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I have to give the ladies credit. They looked like they might get beat 83-0, but got their ducks in a row and played really well until the last half of the 4th quarter to beat a pretty good team that came to Lincoln with a great plan to pressure NU. Great to see Markowski get some mojo back. Weidner looked more like pre-knee injuries Weidner - really aggressive. Had a few too many turnovers, but both traveling calls on her were total BS. Officiating, per usual, was horrendous...across the board. But I will say, this is one of the first games I can remember when I felt NU got the benefit of several questionable calls to even things out a bit compared to the normal crapfest we witness.

Nebrasketball. That is all.

I can concur. I have many times found someone live streaming games on YouTube. Sometimes, the stream might 'blocked' after a certain period of time, but I've generally been able to switch to a different streamer and get to watch most of a given game.

I had the good fortune of tuning in just prior to NU's stellar effort to wrench defeat from the jaws of victory by completely blowing the 17? point lead in 6 or 7 minutes. I have no words for the level of play displayed during that segment. From the comments, it sounds like the 1st half wasn't a whole lot better. It's really hard to watch this team sometimes - still always with the lazy passes, ill-advised/wild shots and missed bunnies. Thankfully, as someone else mentioned, Hake, Weidner & Prince buckled down just in time to avoid an embarrassing collapse. It's going to be a tough row to hoe the rest of the way unless the level of play improves significantly.

I wouldn't bet the farm on it. This is the B1G we're talking about. The front office has been subtly shafting NU since the moment they joined.

Exactly, I think NU has a better chance this year of beating the ditch chickens in Iowa City, but winning on the road in conference is so difficult. Especially with Iowa probably being royally pissed off after getting 3 of their 4 remaining teeth forcibly removed by the ditch weasels the other day.

Wow, if I counted correctly there are only 4 ACC teams in that top 40 and only 1 in top 20. My oh my how the strength of the ACC has eroded in the last 5 to 10 years. One benefit is that, living in North Carolina fairly close to the former hotbed of college hoops royalty, I don't have to listen to all the Tar Hole and Blue Devil homers blather on about how great they are all the time.

It has always seemed to me that NU gets 2 or 3 of the 'expected to finish' top 4 or 5 conference foes on the very front end of the schedule...you know, just so they can get in a nice hole that's nearly impossible to dig out of if NU might have any thoughts of being a decent team and finish in the top half of the conference. The past couple of years I think that has aided NU's late season success with some of the 'lesser' teams scheduled late. This year, I don't think it makes much difference. It appears right now that there is more parity throughout the conference and there really aren't going to be many games that can be expected wins without playing really good ball. Of course, it's fantastic to be 2-1 instead of 1-2 or 0-3 against 3 good teams.

I'm just gobsmacked that a game officiated by that stretched dick-with-ears, D.J. Carstenson, didn't end up with the foul tally strongly in favor of NU's opponent. Miracles do happen.

Suck it, UCLA. Suck it, Cronin.

Pretty poor late-game execution.

Did Roby just check in for them?

3 fouls to get 1. That's a pretty good ratio.

UCLA: Simultaneously thugs and crybabies.

Well, they're battling. Just out-sized and out-quicked (and out-stooged). Need to protect the ball and hopefully make a bunch of 3's.

They said she transferred from Texas A&M, whom NU beat in first round last year. She said this was a 'revenge' game. What a imbecilic thug.

When you say 'work', I assume you mean 'work' Nebraska.

I don't where they found the zebra crews for this tournament, but their next stop should be Midway Island. Don't let them back on the mainland.

They called a foul on Hawai'i. How can that be? I was thinking maybe NU could invest in some sort of harness system so it would be easier for Hawai'i's players to ride on their backs.

Apparently the Three Stooges were informed before tip-off that this was a football game or rugby match. These aggravated physical assault allowed type of games are not enjoyable to watch. I figured someone was going to get hurt - unfortunately, it was Berke with the non-contact injury.

It's got to be the Runzas, right?

A step slow across the board and couldn't throw it in the ocean for 3/4s of the game. Surprised they kept it within 10 +/-. Needed the effort shown late in the game for the entire game. Not going to win many against decent teams when you only play hard 15-20 minutes.

Well, winning ugly is better than losing ugly. I don't expect them to shoot less than 30% very often, so good to get this one out of the system against a lesser opponent. Big positive is that they made free throws tonight which was pretty much the difference.

If I were running the show, the next practice would be 90 minutes of taking shots from 3 feet and in mixed with 30 minutes of the Mikan drill. The amount of missed layups this year is mind-bottling.

Apparently, Nebraska did also.