jimmykc

A little good news to start the week. Hooray for Brice.

At least a goodly number of us finished above KenPom.

Thanks for the effort, Matt. Hopefully your prediction will be right on the money which should help your recovery. I note the local Fox coverage is set to begin at 11:30, so I hope they are not going to start with the game in progress. Maybe 11:00 is the start of the senior day ceremony, which should take a while. Get well soon.

Although it was a highlight, I have also been fortunate enough to have courtside views of McHale and Parrish play against Patrick Ewing at the Boston Garden (Bird was hurt), Oscar Robertson against Bob Boozer and Jack Paar in the NCAA regionals in Lawrence, and Connie Hawkins perform for the Phoenix Suns. I'm not counting all of the stars I have counted in Nebraska, including Jordan in an exhibition game at BDSC.

I got to see the "Iceman" play for the ABA Spurs in San Antonio in 1974. His lifetime average for his ABA and NBA careers spanning 14 years was 26 ppg. His opponent that night was Julius Erving who played for the ABA New York Nets.

Since I did not watch or listen to the game, I note in the box score that Meah did not play. Coaches' choice or ill?

I kept my vow to miss this game for the presidential speech and didn't find out the outcome until this morning. Fortunately for my health, I traded a sleepless night for an early bedtime. Just sorry I missed Brice's performance. If he doesn't make first team in the Big 10, then our suspicion that there is an anti-Nebraska bias will be merited.

NU 84 Iowa 74

Didn't know the outcome until this morning. Glad I didn't watch. Welp, at least I found out that I am not a closet jinx.

Always willing to take one for the team.

In your spirit, I will avoid listening to the radio tonight and since I am too cheap to pay for Peacock, will listen to the State of the Union address as further punishment for perhaps being a stealth jinx myself this year.

I tend to agree although, personally speaking, when the opposing team's 3s go in I tend to blame defensive lapses and when we miss ours, I think it is poor shooting. But that's just my fan perspective.

Hope Bill sent a copy to Fred to use as a model.

Nebraska 74 OSU 72 3 players

I was ready to call the season over after the gut punch yesterday. Today, we still have two winnable regular season games and a shot at the league tourney left. I'm declaring this the official "Not-Yet-Rock-Bottom" day.

Kansas guard Zeke Mayo shares threatening, racist DMs after loss to Texas Tech I can only hope Nebraska fans are better than this.

RIP Coach Norman Dale

And let us not forget, the Gophers let us leave Devany with a final victory.

It appears we will need to find at least one more serviceable big and a point guard for next year.

He looks like Mara for UCLA. Hope he likes Valentino's pizza.

He did have a son named John, but the one I played against was Maurice John Jr. He became an ophthalmologist in Indiana and evidently still practices at age 81. Don't know if he is still a jerk though.

A game of great opportunities and lost causes. Now it looks like we have to win our last three to salvage the season. It can be done, so let's start with the Gophers.

During the Maury John years in the sixties, Drake was frequently rated in the top 20s and went to the Final Four in 1969. I played pickup basketball against his son in 1972 and discovered he was a grade one jerk on the court.

Neb 71 Min 64

Congrats from a fellow "old timer" and thanks for your posts. I am certain that I do not have 20,000 cogent thoughts remaining in my puny brain pan.