Dead Dog Alley

How long can you go where you consistently get completely fucked by the officiating, before you say this ain't worth worrying about? I think I'm passed that point.

USC is 6-50, in fouls called vs fouls actually committed

My contest idea: who can identify the starting lineup of Hampton's 1978 team.

Maryland

It should tell you something when Mick Cronin, the king of the rock fight, says that the style of play that is allowed by Big Ten officiating is ridiculous.

Castor is a sophomore, 5'11", stats are impressive. # Name GP PPG DEFR OFFR RPG APG SPG BPG TPG PFPG 22 J. Castor(So) 11 18.6 2.5 1.5 4.2 4.5 3.6 0.6 2.2 2.2 # Name GP Pts FGM FGA FG% PPS AFG% 22 J. Castor(So) 11 205 72 157 46 1.3 53

Has anyone seen Lazerek Huston? How good is he?

Only in the alternate universes where NU didn't piss the Xavier game down their leg in 1991

A younger version of me would have posted this clip from the Simpsons But, thankfully, I've matured and would no longer do such a thing.

He finally realized that he's 75 years old. Danny Nee remains the oldest coach NU has ever had; he was 54 when Bill Byrne ran him out of town.

The start in regular season conference games was 6-50; 25-20 since.

They'll finish in the top 2 of their league and half their players will be all conference

2011 was the last time we won two non-conference road games (at USC, at TCU). Those games were also the last time they won a true road game west of Lincoln. It was also the year that got Doc fired.

They should solve this guy's problem by bringing back Eddie Jordan

Was that even against a Division 1 team?

They should make it a trophy game. The winner gets to decide if they want to claim Standhardinger as an alumnus.

Who could forget about Bernard Garner? The JC player of the year from Western Nebraska CC. Others of note, Melvin Brooks was a starter in 95. Chris Sallee was eligbile for 1.5 years - he had somehow played in JC or enrolled early so wasn't going to be eligible the second semester; but for some reason he came back for that year anyway. So, he only played in 14 games (they went 11-3 with him; 5-11 in the next 16 games without him; and then 5-0 in the NIT). Rodney Fields was a starter on Collier's first team. Joe Holmes replaced Tyronn Lue in the lineup; but didn't exactly replace his production.

San Jose State may be equivalent to a junior college, but technically is a four year institution, so you have to leave Tony Farmer out. Noticeably absent from mention so far: Handy Johnson - double figure scorer in 1981 Claude Renfro - starter on NIT final four team Lenard Johnson - Backup 6'6" C that beat Missouri and Stipanovich Terry Smith - Starting 6'6" C that beat Missouri and Stipanovich Stan Cloudy - two year starter, second leading scorer in 83, 84 Ronnie Smith - backup C/PF in 84, 85; became a police officer and died in a traffic accident Chris Logan - starter at C in the first ever NCAA game Harvey Marshall - two years in double figures, started on first NCAA team Anthony Bailous - 6th man on first NCAA team Derrick Chandler - the only center to start on two tournament teams Caleb Walker - he helped make that one guy from Illinois cry Evan Taylor - he's pretty recent to be forgotten And there's also some what might have beens: Deak Vance - a 6'8" PF/C that would have helped out tremendously with or without Hoppen for the first NCAA tournament team; but he was academically ineligible after the first semester Jose Ramos - getting jiggy with the wrong woman was a bad career choice BJ Walker - looked good coming off the plane Amos Gregory - liked food Andre Almeida - really liked food Rishan Norwood - didn't like junior college classes so didn't get here Shang Ping - he does have a Wikipedia page and a nickname of "The Beast"; but let's just try to forget... Roburt Sallie - Fuck you, Big 12. No, really. Fuck you.

All time weeks in the AP poll: UCLA 737 Indiana 580 Illinois 510 Michigan State 492 Ohio State 448 Maryland 438 Michigan 438 Purdue 436 Iowa 387 Wisconsin 314 Minnesota 236 Southern Cal 205 Washington 162 Oregon 157 Rutgers 41 Nebraska 38 Penn State 25 Northwestern 18

Nebraska hasn't beaten Creighton and gone to the NCAA tournament in the same season since 1993-94

It was good to see some Husker fans there who were completely dedicated to making the Creighton fans around them miserable

Sam Bowie would have been a legitmately great player if not for the five or six times he fractured a leg. A look at the 1979 McDonald's All American game roster had a couple of nice players: Isaiah Thomas, Dominique Wilkins, James Worthy, Clark Kellogg, Ralph Sampson, Sam Bowie, John Paxson, Byron Scott, Antoine Carr, Steve Stipanovich, Quentin Dailey, Greg Kite, Dereck Whittenburg, Sidney Lowe, Darren Daye, Terry Fair. (No Rod Foster or Thurl Bailey or Jon Sundvold? What were they thinking?)

When they traded him to the Kings it might have been the most consequential trade in history. Not because of the magnitude of the trade, but because of a side effect. Without that trade the Bulls might have won enough games so that they didn't end up with the 3rd pick in the 1984 draft, or if they do they might not draft a 2-guard since they already would have had one. Michael Jordan could have ended up with the Mavericks instead.

At least he wasn't riding a scooter and assaulted by a former NFL practice squad player who went off the deep end