Handy Johnson

Day 1 

This. I don’t want to be what Indiana or Rutgers was this year. Both teams much bigger, longer and more athletic than Nebraska. We’re in good shape. Just need a few pieces. A good combination of continuity and pieces to fill a couple voids but ones that fit into the established culture. Just like last offseason. 

I have said this over and over again; talent is highly overrated IF high character and work ethic doesn't come with it.  Nebraskans insist on the latter two.
Alonzo Verge was much more athletic than Sam Griesel.   Who would you rather have on our team?
So I am definitely not discounting the need to become stronger, longer and more athletic.  But it has to be the right fit in order to make sure this program continues to move forward.

Make it SO Number One ☝️ 

BOOOOOO!!!!!🤬🤬🤬
 
Getting him ready for the student section!😉
 
oh wait you mean he could transfer here?🥴🤔🤔🤔

Doesn’t every player who has eligibility left say some iteration of this? 

Grand Canyon cost us, Kearney State, our National Championship.

Finally home and had some time to reflect…
 
The second I saw A&M line-up for the tip I immediately said, “oh no this is a baaaad match for us.” They were just too big, too “man strong,” and too physical for us. I knew in my head they were good offensive rebounders, but when I saw them I understood it wasn’t an accident. Mast and Allick are great players but they’re simply not big/long/athletic enough to rebounds against them. Our guys worked hard, but they simply couldn’t high-point rebounds high enough that tips didn’t happen. 
 
Oh and then of course they shoot 60% from 3.

Met Troy Dannen at the Sheraton yesterday afternoon.


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This. I've lost people, that's the worst. Been divorced, that's next. I've made a lot of long distance moves in my life. This kind of feels like that. You know when you move that you are never really going to see people in your life again from where you are moving from and it's sad. 

Yeah for as much I am sad, mad, bitter etc… it is nothing compared to the players, coaches, support staff and their families. That is who I am sorry and heart broken for. 
Doesn’t feel like a death, had death in my family and that hurts more.  Never been divorced so don’t know that pain. I think this feels kind of like where you have your Tux ordered, are renting a limo and you date calls and says I got a better offer.🤔🤷
really can’t wait until next year. 

It’s like losing a family.  A family that will never be the same again.  Not losing them to death. But losing the fact that you’ll never play together as a group again.  Never (most likely) be all in the same place at once again.  You lose them as everyone goes their separate ways.  And you’ll always have the nagging sense that you left things unfinished.  And that’s the hardest part. You know the guys are feeling the burden of still not winning that first game.  

Some of the most fun I've had as a fan.  No reason this team can't make the tournament on a consistent basis.  The program is only at the first step.  Winning one tournament game isn't the end all.  Consistently make the tournament and it will come.

This basically sums up how I feel. Most demoralizing Husker loss in any sport for me probably since the football team gave up 70 to Wisconsin in the B1G championship game. Just on the brink of something big, then lay an egg. Volleyball is the exception, but it's not one of the sports I came to love as a child like basketball and football are. This one will bum me out for several days to come.
 
Looking forward to learning what the makeup of next year's roster will be but still have to heal from this one before I can be engaged again. 

Sorry, the hurt is still present.  Won't golf today.  Won't watch any basketball.  Hard to even be on this site.  Thank gawd we won in Corvallis last night.  Took out a little frustration on a fellow fan who said Amy was outcoached last night...yada, yada, yada.

Still the most wins in a season for this program since before many of you were born.
 
I'm disappointed. Demoralized. It was embarrassing. The aTm fans were jerks. All of those things.
 
But the sun came up this morning. I have a tee time. And my guys were still the best team we've put out there in close to 3 decades.
 
So, I'm keeping my season tickets and I'll see you all at the vault next fall.
 
Best regards,
 
Norm

Fred did… what many of us thought…. Knew…. He could.  This team was an absolute blast to watch!  Loved them.  They will go down as one of the most fun to watch and not JUST because of the W number they put up.
 
I hate when other teams talk about “pain” and losing in March.  We deserve one win.  More than that though… the TEAM and Fred and Shamus and Kent and everyone involved deserve one too.
 
I was NCAA or bust going into this year and they did just that.  I’m fine with the Fred extension.  Happy that he’s willing to stay here and try and build something.  The continuity will be nice and something this program hasn’t had in a while.
 
Waking up today didn’t take the sting out of yesterday.  The tears… for winning at least… wait at least one more year.  It’s going to happen.  I can feel it.  We’re going to go into next year the hunted and not the hunter.  How do we respond?

We're due an eight-game NCAA win streak to even things up. Let's start ASAP, shall we?

At times like this I always remind myself if you’re from Nebraska you’re NEVER a Loser. 

Hopefully, one day, we will be the buzzsaw!

At times like this I always remind myself if you’re from Nebraska you’re NEVER a Loser. 

The two things that make me sad about our game (at the half) is that the nation and causal fans will think that we are still a looser program. Might be right but only see this and don’t know how good this team really is and was. 
 
the other thing that is going to happen which will really make me sick is that A&M won’t be able to come close to making a basket against Houston and that to me will hurt more knowing that it was one bad game in a great season. 
 
now let’s try to win this thing. It will be tough but think something might happen that will make this year special. 

I wonder if this outcome makes it more likely they return. I hope yes. 

I will attempt to put a positive spin on things at this very sad point.  We were a much better team than most thought possible.  We were picked 12th in our league...yet finished third.we had no clue what our line up would do; they gelled and brought great joy.  We had a player (Keisei) that received national recognition.  Our team was nationally embraced.  We made the NCAA tournament, while many may have been satisfied with NIT type improvement.  So I am upset...but man, what a great ride.