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UNL 78 UCF 76

Wearing the whites, like everyone else.

Nebraska 70 North Dakota 67

I've been called a lot of things in my life, but I never have been called anything as obscene, as scurrilous, as salacious, vulgar or coarse as "Jaysker." I demand an apology, sir! (Oh, and sorry about the misleading handle. Beat the Bluebirds!)

Toby Hegner foot injury.

BIrds make baskets look easy.

Michigan State-Dook. Man, these guys can ball. Tum Tum and Gavin Schilling COME OFF THE BENCH for MSU. And Dook is better than MSU so far. One day ... one day ...

St. Tim's Team 76 St. John's 75

True story: I was an extra in "Terms of Endearment" when it was filmed in Lincoln. Unfortunately, I was left on the cutting room floor.

Just an apprentice. I didn't mean to IMPLY otherwise.

OK, my real occupation:

Damn. I can't believe I did that. Crap. My cover's been blown.

Didn't intend to IMPLY that it did. By writing "yet we're supposed to be the second-worst team," I meant simply that we have an even steeper hill to climb. Tough schedule + bad team (allegedly) = Bad results.

So here's a thing about our schedule, if you define major conference as including the Power 5, the Big East and the American. Not projecting second- or third-round tournament games, Nebraska plays more major non-conference opponents than anyone else in the Big Ten. And we play only one SWAC, MEAC, WAC team. Illinois, Iowa and Maryland have four of those games. So by this narrow definition, we have the toughest schedule in the conference, and yet we're supposed to be the second-worst team.Big Ten major non-conference foes (#): NameILLINOIS (3): DePaul, Wake Forest, MissouriINDIANA (4): Seton Hall, Duke, Louisville, Notre DameIOWA (3): Virginia Tech, Iowa State, ColoradoMARYLAND (2): Butler, SyracuseMICHIGAN (4): LSU, North Carolina, UCLA, TexasMICHIGAN STATE (3): Duke, DePaul, Notre DameMINNESOTA (4): Providence, Miami, Alabama, ArkansasNEBRASKA (5): St. John's, UCF, Boston College, Creighton, KansasNORTHWESTERN (4): Creighton, Georgia Tech, DePaul, OklahomaOHIO STATE (2): Gonzaga, North CarolinaPENN STATE (2): Pitt, NC StatePURDUE (4): Marquette, Tennessee, Louisville, ButlerRUTGERS (2): Florida State, Seton HallWISCONSIN (4): Xavier, Baylor, Virginia, MarquetteBig Ten WAC, MEAC, SWAC and Division II foes (#): NameILLINOIS (4): Southern, NC Central, NM State, Grand CanyonINDIANA (1): HowardIOWA (4): Chicago State, Alabama State, Grambling, SouthernMARYLAND (4): MD-Eastern Shore, Jackson State, Catholic U.MICHIGAN (1): Alabama A&MMICHIGAN STATE (2): Houston Baptist, Savannah StateMINNESOTA (1): Alabama A&MNEBRASKA (1): Delaware StateNORTHWESTERN (2): Chicago State, Lewis CollegeOHIO STATE (1): Texas SouthernPENN STATE (1): Coppin StatePURDUE (1): Chicago StateRUTGERS (2): CCNY, Coppin StateWISCONSIN (2): South Carolina State, Chicago StateSo the Nebraska-never-plays-anybody trope is old AND inaccurate, especially for a team that is predicted to finish 13th in a 14-team conference and needs all the wins and confidence it can get.

We played 14 players: 11 of 12 scholarship players and 3 walk-ons.

I heard he would take all the shots himself and hope the misses "trickled down" to his guys.

Roby or Palmer or Watson. Or somebody else.

Palmer 18 Watson 15 Taylor 12 Roby 11 with 7 boards McVeigh 10 with 6 boards Copeland 8 with 8 boards Jordy 2 points and 5 rebounds in 10 minutes

Laws, Borchardt and Trueblood for the last 2:40. Let's see if they can put the ball through the hoop.

5 of 26 shooting in the second half for Nebraska. 16:21 gone.

Big man minutes: Duby 12 Jordy 10 Borchardt 2 Other guys 8

3-19 from the field this half. Nearly 12 minutes gone.

NU 3-17 from the field in the second half.

Only three field goals and 10 points for Nebraska in the first 8:44 of the second half.