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Nebrasketball Transfer Wishlist: PG, SG, SF, PF, C Maybe 2x in each position for some depth.

The 23 minutes, 10 points, and 7 rebounds were all season highs for Braxton Meah

This was a bad roster. Unathletic and can't shoot. Anything else is over analysis. Not about heart or effort. It's about talent. 17th best roster in the league. Had a chance to overachieve, by winning a few of the close games. Ultimately settled about where we should. Good floor coaching and effort had us in the running to get a bid, but we digressed to about how many bullets we had in the gun. A first team all Big 10 guy and total dude, and a guy who was a dude most of the time despite playing hurt, and then problems. Not enough to survive in this league. The portal needs to be much better this year than last, or we're gonna be at the bottom again. Hopeful we do better there this time around.

That is the most proud of the team I’ve been all year. (Maybe Oregon or Indiana or UCLA) Those guys fought so hard, played with some much mojo, did everything they had gotten crap for through so much of the year. Certainly we can talk about the roster and the deficiencies we have, but given the guys that we have, they stepped up and played awesome tonight. Brutal the way everything ended.

I’m going to give the guy who gets criticized a lot - a lot of credit for his play down the stretch, and that’s Brax. You can’t teach 7’1” with a wingspan like that. He had a few plays where altered shots and his break up of that lob was absolutely huge. And his FT shooting was good too. I know it’s matchup based, but he helped us win today. And a Q1 win is a Q1 win. And another road win in conference. Huge.

A quick update: we were under the impression when the first two lymph nodes tested positive, they then removed two more. We were wrong. They actually removed 20 additional lymph nodes. Got the results back this morning. All 20 came back negative! Thank you all for your prayers! Got a good feeling about tonight's game....

"A letter of the law is a flagrant foul." Okay, fine call it. But, if it is a letter of the law. Slamming the ball where it goes over your head is an automatic technical is also a letter of the law. Standing over a player barking at him is a "letter of the law." Running the sideline is a travel.

Folks, enough of the nonsense fire Hoiberg stuff. The fact that we were in NCAA tournament discussions the last week of the season is a miracle with how flawed this roster was. Outside of Brice and Juwan, the rest of the guys would make up an average A10 conference team. We lost 9 games that came down to the final minute/ OT, so we were right there we just didn’t have enough talent to close out games. Berke got hurt at the worst possible time and we got screwed in a few games. Yes, you can blame Fred for the lack of talent on the roster, but overall the transfers simply didn’t play up to expectations. Is that a coaching issue or the players just not holding up the end of their bargain ? I’m not sure. Fred just needs to get some talent and athleticism from portal with Rienk and we might be alright.

Because of all the other things that happen in the game with OSU. We kind of let this achievement slide. I know if he hits a free throw earlier we win and everything is better. But for a guy to just take over games offensively like he has! I will miss watching him play for us.

He moved an egregious amount. This isn't 'Nam, this is basketball. There are rules.

Barring a last second setback, expect Berke to play tonight. Guessing he’ll still be listed as questionable when the availability report drops.

Partly - but I think the bigger problem was the inability to pass. Juwan broke open on cuts several times this game and we only threw it to him twice. Once he stood under the basket all alone jumping up and down while Sam just dribbled the ball on the perimeter. The thing this team missed as much as anything was the ability to pass. Wooster is average at best and pretty much everyone on the team would be a below-average passer. (Morgan and Meah would both be WAY WAY WAY below average.)

I got a kick out of this last week. Mike Grimm (Radio Voice of the Gophers) was on KFAN discussing the future of Williams Arena. He & the host went around the Conference highlighting the Pros & Cons of each Venue. When they got around to UNL Mike said this, “Nebraska’s had a historically awful Basketball Program & their New Arena has done absolutely NOTHING to change that narrative.” Let’s set aside our Attendance Marks & Top 4 finishes & focus on a couple things Mike’s overlooked. Kevin McHale & Dave Winfield played a LONG time ago, Goldy has exactly 1 winning Conference record in the last twenty years & has NEVER Won at the PBA. Let’s hope the Crowd reminds Mr. Grimm of that fact on Saturday afternoon…!

This conversation with the wife hit me like a bus. Me: Blabbering on about the bubble and how weak it is, but also Nebraska needing to win and everything in between. Her: So what has to happen if Nebraska wins all three to play in March Madness. Me: Oh nothing— if we win two, we’re likely in. 3 would be icing on the cake. Her: So they control their own destiny. Why are you so worried about other teams. Me:………………………….. touché. WE control our own destiny. Go out Saturday and take it. It’s ours if we want it bad enough. Screw bubble talk! *whispers* next bubble update will be tomorrow everyone!

I know we keep saying Bryce should have taken that to the hole, and he probably should have. But I can remember multiple times earlier this year with the game on the line him dribbling off his leg or turning it over. Essegian was WIDE open. His look was a good shot. High percentage (or should be) look.

Juwan was so big in turning that thing around - just refused to let us continue playing so poorly. Essegian was a very willing rebounder in the second half - he turned up the physicality versus how he's been playing & that was a big difference, too. I think I'll attend NW's graduation ceremony to make sure Berry walks across the stage finally.

Uber talented, but they don’t have the mentality to win in march. A healthy Nebraska would’ve won tonight.

The poor defensive games this year have all started with not being able to keep ball handlers out of the lane. Iowa made a lot of their initial points in the paint. From there, everything opens up and you're not going to keep up with them unless you can score with them. Mix in Brice not being aggressive at all and Connor being ice cold and you have a recipe for disaster. This season really comes down to being atrocious AT HOME against the bottom tier of the league. Against the top 5 teams, we were 0-6. Just not enough talent to match them and most of those were on the road. Against the middle tier teams (6 through 10), we were 5-1. All of these teams are likely in the tournament. Oregon will be a 5ish seed. UCLA and Illinois 6-7 seeds. Indiana and Ohio St probably 10-11 seeds. Also Creighton an 8ish seed. Beat em all. Against the bottom tier, we were 2-6. And 0-4 at home against these teams. None of these teams are even close to the bubble. If you just win a couple of these home games, you're in for the second year in a row and the program seems like it's rolling. This comes down to a couple things. One, just not enough shot makers. Countless times per game, one of Rollie, Morgan, Uhlis, Meah, Berke would catch the ball on the perimeter within the flow of the offense and there was not even a thought of a shot attempt. Last year, in all these spots you had 35-40% three point shooters who would let if fly with confidence. Everything about a basketball team - and especially a Hoiberg team - flows better when shots are falling. This might not be popular, but I think the struggles can also be attributed to player leadership. Really not meant to be a shot at Brice and Juwan, it's just not in their nature. They've even said it in multiple press conferences. As a coach, I'm not sure how you could further motivate your players against those bottom tier teams with a tourney bid on the line. Motivation and consistent fight wasn't an issue last year for the coaching staff. Mast and Allick have the leadership gene. Wasn't an issue two years ago either. Walker and Griesel have the leadership gene. I have no doubt we'll be a better shot making team next year. Having Mast back will help with leadership. Need to find a few portal players who fit both the culture and the scheme.

In a vacuum, I get that missing the call on the out of bounds with 3 seconds left where we're down three or missing a FT in regulation are reasons we didn't deserve to win. I get that we've blown a bunch of games this season to put us in this position. I'm still mad about having to eat the bowl of dogshit with the catturd on top on a game that was so poorly officiated that anyone who watched it and wasn't a Nebraska fan could see it.

FUCK YOU

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/ You can read above how devastating that loss was yesterday by me. But….Nebraska is in 72/85 brackets and under an 11 seed still…..it can still be done. I don’t care if we deserve it or not. I want to make it and have a chance to knock off my #1 life bucket list item.

I have to say this every time I hear it, because it drives me nuts. Has our program been elite? No. Is it a great program? No. But to say it's just been this historically miserable thing is so wrong. We just haven't won a tourney game, that's what makes it seem so bad. But we have a very rich history, and I'm tired of hearing that we don't.

Our 6 Q1 wins put us in a tie for 11th best in the nation in terms of number of Q1 wins. There are just 18 teams with 6 or more Q1 wins. Our six wins put us in the same company as Purdue, Mississippi St, Oregon, Wisconsin, Maryland, Houston, and Michigan. We officially passed Baylor, KU, Ole Miss, West Virginia, Mizzou, Creighton, Michigan St, Marquette, UCONN, Duke, Florida, and Memphis in terms of number of Q1 wins.

Today was Fred Hoiberg's 80th win at Nebraska, in the greater Chicago area, where he coached the Bulls from 2015-18. In fact, Fred coached a preseason game at PBA in 2015, and at that time, I wished there was a world in which Hoiberg was the Huskers head coach at some point in time. Didn't know that day would come about 4 years later. So, we all know the start of Fred's coaching in Lincoln was atrocious, going 21-66 before the turn in 2022 with a 3-game road winning streak (which was matched in 2025 with NU wins at Oregon/Washington/Northwestern). Those three games were all on the opponents' Senior Night: PSU 93-70, OSU 78-70, and Wisc. 74-73. Since the start of that 3-game road win streak, Nebraska's been 59-37 under Fred Hoiberg. Almost incomprehensible the turnaround there's been in the 3 years since the prior 3-road-game win streak had occurred. Primary reason for the turnaround, imo, is that Fred's coaching staff has changed (for the better, obviously), and the NU leadership has committed to recruiting more gritty & complementary players who aspire to be better than they were the day before. I have had a lot of faith in this team, now it's time to grit & grind our way to that big dance victory. GBR

Sometimes you play a team that is better than you are and plays great on a given night. This was one of those times. The effort was there. Not much need for over analyzing things in this spot.

I hate that not all teams make the B1G tournament. It takes a lot of juice out of me personally in gearing up for March Madness. Even in years where we absolutely sucked, likely weren’t going to win a game… there was still that “what if” hope. That “we’re back to 0-0 record” type of thinking. I don’t even want to watch conference tournament week now.

Sorry to the fans on here. That was a tough one. I am the last guy to get on refs but these non live ball variety ones where bs upgrading to flagrant and then a guy standing over our guy taunting him and then a guy bouncing a ball twenty feet in the air in protest are too much to take. All three were shitty calls that involved free throws and possession. All three went against us. All non live action calls.

I am processing the five stages of grief very well right now. 1) Anger (Fuck the refs) 2) Anger (Fuck the guys in stripes) 3) Anger (Fuck the three blind mice) 4) Anger (Fuck the Zebras) 5) Anger (Fuck you Kelly Pfeiffer and the Big 10 office)

I feel like this will be the year we win our first tourney game simply because at this point in the season almost nobody thinks it will happen. It would be the most nebrasketball thing ever.

Oh well. Years and years of following Husker basketball has prepared me for moments like this.

As another data point, Fan Duel has the odds of Nebraska making the tournament at -490. Meaning, you have to wager $490 to win a measly $100. This is an implied probability of 83% of Nebraska making the tournament according to one book in Vegas. Conversely, if you would like an emotional hedge, you can also wager on Nebraska not making the NCAA tournament at +325 odds. We're in good shape. Beat Michigan on Monday and this becomes close to a moot point. Lose to Michigan and then beat the teams you should. I think most of us would have signed up for this scenario at the beginning of the year!

These threads are better than therapy. I vote that anything angry we write based on emotion and love doesn’t get used against us in these threads. It’s venting and commezerating between fellow minds. should not be used against us lol

THAT is why it pays to be "old".... THAT is why it's good that Bryce and Juwan probably don't show a TON of emotion. That's a 20 point comeback ON THE ROAD in the Big 10 in a Q1 game. Northwestern was only 10 spots behind us in the NET. This won't do a ton for the metrics, but it has to do a ton for the psyche.

You gotta hand it to Fred...

Yeah I started taking all 3 of my boys to games when they were like 5 years old. Morgan has kept with me. He stated paying for his own ticket (pays me) since he was 13. Mowed lawns scooped snow to make money. He is now 33 and I asked him last night the last game he remembers missing was maybe the upset of Purdue. Was that when there was a major snow storm? He works for Todd's Lawn Care and does both mowing and snow removal. I myself have been to a minimum of one game, except the covid year since 1965. Have only missed about 10 games since I became a season ticket holder in 1988. Always loved Husker basketball even better than football. Have seen some great and not so great basketball over the years. I do wish we could play a game each year at the old Colosseum but it only holds what 3,000. Maybe an open scramage with the popcorn machine in the corner of the court. Got lots of good stories, it also helped me bond with my boys at a different level.

Reading through other message boards.. it's a weird time in history when Husker fans are ecstatic to go 6-6 and make a bowl game against a pretty soft schedule, pumping up the football program as much as ever, but want to fire the basketball coach after the best three year run since '97-'99.

Thank you. Always an emotional day; but again, thank you for being a Husker.

If anything, Brice Williams deserves to be in March Madness.

We do miss him. But, the real blow is Mast. He is a more skilled Berke on the offensive end. It sucks we didn't get him in Brice's last year.

I can’t remember who, but there were a few “we might not miss Keisei as much this year as some think” posts before the season. Man we miss him MORE than I even thought we would.

If rocks had feelings, they would be offended.

Playing extremely hard and well right now. #GBR Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That was our biggest comeback in the B1G era. (20) We've had a couple of 19 point comebacks at home - Wisconsin last season and Iowa in 2013 Upon further research, the 20 point comeback ties a school record

Watching Nebraska high school girls basketball championship weekend just underscores to me what a disadvantage NU WBB is at in terms of in-state recruiting vs. other Big Ten schools. I can’t think of another state in Big Ten country that produces less Big Ten-level girls basketball recruits than Nebraska does. And yes, I get that we have a smaller population base than all those other states in our conference but we produce a lot of Division 1 high school volleyball recruits. I guess at the end of the day, girls volleyball is more deeply woven into the fabric of our state than girls basketball is or ever will be. Feels like any athletic girl in our state with any kind of height gravitates to VB over BB.

Get on the plane. Get into your own bed. Get to class. See your girl friend or whatever. Get to the gym and work on somethings Maybe Fred makes them work extra hard. Get in the cold pool. Get BB healthy for Monday. Get the game plan ready. We as fans need to be ready to blow the lid off of Pinnacle and help these boys to get back on track. After Monday we see what needs to happen next.

Horrible take. No understanding of the profound weaknesses of most of our players. Bitch about roster acquisition. Coaching has been very good all season, having to put this lineup out there every night.

If there's some way of getting Maryland again in the Big Ten tourney when we're hopefully health once again I do so want a piece of their @$$.