The Polish Rifle

Wonder if Kyle will start? They have two PF transfers that are underclassman, ranked higher and were more productive at P5 schools. Their future at C is a 5 star from Spain that got some minutes last year. Guessing they picked up Kyle as a back up center. 

1 hour ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

Robin just said he thinks Kyle ends up at UCLA. Damn.

Damn…that one hurts, I say this as an Omahan - freakin Omaha kids. 

1 hour ago, brfrad said:

This team looks like they are going through the motions.  Horrible effort throughout the whole game.  We need to get our crap together.

The video of two of our guys literally playing grab ass (nuts), down 5 runs wasn’t encouraging. Starting to feel a little bubbly when it comes to the NCAAs, hope they pull out of the funk. 

Losing to CU sucks, but besides that - they really need to pull their heads out of their asses if they want to stay on a regional path. No gimmes in the next 9, next team with a losing record is Minny in May. 

2 minutes ago, nustudent said:

Yep.  He’s far more productive than Ulis. 

Ulis - 4.0 ppg / 1.9 ast / 1.2 rpg / 1 to, on 37/31/78 splits 

Worster - 8.6 ppg / 4.1 ast / 4.6 rpg / 1.9 to, on 41/29/78 splits 

For sure a role for Ulis on this team, but I'd be pretty surprised if Worster wasn't starting at 1. 

Sounds like Griffiths and Worster may both be N soon. Robin just put his official prediction N for Griffiths on On3. 

5 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

We can definitely host, but it'll have to be darn near perfect from here on out.

Yeah, which is so hard in baseball. Teams like Oklahoma st who we are fighting with have the opportunity to rack up big wins. We basically have to win 80% of our games and somehow get 5+ quad 1 wins in the process, with limited opportunities. 

38 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

And I suppose you think that Bolt should be on the hot seat like I'm reading on the X?

 

What? Absolutely not. I don’t think expectations should be hosting. Don’t think we’re in line to host in my honest opinion, and with our schedule it’ll be tough/almost impossible to get there. I think making the tournament this year is the expectation and would be more than happy with that. 

1 hour ago, hskr4life said:

Agree that we earned the right to host 100% and it’s still there.  In fact, prior to our little 3 game slump here, we were probably closer to a national seed than not hosting.  Had we won either or both of those games in Texas… we would have been close to Top 8 projected.

We were a border line host before our slump. Remember college baseball is now using quads. Current teams on the host bubble are Indiana St and Oklahoma state. They both have 5+ quad 1 wins. We’re 0-4 in quad 1. Is it impossible to host? No. But it just seems like something that seems so far away right now. Win 10 out of the next 12 then I’ll start considering it again. Stacking dubs and positioning ourselves to win the conf is what I’m more worried about. 

11 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Not a great start.  Remove that ranking from our name.  We played better without it.

Yeah cart got ahead of the horse. This team should have never been talked about as a regional host/top 25 team. Focus should be competing for a B10 title and making a regional. 

12 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

 

Hugley, if true

 

Also Payne is planning on coming next week (unless he commits to Indiana).

2 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

 

It better not be Tom Holmoe...

Unless Fred is Mormon and I was unaware, we should have nothing to worry about. 

Robin says another “notable” visitor will be on campus next week. But will not say who. 

8 hours ago, Cowboy Kermit said:

 

If he wanted to go on the Creighton show, he'd be announcing sometime between 2 and 6

10-6. Happer is the biggest CU nut hanger on that station. 

1 hour ago, OmahaHusker said:

 

Their board saying Kalk most likely not back. Pry NBA. Even potential to transfer to a blue blood for his last year and get a $3-$4 million type bag for one year like Dickinson. 

I hope Kalk is gone. My opinion is he’s the sole reason they were able to make the jump from 1st weekend team to final 4 contender. 7’2, elite defensively, skilled offensively. Maybe 2 other teams have one of those unicorns and they played last night. I want him gone. 

Why do we need to get more athletic? We don’t need to overcorrect due to one game where A&M shot out of their minds. Fred needs to stick with the same formula that got us 23 wins, 3rd place in conf and an 8 seed. 

2 minutes ago, Cornhoopers said:

Not sure his hire would make Kentucky fans happy yet. If Hoiberg can have sustained success here before Bill Self retires then I would worry, but we probably would have had some great seasons if he lands that job so…

Yep, Kentucky is big game hunting. Billy Donovan makes a ton of sense. 

Robin’s comments on Morgan have me skeptical. Says he loved NU and is a fit for basketball and school (Ag). But also says he’s a wild card and family farm is close to U of M, and that he consistently visited family when he was at NDSU. Seems like a toss up, would have felt better if he left Lincoln committed. 

So Hoiberg is headed to Champaign today. Dainja is the only Illinois player in the portal, but he is supposedly visiting Memphis today. Wonder if we got pushed aside or got a commitment elsewhere…

3 minutes ago, ShortDust said:

How are you able to track it?

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/SLH816

Air Husker is going Fargo-Minny-Peoria-Champaign. One possibility:

Peoria = Hickman,  Champaign = Dainja, Minneapolis = Payne, and Fargo = Morgan.

9 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

I think husker nation needs to hear from Fred telling us everything is on plan and everything is fine.  We need to settle some nightmarish nerves.

Someone said if you look up the tail number of the husker jet you have a pretty good idea of who he’s going to see. I’ll look into it once my kids are down 

6 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

We're not forcing these guy's out, are we???

I doubt it but Robin said Hoiberg was on the private jet to see 3 priority portal targets over the next couple days. Just gotta see how this shakes out. 

9 hours ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

Oregon had a four point lead and the ball with under 40 seconds left but ended up losing to Creighton in double OT.  

My buddy and I were watching in disbelief. We get an A&M team that can’t miss a 3, Creighton needs Oregon to miss a FT to extended their season and gets it. We are soooo over due in the luck factor. 

I hate to dwell on this, but he really F'd this team. 99% of getting a dub or two in the tournament is matchup. I highly doubt we get A&M if Trev doesn't do what he did. NW the past two seasons get overrated, ice cold, mid majors. We get a P5 team with a top 10 ceiling, playing their best ball.  So thanks Trev, parting gift of a lifetime.