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Just found out that there's an @FakeJeanPeck twitter account. Highlight of my night.

I believe so. Although I've only been to the downtown location once or twice, and never been to the Old Cheney digs. #ForeverHavelock

There will always be only one Misty's in my heart. The charburger even tastes different downtown.

Huskers 77 MSU 74

That's the fake Misty's. The real Misty's is on Havelock.

I can answer that one. After back-to-back Final Four runs, and guys leaving early to become lottery picks, our rotation will be all freshman 5* guys. The future is bright!

Having your center stand around the three point line is a terrible idea, unless he can make enough of them to cause the man guarding him to vacate the paint, too. Otherwise that just leaves a shot blocker/rebounder standing under the hoop with no offensive big man to worry about. Sounds like a recipe for 100 blocked shots and 0 offensive rebounds. No thanks. Now if theoretically he could make them at a significant clip (say 38% or above), then maybe you entertain the idea. It may cause the other team to go small to defend the perimeter, and then you punish them inside. But they can always just throw zone at you instead and park their big man in the paint, and then we're back to the zero offensive boards/infinite blocked shots scenario.

Jay-R Strowbridge and Sek Henry were both unrated coming out of high school. And if you include a 2* in your definition of a "flyover" player, Maric was exactly that (plus we were his only offer). Taylor is good, but Nebraska unfortunately has a longstanding tradition of recruiting "wait...who?!?" types of players.

Lee B with a more in-depth update here: http://www.omaha.com/huskers/mens-basketball/tai-webster-huskers-feeling-healthy-heading-into-matchup-with-michigan/article_7403c476-e822-11e6-afa2-b7b1b1c83e9a.html

Chris Basnett with a few injury updates on twitter this evening. Tai practiced fine. Ed practiced a little and will be a game-time decision. Jordy left practice in a walking boot.

First, let me just say that I LOVE these sorts of threads. It's never too early to idly speculate on what will happen next year. The only guy that appears to be a lock to start is Glynn, and I'm going to assume the other four spots are up for gabs. Morrow is close to a lock, but the pessimist in me wonders if he will see reduced minutes simply to keep him healthy. Jacobson and Taylor would be returning starters, but will see serious competition from guys with a better offensive arsenal/higher ceiling. The things that Miles apparently prioritizes when penciling in a starting lineup are: 1. Ball-handling. Likes to at a minimum have two guys out there that can break a press, preferably three. This would seemingly benefit Taylor the most, but may also benefit Roby and Palmer. Gill seemed to struggle handling the ball under pressure prior to his injury. 2. Trust. Guys that rebound, play D, and don't turn the ball over seem to get starts under Miles. Again, this appears to favor Evan the most. Also, Michael and Ed. 3. Practice. All coaches love guys who bring their lunch pail to practice every day. This can be frustrating for fans, since all we see is who plays well when the bright lights come on. Seems as though Horne and Copeland may have an uphill battle in this department based on prior comments. All things considered, here's my WAG at next year's opening day starters: Watson Taylor Roby Jacobson Morrow I really wanted to pencil in Copeland, but my gut says that a Jacobson/Copeland combo isn't going to be one of our better post duos. And I highly doubt that Miles benchs Michael (who is set to return the most starting experience on our lineup) in favor of a transfer. So since I can't see Jacobson/Copeland or Morrow/Copeland, I guess it's Jacobson/Morrow once again. Theoretically Copeland could start at the 3 in lieu of Roby, but I'm guessing that Miles sees him as more of a stretch 4 than a true 3.

What's a migo, amigo?

I know this will be an unpopular post........but I thought we got more than our fair share of calls. I'm quick to blame the refs and hold a grudge when we get screwed (Michigan game, for example), but quickly delete from my memory when we get a little help from the zebras. Thought that may have been the case today.

Unfortunately, this team is pretty nicked up right now, and there are various threads with questions about different players' health. For convenience, I thought we may want to combine them into one place. Current injuries include: 1. Copeland's recovery, and status with NCAA regarding medical redshirt 2. Morrow's foot - out vs. Iowa 3. Webster's ankle 4. Gill's ACL recovery 5. Roby's hip - seems to maybe be OKish now? 6. Jacobson's illness 7. Chimichanga's foot - left practice on 1/31 in a walking boot. Promptly followed up with breakout game on 2/2. SMH 8. Watson's groin - probable vs. Iowa

Why isn't Roby playing more? I kid, I kid.

Purdue 80 Nebraska 60

Purple NU 75 Scarlet & Cream NU 65 8 assists

So does second place "win" if KenPom finishes in first, or will we have a year with no champion?

I write and negotiate federal contracts for a living, but don't know how different University contracts are. I'm guessing they are far less complex, since they don't have layers and layers of bureacracy piled onto them. But in federal contracts, this would be the sort of thing to potentially result in a contract termination. The contractor would be given a cure notice, and the impetus is then with them to demonstrate how they will be able to perform the contract and not default on its terms. Things then get rather subjective, but ultimately the federal Government can either a. accept the contractor's plan to cure its deficiencies, b. terminate the contract, or c. any number of other middle grounds, including arbitration. Given the huge sums of money involved, I would think the University would go the middle ground route and give adidas an sickeningly large number of chances to become contractually compliant. But I'm also assuming that the contract was written in a way properly covering the University's interests; it is possible that some moron representing UNL accepted commercially-available products without adding a clause for situations like this. And again, I'm not sure just how different University contracts are from what I deal with.

Completely agree with original post. Glynn is the guy who can go bananas against a superior team and guide you to a big upset. Tai is the guy who consistently gets you points, even when he's struggling. But Ed is the most irreplaceable for this year's team. Without either Glynn or Tai, we can still win with a Molinari a.k.a. ugly style of play. Bog the game down and play tight half-court D, have Ed collect a half dozen offensive boards, and hope that either Horne or Taylor can give you some offensive production to replace what was lost. But without Ed, we all of a sudden get nothing in terms of second chance points. We take way fewer free throws, because we're not getting into the double bonus without him drawing a boatload of fouls. We're getting minimal scoring from the 4 and 5 positions combined, because the other post players rely so heavily on Ed's presence. We're not blocking shots (other than Roby, who has done a nice job in that department). Without looking at a box score to validate, I feel like we've given up an unusually high number of points in the paint in the last couple of games. We've never been a team that defended the three point line well, but now we don't guard the rim either. Need I go on? Ed's loss on this year's team is HUGE. Bigger than even Glynn or Tai would have been.

In Sadler's last two years, we were losing a bunch of conference games by 30+ points. It wasn't just the number of losses, it was the fact that those losses were flat out embarrassing due to our talent deficiencies. There was no hope for improvement and for that reason Doc clearly needed to go. That is not the same situation that we find ourselves in today.

We're also playing without Morrow. While most people would say Tai is our most irreplaceable player, I actually would say Ed is. What Tai brings to the table in terms of scoring and slashing can be somewhat replicated by a number of other players on the team. But Ed, in addition to being that third scorer, is far and away our best rebounder, is the guy who sets the tone defensively, and is one of only two bona fide shot blockers we have. Put Ed in the paint, and Rutgers doesn't drive the lane with nearly as much success. And Jordy/Jacobson don't pick up 2 fouls apiece in the first 4 minutes against OSU. I know it's idle speculation, but with him in the lineup I think we win both by double digits and are sitting at 5-2. So yeah, even against some of the lesser teams in the B1G, losing by a single point without Morrow is understandable. If we're in the same position 12 months from now, then I'm OK having the fire Miles debate.

We were leading with 0:02 on the clock in both of these losses. Call me crazy, but that doesn't seem like the time to dust off the pitchforks.

Huskers 75 Silly English Kniggits 60

Pretty sure a couple of those Frenchees had some extra "perspiration" running down their leg after that gauntlet was thrown down.