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1st Half: That was mostly hot garbage. They played like they just had one of their buddies quit on them. Glynn started off on fire. Sadly, nobody else showed much energy. They went up 15-12 with 11:14 left in the half and only scored 9 points after that the rest of the half. We're not doing much in the paint on either end. Getting lost on pick and rolls way too much. Making it really easy for Penn St. Thomas Allen did do some nice things, but had some costly sloppy play, too. The whole team did. Free throw disparity is discouraging. NU really inefficient from 3. 2nd straight game at least for that. 2nd Half: First segment was more of the same. Second segment, something or someone light a fire under them. Copeland led that charge. Welp, couldn't sustain it. When Jack and Tanner are on the floor together, we lack the skill to play with most big ten teams. They're find spot or roll players, but they probably shouldn't be on the floor together very much. Glynn really cooled off after that hot start. Man, the glimpses we get of Roby are so tantalizing. This game felt a lot like the Purdue game. We had our chances to get back in the game but could never convert when those opportunities came. Penn St. really controlled most of this game. Crispin said at the beginning of the 2nd half that NU looked sluggish in the first half. And that's probably the best way to describe this game from a Husker perspective. Palmer's worst game as a Husker. I like Trueblood's leadership on the bench. The numbers look like NU did better rebounding than it felt like during the game, but that attempt right before Copeland's 3 to cut it to 5 before the under 4 where PSU got 3 chances felt like a dagger. Watson had a good first half of the first half and Copeland had a good 2nd half, but that's about all NU got today. Almost nothing from anybody else. ***Watson just hit a 3 to cut it to 2*** (things basically become stream of consciousness from here on.) The zone was effective. Looked like Evan was leading the way in the huddle after that 3 by Watson. One thing NU did really well today was take care of the ball. Then the possession after the free throws where PSU got 3 chances was killer. NU needed to get a rebound there. Now we've got a battle. NU could have folded down 16 and they didn't. That's a good sign to me, win or lose. It's a great sign if they win. Missed a couple of free throws down the stretch that feels big. OOOOOOHHHHH! Gotta grab that air ball. Wow that zone threw PSU out of their rhythm! Evan Taylor with the HUGE steal! Didn't love that shot by Watson at the end of regulation. Hoped they'd have something better drawn up for that spot. Overtime: Interesting that he stuck with five that finished regulation. We struggle to rebound out of the zone. Really bad possession all around on the shot clock violation. Our offense really turned to mush in overtime. Gill with a HUGE shot to tie it up! And then Carr makes a great play. And then they couldn't execute the play at the end. Tough loss. Good fight. A few postgame thoughts: This turned from a lethargic clunker into a character building moment for this team. Hopefully for Jordy, too. NU's slow start cost them big time tonight. They did well to scratch and claw back into this thing, but, the hold they dug in the first 30 minutes or so was just too much. Credit Penn St. for that. And credit NU for battling back, but it looked like the events of the past 24 hours was weighing on them early. Then they snapped out of it and we saw more of what we expected from this team. There are definitely things that Miles can use as learning experiences, but this will be a tough one to swallow for a bunch of reasons. I expect Palmer will rebound. Rough game from him. Again, slow start doomed what could have been a great comeback. View full article

Is Jace Piatkowski Eric's kid? Mike Sautter says he might be the best shooter in the state. If he's related to Eric, seems like that would make sense.

I've done that for a fair number of Royals games. Does that count?

So, the post rotation obviously will be affected, but I wonder what the trickle down is to the 2-3 spots, if any. Miles said on his TV show he's said after just about every game that he says he should have played Thomas Allen more. Maybe he gets few minutes out of this, too. He hasn't made a 3 since conference play resumed.

Glynn was roomies with Jacobson and Morrow.

It's not a coincidence he started tweeting again shortly after SE was canned and he looked much more confident and grounded at Media Days.

The question about reciting lines was interesting to me.

History is littered with players who struggled at the start of their careers.

Nature of the two sports, I think. I do think the PBA fans feed off momentum. I agree with you about Tuesday's game, though. It wasn't the best crowd.

How many arenas to you see actually do this outside of really big games (which Wisconsin wasn't...) and student sections? I watch a lot of basketball and I can count the times I've seen this happen on both hands. Most fanbases don't go bonkers through timeouts and for the entirety of games. They just don't. That's what the student section is for and why it's located behind the opponents bench. And this is probably something they could get better at. I don't expect the rest of the arena to do that through a full media time out. Maybe a 30-second TO on occasion.

Ohio State looking stronger by the game.

Of course he's getting paid. And he's doing just fine. Seems like he's gotten a lot more comfortable as the season's gone along.

His name is actually D-Wayne.

Sounds like it's not quite a done deal, but he won't be on the trip tomorrow. Would absolutely hate to see him leave.

Scottsdale, too.

Yeah, I know. I was on campus at the time. The student section is largely the pacesetter for energy in the building. Maybe that's part of the discussion. We don't need cheerleaders flipping to give them megaphones.

Bring the dudes back?

Yeah, they do and I don't think the NCAA allows for those kinds of shenanigans, which I'm fine with. You see schools that have coed cheerleader corps lead cheers during game play, but nothing through the loudspeaker. We haven't had that in a long time since we got rid of all the dudes about 10 years ago. But the way we do pre-game stuff, player intros, the DJ, etc... Reminds me very much of the NBA games I've been to.

It's been moving towards an NBA style presentation for a while now. If you're cool with that, then the presentation is actually pretty good. If you'd prefer a more collegiate atmosphere, maybe it could use some adjusting.

Personally, I think the crowd's come a long way over the past decade.

What are your solutions?

I know as much as you do, man.

Uh-oh... He seemed to be feeling something towards the end of that game. Related?

If they treat it with the same urgency they did vs. Minnesota, Creighton or Kansas, they'll be fine.

Barely beating a 3-man Bama squad broke them.