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Watched the game on the wonderful BTN+ and I’ve got to tell you, I was less than impressed with how we played. Especially in the 2nd half. So to look up and see us up by as many as 29, I was almost impressed we did that. Someone previously mentioned in a thread that we’ve been getting up so big early that maybe we let off the gas or lose focus. Either way, here are some thoughts. The Good: - Did what we were supposed to in terms of MOV. As of this morning, we’re up to a 10 seed in T-Ranks projections with an expected record of 19-12 (10-10) - Freethrows early allowed us to separate. -The boards! 55-35 advantage to us along with 16 offensive boards. When’s the last time we’ve dominated the glass like this? - Mast had himself quite a game and almost a 1st half double-double. - Eli Rice had 16-6 and was pretty efficient in doing so. He’s only going to get better too. Thems tough numbers to put up as a freshman… even against lesser competition. The Bad: - Turnovers… woof. 18 total and it was by committee. Some were just downright ugly/dumb passes and plays. - Missing bunnies has been an Achilles heel of ours many years in the past. It reared its ugly head again last night. I honestly think that we started chucking threes once we missed quite a few bunnies. It’s like they went hand in hand. - at one point we were like 6-11 from three or right around there. I even posted that we might have a good shooting team this year in the game thread. Boy did we clank some in the 2nd half though. - Diop came in and gave us 4 fouls in 5 minutes. If he wants to see some action, he can’t be at a Wilhelm crazy foul level. - We could have won by 40+. That’s the reality and that’s the difference between a higher or lower NET. Blowouts count in MOV. As we saw late last year… winning close has no real effect. So while 27 was nice 40+ would have been better for us. How does this team look with KT and JG back? Whose minutes drop off? Do we have the legs to play 3 next week? It’s a big chance to get to 5-0 with a win over a P5 opponent.

Hence why I’ll stay away from sports betting

Lost to ISU tonight 102-47....

It's kind of fun to be pissed about a 27 point win.

Got a 3 game slate next week with the most important being the 3rd... so we better find those legs.

14 TO's is baaaaaaad.

We just haven't looked crisp the entire half... but we've still managed to hold this thing at 27. I guess that's a good thing.

Proceed to hit 3 quick 3's

We've sucked this 2nd half.

The Masked Mast is going to have a 1st half double-double if he grabs 4 more boards.

Disappointed in our inside game so far and the missing of sooooo many bunnies. However, we're 100% at the line and 6-11 from deep. I don't want us to fall in love with the 3, but our best shooter hasn't stepped on the floor yet. Are we going to be a .... gulp..... good shooting team?

KT is officially out

KT is officially out

I'd take the 139 over, but I'm not a huge sports betting man.

Even better! Lol

Suing for false advertising on this one. Came here to post how PSU got whipped tonight only to realize they played PSU Brandywine. Lol!

This. Especially with how cupcakey our Non-Con is. Throw in the fact that the NIT will now be highest NET and it makes it that more important.

Great Benchwarmers reference.

Huskers 87 FA&M 62

Drinking at football game underage and marijuana in dorms

Guy is 5’8” and looks like a kid.

If you look at Trankology… With the Creighton game being at home and results from last night, it has our lowest win percentage chance in that KSU game and the only two games we’re below 50% win chance before Christmas are Creighton (43% win) and KSU (36% win) MSU is now a 50/50 toss up and Minny is 61% win chance. So we’ve got a chance to do some damage before Christmas.

Re-watching the 1st half this morning. A few smaller concerns and a few positives watching it back… 1. We’ve got a lot of shooters… can they be makers? A lot of guys weren’t afraid to shoot the rock. It’s not a bad thing…. yet. However, when things get tougher down the road, we can’t revert back to “shoot it now or I won’t get it back” like some past teams. 2. Another reason Sam will play a lot is he isn’t looking for “his”. He isn’t afraid to shoot or drive when it comes in the flow of the offense… but he’s not forcing things. Around the 13:30 mark of half 1, Sam got a kick back off an offensive board. Could have easily shot it. Instead continued with ball reversal around the perimeter and Boogie ended up missing an open look for 3. 3. SH’s pass to JLaw at the 11:45 mark of half 1 was beautiful. Missed layup, 4. Looking at all these missed open looks.. we could have probably scored 100 last night fairly easily if we make them plus our FTs. 5. JLaw had a tough stretch from the 14 minute mark through the 10 minute mark. 6. It’s been a while since we’ve had multiple guys dominate the post game like Mast and Allick did for about 3-4 possessions midway through the first. Regardless of opponent… we’ve strung there against everyone. 7. Gave up 13 offensive boards but a fair share were in this first half here. Gotta clean that up. 8. Scores in bunches the last 10 minutes. To finish with over 50 points was quite impressive.