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Groselle doesn't turn the ball over, draws contact, and knows how to finish when you get him the ball. I'm not sure that us allowing them to get the ball into the post seems like a pretty bad idea.3 > 2Been the problem past couple years. 60% 2pt shooting = 40% 3pt shooting. Groselle is shooting at a 68% clip. The Jays aren't hitting 40%. Groselle has 4 assists on the year so it's not like he's finding 3pt shooters. I get that it's pretty hard to double on the post and keep those guys from getting open looks but we took a good look at that sort of defense vs. ACU and the results weren't great. I know they have several guys that will burn you from 3, but do you really gameplan to takeaway 3s from anyone but Zierden and Huff/TOBY? Mo Watson if the focal point of that offense. What do you do on him? Rotate Tai, Benny, and Watson on him to wear him down? Can you pressure him into 5+ turnovers like ASU/Rutgers? Great discussion, Dimes. Good points. We'll certainly have to emphasize different things at different points in the game. I'd rather trade two's with them than 3's that allow them to jump on top of us early. Also, That's why I suggested soft pressing them on makes to limit Mo Watson from attacking the elbows. And making sure we have the correct guys back on our shots so that we can corral Mo when he gets outlets on missed buckets.

I want to run on them.Following our offensive rebounding rules - meaning limiting their transition.

Groselle doesn't turn the ball over, draws contact, and knows how to finish when you get him the ball. I'm not sure that us allowing them to get the ball into the post seems like a pretty bad idea. 3 > 2Been the problem past couple years.

I don't think its so much that we "haven't defended" the Jays the past few years - it's how we've done it. You have to change the way you defend Creighton vs how you defend big ten teams.

I dunno man.... Crazy wild thought

Thoughts from the board? #1 - Make Goeffrey beat us... Quit doubling on the post and quit over helping on the post. Bait them into entering the ball in the most and having their bigs beat us. If we don't foul, this is going to really negate a lot of quality looks from 3 they get. #2 - 3/4 court, very soft, 2-2-1 type press. Make them walk it up and limit their time of possession in the half court. Creighton will beat us if they get in-rhythm looks from 3 in their full court transition. But if we make them walk if up and hesitate - they're now shooting shots because they feel they have to vs feeling they're in rhythm. #3 - Take good shots on offense and follow our offensive rebounding rules. Put up in rhythm shots that allow your teammates to position themselves to get back or to rebound. Either way, following our rules and slowing down transition is key.

He's useless if he's not scoring/hitting shots - so this could be pretty net neutral for them if a guy steps up.

CU 71 NU 68 NU 3's 7

NU - 79 ACU - 51

Parker also only had 6pts in 34 minutes, only 1 assist, and 1 steal. In 14 less minutes, Watson scored more and had equal stats in the other columns. To add to that, Parker's counterpart scored 15 or 14 depending on who you consider him guarding most of the time. Edit: it makes no sense to me to "save his legs" (Watson), because he's a freshman and not strong or in shape yet. You need these games in your non conference to bolster your resume and give your young guys experience. And if he doesn't learn how to break through a physical wall during his freshman year - when would you rather him learn that? Next year?

Shavon was our biggest friend and our biggest foe last night. Not in it without him, but he might have shot us out of it also. As my buddy who is a casual Nebrasketball fan, to say the least, texted me - "I thought that Petteway guy graduated :/ ?" He got an angry reply back.... Before I get attacked, please remember I'm as big of a Shavon fan there is. 11-25 shooting hurts, as do 4 turnovers. Just the way it was last night.

It does seem to be the plight of Nebrasketball, doesn't it

U - 76 NU - 64

This is purely a question, not a leading question that I know the answer to, but how much of Jacobsen's per30 numbers are because he's the best player out there in clean-up/blowout time?

I've been really hard on TW - excited to see he's playing well. Always nice to be proven wrong. Hopefully he can keep it up during conference play.

I think I heard the color guy say that Shavon got the foul do to him violated the defenders space. breaking the defenders plain, if that makes any sense.No it really doesn't, haha. Because the defender is clearly violating his space if he's close enough to get hit with an elbow as a player moves the ball. Annoying rule, to say the least... Don't want to get knocked in the jaw, get your face out of the way. Simple.

I'm interested in clarification on this too - because in the first half I was at the bar watching it on my phone with no sound. So I didn't get to see what the ruling on Shavon's was that was clearly a flop by the Cincy guy. But they got the ball there so I assume Shavon was charged with a foul. Which clearly hurt us later. Did we get the ball and was Cincy charged with a foul after Jacob got nailed (which he clearly did)?

I agree with Coach Cronin's analysis of our defense.... Our guys are well coached up in that regard.

Ya know what, I'm gonna concede I'm wrong here.... Tai played a great game and as a coach I doubt I could take him out either. However, These droughts come because we have guys who won't and can't shoot open shots that you basically have to shoot in 2015, 30 second, pack-line oriented, freakishly athletic college basketball. And it's starting to drive me friggin nuts ha

Tai has 17 tonight. Morrow playing like a freshmen. Hammond has 7 tonight. Parker I don't think should be out there.Tai can't shoot 3's - and he's giving up wide open looks that absolutely kill your flow and spacing. I can't find the stats, but he hit his first 2 3's tonight, plus got fouled shooting a 3.My points more to the fact that we were desperate for outside shooting towards the end, and he's giving up wide open looks off of great drive and kicks - and we didn't score when we needed to. Did he have a great game? Absolutely. But we've gotta get shooters out there. Just my opinion of course.

Tai has 17 tonight. Morrow playing like a freshmen. Hammond has 7 tonight. Parker I don't think should be out there.Tai can't shoot 3's - and he's giving up wide open looks that absolutely kill your flow and spacing.

Down 7 with 80 secs left and Parker, Tai, and Hammond all out there... Who's in charge of our subbing? Jacobsen sick? Fuller just suck? Or what....?

How often does Miles take guys out immediately after they score? I see that frequently and it drives me nuts.

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Well this SE Louisiana team is bad