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Maybe they can land the "Chocolate Rain" dude.

Losing is one thing. Getting blown out is another, and getting blown out in two of your last 3 games is going to leave a seeding bruise. I think our seed's fine, really. That's about what kind of team we actually have. If we can get to the 2d round, that's about what this team can do. If they get past that, it's an upset into the sweet 16.

Ray single-handedly kept a team in games that probably would have been the first squad Husker squad to ever lose 20 games without him. Dude played 5-10 minutes more per game that he should have because he had to. Yes, Ray took a lot of low percentage shots....because a lot of time that team needed him to do so even when teams keyed on him. How was it that he was always taking "bad shots" yet Miles never took him out? How is the guy who is ruining the team playing the most minutes in Huskers history? I've argued with both Bogus and Gaskins on their REPEATED bashings of RG on twitter before as well. I guess that makes Gallegos the Dark Knight. It's hard to believe anyone who's watched our team this season can't understand the situation with Ray and his percentage/efficiency numbers. Either they're not watching before bloviating or they have absolutely no idea about the sport at all.

Barnes-ies definitely heading in the wrong direction. I take tremendous glee from that. Even more glee if Texas fans are upset. There is no more nutritious tear on the planet than the Longhorn tear.

Congrats HB! My worst year at this since pretty much ever.

If Purdue went, then I'm assuming we just didn't get an invite. Which is fine by me. I'm from the "no .500? no more fun time!" school of, um, schools. On a lighter note: Texas. CBI. Bwahahahaha! How the mighty have fallen.

Wait, you're telling me that this dude doesn't look credible?? ha! he looks like an extra from The Facts of Life there.

So in other words, I'm to ignore Rex Chapman and assign him zero credibility points? Okay. I think I can do that.

Wonder who the choaches poll is going to have ranked number one?

Joanie Loves Choachie? Choach and Chong?

Ahem...the Haymarket Highrise....'cause we've finally got a piece of the pieeeeeeeeeeee...."

I don't care what they do just as long as we win an NCAA tourney game first.... I can concur and stuff.

You can never start shoveling dirt on a grave fast enough, so maybe we can start the MVP postmortem now. You get one choice-no ties! And make your case. ---------------------------------------------------- I think you can make a case for 4 players for this award. But the reality is that it will probably come down to 2 players--at least for most posters except for that oddball who just *has* to be different. In this thread, I am not that oddball. My MVP (and it's a tough call, too) is-- Brandon Ubel. The numbers alone are good enough for Brandon to get the nod over other candidates. Third on the team in scoring, second in FG percentage (although first among players that played starting minutes this season), first in rebounding, first in offensive boards (by a lot), and first in free throw percentage. He was also third in minutes played. That's a pretty good haul for a 6-10 forward. But it's what Brandon has meant to this team in leadership, being a public face (and the responsibilities that go with that), and finishing the season as strong as he did that, to me, pushes him past my number two, Dylan Talley. While Talley was the leading scorer, and had probably the most difficult job of either player in converting from a secondary wing scorer into a point guard in a premier conference, it was Ubel who had to hold the team together as the only consistently viable big on the roster. But there's a sentimental reason I went with Brandon as well. Ubel was a 4 year player for us, part of an incoming class that had--at least on paper--the potential to turn NU's hoops fortunes around. As the years rolled on, that cohort disintegrated, essentially leaving Brandon as its last man standing. To play under that sort of cloud was a special burden, coming in as someone who was supposed to be a role player but, as the cohort fell apart and its early promise evaporated. He wound up having to be a key cog in the Husker wheel. And he did just that, against almost all expectations. I'm curious to see other people's takes on this. Who gets your MVP vote?

I didn't expect Carmody to get tossed this season. Most of what happened to that team was beyond his control, I think. He's a solid coach, he'll land somewhere. Maybe NW will finally spend something on their program.

I'm ambivalent about Benny. I can see both cases for him reasonably well, but everything really hinges on how much our roster improves overall, not whether he can play a a backup in the B1G in absolute terms. I generally don't surrender on freshmen who have shown anything at all, and Parker has shown tiny glimpses into his ability during the season. That's how I felt about Brandon U. 4 years ago when the majority of this board couldn't see anything in him. If it's the case that Benny's struggles this year were due to the game being just too fast for him right now, that's pretty normal for a lot of mediocre high school-ers coming up. I agree his point skills are too undeveloped to probably ever be a starter in upper Div 1 at that position. However, he's extremely quick, he can get around bigger players to the hoop and has the ability to finish when there, has a decent short jumper at the 12 foot range with a high arc to get over a bigger D, and can play very good defense, especially with his hands--something he needs to work on if he's going to stick around since that's probably the point of highest value for him. I can see him developing into a potential backup with a combo guard who handles the ball--unless Benny really bears down and shows something we haven't really seen. I can also just as easily see him finding himself at the end of the bench, too. Let's give the guy an offseason to see what happens and make these judgments next year if he does indeed return.

ha! "please, God, no...." Shavon watch for offseason.

i'm done with this one. don't want to remember this team with this effort. some of these bench guys need to strongly consider playing NAIA ball next season.

now they can't miss from 3. this sucks hamster balls.

and the ubel walk. that's pretty much it. no bench equals destruction.

i think our guys are pretty well baked. a lot of standing.

this is about to blow open now. rats.

that's how I should take it, but I hate to see our bench players just jam a shiv into our starters backs like they just did. we had the tempo and score where we needed it, our starters came to play, and it was just an issue of giving them enough rest to keep the game competitive. All they have to do is not meltdown. So, of course, they melt down and rack up a minus 8 (Andre) and -5 Tyrance) respectively. And it was all mental. Okay, I'll stop ranting. Sheesh.

(throws dishes) man, that last two minutes hacked me off.

how is that foul not frigging called? what the hell is this?

doggone it! 3 pt foul on top of a turnover? doggone this lack of a bench.