFever 339 D1 23 NUtball 342 NC 24 aphilso1 343 U2 25 Vinny 343 U2 26 REDZONEDAN 344 U11 27 colhusker 351 U6 28 bigred4 359 NC 29 Cazzie22 360 D4 30 Nebrasketball1979 360 U13 31 Huskerpapa 362 U5 32 Red Don 364 U2 33 roscoe 365 D4 34 Bugeaters1 366 D2 35 GBR1197 366 D4 36 DudeAbides 367 D1 37 hal9000 368 D13 38 Handy Johnson 378 U1 39 Noah121 383 U7 40 emwilliams 389 D2 41 REDitus 389 U1 42 huskerbaseball13 390 D31 43 huskers29 391 D3 44 demone 402 NC 45 NeeandMe 413 U3 46 nuhusker7 414 U3 47 twinswingohuskers 414 U4 48 Jurgey 417 U5 49 ConkintheCorner 421 D4 50 LK1 421 D3 51 dustystehl 425 D1 52 Silverbacked1 426 NC 53 SkersHoops 427 U2 54 cjbowbros 457 D13 55 nubest79 489 U3 56 Buglem 500 NC 57 HolyBobpilgrimage 509 D3 58 Bangarang 578 D1 59 The God of Thunder 583 NC 60 TheGov21 591 U3 61 GBRSox 611 D1 62 thrasher31 642 D1 63 Nebrasketballer 681 D1 64 Go Big Fred 930 NC 65 4NUfans 989 NC 66 Neon Budreau 1047 NC 67 Husker Hoops Penitent 1098 NC 68 1HuskerDad 1125 NC 69 Jugular 1134 NC Biggest Rise hhcmatt U16 Biggest Fall huskerbaseball13 D31 (U# = Up, D# = Down, NC = No Change)
    1 point
  14. hskr4life

    Badgers

    Welcome! We love to talk hoops and, despite our... umm... not so great basketball history, you’ll probably find one of the most knowledgeable, down to earth message boards around. A few things to note.... 1. The color blue isn’t worn worn on Saturday in the fall. That’s Husker football day. Even if Creighton has a basketball game. 2. You have Davidson who likes to... take charges. We have McGowens who jumps in front of guys running down the floor. We won’t be mad at Brad if you don’t get mad at Trey. Deal? 3. In actual basketball talk... we’ve got a completely new team but don’t take em for granted. The Big 10 is going to be a slog either way, but this is not last years Nebraska. We’ve got a true NBA potential guy starting at point and some nice pieces. 4. We just now got our freshman center and grad transfer 3 point specialist eligible. So if your like “who is this guy making a bunch of 3’s” just know he probably played his first game last week. 5. We have three losses. We were up 10 on Nevada in the 2nd half and lost. We played GA Tech tight for 30 minutes. We played Creighton really right for 25 minutes. Despite the record, we should be about 5-2 or 6-1.
    1 point
  15. formerlybis

    Badgers

    Um, I don't know. I guess I should've added "about UW basketball" after the "ask me anything" part, but I thought it was implied...
    1 point
  16. So OSU and Mich. both are having CV19 problems. Neither have played a conference game as of today. OSU have now postponed 3 games and Mich. has postponed 2 games.
    1 point
  17. Be nice. They're not all idiots. Some of them moved there from Nebraska.
    1 point
  18. twister31

    Indiana

    It sucks because the girls for the most part are playing hard and to the best of their abilities. Outside of a few girls they just don't have the abilities to compete at this level unless we have career games from players. It's not even fun to watch anymore honestly but I'll still power my way through games.
    1 point
  19. If he could develop NBA range (and prove it during a college season), it seems like he'd be a lock to be a lottery pick. The only things he's missing are a reliable 3-point shot and some explosiveness, both of which he can work on.
    1 point
  20. HB

    Indiana

    Two words: Shawn Eichorst
    1 point
  21. I have no clue regarding "stars" but in my narrow little mind, Chucky is the best player in our state and we will have the misfortune of facing him a minimum of two times a year for the foreseeable future.
    1 point
  22. Cook has a recruiting hotbed in his home state. Volleyball isn't as big in the south as it is up north Nd on the west coast. Recruiting nebraska for volleyball is like recruiting hockey in Minnesota
    1 point
  23. Hope Fred can hire Jack McVeigh as head beard coach.
    1 point
  24. Even if healthy, not sure she was built for the rough and tumble BIG.
    1 point
  25. Swan88

    Banton NBA Draft Thread

    Back on the Banton subject: here's hoping his play for NU this year, and the wins produced, scream out that he is a high first-round, can't-miss pick in the NBA draft. That would be cool--for everyone involved!
    1 point
  26. I think we can hang with just about anyone. At least if we play well FOR THE WHOLE GAME. However, hanging and winning are two different things. We basically "hung" with Creighton, Ga Tech, and Nevada.... and...... like you said, we need to win some of those.
    1 point
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