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He was a very good defender before he got here as well. Averaged over 2 steals a game and i wanna say he was DPOY from his previous conference or atleast all-defensive team.

After Wk 10: 1. LSU 8-0 2. Ohio State 8-0 3. Penn State 8-0 4. Clemson 9-0 5. Baylor 8-0 6. Alabama 8-0 7. Georgia 7-1 8. Oregon 8-1 9. Utah 8-1 10. Minnesota 8-0 11. Oklahoma 7-1 12. Wake Forest 7-1 Appalachian State, Florida, and SMU all eliminated this week.

An article from the LJS surveyed all 16 players about varying categories. Below are the results for the following categories: Best defender? Best rebounder? Best dunker? Hardest to guard? *Many players gave multiple players for each category (including themselves) and some gave no specific answer. BEST DEFENDER (PLAYER NAME/# OF MENTIONS): - Dachon Burke 13 - Haanif Cheatham 1 - Jervay Green 1 BEST REBOUNDER: - Yvan Ouedraogo 8 - Derrick Walker 5 - Shamiel Stevenson 2 - Dalano Banton 1 - Kevin Cross 1 BEST DUNKER: - Shamiel Stevenson 12 - Akol Arop 5 - Jervay Green 3 - Dalano Banton 2 - Cam Mack 1 - Derrick Walker 1 HARDEST TO GUARD: - Cam Mack 6 - Dachon Burke 6 - Jervay Green 3 - Samari Curtis 3 - Dalano Banton 2 - Derrick Walker 1 - Haanif Cheatham 1 - Shamiel Stevenson 1 - Yvan Ouedraogo 1

Definitely the last two imo. Minnesota was flat out better. Nebraska had the talent to beat Indiana and Purdue but got outplayed and outcoached. And it likely cost them a bowl game unless they pull something out of their ass the last three games.

Nebraska 85 UC Riverside 71 7 non conference wins 13 overall wins

I just wonder how he will hold up against bigger more physical guards. Hopefully he has gained most of his weight/strength back from his medical absence earlier in the year. If he hasnt, the grind of a college bball season isnt a great time to do so.

175 is good. Thought Jake/Kent said something about him appearing really thin and skinny during the radio broadcast. And mentioned him looking closer to 150 or 160. Could have misheard them. And obviously wasnt as the game to see for myself.

I wonder what the staff thinks Cam Mack's ideal playing weight is. Kent and Jake said his 160# listing might be generous. Im sure his medical issue in the summer has a lot to do with it tho.

What was the biggest lineup we played? Off the top of my head I believe it was: Jervay Green 6'3, Haanif Cheatham 6'6, Thorir Thorbjarnarson 6'6, Matej Kavas 6'8, and Yvan Ouedraogo 6'9. Did Cross and Ouedraogo get paired up on the court at all? I was out for a late night, chilly run while listening to the game. So I zoned out on more than a few occasions.

Some box score takeaways: - Top 9 all played pretty similar minutes. When eligible, who does Stevenson take minutes from? - Mack will have multiple triple-doubles during his time here. - Are we a bad FT team or just rushing them bc we were juiced. FTs are gonna have to be made in order for this team to sniff a .500 record. Gotta get the freebies especially when considering the deficiencies we know we already have - Samari can shoot. However, he made a lot of freshmen mistakes throughout the game too. - Easley didnt enter the game until "walkon" time. I thought he would be in the mix a little more, atleast for an exhibition game. Guess not. - Three point shooting was not good. Couldnt tell by radio if they were good shots that didnt drop or poor shot selection

Interesting. Walker is the one im least excited about of the four. He will give us a physical presence in the paint but is so far in his career has been pretty 1 dimensional and injury prone. Cant wait to see what the redshirt year does for him tho!

I can picture the front court of the future next year: PF (Point Forward) Banton/Cross and C Ouedraogo/Walker. That will pair nicely with our returning wings and guards.

Thor and Matej Kavas first off the bench followed by Kevin Cross followed by Samari Curtis. Biggest lineup so far has been Cam Mack, Haanif Cheatham, Thorir Thorbjarnarson, Matej Kavas, and Yvan Ouedraogo.

I dont think anyone is "going" to the "negative" side. Many of us are just staying on the realistic side. I expected us to struggle this season before the secret scrimmage and I still expect us to struggle. However, I do expect us to be much improved by the end of the season. Gonna be a fun season to watch unfold even if im not expecting the best results! GBR

A lineup of Mack, Green, Burke, Cheatham, and Ouedraogo is super small. Cant imagine we win many games with that unless Mack is as advertised, Ouedraogo can play 25+ min, and the others can shoot 37% or better from deep. If that is the starting lineup, it will be interesting to see how Cross, Kavas, Arop, and Stevenson (when eligible) are used as front court pieces off the bench.

Im excited to see who starts on Wednesday. Getting to see an actual rotation with all the eligible players and a box score is going to be so exciting!

My predictions for Wk 10: - Clemson v. Wofford: Tigers roll. - Baylor v. West Virginia: Halloween night just calls for something weird to happen. But Baylor is coming off of a bye and at home. Bears stay undefeated. - Georgia @ Florida: Florida is at home and playing well. Georgia hasnt looked right all season. Gators get a huge resume win and eliminate their rivals from playoff contention. - Oregon @ USC: Oregon is surviving and advancing. USC HC is on the thinnest of ice possible. Ducks win on the road and keep their playoff hopes alive - Utah @ Washington: Utah has been domimate since their loss to USC. Washington has been very hot and cold. I predict Washington brings their A game and eliminates the Utes from playoff contention. - SMU @ Memphis: The Stangs have scored 34 points or more every game of the year. Memphis is really really good. SMU suffers their first loss of the year and get eliminated as Memphis takes control of the West Division in the AAC. - Wake Forest v. NC State: Coming off of a bye and at home the Demon Deacons keep very slim playoff hopes alive for another week. NC State has some serious injury issues going on. - Appalachian State v. Georgia Southern: App State takes on one of their better conferences foes on Halloween night. They stay undefeated and keep their hopes for a playoff bid or (way more likely) a New Years 6 Bowl bid alive. - LSU, Ohio St, Penn St, Alabama, Minnesota, and Oklahoma all on bye weeks.

Yeah they will have to nut up on the road bc they are not playing in a way where i feel they have a chance of upsetting Wisconsin or Iowa.

After Wk 9: 1. LSU 8-0 2. Ohio State 8-0 3. Penn State 8-0 4. Clemson 8-0 5. Baylor 7-0 6. Alabama 8-0 7. Florida 7-1 8. Oregon 7-1 9. Utah 7-1 10. Georgia 6-1 11. SMU 8-0 12. Minnesota 8-0 13. Oklahoma 7-1 14. Wake Forest 6-1 15. Appalachian State 7-0 Auburn, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin all eliminated this week.

Now I would be concerned if we lost this one by double figures

The good news is Indiana is better than Maryland and Purdue. The bad news is we have to go on the road for both.

You say that as if Indiana is some awful team. When in reality they will win 8 or 9 games this year and you could argue they played Ohio State the best of any team this year so far. Not excusing the loss. The reality is, Nebraska was either way worse off than anyone realized or Scott Frost and Co. arent as great as advertised/thought to believe or somewhere in the middle of both extremes. I honestly dont know the answer and you probably dont either. But its too early to tell. Next year will tell us alot imo.

About what im sure many of us expected. This wont be a good team for the majority of the year. However, there's a chance we are much improved and dangerous towards the end.

This would be tomorrow.

Creighton's Jacob Epperson broke his leg and will be out when we play them. Might be one of the few teams we play that are smaller than us.