All About the Corn

Watched the Iowa and Tenn. game from yesterday. Iowa lost by 10. Iowa has some work to do. They had 31 turnovers in the game. Affolter is not much of a offensive threat at this point. She had only two points and that was a open put back on a rebound in the middle of the 1st quarter. Their starters all played 28+ minutes with 3 over 30 minutes. Feel like Iowa will have some rough games this year.

While I am not a fan of using 9-10 players a game, this is Amy's style and she will mostly run with it. Now there will be games where she will shrink her bench play to more of a quick break for our starters but those games are far and few. We will need to continue to have these type of starts if we want to have the type of season we all want to see. Thought Britt needed to call her name a bit more with her shot. Nice to see both Rimdal and Weidner play well. 12 assists and only 1 turnover between the two. Feel like Allison is still finding her way back still. She does play more fluid without any brace which is probably why she has been without one. Nice to see Hargrove step up today. Knew it would take her time to adjust to D1 BB. Not sure what is going on with Petrie but she has not stepped up which is why she has not seen a lot of court time. So someone needs to tell Moriarty she plays better without a shirt under her uniform. Agree on the turnovers as that will come back to bite us. Now we need to have no letdown these next few games til we get to GT.

Coley is a 3 and not a 4. It wasn't til this off season that she spent time at her natural position. Only going back to a 4 since Potts injury. Had she been able to play the 3 I think she would have had a better college career. That said she will do whatever coach asks of her to I will give her props for being a great team player even if she has not produced much on the court.

With Coley starting it looks like Amy is trying to find someone who wants to replace Potts as a starter. We have not found her yet. As pointed out on another thread, maybe 4 guards and Markowski is the answer. Also would not mind seeing both Markowski and Bozan in at the same time. Will give props to Petrie for a nice second half tonight. We start like this on Sunday and will be staring down a loss. The girls know it can't happen so will see if this is their wakeup call.

Markowski is getting a lot more attention this year. We still are working through the process of getting her the ball in good spots and she also needs to make quicker decisions since she is drawing 2 and sometimes 3 players sagging in on her. I feel like it will come. Best cure is she passes to a guard who makes them pay with a made three.

Hake is a streaky player. When she is on it can be pretty good. Her defense is better. Overall this is her best start to a season. With Potts out we need someone to step up. It may need to come from the guards because so far neither Petrie or Hargrove have shown to be able to lessen the loss of Potts to this point. Hopefully both will get better as the season goes along.

Tonight was a sloppy game. Agree lucky to come out with no injuries. I have seen other players wear a similar brace, referencing Rimdal. Wonder if it can provide heat and/or a massage? We have sometime to get players healed up with minor aliments before our next game.

My post came from what was posted on the pregame notes today on Huskers.com. I would guess they think Natalie will get a medical redshirt for this year which would give her 3 more years. Hopefully that holds true.

Natalie is scheduled to undergo surgery on Dec. 4 and is expected to regain the season of eligibility.

I have watched some Iowa games, wanted to see how McCabe will do now that see has a chance for more court time. Has been pretty up and down for her to this point. I expect Iowa to be a tough game(s). Getting Olsen makes the loss of Clark a little easier for them. Affolter still not up to speed coming back from minor injury/surgery. Not sure how well Feurbach will be this year. She also has had moments but inconsistent to this point. USC and UCLA will be tough on everyone.

Yup it is no secret what both Creighton MBB and WBB are going to do, Shoot 3s. Giving up 6 threes in the fourth was the final blow. They was 13 of 29 so we did pretty well for 3 quarters. We just did not finish. Hopefully lesson learned.

Good start by AM and Prince.

Glad to hear Weidner back on the court.

So is anyone actually watching this on FloSports?

So the same lineup but with Petrie in place of Potts.

The amount of playing time has nothing to do with sustaining a major injury. We have seen over the years players play 35+ minutes for most of a season without having a major injury. With Allison we know what caused her first ACL injury. As I have read the chance of having a second ACL for women is higher than men. Allison second was in practice. I know I am looking forward to seeing Natalie on the floor next year.

I don't think we go with a 4 guard rotation much. What Potts injury does is we see more Petrie and Hargrove mostly replacing Potts on the court. Some Coley as well. Bozan will need to play a larger role with giving Markowski time off the court. Plus we do not know how much Weidner will be giving us. We know from past remarks day to day can be a long time off the court. I hope to see her back in the next two or three games but we just don't know. We will need players to step up at this time because it will not be getting any easier.

As Amy stated in the post game presser, it will be all hands on deck to put a little extra in with the loss of Potts. Agree with Petrie moving into the starting spot. Think Hargrove is still adjusting to the D1 game so she would be better coming off the bench.

Was at the VB match last night. Watched on BTN+ and also noticed Allison with no brace. Might be why she played so little? She did not play after halftime. Also was surprised by our starters but think we could see this group again as our starting five.

Pleasantly surprised by what we have seen by Rimdal. Watched what I could find of her time at Florida and did not expect this from her. Case of her being in a place where she can show out. Agreed to her starting. She should have more time on the court. Looking at the box score Hake had 4 assists but also 4 turnovers. Would have Rimdal start in place of Hake.

Do you know...this is a volleyball state? I also agree there should be a story about our ranked WBB team in today's LJS. With the changes over the years maybe they are too short staffed? No excuse.

There 4/5's are or was coach by their new head coach. I have looked a little to see how McCabe is doing. She has started all three games they have played. She is taking over at the point for them for now. They finally have Affolter back after she had minor surgery. McCabe had been averaging in the mid 20's but the VT game had just over 11 minutes with Affolter coming off the bench in her first action of the year. Wonder how long McCabe starts before she moves to the bench?

Hake with 7 assists and only 1 turnover was big for us. Considering their speed even more impressive.

Allison Weidner pre ACL's may have been fine against a quick guard but not today. Rimdal showed out today with her overall play. Potts continues to step up her game. Hake stepped up when we needed her today with Allison slowed and no Prince. Yes, our coaches did there homework on Bozan after not getting a 4/5 in the portal. With Prince it might have been over sooner but good to have them learn to step up when we have a player out. This type of game should help us down the road.

Freshman will have their moments so I will give them time to adjust. I think Bozan looks like she has a good upside as she adjusts to the American and D1 game. At this point we know what Moriarity brings to the table and it is not offense. I still feel like Nissley is getting up to speed after her surgery. We have upgraded our guard play by having Allison back and the addition of Prince. Will need to cut the turn overs down but that will come. Still early in the season but we have a big test coming shorting with Creighton.