uneblinstu

I want them to play in Maui... It's been a long time since they've played there.

I have it on pretty solid authority that Brewsky's will be carrying the game and am planning on meeting a couple of people there.

I was more referring to the academic side of things, though. There are a bunch of players in Omaha over the next couple of years that have the talent, but not the grades. Probably three of four kids at Central alone. UNO's the easiest of the three schools to get into.

I can't tell if this is a burn or complement I was wondering the same thing...

There are a bunch of D1 caliber players in Omaha right now, if they can't get into Creighton or NU, UNO could find themselves with a nice little team when they're eligible for the dance.

I just asked Gary Sharp on Twitter:

NU- 79 UMass - 71

I want to see this team away from the comfort of home and how they deal with adversity. They really haven't been in that situation yet. We should know a lot about this team after this weekend.

no chatter from me today, guys. too many things to juggle this Sunday afternoon.

Oh, man, did he ever.

Rivalry? If we stay at the same level we're at now, any of those teams would be fine. If we get to the level we want/think/hope we're going to get to, those teams make for nice opponents in November and December. I'd love to see something renewed with ISU. That was always chippy.

Right. Makes for cool images like this:

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The picture? That was me. I'm not so much taking credit as much as uneblinstu might not want to take credit for that. Yeah, that was all Dimes. And I wasn't gonna defer credit, I was gonna give it. Mad props, nothing but love.

The picture?

I agree that flopping has to go but the problem for years has been that if you did not flop and held your ground, there's going to be contact, and most likely they are going to call it on the defense. I think Smith was called on one of these last night. He stood motionless with two arms straight in the air, no leaning or anything, and was called for a foul. I'm not disagreeing with you or Norm, I'm just saying that's how they're calling things this year. It was probably an over correction that will need to be adjusted going into next year. They tried to eliminate the play by Aaron Craft that drew so much attention in the tourney vs. ISU last year and in doing so they basically eliminated the charge call completely. They'll have to address that next season, I'd assume, but this year, this is the game we've got.

Hasn't been a 50/50 call so far this year.

So far, I've only seen it called as a blocking foul. If the offensive player is in that spot before he makes his move to the basket, as I understand the rule, that'd be an offensive foul, but if the defensive player has to readjust his position at all, it's a blocking call. It's not about whether or not he stays upright or falls to the ground, it's about when he establishes his position.

You miss the point. It was a flop. No question it was a flop. But the issue is not that the other guy wasn't call for charging; it's that Pitchford was called for blocking. But how is that a foul when the only contact that occurs is made by the offensive player, and the defensive player is stationary? Is flopping now a foul? In my mind, that should be at most a no-call. And, as ajb explained, that was just a bad call. And I agree. So far, yes, flopping has been called a foul, as far as I can tell. Every time.

87-49 NU

I think they over corrected to some degree this off season. I think you'll see them try and balance it out some next year.

I think the foul on Pitchford was because it was a legitimate flop. That call isn't going to get called anymore. He was just simply overmatched by a guy who was probably 30 lbs bigger than him or more. Teams are going to have to find a more creative way to defend the post than fall to the ground when the offensive player makes contact. That's what Peltz and Pitchford both did last night. Webster's guy had that spot for at least 3 steps before he got there. We're going to have to adjust our expectations on what constitutes a charge now because it's going to look different. Flops aren't going to get called anymore, and I like that. I would like to see them insititute some sort of lowering the shoulder foul, because we've already seen that where the offensive player can just ram in there and draw the foul, but simply getting to the spot and falling backwards like in the past isn't going to do it anymore.

What does a guy have to do to draw an offensive foul this year? Even if you thought he flopped at one point they certainly could have not called anything. Basically, they're going to have to do what the defender that drew the charge on Webster. He had the position before Webster even turned the corner and never left that spot. That's what it's going to take this year. The on on Peltz and the one where Pitchford flopped aren't going to get called. I think the rule reads that the defender has to have position before the ball handler makes his motion towards the shot which happens about a step before he leaves the ground usually.

Congrats on Coach Miles getting win #300! - I thought they played pretty well the first half and into the second. Seemed to let up a bit as the game wore down. Not sure if that was a mental or physical thing. - I was impressed with the energy they played with to start the game. There clearly wasn't the energy in the building there was on Friday and they didn't let that impact their game. That was good to see. - Smith played well, for the most part, provided a boost in the first half when it seemed like we were struggling to find a shot. Showed some nice quickness, too. - Pitchford is going to have a devil of a time defending the post this year by himself. When Miles says we're a big away, that's what he's talking about. He's going to get backed down pretty easily in the Big Ten. He'll cause matchup problems on the other end, but that's going to be tough for him. - Was also good to see him go to the pump fake and drive a couple of times tonight. Nice added dimension if he can do that to his game. - I made the comment after Peltz's blocking foul that it was nearly impossible to draw a charge this year...then Webster comes right down the floor and draws one. - The chink in Webster's game right now: free throw shooting. Thought he was off in general tonight, in terms of scoring. Thought he did a pretty good job of distributing and finding his teammates. How many turnovers did he have? - Parker was a spark plug again tonight. I think he'll still get minutes when Biggs and Gallegos come back. Not sure how many, but he'll get some. - Shields did what Shields does. He's Mr. Steady for the Huskers. - Petteway, seemed like he forced it a bit. Still finished in double figures, but thought he tried to do a little too much tonight. - Rivers had one shot where last year I think he pulls up for a 15-footer, but he drove to the rim, missed the layup but was fouled. I think we'll see this a lot this year. I'll be curious to see how many mid-range jumpers we see as the year goes on when you're almost guaranteed to get the foul called if you take it to the rim. - Fewer than ten turnovers was nice. Hope that continues. - Sounds like Fuller is for sure going to redshirt now. That should pay off in a couple of years. - Not a bad turnout tonight, though it did feel like a Nebrasketball crowd. Not a ton of energy in the building. Wasn't sure what I expected tonight. Student section filled in better than I thought it was going to about 5 minutes before the game. - Really interested to see what the crowd is on Sunday. S. Carolina St. might be the worst team on the schedule. That one could be U-G-L-Y... This post has been promoted to an article