Red Don

SHIELDS WATCH !!! Shavon is only 9 points away from his 1,000th Career Point! (only 25 Huskers have previously attained this level) Let's keep our longest losing streak for the year at two!

Kudos Norm, for this thread! A lot of great discussion and thoughts, all of them positive (not a 'negative nancy' among them). I'd give everyone contributing an automatic +1 if I could. (I really didn't mean to give "Dimes' that down arrow (finger-twitch)) I'm sure the coaching staff is tearing their hair out (all except Harriman, of course) trying to figure out how to right the ship and get back to a higher level of play. Defense has been stellar, but no matter how good it is, Defense won't win the game if you can't score!

I do believe that sums it up pretty well! (But there is still plenty of Basketball left to play this season ) In another thread someone asked what our expectations should be for next year? Speaking (only) for myself, I'm 'Cautiously Optimistic' (rather than 'Irrationally Over- Exuberant')

Down by only 6! Let us pray

Coach Miles' Halftime Tweet: Tim Miles @CoachMiles · 3s 3 seconds ago We are stopping after breaking their press which is disrupting our offensive flow and we are turning the ball over way too much.

On a bright note, it's our rebounding that's keeping it this close.

Still it's 14 All.

Coach Miles has said in interviews some (unspecified) change-ups may be in order. Expect the Unexpected?? (But don’t look for the Black Unis!) Shavon Shields (16.6 ppg & 15 pts last game vs MN) is only 20 points away from 1,000 career points (word is father, Will Shields, will be named as a nominee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday evening).

Not the 'Smileys' that bother me, 49r. (more the 'Frownies') I'm limited to a max of 15 per post; Meaning we can only have 2 more losses in the remaining games (howszat for a run; 8-2. Puts us right where we need to be for a repeat).

Link to Video availability of upcoming Men's Basketball Games 2014/2015 (All 2015 games will be televised - BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, etc) http://www.huskers.c....B_OEM_ID=10010 Huskers, 13-18 (5-14 B1G), KenPom ranking #130 (through 3/11/15) Next-Up: NONE! Season's DONE! __________________________________________________________________ Season Record: Out-of-Conference (Record 8-4) 11/16 vs Northern Kentucky (W 80-61) 11/18 vs Central Arkansas (W 82-56) 11/22 @ Rhode Island (L 66-62 OT) Loss to what has turned out to be a NCAA-Worthy RI Team 11/25 vs UNO (W 80-67) 11/28 vs Tennessee-Martin (W 75-64) 12/01 @ Florida State (W 70-65) Huskers uphold their end of ACC/B1G Challenge (Third year in a Row ) 12/07 vs Creighton (L 65-55) Disappointing In-State Loss 12/10 vs Incarnate Word (L 74-73) Poor heads-up play = Loss to, Wha, WHO? 12/13 vs Cincinnati (W 56-55 2OT) Huge Win in Double OT, Energizer Benny makes Winning Basket - Diamond Head Classic @ Honolulu - 12/22 vs Hawaii (L 66-58) HI was Hot, advancing to take Wichita State to the wire 80-79 OT. 12/23 vs Loyola Marymount (W 50-42 OT) 12/25 vs Ohio (W 71-58) Back-to-Back wins for 5th place B1G Conference Play (Record 5-14) 12/31 vs Indiana (L 70-65) Valiant Comeback falls Short - 2015 - 1/5 @ Iowa (L 70-59) Only 8 points off the bench 1/8 vs Rutgers (W 65-49) First Conference Win. Leslee Smith returns 1/11 vs Illinois (W 53-43) Back-to-Back, Double-Digit Wins @ Home 1/15 @ Wisconsin (L 70-55) Loss to (#7) Excellent Shooting Wisconsin Team 1/20 vs Minnesota (W 52-49) Petteway 25th Husker gets 1,000th career point (#24 was Ryan Anderson, 2009/10) 1/24 vs Michigan State (W 79-77) Back-to-Back 'Nail-biter' Wins at PBA 1/27 @ Michigan (L 58-44) Lackluster effort vs injury-plagued Michigan. 1/31 @ Minnesota (L 60-42) Back-to-Back Losses on the Road. 2/3 vs Northwestern (W 76-60) Double-Digit Win. Shields 26th Husker to reach 1,000 career points. Sat 2/7 @ Penn State (L 56-43) Feeble Offense = Road Loss Tue 2/10 vs Wisconsin (L 65-55) Valiant 2nd Half come-back effort, no shame in losing to leading team in B1G Sun 2/15 @ Purdue (L 66-54) Disappointing Loss on the Road despite promising start Thu 2/19 @ Maryland (L 69-65) Heartbreaker vs more talent; Huskers played their Best Road Game of the Season Sun 2/22 vs Iowa (L 74-46) Inept Offense & Resurgent Hawkeyes = Beatdown @ PBA Thu 2/26 @ Ohio State (L 81-57) They were Hot; We Were NOT! (David Rivers gets his 1st Double/Double - 10 pts, 11 Rbs) Wed 3/4 @ Illinois (L 69-57) Illini rally holds off Huskers who played one of their Best Road Games of the Year (Leslee Smith has a personal best - 8 pts & 9 Rbs) Sun 3/8 vs Maryland (L 64-61) Season End Heartbreaking loss @ PBA despite Outstanding Defense - Big Ten Tournament @ Chicago Wed 3/11 vs Penn State (L 68-65) One & Done! Kudos to the Team for Fighting to Stay in the Game! A Disappointing Season, For Sure!!! But watch-out for In-coming!!! (A. White III; E. Morrow; G. Watson; M. Jacobson; J. McVeigh)

Hi Norm. Not trying to answer for AuroranHusker, but I also mentioned 'easy shots' in the game thread hskr4life, on 27 Jan 2015 - 4:45 PM, said: (sorry but I haven't mastered the art of quoting functionality yet) "RedDon said: ++++ We make any of those easy shots in the first half and we're way ahead!" One example might be the dunk Walt missed earlier in the game. (IIRC, didn't Walt also have a reverse dunk, when he was feeling good in the B1G tourny, I think, late last year, that he missed, & things started to go downhill from there?) Now I think it's just frustration (i.e I'll show just how hard I can Dunk- so hard it bounces right back out) but it seems symptomatic of the season we're having. Back to your question. You're probably right, there are no 'easy' shots; Maybe it should be 'easier' shots. That is shorter-range, higher-percentage shots. Without going back to watch the tape (not sure I could take it) I think you'd probably agree there were a lot of shots the Huskers took in the paint that you'd expect to make that just weren't falling - the failure to fall-in seemingly feeding on itself.

Ugly, Ugly Loss to a very beatable Michigan Team

Can't even catch a Break tonight

Agree, could still pull it out!

Holy Moly! 7 pts by Benny (second highest scorer tonight)

Michigan is very beatable tonight (maybe just not by us)

Coach Miles Halftime Tweet: Tim Miles @CoachMiles · 3m 3 minutes ago We are playing too tentative out there and it shows. We have to be much more aggressive on both ends.

Really man? He has hit our only three. He is not a big time scorer. Yes he will occasionally hit an open three. I think he is fine. We have lots of threats out there to score. I'm not talking about our other guys. I love Benny. I'm a huge fan of the energy and defense that he brings. Benny is NOT a threat to score. Yes, he can hit free throws. But when you catch the ball on the baseline, don't shoot, dribble and then pass it up to the top of the key...repeatedly, you are NOT a threat to score. It's why teams sag off of him, which creates spacing problems for the rest of our offense. Miles himself said teams last year over-respected Gallegos and it's been a major difference this year not having an additional threat to score. It just frustrates me, that's all. We need Benny's defensive efforts. But on pace to score 36 total points in this game, we need more scoring. Hammer; Meet Nail!

Michigan had as bad a half as we did. I like our chances of coming out hot in the 2nd, better than Michigan's, especially with their missing Walton!

++++ We make any of those easy shots in the first half and we're way ahead!

We're going to have a lot better 2nd Half!

Don't forget Benny put up the winning pts vs Cincy, & 6-6 critical FTs vs Minny

Terrible 1st half (for Mich too, only 20 pts so far)

Good put-back, Dave!

Don't know what it is with the Huskers & Dunks. Petteway had one go out vs Mich St, now Pitchford!