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Notes from UNL Nebraska has now won 14 straight games at home dating back to last season Nebraska has now won 23 straight games when holding an opponent under 70 points, including 29-2 over the last two-plus seasons. The time Nebraska lost a game when holding an opponent under 70 points was against Purdue in 2022. Nebraska forced 22 turnovers, the most since forcing 22 turnovers at Michigan State on Feb. 6, 2021. It ties for the second-highest number of opponent turners in Fred Hoiberg’s five-plus seasons at Nebraska. Nebraska has forced 20+ turnovers in both games this season Nebraska finished with 11 steals, including a career-high five from Juwan Gary. Gary's previous high in steals was four at Kansas State last season. NU's 11 steals were its highest total since recording 15 against Indiana on Jan. 3, 2024. Gary also led NU with 11 points Brice Williams finished with 10 points, snapping a streak of four straight 20-point games dating back to last season.

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Hoiberg on the post game show "There is a lack of trust going on right now and we gotta figure it out. We're doing a lot of things in games right now that we aren't doing in practice" "We got a group of kids, I promise you that, and they're not doing anything with any kind of malicious intent and we gotta find a way and obviously get better offensive flow on the other end" To me the panic one might be feeling and the one that Hoiberg seems to be feeling is that he has a group of guys that might not meld together to their high potential. If you're concerned, you have a reason to be. On the flip side, this is game 2. We scheduled these kind of games specifically because putting this together very well might take time. If you're not concerned, you have a reason to be. College basketball, it's a beautiful game.

Brice is the one guy on the team where can shoot whatever we wants and over the course of a season it's going to fall in about 40% from 3 and 50% from 2. In a lot of regards his production is remarkably consistent. I think the frustration boils down to him just going Toney McCray at moments and throwing the ball to the other team or some other random brain fart thing you don't want to see from the guy who is supposed to be your best player.

Are you planning to attend the game at Maryland in January?

Found an interview from last year. My next door neighbor is also from Maryland and his accent is identical to Steve's so now I know what a Maryland accent sounds like.

Fill us in Steve, we'd love to hear from you. You were part of the smallest yet best defensive teams Nebraska has rolled out this century

As one of the younger old heads, this is a real 'Cats in the Cradle' moment for me

FDU plays fast in general

If you're playing Meah you almost have to start him because you don't want him shooting FTs

Did anyone catch the post game radio with Kent and Jake? Was odd but I wasn't sure I caught it all because of a bad signal

Our NET ranking is meaningless if this game is an indication that we're simply not very good

Starting to give off 2014-15 vibes

Nebraska 90 - Bethune Cookman 65

Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-0) vs Bethune Cookman Wildcats (0-1) Date: Saturday Nov 9, 2024 Time: 7:00 pm Arena: PBA Broadcast: BTN+ Bethune Cookman Head Coach: Reggie Theus (4th year) Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Conference: Southwestern Athletic Conference Nickname: Wildcats Last time out: Lost to Texas Tech Shirt not to wear: Maroon, Gold, Minnesota Gopher hat you found in your glove compartment Opening Line: Nebraska by 24.5 Nota bene: This is the 2nd time Nebraska will play Bethune Cookman in their history. Their first ever meeting was one for the record books as Nebraska smothered the Wildcats 70-26 on Dec 20, 2003. The 26 points was the least allowed by the Huskers since January 7, 1941 when Nebraska defeated Kansas St 33-22. Bethune Cookman actually led in the game 6-0. This will be a matchup of former NBA coaches and players as Reggie Theus played 14 years in the NBA and was the head coach of the Sacramento Kings for two seasons. Theus and Hoiberg worked together for the Timberwolves organization from 2009-10 when Theus was an assistant and Hoiberg was in the front office Reggie Theus has led an eventful life including playing a fictional high school basketball coach in late 90s Saturday morning TV show "Hang Time", playing for Jerry Tarkanian in the late 70s, and being the shooting guard the Bulls traded in 1984 that led to the Bulls selecting shooting guard Michael Jordan in the 1984 draft. B-C is Theus's third college stop as he coached Cal St Northridge from 2013-18 and New Mexico St from 2005-07. Bethune-Cookman was a longtime member of the Mid-East Athletic Conference. They switched to the SWAC at the start of the 2021-22 season. Player to watch: Brayon Freeman This is the 4th stop for Freeman who previously played at Coastal Carolina, Rhode Island, and George Washington. The 6'2" CG is the most likely player to take a 3 for a team that typically doesn't take a ton Player to watch: Reggie Ward One of two returning players, Ward is an undersized F/C clocking in at 6'6", 230#. He's a highly efficient finisher at the rim and will occasionally pop a 3 if left wide open. Others to watch Antwann Jones - This might be a familiar name to some as Jones played for Creighton during the 2020-21 season after coming from Memphis. Since then he's played at Louisiana and UCF. When healthy, the oft-injured Jones is a serviceable glue guy. It's unknown whether or not he'll play tonight after leaving the Wildcat's opener at Texas Tech with non-contact right foot/ankle injury 6 minutes into the game. (After watching back the injury and Jones putting zero weight on the foot afterwards I'd be surprised if he played) Gianni Hunt - 6th year PG who spent his first 3 years at Oregon St followed by stops and Sacramento St and Cal St. Northridge. Serviceable 3pt shooter but otherwise not much of a scorer and can be turnover prone. Everyone Else - WIth the exception of returner Seneca Willoughby, most everyone else on the team is a collection of guys that have multiple stops at the D-1 level. UNL Game Notes Roster/infirmary report Possible starters for Nebraska 3 Guard Brice Williams 6-7 214 lbs Senior 4 Forward Juwan Gary 6-6 226 lbs Senior 24 Guard Rollie Worster 6-5 210 lbs Senior 9 Forward Berke Büyüktuncel 6-10 244 lbs Sophomore 34 Center Braxton Meah 7-1 264 lbs Senior Bench 2 Guard Ahron Ulis 6-3 190 lbs Senior 5 Forward Braden Frager 6-7 220 lbs Freshman 8 Guard Jeffrey Grace III 6-3 200 lbs Junior 0 Guard Connor Essegian 6-4 190 lbs Junior 12 Guard Gavin Griffiths 6-7 193 lbs Sophomore 20 Forward Justin Bolis 6-8 225 lbs Sophomore 25 Guard Nick Janowski 6-4 208 lbs Freshman 31 Guard Cale Jacobsen 6-4 195 lbs Sophomore 1 Guard Sam Hoiberg 6-0 185 lbs Junior 23 Forward Andrew Morgan 6-10 242 lbs Senior 35 Forward Henry Burt 6-7 222 lbs Sophomore Out for year 51 Forward Rienk Mast 6-10 260 lbs Senior Hoiberg presser/ Andrew Morgan The Skinny: Bethune Cookman is going to give Nebraska a very different look than UTRVG. Instead of a team out there hunting threes, what you should see tonight is a deep team looking to run and steal their way to a victory. The Wildcats will attempt to live in transition or else hero ball their way through this game at the PBA. This is a type of team Nebraska is set up to beat with their base defense. Speaking of base defense, at this point it feels like Nebraska's length not only allows for closeouts in their scramble 3 defense but also has a chance to be the Hoiberg's best team in terms of defensive rebounding and generating turnovers. We'll need to see how it looks vs better teams but the pieces are there. Tonight the Wildcats will take and make plenty of tough shots when forced to run offense. As long as the Huskers clean up on the boards they'll be fine. I don't know that Nebraska will plan to pound the ball inside every game but I expect them to keep at it during this one. Nebraska has two more games to figure out their rotations but their best lineups are likely to involve Brice Williams, Rollie Worster, and whoever else might have it that night. Andrew Morgan ended up playing 20 minutes last game despite being out of shape after recovering from his concussion. I wouldn't expect Nebraska to put away the Wildcats early as Bethune Cookman slugged it out with Texas Tech until the Red Raiders put on a 27-4 run towards the end of the first half and into the second. At some point B-C will stop making shots and can Nebraska put them away? If they put away the Wildcats, can they keep them there? Prediction: Nebraska 90 - Bethune Cookman 65 View full article

I'd put most of the opponents in Hawaii in the Q2-Q3 zone. Murray St projects as a bad 3pt shooting team so the chance of them getting the upset are lesser IMO. In theory one of these games might be in the same quad as playing someone like USC or Minnesota at home. I think if we end up playing Hawaii then it's considered a road game.

Reggie Theus was an assistant for the Timberwolves when Fred was in the front office. He was also the basketball coach on Saturday morning teen show Hang Time in the late 90s.

6'10" Blake Daberkow is playing for Idaho St after two years of juco. He was a teammate of Sam's at Pius X in Lincoln. Happen to see him when catching the end of the Idaho St - USC game that the Bengals almost pulled out. Probably doesn't project as a power 5 guy but maybe someone to monitor because of his height, ability to shoot 3s, and potential desire to play for his home town college.

Hoiberg on with Strickland

I don't believe our SOS is updated until we play the game

Radio Broadcast https://huskerhoopscentral.com/2024-25/RadioBroadcasts/2024-11-04 Nebraska vs UTRGV.mp3

The age stat probably goes down a little once/if Frager/Janowski play. 19-20: 1.33 yrs 236th 20-21: 1.82 yrs 107th 21-22: 1.42 yrs 287th 22-23: 2.05 yrs 154th 23-24: 2.54 yrs 50th 24-25: 2.73 yrs 25th Call us Redwoods because we're huge and old

They gave you working tickets!

I'll see if i can flip on an answer on twitter. I assume there is no name on the back as the last 22 we had was Haniif Cheatum and he predates the NIL era....likely the jersey is from 2022