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I don't think it would have made any difference. It appeared most of the pundits outside of Nebraska covering the B1G had their minds made up that it would be Branham or Hepburn.

I can't recall where I read it, but ball handling is something that Denim apparently needs to work on, plus he's more of a wing. McPherson appears to be in line to play the point going forward.

Despite his struggles Verge has been far and away our best ball handler the entire season and it's not even close. So from this perspective, yes.

So are you saying that this team was good enough to finish in the upper half of the conference since that's where all of the teams you listed besides NU finished?

Not getting good vibes from the pundits at BTN and I won't be surprised if Branham ends up winning.

Actually Chucky only missed one FT but I get your point. Watching the replay of Chucky's missed 3, he was starting to run back down the court to celebrate his second game winner in a row. Thankfully for us it didn't go.

JMO, but I wouldn't use last year as a baseline. Walker was out for an extended time to start the season then Covid hit and the team is shut down for 3 weeks. Last year was unlike any season we have ever seen and probably won't see anything like it again. Heading into this season we looked to have key pieces returning then Banton goes pro. We scramble and manage to land Verge who isn't a true point guard, but very talented with the ball in his hands. Season starts and Trey goes down for an extended period of time, then Breidenbach is lost for the season... I certainly don't like the record at this point under Fred and the product we have seen for most of this season has not been good, but we have seen the last few games how Fred wants his teams to play. It's damn fun to watch and I want to see more.

Great win!

Yep, that was a short line up out there. Did okay though.

I hardly post in game threads. And that was a nice pass by Verge. Happy?

Take a chill pill. Just referring to the show boat pass in the lane.

Verge...

Chuck Taylor didn't pose a hypothetical, he provided statistics comparing the two. Considering Bryce is essentially our #1 option on offense and Branham is OSU's #2 option at this point, to me, it's not as clear cut as us Husker fans might think. Both are deserving IMO and both will have an opportunity tonight to further make their case. I'll add that Branham is the reason we didn't beat OSU the first meeting and has come up big in other conference games that were W's (at Illinois comes to mind) for OSU.

Honestly don't know.

Source?

Wilcher has been a huge liability on D so far this game. Just bad match ups for him regardless who he's guarding.

I give you permission to give a carp, as they are not in short supply. But seriously, where the hype train needs to stop first is from Fred and Matt (if he's retained). If fans want to get excited, so be it.

I guess there won't be any point in going to the games next year then. Maybe Norm can still get that upgrade after all.

I hope they prove you wrong.

Verge certainly doesn't want to pass the ball to Tominaga.

Just curious, what was our conference winning margin during that time?

Just reporting what was said during the TV broadcast. FWIW, Reese was complaining that Bryce had a hold of his leg when he was falling to the floor. The replay confirmed this. Did it warrant the shove? No, but the actions of both players may have come into play as to why the refs decided to go with the flagrant 1.