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I would be. He's just kind of out there when he's out there. Not sure if he's a guy who needs to be in a GATA type program or if it's just who he is. Sometimes guys just end up being Damezi Anderson.

Notes and quotes Nebraska Post-Game Notes CJ Wilcher led Nebraska with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-6 from 3-point range. Wilcher’s 15 points were his most in a Big Ten Conference game and were just two shy of his career high (17 vs. Auburn). Wilcher now has nine double-figure games this season and it marked the 15th double-figure effort from a Husker reserve this season. Bryce McGowens added 10 points, his 18th game in double figures this season. McGowens moved past Jerry Fort (376, 1972-73) for third place on NU’s all-time freshmen scoring list. He now has 385 points on the season and is 15 points away from being the third Husker freshman with 400 points in a season. Eduardo Andre matched his career high with two blocks, the fourth time in his career he has blocked two shots in a game. Alonzo Verge Jr. dished out a team-high six assists, his highest total since Jan. 11 Keon Edwards made the first 3-pointer of his Husker career. Jackson Cronin scored the first two points as a Husker in his ninth career game. Nebraska had 30 bench points in the game, the Huskers’ highest bench total in Big Ten play this season. Overall, Nebraska’s bench has scored 30 or more points six times this season, and the Huskers bench has totaled 56 points over the past two games. Northwestern was 13-of-31 from the 3-point line after Nebraska had held its previous two opponents to just 5-of-34 from beyond the arc. Nebraska Coach Fred Hoiberg On what the difference was today “Yeah, I thought we really turned a corner every night coming out and playing with great energy and intensity. We played with unbelievable urgency and energy and that’s what gave us a chance to win those games. I think there was a 11 early transition points off of our turnovers, and we were still in it even though we weren’t playing great. The overall urgency early in that game was so disappointing to me in our building in an afternoon game on a reunion weekend. You want to give your alumni something to cheer for and be proud about. We were awful in that area.” On the amount of three-pointers they hit “We knew this was a much better team than what their record had indicated. They played a ton of close games and we knew this team posed a lot of different challenges because of a spread five. The rotation and getting off the double-team wasn’t there. We work on those things every day. We tried everything to slow them down and those 10 threes in the first half did us in.” On if you think the players weren’t prepared to fight “No I did not sense it. We’ve been playing with great effort. We’ve been playing with great intensity. We’ve obviously not gotten any wins, but I thought they were coming just because of the way we had been playing. I did not anticipate us coming out like that. We came in this morning, and I thought we were sharp and thought it would carry over. Obviously, it didn’t." On how you put something like this behind you “We are going to watch it. You have to especially early to see both ends. We are going to watch and learn from it. You have to and then we will get out there and compete and put it behind us and try and go out there and get a win on Wednesday night.” Nebraska Guard C.J. Wilcher On the difference between today and the previous four games: “I think it was our intensity. We competed in those games before today. We started the game off hot every game. Of course, we died down a little bit but the new found a way to pick it back up. I think that was what was missing today. Just that fire just that edge that we have used to compete in those games before.” On where the intensity lacked: “I think on both ends of the floor. I think we just did not really execute the offense. On defense I saw it happen you guys saw what happened. We just gave up a lot of buckets we were not getting to the 50/50 balls or the rebounds early on and I think those are the plays that we needed.” On the difference between putting up a fight in games and not being competitive: “I think the hardest thing in life is being consistent. That is what we have been trying to find just consistency in some area. We have been finding some consistency and starting games off hot and keeping energy and then guys coming in and bringing energy. We find a little bit of consistency in that. But I think we today we just did not come to play and that is sad to say. That is an issue with the players and we did not come ready to play, and Northwestern took advantage of it.” Northwestern Coach Chris Collins Opening Statement “Needless to say, this was a big win for us today. I thought that coming into the game, both teams had been playing really well, especially Nebraska – once they got Trey back these last four games, they easily could’ve won their last four games. We knew we were going to face a hungry team coming into today. We had just come off a win ourselves after some real tough losses, so it was an important game for our guys. I thought they showed it with their energy. Our backcourt was really good today. I thought Boo (Buie) was tremendous. We were able to get him some clean looks early to get going from three. Then, he was able to get downhill and drive the ball really well in the second half. I thought Chase (Audige) was fantastic. The job he did defensively on Bryce McGowens, who in my opinion, was as hot as any player in the conference coming into the game – I thought Chase did a good job trying to make him take tough ones. It’s not like you’re going to shut somebody out. He still got 10 points, but I thought we did a good job of not letting him take over the game, get to the foul line, get going. We did a good job on their other shooters, with the exception of CJ (Wilcher), who got going for them. It was a really good game for us. We were able to string two wins together this week. Every game in the Big Ten matters, and to come on the road, especially to get a road win was really good. So I’m really proud of my team today.” On the defense “Some of it is that they missed some shots. Let’s be honest. I still thought they got some good looks. We tried to do our best to limit their guards – their guards can really spread you and really drive you. Derrick (Walker) is such a good passer and playmaker out of the post. Fred (Hoiberg) runs really good stuff. Their spacing and continuity and their movement; they put you in some tough spots. Our ability to guard the three-point line – they only had seven threes, and I want to say two or three of them might have been in the last two minutes, when a lot of the subs were in – I thought we guarded the three well and did a really good job staying in our gaps and trying to make them take tough shots.”

I came to the realization yesterday that I have no emotional investment in Fred. Tim, Doc...I was emotionally invested in them to where I could give them the benefit of the doubt. Logically I could tell myself it was for the best to move on but emotionally I felt those guys were bought into this school as much as any of us. It's just not there with Fred... It's just a business decision at this point and that's why for me it's not difficult at all.

Nevermind, just fire Fred at the end of the season if he doesn't quit

We've done worse than any other basketball coach we've hired since the end of WWII. None of these are Tim Miles debates threads; they're all how in the world can Fred Hoiberg be this bad threads.

Remarkable feeling to be in the spot where I have no issue whatsoever with firing the most universally desired basketball coach we've ever hired.

I suspect we'd be willing to waive the amount a NBA team would need to pay us to hire Fred

Via twitter before the start of the game I'm AuroranHusker. My score is NE 59 NW 58. THANKS! GBR

Nebraska 82 - Northwestern 77

Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-16) vs Northwestern (10-10) Date: Saturday, Feb 4, 2022 Time: Noon Arena: PBA Broadcast: BTN Nor thwestern Info Head Coach: Chris Collins Location: Evansville, IL Conference: B1G Nickname: Wildcats Mascot: Willie the Wildcat Shirt not to wear: Purple, fur Last time out: Beat Rutgers Line: Northwestern by 3.5 Typical Rotation Depth: 9 KenPom rank: 74 Other: The last time Northwestern was in town was back in 2020 for the closing game of the season, 10 days before Fred Hoiberg having the flu would usher in the era of Covid. You might remember that game as Nebraska embodied their poor year at the FT line by going 9-30! from the charity stripe in a 5 point OT loss. You also might have permanently blocked this from your memory. Nebraska will be wearing Black History month jersey's on Saturday, which are a modded version of their 1908 jerseys. Player to watch: Pete Nance Senior F/C Pete Nance has been on sort of a Roby type question to realize his goodness and has quite good this season. The mobile 6'10" post can play either forward or center where he's a 3 level scorer and a rim protector Possible Northwestern Starters 0 Boo Buie G 6-2 180 Jr. Albany, N.Y. / Gould Academy (Maine) 5 Julian Roper II G 6-3 180 Fy. Detroit, MI. / St. Mary's 1 Chase Audige G 6-4 200 R-Jr. Coram, N.Y. / The Hill School (Pa.) 22 Pete Nance F 6-10 225 Sr. Akron, Ohio / Revere 31 Robbie Beran F 6-9 215 Jr. Richmond, Va. / Collegiate School Probable Rotation 2 Ryan Greer G 6-2 190 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. / Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) 3 Ty Berry G 6-3 185 So. Newton, KS. / Sunrise Christian 21 Elyjah Williams F 6-7 220 Gr. Evanston, Ill. / Evanston Township 15 Ryan Young C 6-10 240 R-Jr. Stewartsville, N.J. / Bethlehem (Pa.) Catholic Bench 13 Brooks Barnhizer G 6-6 215 Fy. LAFAYETTE. IN / Jefferson 14 Casey Simmons G 6-6 180 Fy. Milton, MA / Milton Academy 34 Matthew Nicholson C 7-0 255 So. Clarkston, Mich. / Clarkston 53 Roy Dixon III G 5-11 170 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. / Greater Atlanta Chri UNL Game Notes Probable starters for Nebraska 1 Alonzo Verge G 6-3 2 Trey McGowens G 6-4 5 Bryce McGowens G 6-7 11 Lat Mayen F 6-9 13 Derrick Walker F 6-9 Rotation 0 C.J. Wilcher G 6-5 30 Keisei Tominaga G 6-2 35 Eduardo Andre F 6-11 10 Kobe Webster G 6-0 Bench 23 Keon Edwards G 6-7 3 Quaran McPherson G 6-3 33 Oleg Kojenets F 7-0 4 Jackson Cronin G 6-1 12 Sam Hoiberg G 6-0 15 Chris McGraw G 6-0 21 Jace Piatkowski G 6-3 Injured 14 Trevor Lakes F 6-8 32 Wilhelm Breidenbach F 6-10 The Skinny: Northwestern compiled a decent 8-2 start thanks in part to a soft non-conference schedule but find themselves currently where most people though they would be: a bottom tier B1G squad in danger of playing in the first round of the B1G tournament. The Cats still can make the post season if they start winning and Nebraska on the road is prime for the picking by anyone. Northwestern is a team that can get hot from 3 which is how teams have torched the Huskers all season. Northwestern has also defensively hacked teams onto the free throw line at a conference worst rate; this is absolutely gold for a Nebraska team that won't get many transition or turnover buckets today. Throw in Northwestern also being vulnerable from the 3pt line and you have a game where both teams are likely to score at a high rate and Nebraska having a pretty good chance of building enough of a lead that they don't blow the game ah the end. Tomorrow a win seems possible for other reasons than 'it's just Northwestern' Prediction: Nebraska 82 - Northwestern 77 View full article

I'd expect the bathwater to be changed; I'm not sure what happens to the baby. Maybe Nebraska rips off 6 wins here in the next month. Wouldn't that be something.

I'd assume that Fred is working from the same perspective as you in the sense that he's just a year or two of things turning around if he just keeps with it. Why would he have anyone change roles unless it was necessary? Why would it be necessary unless Matt wasn't there?

I get what he's saying here but this isn't exactly controlling the things you can control.

Nebraska wore camouflaged jerseys on Sept 11th in commemoration of the 20th year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a way to sell more Adidas jerseys while commemorating a historic event. As someone who has never been in the military nor will never be in the military, it's quite easy for me to see the cynical commercial aspect of this. As someone with military folks in their daily life, I can understand why they might feel differently than I do. Maybe my opinion on that football jersey is markedly different because of my life experience or maybe at the end of the day I just don't care at all about jersey design. Maybe it's important to me if it's important to some of the guys on the team. I guess it's a matter of perspective.

Wyoming has had the same AD since 2006. He's hired and fired Heath Schroyer and Allen Edwards during that time. Larry Shyatt got to resign after a decent stretch. If Linder happens to be the right guy to win at Wyoming, it's a portion of the dumb luck of finding the right guy for the right place that many schools sometimes have.

Ike is one of those guys who was a 3 star type guy but had an ACL tear so he was relatively under the radar. Linder was recruiting him at Northern Colorado and had a pretty good understanding about the potential and it's very much paid off. In terms of our roster I don't think it's a lack of talent as much as it is a lack of ability to execute on some idyllic vision where everyone operates with the same goals. Alonzo Verge IS talented...he's a fringe NBA player. But we can't move him to shooting guard because he might get mad because he came here to train to become a NBA point guard or we don't have a better option. Linder is someone who is recruiting guys specifically to fit his vision or adjusting his vision to make what he's compiled work. Matt A is compiling talent that individually might be part of Fred's vision regardless of fit and Fred isn't the guy who can instill being a star in your role. Once again the problem with Matt A isn't that he can't recruit; it's that he does all the recruiting and I can't fathom how it's possible to dial that back under someone as passive in roster construction as Fred Hoiberg.

We certainly have done worse than the last MWC we hired

We're paying a guy $375,000 to not look for guys who don't have star rankings

I will be in attendance on Saturday, going to bring the whole family after hitting the Lincoln Children's museum. \

https://twitter.com/ChrisDunkerLJS/status/1489254851297038336

https://huskers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/alonzo-edwards/9754 Basketball player from the Doc Sadler era with a tenuous grasp on basketball's traveling violation rules

Season isn't over but at this point Alonzo Edwards has had a bigger impact in a Husker uniform than Keon. Part of the reason we're one of the worst Nebraska basketball teams in history is because we're buying scratch-off tickets at the gas station instead of going to the grocery store to shop for the basics like milk, bread, or ball handlers.

We're sadistic enough to try and cram another loss back on to the schedule