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Palmer had 18 vs Seton Hall but yeah it wasn't great out there last night

*-Minnesota shot 51.8 percent, the first opponent in 35 games to shoot above 50 percent against the Huskers. Nebraska was fourth nationally in field goal defense entering tonight’s game.*-Amir Coffey’s 30-point effort was the most by a Husker opponent since Nate Mason had 34 in the previous meeting with Minnesota on Feb. 6, 2018*-Brady Heiman’s nine points were his most since scoring a season-high 10 points against Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 11. *-With his first assist tonight, Glynn Watson Jr. went over 300 assists in his career. He now has 303 in his career.*-Isaiah Roby became the ninth Husker with 100 career blocked shots, as he had three tonight to match his season high. Roby also had a season-high 15 points.

Maybe I'm just a glass half full sort of guy but I think a close loss like this makes us more, not less dangerous this Saturday.

The streak of keeping opponents under 50% shooting is over

This might draw a fine

They have been playing a game a year there and the non-con ones they were playing were drawing so poorly they went with a conference game....which looked pretty poorly attended.

This probably won't be the last one we don't close on the road. You have to hope this team can learn from it and not let games like this beat us twice. We're a team that projects to lose 10 games and still make the tourney with a decent seed so this season should be a rollercoaster. Make sure to enjoy the ups when the happen because the downs will be big.

Brutal loss. The road, man. Couldn't get those stops tonight.

I think we roll out the 1-3-1 after the 4 minute time out. We've been saving it to close

I enjoy the boundless optimism of Steven Bardo

Nana and Cope have 2

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His career high is 19 at the Barn last year

Nebraska 72 - Minnesota 67

Still 21-10 overall, 11-9 in conference.

Palmer isn't one of the most foul prone starter we have...he just literally ran into issues in KC. FC/40 Roby - 3.7 Watson - 2.9 Copeland - 1.6 Allen 1.1 Defending without putting guys on the line has been a real strength of this team thus far though every team has one of those nights where everyone is in foul trouble.

That info is generally released about an hour before start time

The HHC account is tweeting only Minnesota specific stuff right now.

No road game in this conference will be a gimme

#24 Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-1) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-2) Date: Sunday, Dec. 5, 2018 Time: 8 p.m. Arena: Williams Arena (The Barn) Broadcast: BTN Courtesy of @HuskerHoops Minnesota Info Head Coach: Richard Pitino Location: Minneapolis, MN Conference: B1G Nickname: Golden Gophers Mascot: Goldie the Gopher Last time out: Lost to Ohio St Conference Record: 0-1 Typical Rotation Depth: 9+ Line: Nebraska by 3 Tempo: B1G Fast Style: Pound it in the paint Kent-Phrase: "Jackwagon". Last year in the Barn in a close game Richard Pitino threw a tantrum that led to Kent uttering the phrase "Richard Pitino is a Jackwagon" Pitino was hit with a technical that took the crowd out of the game and Nebraska won by 6 Player to watch: Jordan Murphy The walking double-double is getting to the FT line at an incredible 88.6% FT rate (62 FTA / 70 shot attempts). On the flip side if you can get Murphy in foul trouble this is a team that struggles to score 60 points without him playing 30+ minutes KenPom Helps explain the Roster PG SG SF PF C Pct 1 1 Dupree McBrayer 6-5 195 Sr 22 Gabe Kalscheur 6-4 200 Fr 5 Amir Coffey 6-8 210 Jr 25 Daniel Oturu 6-10 225 Fr 3 Jordan Murphy 6-7 250 Sr 28.3 Minnesota has a well defined starting lineup with a couple of freshmen starters. A lot of length in that starting lineup and the roster Talented Amir Coffey is Minny's 2nd leading scorer though is struggling with his shot this year; is also getting to the FT line Dupree McBrayer is the starting PG in name only and is shooting like Jr year McBrayer, not Soph year (this isn't good) 5 star center Daniel Oturu is raw offensively but can run the court and protect the rim Minny native Gabe Kalscheur is your classic statue 3pt shooter and he's been on-fire hitting 53.5% this season from 3 PG of the future Isaiah Washington is coming off the bench and while he sets up his teammates well has really struggled with his shot Senior 7'0" center transfer Matz Stockman from Louisville (THANKS DAD) has been a pleasant surprise as a backup rim protector after almost never playing at Louisville 6-6 Jarvis Omersa (guy with the yellow hair) and 6-7 Michael Hurt (Guy that looks younger than Roby) provide depth but not usually much production Milwaukee grad transfer guard Brock Stull is barely in the rotation and has 6 shot attempts this year 6'9" Eric Curry probably would be your starting center over Oturu but the oft injured post is still a few weeks away after missing all of last year The Skinny: This seems like a make or break year for young Richard Pitino as while he's taken Tubby's guys to a NIT championship and finally won a NCAA tourney game as a 5 seed he's also had a couple of turd seasons with rosters plagued by injury and suspension. At this point the Gophers look like a fringe NCAA tourney team with 2 neutral court wins and a talented roster with a key member set to return shortly. Pitino probably is ok this year and is back again but as Sunday's beat down in Columbus shows you this is a buzzsaw type B1G conference with few gimmes. Minnesota offensively looks like the 13-14 tourney Huskers where that needed to augment their offense with FTs or else they struggle to crack 70. The Huskers have been giving up some easy looks inside at the expense of protecting the 3pt line but a switch in strategy against a team currently with only one reliable outside shooter might be in the cards. Last year Nebraska threw double teams at the Gophers and we should see some zone. The biggest problem with this team seems to be the lack of replacement for graduated PG Nate Mason which only compounds the spacing issues of a team often plays two traditional bigs. It's probable Nebraska can throttle yet another team defensively so the question that we'll often try to answer on the road in this conference is 'Will we find enough offense?' The name Pitino makes you think of pressure and steals but that's not what this team does. The Gophers are solid with all that length but they deploy a fairly pedestrian defense put often aren't disciplined and they will put you on the line. A patient offense that doesn't feed the Gopher transition game will get the job done here. We won up here last year and it was difficult against a struggling Gopher squad. A team like Michigan who has been killing anyone almost lost in Evansville last night so this is no gimmie. Road games are tough, that's why they're valued more by the tourney committee. Look for this Husker team to find a way. Prediction: Nebraska 72 - Minnesota 67 View full article

Jordy's size and stamina was easily superior to what Brady has now and that's why he was the higher rated prospect. If they had the same skills you would always take Jordy over Brady as freshman Jordy is probably bigger and stronger than Brady might ever become. I think you could say that Brady's skill set offensively (and possibly defensively) are superior to what Jordy had going on his freshman year and the numbers/eye test back that up. Brady looks like a guy with touch around the rim and a nose for rebounding and the numbers back that up thus far. You're right though...the kid gloves have been kept on a kid who should probably be redshirting. Thus far he's been a star in his role, as the coaches like to say. Brady probably doesn't become the next Justin Patton or Ethan Happ but he doesn't need to be to in the roation or even start. With the way we want to guard the 3 his ability to protect the rim and rebound is really what we're looking for and I think we're going to put the weight and strength he so desperately needs on him this summer

Worth a read at what he's gone through in his life http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/25426510/dallas-cowboys-randy-gregory-talks-being-real-bad-place

He's more efficient he's but less proficient. Parker looks like Terran Petteway compared to how much Amir shoots out there (this is mildly hyperbolic)

Brady Jordy Brady is putting up better numbers against lesser competition. Besides the shooting numbers the biggest takeaway here is Brady's ability to guard with his length and not foul which is a big part of what we're trying to do as a team.