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1. Sadler 2. Collier 3. MILES INFINITELY AND THAT'S WHY HE'S TWICE AS GOOD AS EITHER OF THE OTHERS. THIS IS 90% OF A COACH'S VALUE. 4. MILES FOREVER. 5. Sadler 6. Miles or Collier I don't want it to seem like these are even scores. The weight of 3 and 4 are 90+% of what makes a coach good in a power conference. Miles is a great recruiter, and he's coming around as an in-game coach. He was better than either Sadler or Collier in-game last season, and I expect it to remain that way.

From the film I watched, he's a lot like Heiman... very soft. Needs to put on 20lbs. But, like Heiman, I think he'd be a really good upperclassmen. Both of those guys are Wisconsin-esque prospects.

My thoughts exactly. A 6'5" PG with no long range can still ruin opposing teams' plans if he can get in the paint and develop a midrange game. Kid looks like he loves to defend too. It would be a fantastic get.

Misread it, thanks for correcting.

And this is actually why I think Moos is more on TM's side than not, which is probably where most fans are at after last season. If he wants to get rid of TM, he can. Easily. But I think cautiously extending his contract after a very good season is the right thing to do. I don't think Moos is holding out for a bigger name--I think he's holding out to see if TM can have a Big Dance season (anyone in their right mind would say it was an NCAA tournament-caliber team/coaching job last year) two years in a row. A big extension will be offered if TM delivers next year, and rightfully so. Again, my only exception is Matta. He's literally the only coach on the market I'd take over Miles.

Wow. I actually think Moos did the right thing here. I think he's buying more time to see if Miles can keep his roster together and actually string together two good seasons. To me, it's totally fair based Miles' EKG results. I don't think Moos is buying more time to find his own guy. I think he legitimately wants to see if Miles is that dude, and I hope he is. It would've been nice to have happened before Kenya jumped shipped though. That was a colossal screw up. I don't think a one year extension is a slap in the face to TM at all. It says, "Here's a .500 coach who may have actually figured it out, so we're going to cautiously support him." If TM has a similar season next year, I highly doubt Moos would have any problem restructuring that contract. I'm not sure how anyone could justify TM's body of work at Nebraska as being worthy of anything more than a cautious extension. He hasn't earned the huge one yet. This season got him off the hot seat. Next season could land him the big one. Absolute worst case scenario, our starting lineup is still: Watson Allen Thor Roby Jordy ^^ I think that's a more talented lineup than some might anticipate. Best case scenario: Watson Allen Palmer Copeland Roby ^^ That's an actual NCAA darkhorse contender. I say that with zero hesitation. Let's see how it shakes out. I have zero doubts about TM and his recruiting. He did a fantastic job coaching last season as well. Lightening needs to strike twice for him.

1 Final Four 2 Elite 8s 2 Sweet 16s 4 Round of 32s 2 Round of 64s 1 NIT championship 1 NIT second round ^^^ Those represent every single year he has coached except one bad year, and with three different teams. Even during the bad year, I was pretty impressed with the actual coaching I saw when we played/beat OSU, and they still finished 17-15 as their worst year in decades. Matta is literally one of the best coaches we've seen in the past 20 years in college basketball. That said, I fully support Miles. I just see Matta as the only dude I wouldn't question in terms of a hire.

Agree. Jack leaving hurts the heart because he's been a great teammate, but I don't see it as a bad sign regarding the influx of talent in the program. I wish the talent attrition didn't happen to good kids, but that's a necessary lump a program has to take to get better. Based on the results this year, the same could be said about Jacobson's (and to a WAY lesser extent, Morrow's) departure last season. If we get Palmer/Copeland back next year, I think this whole Tim Miles business is going to be a non-discussion for a long time to come.

Their regular season losses include: 87-53 at Boise State 73-56 at Milwaukee 61-57 at home vs. Indiana State 69-67 at Bradley They'd have no chance beating us at PBA. That's for sure.

Matta is the only coach I wouldn't bat an eye at hiring. I wanted him last season. It's a crime he was let go by OSU. But beyond that enormous exception, I'm all TM.

I think it's ridiculous to not account for teams playing well during the second half of the season. That's usually an indicator that they are, you know, getting better. The B1G has the best coaches in the country. Every single team in the B1G improved from the start of the year to the end with the exceptions of MSU and Purdue who both played at a high level all season. To not consider year-long improvement for a team working together is criminal. That's why Michigan and, historically, MSU have the tendency to wreck shop in the postseason. Nebraska is legitimately as good as several teams in the sweet 16. Ugh.

Man... please please sign this kid... and his teammate. Wow.

To your first question, you could say that about any coach with a talented roster who doesn't make the tournament. My point is that having a talented roster is BY FAR the most important part of running a successful basketball program. A talented roster will almost guarantee you a perennial bubble spot. Coach em up a little, and you make the tournament. That beats the hell out of the alternative--sub par talent with good coaching gets you Doc Sadler 6-10 conference records every year. You'll never get much past those numbers because those wins are a coaching/execution masterpiece. The squad this year won a lot of important games with their B-game. I was looking for two things this year from a coaching perspective: play the best players, and improve perimeter defense. Miles did both of those things and racked up a ton of wins. Last year's substitutions and perimeter defense were mindbogglingly bad. I saw a huge step forward with consistency this season. I was impressed with our gameplan and execution most games. Also, getting out of the way of your players is the luxury of talent. Before bagging too much on Miles' staff and their ability to coach talent, imagine this staff with a KU roster. Think they could go 27-7? I bet they could. Talent makes virtually any philosophy work to an extent.

But what standard are you basing that off of? Miles inherited basically no roster and a team that was coming off a 12-18, 4-14 B1G season. I think before you can be a perennial contender you have to be a level better than what came before you. While Doc was more consistently mediocre, Miles has been working for this full of a roster his entire tenure at Nebraska, and had to take some lumps to get there. I see WAY more significance to what I saw on the court this season than what I saw in 13-14. We actually had a good team, not one that "got hot" or became a flash in the pan. It was consistently good basketball with a roster full of good players--one that improves big time next year if we can have no attrition.

Without attrition, next season is: FR: Xavier Johnson, Brady Heiman, Karrington Davis SO: Allen, Nana, Thor JR: Roby, Jordy SR: Glynn, James, Cope, Jack I mean... that's one hell of a recruiting job, and proves Miles has completely changed the culture of the standard Nebraska basketball athlete back to a 90s standard. What he's done in the recruiting realm is beyond comprehension when you compare it to the horrifying rosters from Doc and Barry. I think the sour grapes of how the season ended are making us forget that we had basically no decent B1G opponent in PBA this season. We beat the piss out of Michigan at home. One of OSU, Purdue, or (less likely with matchups) MSU would've very likely been beaten soundly on our home court. Then we're in the dance and the extension is consensus. One missed KU three and the extension is consensus. Is that really something to hang your hat and and fire the guy? I admit I was one of the ones who said "NCAA or fire TM" this season based on the talent of the roster, but I'm changing my stance on that. This team played well enough and was coached well enough to make the tournament. They were dealt an awful hand. There were no terrible losses (no, losing at Illinois wasn't a terrible loss, and made no difference to our NCAA dance status). Our defensive philosophy improved immensely and we put a lot of high character kids on the court who played hard. Extend the dude's contract. He can recruit AND coach talent. He proved it this season.

haaaa fixed.

Yep. It's definitely the strongest group of NIT teams I can ever remember seeing, which probably means the NCAA selection was a complete joke. There were also teams that turned it down. Crazy.

This kid is a great pickup. Excellent offensive game--good shooter, good handles, great finisher at the rim. Explosive athlete at 6'6". He gives us a great option at the 2 or 3. Assuming we have James back, Karrington will be the perfect understudy. A back court of Xavier, Thomas, and Karrington = one hell of a bright future. Wow.

I'd have zero problem with the following happening: 1. Throw a PBA party for a great season. 2. Give Miles an extention. 3. Tell the postseason tournaments to piss off. 4. Destroy everyone next year.

Nice Chris Webber play by NC State... lol.

They're worth paying for. Dirk absolutely nailed this.

Bottom line: the 2 best seasons in 2 decades have happened under Miles' tenure, and this regular season wasn't a "hot streak." We are just a good team. That hasn't happened in 20 years. If we keep our core, we're going to be ranked throughout next season. There was nothing fluky about this year, and the coaching philosophy changes were notably better. That's a really, really big deal. God I hope there is no attrition. We could be downright scary next season.

MSU and Purdue lost 1 game at home this year. OSU lost 2 games at home. We played horrible at MSU, be we played as well as damned near anyone else against Purdue and OSU on their home court. All of our Tier 1 losses were on the road besides KU. We split those games at home at the very least.

"We lost to the hottest team in the country handily when it mattered." - Nebraska/#2 Michigan State/#8 Purdue We also kicked Michigan's ass when it mattered, and Penn State's, and we would've beat OSU handily on our home court. I think MSU and probably Purdue beats us anywhere.

According to USA Today/Coaches Poll Top 25 votes, we are currently ranked 33rd in the country. There should be absolutely no issue as to whether we're in the tournament or not. This is so dumb. Whatever. Give Miles an extension. Whether or not we are actually selected, we made the tournament in my eyes and he and staff have done a tremendous job this season.