Fastbreaker

4 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

If we’re counting on Wilhelm to be anything but a Bit Player, we’re in a LOT of Trouble. 

People were saying the same about Keisei a year ago.

Just now, huskerbill85 said:

Minnesota is giving us every chance 

But we can seem to take advantage.

This is so Nebasketball.  Make you feel good then KITN.  Everytime.

1 hour ago, Neb Nets said:

Honestly, there’s nothing you can do about Clark except just count down the days until she graduates and leaves Iowa. She’s simply on a different level than everyone else. (And it makes me sick to have to say that)

And she is the biggest asshatt in college basketball.  Maybe in all of basketball.  

Hummel was very fair.  Some posters only notice the stuff they disagree with and never the complimentary things. Same with refs. 

17 offensive boards them, 5 for us. Game in a nutshell

Did you know that Fran and Fred are very good friends. They and their wives get together all the time.

2 minutes ago, NUtball said:

They've been doing it for 2-1/2 games, so...

Also our 3% is same as Iowa.  We can continue this pace right.

3 minutes ago, brfrad said:

This officiating crew consists of the 3 worst refs and we get them all in one game.

So they are worst for Iowa also.  Loser complain about officiating. It is what it is.

No shit sherlock. Us and every other P5 school would take Cotie. Where do we find another on.  May be Britt Prince could be the one.  

One thing to watch is how the game is called.  MSU will physically beat on us, daring  the officials to make the call. How we and the officials react is key.   

Turn out the lights

42 minutes ago, Merlin said:

They’re gone after the season. 

And you know this or just your usual

We are a better team than Illinois. We proved it 7 out of 8 quarters.  So frustrating.  Rutgers, Minnesota, Illinois first game, even Indiana.  We coulda, shoulda been the 6th  place team.  

So in addition to a great playing career and coaching career, he got to coach the greatest all around athlete in Nebraska history.  Is this correct. 

3 hours ago, HUD said:

Don't forget Iowa has had a big advantage in point guards for the last six years.  Big key for getting the ball where and when the post wants and needs it.

Also don't forget that Iowa's all conference point guard before Clark was committed to Nebraska before Shepard and Eckhorst blew it all up.  

4 minutes ago, NUtball said:

That's what ticks me off the most about the typical Three Blind Mice performance - the inconsistency.  Aggravated assault is allowed for long stretches and then on a turn of a dime, every little ticky-tack contact is called.  I get that it's not an easy job, but at least make some effort to gravitate toward consistency for 40 minutes.

Another way to look at it is, The referees start off letting the play be physical.  And as  the game goes on the players get more physical and more physical and more physical.So something has to be done which is to call ticky tack fouls To keep players from actually causing harm to each other.

5 hours ago, Nebrasketball1979 said:

Fixed this for you

I was under the impression that The 2 Australian players on the women's team went home to Australia last summer signed a NIL over There and then return to play in United States this season. Why couldn't Keisei do the same thing this summer?

42 minutes ago, longtimefan said:

I have to say I was excited for this season to start.  We had a pretty good season last year and had pretty much all the significant players coming back.  Unfortunately  this season is probably ending in a dud.  As for next year we are losing Haiby and probably Shelly and Bourne.  So unless Coach Williams finds 2-3 very very good portal players, I'm expecting another down season and maybe worse than this years.  I know there are a couple of freshman coming in but it's unrealistic to expect them to be impact players immediately if ever.  I guess we'll need some big time NIL money to get some good ones.

 

 

Why is it unrealistic To have freshman impact players.Other teams do it all the time why should we be different. 

2 hours ago, huskerchode said:

I recently came across some information that leads me to believe her resignation had more to do with personal issues than any investigation with the program.  I could be wrong, but her resignation made a lot more sense to me when I stumbled across this.  And I'm sorry I'm being cryptic, but I don't feel it's any of my beeswax to splash it all over social media.

 

I feel she is a fantastic coach and has had tremendous influence on the Creighton program which has led to their recent success.  I would take her back in a heartbeat.  There was nothing in the info I found that cast her in a negative light.  If anything, it put her in a more positive light in my mind.

Connie Yori will never coach again and will especially never coach Nebraska again. She likes what she's doing. Watching film, game planning etc.  And she does not have to recruit and put up with sometimes bratty teen-agers.  It's no Coincidence that Creighton has gotten better with her behind the scenes work.  

4 hours ago, Tom Jones said:

Yes, Whoop, I am with you - I too have been a Williams supporter having been harboring a feeling that the program has been on an upward trajectory. But that feeling is slipping away. The turning point, seems to me, was the loss of AW.  With her on the court, the team performed well enough to think we were on an upward path. But her loss has exposed vulnerabilities for which remedy is needed but will be difficult. And this is occurring in a competitive environment in which the other teams in the conference are improving while the Huskers are, at best, standing still. 

 

Unless the AD is content with the Huskers sinking to bottom four status in the conference,  I too foresee next year as "make or break" for the current staff.  The return of AW will help, but expecting an even trade by replacing Sam, Izzie, and maybe Jazz with three freshmen .... well that moves the needle away from "make" and towards "break". 

 

I don't like the portal. But it's the world we now live in.  And that's where the answer is for Huskers 2003-04. 

The only mention of Issie leaving I have seen was some poster on here. Not exactly for sure until I see more verification 

Did anyone notice Clark get fouled and fall to the floor and then rolled around like her leg was broken.  But immediately running the floor full speed.  What a drama queen.

15 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Wichita.

Do I have this right.  If there is a great free throw disparity in our favor, it is a well reffed game and we did a great job keeping them off the line. If there is a disparity the other way, the refs are crooked and out to put it to us.  I did not mean to quote 49r but a general observation.

3 hours ago, HUD said:

Player development covers a big area.  I would like to focus on the mental part of the game.  Many of our on going short comings stem from a weakness there from time to time on decision making.  A couple of mental break downs can cost us in a close game like last night.  I could give many examples but for the sake of brevity I will give two examples.  With a 6 point lead and 22 seconds left (after a Mich St time out) Haggeman drove to the bucket on Bourne who fouled her.  3 pt play.  With no foul and a made basket it would have still been a 4 pt lead and our ball and they would have had to foul us. Big mental mistake. The foul which was correctly called was on a 4th year senior. We then missed two free throws and they drove the hoop again and we fouled with them and they made one but got the rebound and Haggeman took a long 3 which missed but was fouled by Haiby. Made all 3 free throws. It may have been an iffy call but you don't put yourself in that position for the ref to possibly call it.  The mental mistake was made by a 5th year player.  We can blame mental mistakes on poor execution but I will put a lot of it on the coaches when we have so many of them and they are recurring over the years.  Poor percentage passes, bad inbounds plays, bad fouling etc.  We have too much talent for this to happen as much as it does.

Regarding the 2 fouls that you refer to.  On the 1st The Michigan state player Purposely ran into contact and then Flop backwards like she had been killed.On the second Sam Did not come close to touching her.In fact she went to the bench saying I sure flopped hard to get that foul. 

1 hour ago, All About the Corn said:

Not sure how many of you watch other B1G games but every time Michigan is on they always bring up Leigha Brown having left Nebraska for Michigan. That KBA knew Leigha was a 3 level scorer but was surprised how good she was in other facets. She is playing the point this year and doing quite well with it. She has had three games with 10 or more assists this year. I know a few do not like her on court style but I wouldn't mind seeing some of our current players play with more of an attitude. None of them should feel good about the product on the court. 

I have a problem with her on court style when she flinging f bombs at the Nebraska fans behind the Michigan bench when they played here earlier. Leigha Brown or Caitlen Clark. Who wins t h e award for most disliked player in the Big 10.  I know they are both good but they do n o t have to act the way they do.