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Terrible call.

Really surprised MSU has backed off the full-court pressure othe than on the inbound pass. Crazily, the stooges are really giving NU a bunch of calls on loose balls.

Markowski needs to wake up. She's been a total non-factor.

Yeah, they're not gonna call fouls on them.

Would be nice if they could convert 3-foot shots at a better rate than 3-point shots. So bad around the hoop.

MSU sure likes to travel. That's about 7 or 8 already. It's no wonder NU's defenders look like they're stuck in the mud most of the time.

2 fouls on Shelley is a big issue.

Wow. Totally unprepared with your tourney life on the line. Unbelievable. Better get their act together pronto.

A$$wipes 84 Nebraska 71

Maybe they can work some kind of adoption/NIL combo magic for good portal players?

MSU 70 NU 64 3

Sure, from a player's point-of-view, if they don't call it, you keep doing it. But, that doesn't mean it's legal. It is still traveling. Just because the stooges can't do their job properly, doesn't mean it shouldn't be questioned. And it is most certainly NOT called consistently - if it was, there would be no more traveling at all (see below). The euro-step is different. It looks awkward as hell. First time I saw it (and many times after), I thought that has to be traveling. But, the euro-step, at least, is basically the same as a straight-line (relatively speaking) layup in that it is a continuous motion (you get 2 steps after picking up the ball from the dribble) before releasing the ball toward the hoop. The second step is just at an extreme angle to the initial direction of motion. The long step and release of the pivot foot after stopping or pivoting on said foot is not a continuous motion like a typical layup. There is a break in the movement into the shooting (or passing) action to establish the pivot foot after dribbling. So, ask yourself the following: if a player establishes a pivot foot without previously dribbling (e.g., has just received a pass) at the top of the key, for instance, and then drags or picks up that planted foot before dribbling, passing or shooting, is that traveling? Of course it is and it will be called traveling 99% of the time (unless it's in the NBA when we occasionally see the replays of some clown getting 15 feet closer to the basket by changing his pivot foot multiple times). The same thing applies if the player picks up the dribble and establishes a pivot foot prior to passing or shooting. Why should the call change just because the player is within 5 feet of the basket? These steps around or away from the defender to get a shot up (after stopping and pivoting) are the exact same situation. It is traveling and it should not be allowed. If they continue to allow it around the basket, then why shouldn't a player be allowed to change their pivot foot at any time at any location on the court? And for sure, my complaining won't make a damn bit of difference and I won't stop watching games, but I will continue to cringe every time it happens and I will continue to call it out for the BS that it is. I'm not trying to be a jackwagon toward you and I understand things change, but the current state of this particular 'interpretation' is simply wrong and not applied consistently. It's just a blatantly farcical and situationally-dependent butchering of one of the most basic concepts/rules of the game and those that have allowed it and continue to allow it should be ridiculed.

I contend that the pivot and step through move prevalent in the women's game the last couple of years is textbook traveling, but everybody is doing it now and it is not called. I've even seen it a couple of times in men's games. Once the pivot foot has been established and you hold the ball and spin this way and that, you can't lift that pivot foot unless jumping with both feet. When the long step is taken to get around the defender and the pivot foot is lifted with the ball still in the hand, you've essentially established a new pivot foot without dribbling. It's no different than shuffling the feet after a pivot foot is established. Basically impossible to defend and should be eliminated from the game. Some may argue it's like the euro-step, but it's not.

So true. I do think Minnesota actually has a decent group of freshmen. Especially Payne. Thought he looked pretty good after the first game and this game didn't change my opinion. He could be a pain in the coming years. No idea if Johnson is the guy to keep those guys there and mesh the pieces together.

When he was shooting FTs late in the game, the announcers were talking about him not wanting to drink any water. Did anyone else hear that and what the heck is that all about?

That was my worry. It would be the most Nebrasketball thing to do. They couldn't put the Goophers away, but never let them get real close, either.

Minnesota stuck to him really well with a longer defender. Good job by them and good job by KT to not force things.

Huskers. 69 Goophers. 63

Let's hope so. Seems like any time there's a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel for Nebrasketball (honestly, this applies to most Nebraska sports programs in recent years), they find a way to crap the bed against a bad team. Cannot lose at home to the obvious conference doormat. Need to beat them soundly and any advantage is welcome.

With Brown, though, it's the default setting.

I don't give a rat's patoot how good your conference is perceived to be, if you can't win more than 1/3 of your conference games, you absolutely do not belong in any conversation concerning the NCAA tournament, no matter what some silly metric ranking says (e.g., West Virginia & Texas Tech). I'd rather see some lesser conference team that had a great season but didn't win their tournament get a shot. At least there would be a story of interest for the first game with a potential cinderella. Nobody, and I mean nobody, outside West Virginia has any interest in a WVU game. I actually know a handful of West Virginians who are sports fans and they're not even very interested.

She's a piece of work, for sure.

I think it's in the first segment of the day. Look down the page for 8336 - PBA was packed on both Saturday and Sunday for Husker hoops…did Nebraska get blanked this weekend or pull through in men’s hoops?

Yeah, definitely some truth to that take. I kind of wish there was some way for the game to revert backwards a bit with regard to physicality, meaning things were more free-flowing without all the hard contact. Obviously not going to happen with the speed, size, strength and athleticism of today's players versus the past, but somehow I don't think basketball was meant to be 'football on a hardcourt' that we tend to see anymore, especially in the B1G.

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. If you're gonna let 'em brawl, let 'em brawl the whole way. If you're gonna call it close, do it the entire game.