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Kesei and CJ get open 3's - have to knock those down.

Teams seem to have definitely decided to play us aggressively defensively - which seems smart. We don't shoot free throws well and we don't really handle the pressure well. Even if it is not creating turnovers we just have a tough time running offense when teams are hand checking and pressuring on D. Final part of that is I think Fred is simply to nice to the officials I think - doesn't like to complain as much as other coaches do - which should not be effective but it is, particularly in games with teams playing aggressive D. If you foul constantly and then still complain about every call - refs just start to get reluctant to make calls.

CJ certainly should not be passing up open 3's. Problem is even though he slimmed down his body he did not get more athletic. Lack of speed makes it difficult for him on both ends.

Disappointed but not as disappointed as most of you. We held off the pressure for awhile but ultimately it overwhelmed us. Real problem is that our bigs play incredibly soft St John's figured that out and we had no answer. Getting Walker will make a big difference with that part - but Wilhelm just seems lost at this level - and Keita has just as clearly not adjusted to D1 yet at a minimum. Did not expect to win this game and was really surprised to be ahead at half - particularly as poorly as we shot the ball (I know St Johns shot it worse in the first half). But we needed a quicker whistle to take them out of their pressure game and give us a chance to keep our composure - and the opposite happened especially in the 2nd half. I do like that this team plays hard on D - even when things are going poorly and I still think they are much more fun to watch than what we saw the last couple years even if they are not as skilled in some ways as those teams.

After an extremely physical first half the refs just gave up and decided that absolutely anything goes in the 2nd half - and St. John's is handling that much better than we are.

SG finally getting flustered by the aggressive D

How was that not a flop on WB? Way worse than the one they called on St. Johns

Have watched the whole game but just checking in. Refs lost control of this one early - but that is what St John's creates. I like games with tough defense but when they allow so much hand checking and body contact that is gets almost impossible to run offense then the game gets really ugly.

Really enjoyed this game. There were some bumps and some things I wish we could do better - but love the way this team plays hard and pays attention to defense. Such a change from last season. Keita had BY FAR his best game. Was really a force and showed flashes of what we expected from his JUCO reputation. Obviously he had a significant size advantage - but hoping this is a sign of things to come and builds some confidence for him at this level. Also loved the way CJ seemed to come out of his scoring slump and hit some key 3's - and the way the team again responded when the opponent made a little bit of a run. I actually thought UNO looked pretty good - and in particular thought the way they played made it a good learning game for us. They were very aggressive on defense and played physical which is what we will see in conference. UNO plays alot of guys so I think they can afford to give some fouls (although it hurts them if Fiddler is in foul trouble). I do think they will do very well in the Summit league this year. The fact that we seem to have different guys come up with big games in different games is also a positive IMO. Obviously you want consistency (and FWIW Greisel and Bandoumel have been consistently good) but it makes it harder to game plan for us when Gary has 20 one night, Wilcher 20 another night, Walker 20 another (future) night :) - and even Keisei goes off for 13 in a half like he did against Maine. Finally - mentioned above - but I love the way Denim Dawson plays D - and we saw a flash of offense from him tonight as well. Maybe made him get a little too aggressive on the offensive end after he got the 3 and the dunk - but as long as he has some flashes of offense it will force teams to at least play him honestly when he is in the game. REALLY am anxious to get Walker back on the court. We will learn alot when the team has to go on the road to St. John's but I thought tonight was at least another step in a positive direction.

This team does not have anyone with the natural talent of Bryce McGowens - BUT we have kids that play much harder and are fun to watch. As talented as they were it was hard for me to enjoy watching Bryce M. and Alonzo V. play last year. But it is really fun to watch Juwan Gary, Emmanuel Badoumel, Sam Greisel and Denim Dawson play basketball. I agree that with our schedule and this group a 500 record would be a success - but this are certainly players that you want to root for at least.

We have played alot of minutes this game without any big men. At times has been effective - but I don't see that happening much if Walker is available.

I love the energy Denim Dawson brings to the floor. Hope he develops the offensive skills to allow him to get significant minutes. If Bryce McGowens played with anything near that kind of energy he could be all NBA

I guess Lawrence is not afraid to shoot

Staffing low paying jobs is a problem everywhere the last few years. Seems like every fast food restaurant you see has a "hiring" sign in the door. Was just in western Nebraska and saw a Taco Johns that was closed in the middle of the day with a sign on the door that said closed due to lack of staff. People have continued to move out of those jobs as the should particularly duing covid and we are not currently replacing that workforce. Multiple reasons that has happened but it needs to be addressed in some way. Of course one option is to pay more than $12 an hour to concession workers. With the prices that they charge they certainly could afford to pay more and still make a clear profit. That will obviously be even more true if the open up alcohol sales. I do expect that will create volume that will force them to find more staff even if it means paying more. I do agree with HF that the lack of concessions last season was noticable and not a good economic decision. I know I bought fewer concessons at the games last year simply because it was so hard to find an open stand and when you did the lines were so long.

Surprised to not see this posted yet. Personally I am ambivalent - too old to get excited about paying $8 for a beer. But sounds like this might actually happen at PBA as early as this season. UNL Board of Regents to vote on alcohol sales at Husker basketball, baseball gamesRobin WashutAs alcohol sales at college sporting events become more common by the day, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents is now scheduled to vote on whether to do it at Husker games.HuskerOnline confirmed with a member of the Board of Regents on Wednesday morning that alcohol sales at NU athletics events at Pinnacle Bank Arena and Haymarket Park would be put to a vote in their next meeting on Sept. 30.Sports radio host Josh Peterson of 1620 The Zone was the first to report the news.HOL also confirmed that other issues such as information on the new multimedia rights agreement and Memorial Stadium renovations would also be on the BOR meeting agenda.Athletic director Trev Alberts is expected to hold a press conference on the matters on Thursday, Sept. 29.Nebraska’s athletic department sent out a survey to fans in January asking their opinion on potentially selling beer and liquor at NU sporting events.Of the nearly 22,000 fans that responded, 58% had a positive or somewhat positive attitude toward the sale of alcohol at Memorial Stadium. Fourteen percent were neutral on the issue, while 28% were negative or somewhat negative.Additionally, 65% said that alcohol sales would have no impact on attending games, including 22% who said they’d attend more. Only 10% would attend less.Nebraska’s athletic department already sought and received approval from the Board of Regents to sell beer at the Big Ten wrestling championships this spring at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Last summer, beer was at the Garth Brooks concert at Memorial Stadium.

So this game is not part of the season ticket package? That would explain why the season ticket cost looked like it would be for 15 games when there are 16 homes games on the schedule. Was hoping maybe they were just not charging us for the exhibition game - but that was probably not realistic. I am a season ticket holder but did not get any email about buying these tickets in advance. If you got that email would you mind sending me a PM with the code?

That was kind of what I wondered at first. But is it a price reduction on a per game basis? Not the way it looks to me. I think it is the same price - just fewer games? Parking was $210 last year ($10 per game) and $150 this year. That would reflect the same math as the reduction in the total season ticket price.

Went in and submitted out season ticket renewal. Noticed that the price was a lot cheaper than last year - but I think it just reflects a significant reduction in the # of games. Last year lower bowl tickets were $483 + fees - which worked out to $23 a game for 21 games counting 2 exhibitions. This year the renewal price is just $345 - which would be 15 home games at the same $23 price. The parking charge similarly indicates a reduction from 21 home games to 15. 21 home games was definitely more than most years - but by the same token 15 seems very low. I know we have the tournament in Orlando for some of the non-conference games as CU on the road this year - but still surprises me that we would only have 5 nonconference home games (and that assumes we would not be doing any exhibition games at home this year?) Anyone able to confirm that there will just be 15 home games? (K-State game is also set for T-Mobile arena in Kansas City - wonder if that other "neutral site" game impacts this as well?)

Particularly for Walker and Trey I think it is really a question of how much "NIL" money the University can scrape together to pay them for another season. That is (unfortunately) the world of major college athletics now - how big is your budget for paying the players and how do you allocate that payroll among the available options. For those two we have to be able to at least match what they might make playing professionally overseas.

Trey passes that to Bryce and he has a wide open dunk :(

How do you reconcile those last two calls? I thought Walker got to the spot a little late - but then so did Bouie

Great effort by Walker tonight.

15 shoved Verge away before he went and took the rebound by out hustling Mayen

Verge has more non-called fouls against him than anyone in the Big 10 by far.

Agree - but I also think a large part of that is those guys are finally paying attention to spacing and getting themselves in places where he has the opportunity to pass it to them. Early in the year the perimeter spacing was terrible and kicking it out often was not a viable option.