Chuck Taylor

Along those same lines, I'd turn the team over to the current Coach Mo. His teams always knew how to take the air out of the ball and squeeze each possession. Keep the games in the 50s and 60s, and let JPJ and Glynn throw up a wild-ass shot at the end of the shot clock. Seriously, I think we could still make the NCAA with this style, even though it would be ugly as heck.

A lot of schools and churches do that. And the reason NU does it is that almost everyone would just donate to football. Regarding where the money will come from for a new coach, well, that's how you counter the comment everyone hates: we're a football school. If we can't come up with the money to bring somebody like Matta or Pitino (not pushing them, just examples) even though we haven't won a conference title since 1950 or whatever and have never won an NCAA game, then we're a football school. If you want to roll the dice one more time on the flavor-of-the-month midmajor coach who won a game in March, well, it might work this time. But jeez, what does it take for people to develop some urgency about the hoops program?

I'm not going to argue with all that, and yet why are we still a top 25 team in NET, KenPom and other analytics? We've looked terrible at times and have a poor BIG record, but on paper we look really good. Copeland has changed everything going forward, of course, but we were in good shape even after the OSU and Rutgers losses.

I'm probably going to take heat for this, but if you want to know how to build a real basketball program, then go outside. People who know Nebraska basketball don't know winning on a high level. So maybe put someone on a committee as a courtesy, but otherwise, find somebody who understands how to win.

Sorry, here's the ESPN link: http://www.espn.com/nba/draft/bestavailable/_/position/ovr/page/2

Didn't see this posted elsewhere, shows up at 28 in the latest SBNation mock draft. https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2019/1/23/18190748/nba-mock-draft-2019-zion-williamson-rj-barrett-ja-morant-order

Purdue not so impressed with them.

True, although he now plays with the idea that he can give fouls because they only need 10 good minutes out of him. The fifth starter has to be a wing, keep bringing Tanner off the bench to sub for Roby. Copeland's injury points out how sad the roster is. Seriously, you couldn't make an argument for any of the reserves to start. It's more like, "Well, (fill in the blank) looked pretty good against (fill in the blank)" and that would be based mostly on whether they hit their shots.

The schedule is favorable, and I'd say .500 was very doable even with our recent stumbles. Six home games, all of them very winnable, two of five road games very winnable. But Copeland changes the equation so much. While the pressure's off in a lot of ways now, the giant hole in the roster might be too much to overcome. Doc's 2008-2009 team somehow went 8-8 in the Big 12 with a weak roster, so there's that.

I was thinking more of Aykroyd and Murphy trading OJ futures, but that one's better!

Just for the record, Kenpom has us as the 16th most efficient offense in the country. It doesn't look like it to me either, but that's what the numbers say.

Personally, I don't think it's a bad system. It's hard to spend money on the whole package if you don't know how far you'll advance. The scalpers hit the losers on the way out, ask who wants to sell. The winners usually stay longer celebrating, and when they come out, the scalpers ask who wants to buy. Kind of like Trading Places, if somebody wants to put up a video today.

I'd get the whole package and roll the dice. If you love basketball, it's still fun if we lose. Otherwise, buy the first day and then just pick up tickets after that when we win. Most people go home after their team loses, so there are plenty scalped or online.

The answer is probably that a lot of people don't want to look bad by firing a coach who just won. ESPN's clowns would jump on us, and a lot of people can't deal with it. I have higher expectations than what I think Miles can deliver. As to the question "do coaches not evolve?", I think he has a pretty long track record of underperformance, under .500 in 12 years of D-1 coaching. I guess maybe a slug can evolve into a cheetah, but I'm not sure I can wait long enough to find out. And while the logic may be poor, I'd be very happy to keep him if we won an NCAA game because at least we would no longer have to live with that. That means enough to me to be able to wait a couple more seasons to see if the slug evolves.

We don't have any depth, so guys get mentally fatigued, if not physically. As a result, they commit silly fouls and make mental errors. We are aren't physical inside so we give up a lot of offensive rebounds and commit fouls. In my mind, these are facts that lead to exactly the type of results we've seen. I think we're still a good team and we'll make the tournament, but I never thought we had a chance of winning the BIG or even finishing top 3. The depth and rebounding issues prevent that. I don't buy the crap about the players not caring. That came from a coach who apparently would prefer to blame his players than look in the mirror.

NU 81 IU 67 I thought I'd predicted a loss earlier, but can't find it. Today's mood swing leads to a win prediction.

Is this thread supposed to be Clemson-ass, or should it be Clemson-esque? So like "Get your Clemson-ass turnovers out of here!" Or "The way they turn the ball over is Clemson-esque? Asking for a friend who's been wondering for two days.

Didn't Seton Hall already have two Myles on their roster? No wonder he left, he was Myles away from playing time.

NU 81 PSU 58

NU 81 IA 72 2

NU 78 Md 71

NU 96 SM 55

NU 72 Fullerton 49

Good news, but now I have to edit my prediction again. ?

NU 76 OSU 69