Neb Nets

Also, I want to thank Alexis Markowski for all the work she put into her game the past 4 years. She really maxed out her talent & abilities and hit her ceiling as a basketball player! She represented Nebraska so well on and off the court

A good season overall. At least we made it to the tournament. For 3 seasons in a row now, we have had at least one starting player suffer a season-ending knee injury. I can’t even put into words what a cruel twist of fate that is. It’s not fair and it sucks. Maybe next year, fate will smile on us and all our players will stay healthy throughout the season. I’d say we’ve paid our karmic dues. Returning players and coaches, preparing for next season begins Monday morning!

Good point about the Iowa VB program. That program is such an afterthought at that university I’m surprised they haven’t dropped the sport to save money altogether

I could have sworn that Kennadi was on a softball scholarship. Did that change at some point? My bad if I’m misinformed.

In my opinion, you’re not wrong. I don’t see how she’ll help either. I watched Kennadi play against Lincoln Southeast last year as a senior in high school. (Southwest’s most intense rivalry) Was Kennadi a good player? Sure, without question. Was she head and shoulders the most talented, dominant basketball player on the court that night? Nope. The whole time I watched her I thought “She just doesn’t look like a B1G-caliber recruit to me. Not the kind of athlete that NU needs to compete with the upper echelon of the conference, anyway” If we ask ourselves an honest question - would NU have recruited Kennadi to play BB if she wasn’t the head coach’s daughter, I believe the answer would be: highly unlikely. Yes, I realize that she’s on a SB scholarship so she’s not tying up a BB scholarship, so I guess it’s not as consequential of an issue.

Fair point. But what about Molly Ladwig from Skutt? Did Amy not think she was a B1G-caliber recruit? She scored 50 against Class A Omaha Central last month! You’d think we could’ve found a use for her on the team. But no, she’s going to Buffalo of all places to play college basketball. Y’all ever been to Buffalo in the winter? Snowfall there is measured in feet, not inches.

Couldn’t agree with this more. People who know me on this board are sick of hearing me indict Coach Amy for whiffing on Taylor McCabe so I won’t beat that dead horse. But missing out on the Millard West twins baffles me too. Why wouldn’t they want to come to NU and play with Britt Prince for 3 years?

Watching Nebraska high school girls basketball championship weekend just underscores to me what a disadvantage NU WBB is at in terms of in-state recruiting vs. other Big Ten schools. I can’t think of another state in Big Ten country that produces less Big Ten-level girls basketball recruits than Nebraska does. And yes, I get that we have a smaller population base than all those other states in our conference but we produce a lot of Division 1 high school volleyball recruits. I guess at the end of the day, girls volleyball is more deeply woven into the fabric of our state than girls basketball is or ever will be. Feels like any athletic girl in our state with any kind of height gravitates to VB over BB.

Illinois is a good team. No shame in losing to them on their home court.

She’s even taller than Markowski!

I did not see this coming - beating the 17th ranked team in the country on their home court? Nope

I guess Maryland wanted to wear pink uniforms and if NU wore red away uniforms there wouldn’t be enough of a contrast?

Just tuned in to watch. Sorry if it was discussed already but why are NU wearing whites on the road?

If you go to the NU WBB Facebook page you can watch it there. First Alexis and Alberte answered questions and then Amy came out later.

Meh, at least we beat them in Iowa City. Which means we went .500 against Iowa. Which stands to reason since we are a middle of the pack conference team. And a middle of the pack conference team is all we ever will be under this head coach. And no, I’m not necessarily calling for Coach Amy to be fired. We play in a murderously tough conference. Middle of the pack in this conference doesn’t mean an unsuccessful program. But a few more losses like this one, and I may be singing a different tune!