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Michigan St 65 - Nebraska 59 9

Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-1) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-3) Date: Wednesday Dec 10th, 2023 Time: 5:30 pm Arena: PBA Broadcast: BTN Michigan St Spartans Head Coach: Tom Izzo (28th season) Location: East Lansing, MI Conference: B1G Nickname: Spartans Mascot: Sparty Line: Michigan St. by 1.5 Typical Rotation Depth: 9+ KenPom rank: 30 Nota bene: Nebraska hasn't beaten Michigan St since 2016, losing 11 straight to the Spartans. Their last home win vs Michigan St was in 2015. KenPom most used lineups PG SG SF PF C Pct 1 11 AJ Hoggard 6-4 210 Sr 2 Tyson Walker 6-1 185 Sr 3 Jaden Akins 6-4 190 Jr 25 Malik Hall 6-8 220 Sr 15 Carson Cooper 6-11 240 So 11.1 Player to watch: Tyson Walker The 5th year senior shooting guard is in his 3rd season at Michigan St and leads the Spartans in scoring at 20.7 per game. Player to watch: AJ Hoggard The senior PG has struggled with his shot overall but averages 10.1 points and 4.5 assists. The Spartans tend to play as well as Hoggard does. Others to watch Jaden Akins is probably the best 3pt shooter for the Spartans but has struggled mightily on the season, shooting 27.3% on the year. Forward Malik Hall is active on the offensive boards but is yet another Spartan struggling from 3. Carson Cooper and Mady Sissoko split time at center where they bring rebounding and rim protection UNL Game Notes Roster/infirmary report Out indefinitely 5 Ahron Ulis 6-3 190 lbs Junior - Likely out for the season 15 Blaise Keita 6-11 257 lbs Junior - Ongoing ankle injury recovery Possible starters for Nebraska 10 Jamarques Lawrence 6-3 183 lbs Sophomore 30 Keisei Tominaga 6-2 179 lbs Senior 3 Brice Williams 6-7 213 lbs Junior 53 Josiah Allick 6-8 231 lbs Senior 51 Rienk Mast 6-10 248 lbs Junior Bench 4 Juwan Gary 6-6 221 lbs Junior 0 C.J. Wilcher 6-5 214 lbs Junior 9 Jarron Coleman 6-5 213 lbs Senior 1 Sam Hoiberg 6-0 183 lbs Sophomore 2 Ramel Lloyd Jr. 6-6 210 lbs RS Freshman 11 Eli Rice 6-8 213 lbs Freshman 21 Matar Diop 6-10 213 lbs Freshman 31 Cale Jacobsen 6-4 200 lbs RS Freshman 35 Henry Burt 6-7 216 lbs RS Freshman 24 Jeffrey Grace III 6-3 197 lbs Sophomore The Skinny: It was a tail of two halves for Nebraska in Minnesota as the Huskers collapsed after taking a commanding lead into the half. Nebraska looks to regroup against another struggling team in Michigan St. Ranked #4 in the preseason, the Spartans have struggled to a 4-4 season including home losses to James Madison and Wisconsin. Whoever loses this one will have already dug themselves into a 0-2 hole in the conference standings. Nebraska's defense will put Michigan State's long range shooting troubles to the test as they'll continue to double the post. This year's Nebraska squad hasn't been able to keep up the defensive intensity for 40 minutes so don't be surprised if the Spartans become comfortable enough to start knocking down jumpers. On offense, look for Keisei to get going again. There are a few teams in the conference that will game plan to shutdown Tominaga; this likely isn't one of them. Toughness and grit are going to come into play if Nebraska wants to win as they'll need to scrap for rebounds and lose balls if they expect to beat Michigan State. For this Husker team, no lead seems big enough. Until you see them finish off a formidable program, it's hard to believe they will. Prediction: Michigan St 65 - Nebraska 59 View full article

Maybe have some chill so that their uber-children pick DONU

Other than they have better players, coaching, and resolve this is actually a good matchup for us

Current coach Kyle Smith seems like he's on his way to becoming a guy that a better school buys from Wash St

Box Score

enhanced KenPom win probability chart

Monkey-paw type wish there

FIFY

Nebraska's rich NIT history disagrees with this take

Nope

Went into the locker room up 15 thanks to Brice and Dawson Garcia being injured. Did not come back out of the locker room. Only Gary and Lawrence made a basket in the second half. Gave up 52 points. Sorry @HuskerFever going to steal your post game gif tradition

I guess someone's got to be that guy and start this thread

That just seemed like a run of the mill flop as opposed to anything Keisei related

Brice Williams going full radon tonight

What lottery numbers do you like tonight?

just in case anyone missed it, Dawson Garcia turned his ankle about 4 minutes in. Looked like Keisei's so it might be a game ender and big blow

Nebraska 68 - Minnesota 64 11 wins

With 8 minutes to go against Missouri they were up 12. Remarkable job to lose that one.

Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-1) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-3) Date: Wednesday Dec 6rd, 2023 Time: 8:00 pm Arena: Williams Arena "The Barn" Broadcast: BTN Minnesota Info Head Coach: Ben Johnson (3rd year) Location: Minneapolis, MN Conference: B1G Nickname: Golden Gophers Mascot: Goldie the Gopher Line: Nebraska by 2.5 Typical Rotation Depth: 8+ KenPom rank: 113 Nota bene: This is the first time Nebraska has been favored in a true road game since the last time they played the Gophers at the Barn Fred Hoiberg is 3-1 vs Ben Johnson The Gophers and Cornhuskers have faced off 85 times, the most Nebraska has faced a B1G opponent KenPom most used lineups 1 0 Elijah Hawkins 5-11 165 Jr 4 Braeden Carrington 6-4 195 So 1 Joshua Ola-Joseph 6-7 215 So 5 Isaiah Ihnen 6-9 220 Jr 3 Dawson Garcia 6-11 230 Jr 18.0 2 0 Elijah Hawkins 5-11 165 Jr 2 Mike Mitchell 6-2 185 Jr 24 Cam Christie 6-6 190 Fr 21 Pharrel Payne 6-9 255 So 3 Dawson Garcia 6-11 230 Jr 10.3 Player to watch: Dawson Garcia Garcia is currently averaging 20.5 points and 8 rebounds per game as well as drawing fouls at an elite rate. He also has the ability to pass out of the post. His outside shot hasn't been great this season, just 28% at this time Player to watch: Cam Christie The younger brother of Max Christie is a star in the making and has been a remarkable jump shooter, hitting from 50% from non-paint 2s and 51.7% from 3 thus far. Others to watch Pharrel Payne is a load down low and an elite finisher. He's no threat at the 3 and is a lousy at the FT line. Mitchell is the main 3pt shooter on the team and hit from well over 40% at Pepperdine; currently hitting 35% with the Gophers. Hawkins is small at PG but lightning quick and able to draw contact to get to the FT line though not a great finisher in the paint; 3pt shot has been off this year. Joshua Ola-Joseph is a glue-guy type having a nice shooting year thus far. Isaiah Ihnen is a stretch 4 who appears to be struggling at the moment so his playing time and shooting are down in favor of Payne. SG Braeden Carrington has been struggling from 3 this season, shooting 17.4%. UNL Game Notes Roster/infirmary report Out indefinitely 5 Ahron Ulis 6-3 190 lbs Junior - Likely out for the season 15 Blaise Keita 6-11 257 lbs Junior - Ongoing ankle injury recovery Possible starters for Nebraska 10 Jamarques Lawrence 6-3 183 lbs Sophomore 30 Keisei Tominaga 6-2 179 lbs Senior 3 Brice Williams 6-7 213 lbs Junior 53 Josiah Allick 6-8 231 lbs Senior 51 Rienk Mast 6-10 248 lbs Junior Bench 4 Juwan Gary 6-6 221 lbs Junior 0 C.J. Wilcher 6-5 214 lbs Junior 9 Jarron Coleman 6-5 213 lbs Senior 1 Sam Hoiberg 6-0 183 lbs Sophomore 2 Ramel Lloyd Jr. 6-6 210 lbs RS Freshman 11 Eli Rice 6-8 213 lbs Freshman 21 Matar Diop 6-10 213 lbs Freshman 31 Cale Jacobsen 6-4 200 lbs RS Freshman 35 Henry Burt 6-7 216 lbs RS Freshman 24 Jeffrey Grace III 6-3 197 lbs Sophomore Fred Hoiberg presser Look for a Mast-Allick-Gary big lineup potentially to be used The Skinny: The Huskers get a chance to go on the road and try and wash the taste of a 29 point home loss out of their mouth. On one had, putting up a KenPom level bad 3pt shooting night isn't going to happen most games. On the other hand, this is a team that can't afford to get into a rut of becoming unfocused defensively and short on effort when the ball isn't going in the hoop. This game is a chance to try and get right vs an opponent with issues of their own. This is likely a make or break year for Ben Johnson who has some nice pieces around Dawson Garcia. Defensively the Gophers are a bit like Creighton where they'll run you off the FT line and are pretty good at defending without fouling which is a problem for a team like Nebraska that isn't keen on scoring inside. One thing that should help is that the Gopher offense tends to be sloppy with the ball which should lead to some easy runouts. We'll see what adjustments the Huskers might have in mind though. Defensively look for the Huskers to continue to double team the post while running guys at Garcia from different spots. Part to focus on limiting Garcia is that you're likely to have some secondary player have a career night against the Huskers. The key is to not give up both. Minnesota is talented and will go on runs but they provide a winnable road game opportunity because they're also wildly inconsistent. Win or lose how Nebraska handles this adversity and its business on the defensive end will be what's going to define this team. Prediction: Nebraska 68 - Minnesota 64 View full article

I look at our luck rating for the first 3 years of the Hoiberg era and my takeaway is that we were unlucky that Hoiberg's coaching staff was so dysfunctional.

We have 3 tough opponents in a row....I can't really see the staff making any sort of knee-jerk changes to this team that have just as much of a chance at backfiring as they do at working. At this point in the season it's about embracing that you are a defensive team built on scheme and effort and keeping locked in because you can control that.