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Andre with an unnecessary double team and foul because he didn't get back. Big drop off when he's out there

It was a pun

Geo cashing in on a free education

Rutgers 70 - Nebraska 67

Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-9) vs Rutgers Scarlett Knights (8-5) Date: Saturday, Jan 8th, 2022 Time: 1:00 pm Arena: Jersey Mike's Arena Broadcast: BTN Rutgers Info Head Coach: Steve Pikiell Location: Piscataway, NJ Conference: B1G Nickname: Scarlet Knights Last time out: Beat Michigan Line: Rutgers by 7 Typical Rotation Depth: 7+ KenPom rank: 93 Other Nebraska's last conference win was vs Rutgers in 2021. Lat Mayen had a career day with 25 points. Player to watch: Ron Harper Rutgers' leading scorer is a load at 6'6" 245. Harper is shooting over 43% from three thus far and is second on the team in rebounds. Player to watch: Geo Baker Baker is playing the best basketball of his 5 year career at Rutgers, leading the team in assist with a eFG of 56% Possible Rutgers Starters 0 Geo Baker G 6-4 185 Sr. Derry, N.H./Proctor Academy 4 Paul Mulcahy G 6-6 213 Jr. Bayonne, N.J./Gill St. Bernard’s 22 Caleb McConnell G 6-7 200 Sr. Jacksonville, Fla./SPIRE Academy (Ohio) 24 Ron Harper, Jr. G/F 6-6 245 Sr. Franklin Lakes, N.J./Don Bosco Prep 11 Cliff Omoruyi C 6-11 240 So. Benin City, Nigeria/Roselle Catholic Probable Rotation 2 Jalen Miller G 6-2 200 Fr. Frederick, Md./Bishop Walsh 3 Mawot Mag F 6-7 216 So. Melbourne, Australia/Prolific Prep (Calif.) 5 Aundre Hyatt F 6-6 227 So. Bronx, N.Y./Miller School/LSU 45 Jaden Jones G/F 6-8 220 Fr. Dallas, Texas / DasCHE Spartans 21 Dean Reiber F 6-10 225 So. Greensboro, N.C./Northwest Guilford The Rest of the Roster Clifford Omoruyi has expanded into his role as starting center with Myles Johnson transferring, leading the team in rebounds and scoring in double digits. Paul Mulcahy is a secondary ball handler and can get hot from outside. McConnell has struggled on offense but the defensively talented forward will probably guard Bryce McGowens. LSU transfer Hyatt is on monster on the boards. Jalen Miller is the PG of the future. Bench 1 Oskar Palmquist F 6-8 220 So. Kinna, Sweden/Marks Gymnasieskola (Sweden) 10 Andrew Fulin F 6-6 195 Jr. Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Regional 25 Aiden Terry G 5-10 160 So. Mt. Washington, Ky./Aspire Academy/Bullitt Central 30 Logan Stephens G 6-2 197 Fr. Decatur, Ga./Woodward Academy 35 Ralph Gonzales-Agee F 6-8 245 GS Victorville, Calif./Silverado/San Jose State 55 Luke Nathan F/C 6-11 240 Sr. Randolph, N.J./Randolph UNL Game Notes Probable starters for Nebraska 1 Alonzo Verge G 6-3 30 Keisei Tominaga G 6-2 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 35 Eduardo Andre F 6-11 10 Kobe Webster G 6-0 14 Trevor Lakes F 6-8 23 Keon Edwards G 6-7 Bench 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 2 Trey McGowens G 6-4 32 Wilhelm Breidenbach F 6-10 The Skinny: Rutgers has been up and down this season. They've lost a pay game at home to Lafayette and were pounded by Illinois. They've also taken down Michigan and Purdue. The RAC Jersey Mike's Arena can be a hostile place to play but it's hard to imagine that any crowd is going to get up for Nebraska. Defensively, Nebraska by default is in a good position to stop Rutgers as the Scarlett Knights are trying to run everything inside and don't have a guard besides Baker that is likely to light up the Huskers. Offensively most people attack Rutgers from the outside but it's possible to penetrate into the lane against the Knights as they don't have elite rim protection. Nebraska has played well since coming back from Christmas break and should be in a good position to steal a road game. Can they figure out how to do it? Prediction: Rutgers 70 - Nebraska 67 View full article

You can get away with Keisei a lot easier in this one as Mulcahy and McConnell aren't in the same zip code as Gabe Brown and Max Christie in terms of offensive firepower.

Another school with a ton of height, one of the biggest in Div-1

Tominaga's lack of size really becomes apparent when we're playing against big teams like Michigan St because he has to play with other small guards like Kobe or Verge. If you have him out there with Trey McGowens or Dalano Banton handling the ball then it's workable because Tominaga can guard the PG. When Trey comes back he'll be back to a guy off the bench who plays depending on how his shots are falling.

Who plays well with Eduardo Andre? I ask because it's clear we're better when Derrick is on the court, Derrick can't play for 40 minutes, and we need to figure out a way to keep things afloat when he's off the court. Does one of the PGs work better with him? Does he play better with or without Keisei? Wilcher? Bryce? Does Mayen's body language effect him? Could you play him for 5 minutes with Keon or Lakes like they're the backup catcher who only goes out when the knuckleball guy is out there? Would be interested in observations.

He could be this decade's Alonzo Edwards. He stopped playing about the same time that WB got injured. Are we trying to convert him into 4?

Some of it is 40-60 minutes lost to injury in Trey and WB without any sort of suitable replacements.

Yes, has another year left if he wants it.

A culture of winning and development.

Michigan St isn't trying to force turnovers and we had 15 tonight. Cut that down to 8-9 and maybe we're in spitting distance. In the grand scheme of things an encouraging 12 point loss I guess.

The first one must have been an omicron 3

No blood, no foul for the home team tonight

Izzo crying his way to a foul call on Eduardo

Our Walker >> Their Walker Bryce has looked like a NBA player tonight Valuable 8 minutes we got out of Lakes. Lakes and Lat need to shoot when they get the ball on a pass. A miss is better than a turnover Wilcher struggling tonight

Felt like he needed to sit the last 4 minutes. He was really out of sorts

I'd be impressed if we kept it in single digits

Michigan St 86 - Nebraska 70 5 guys

Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-8) vs #10 Michigan St Spartans (12-2) Date: Wednesday, Jan 5th, 2022 Time: 6:00 pm Arena: Breslin Center Broadcast: BTN Michigan St Spartans Head Coach: Tom Izzo Location: East Lansing, MI Conference: B1G Nickname: Spartans Mascot: Sparty Last time out: Beat Northwestern Line: Michigan St by 15.5 Typical Rotation Depth: 9+ KenPom rank: 18 Other Gabe Brown plays most of the minutes at the 3. The rest of the positions mostly work out into 2 man rotations. Michigan St might be toying with the idea of adding a couple of football players to the roster. 6'5" TE Maliq Carr at one point was mid-major basketball prospect. 6'4" WR Keon Coleman was a mid-major PG prospect. With just 11 scholarship players and Covid potentially affecting player availability, it might just happen. Hoiberg hung out with the team a bit during the months he was unemployed in 2019 as his son Jack was a walk-on for the Spartans Player to watch: Marcus Bingham The big 7'0" shot-blocking center plays about 20-25 minutes a game, leading the Spartans in blocks. Look for Nebraska to actively attack the rim whenever he's off the court. Player to watch: Gabe Brown The 6'8" Senior has blossomed into MSU's go-to player, leading the team in scoring, 3pt attempts, and 3pt makes. Think of him as an Andrew White type of impact offensively Possible Ohio State Starters 2 Tyson Walker G 6-0 175 Jr. Westbury, N.Y. / Christ the King (Northeastern) 5 Max Christie G 6-6 190 Fr. Arlington Heights, Ill. / Rolling Meadows 44 Gabe Brown F 6-8 215 Sr. Ypsilanti, Mich. / Belleville 10 Joey Hauser F 6-9 230 R-Sr. Stevens Point, Wis. / Stevens Point (Marquette) 30 Marcus Bingham Jr. F 7-0 230 Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich. / GR Catholic Central Probable Rotation 34 Julius Marble II F 6-9 245 Jr. Dallas, Texas / Dallas Jesuit 25 Malik Hall F 6-7 225 Jr. Aurora, Ill. / Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) 11 A.J. Hoggard G 6-4 210 So. Coatesville, Pa. / Huntington Prep (W.Va.) 3 Jaden Akins G 6-4 175 Fr. Farmington, Mich. / Farmington/ Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) The Rest of the Roster Izzo went out in the transfer portal and landed PG Tyson Walker after last year's issues at the position. Walker can be turnover prone but is disruptive defensively as well as the catalyst for MSU's transition game. Backup PG AJ Hoggard is quite different from Walker, significantly larger but not quite as quick. Neither are great shooters. McDonald's Freshman Max Christie is the starting shooting guard but has mostly shot at a low percentage thus far though he's 2nd on the team in 3pt attempts. 4 star freshman Jaden Akins backs him up. Joey Hauser and Malik Hall share the stretch 4 role where Hall is having the better shooting year and Hauser is rebounding better. Julius Marble backs up Bingham at the 5 and offers a bit more girth at the position. Bench 22 Mady Sissoko C 6-9 240 So. Bafoulabe, Mali, West Africa / Wasatch Academy (Utah) 1 Pierre Brooks G 6-6 225 Fr. Detroit, Mich. / Frederick Douglass Academy 13 Steven Izzo G 5-8 150 Jr. East Lansing, Mich. / Lansing Catholic 14 Davis Smith G 6-0 160 So. Atlanta, Ga. / Westminster 20 Michael Peterson G 6-7 205 Grad. Rockford, Mich. / Rockford 35 Peter Nwoke F 6-7 215 Fr. Lagos, Nigeria / Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (Mich.) 43 Jason Whitens G 6-5 205 R-Sr. Powers, Mich. / Powers North Central UNL Game Notes Probable starters for Nebraska 1 Alonzo Verge G 6-3 30 Keisei Tominaga G 6-2 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 35 Eduardo Andre F 6-11 10 Kobe Webster G 6-0 14 Trevor Lakes F 6-8 23 Keon Edwards G 6-7 Bench 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 2 Trey McGowens G 6-4 32 Wilhelm Breidenbach F 6-10 The Skinny: Last year was a slog for Michigan St as they clawed their way into a NCAA play-in game where they lost in OT to an UCLA team that would make their way all the way to the NCAA championship. The Spartans don't have an All-American on the roster but they have a well rounded team. Individually Nebraska can't match up defensively so team defense will be imperative tonight. This team might possibly go down as Izzo's fastest ever as they've upped the tempo behind some quick players and decent depth. Nebraska knows this as it's the first thing that Hoiberg brings up when talking about the Spartans. You'd hope Hoiberg's presser doesn't end with him wondering why guys didn't get back on defense. Regardless, the Spartans pass the ball much better than the Huskers close out so expect Michigan St to put up some points tonight. Offensively has Nebraska started to turn a corner? They seem to be slowly morphing into a team that takes better shots and thus sees them fall. I think there is a real possibility that Michigan St will overlook Nebraska with Michigan on their schedule Saturday. This means a little less juice on defense. Look for an up and down game as Nebraska is the type of team that doesn't care if playing slower might be better for them. With any luck, the Huskers could catch a disengaged Spartan team and have a chance to pull it out at the end. Prediction: Michigan St 86 - Nebraska 70 View full article

FYI for anyone attending