Huskerpapa

What is the over/under on the amount of time it takes Trey and Davison to have a dust up?

To Blackshirt83 and any other critics of the husker fans...stop. every football and basketball coach that came through this program have appreciated the fans. This includes Bo and Billy C. Yes, at times passion and unfair expectations are over the top; but nonetheless, fans by tickets, husker paraphernalia and hype to an extraordinarily high level. But most of us have reasonable expectations. They have been outlined thousands of times; but to refresh, we want to win the right way. Representing the community respectfully, hustle, work ethic are of utmost importance. Those of us passionate about husker basketball understood that moving to the upper echelon of college basketball would take time. We also recognized that the level of talent, schematic adjustments and effort seemed to be lacking. For fans not to react to that would be counter intuitive. If you or any fan critic participated in a sport at this wonderful University, you know that even the best coaching staffs spent time on the fan hot seats. This forum is a very healthy site to vent with others that share the passion of husker hoops. Some of us have been here from the start up of the site. It is sometimes ugly, sometimes sad, but always entertaining

Amazing how three good performances provided a bounce back to this site and the fan base in general: * although we are what the record shows, there now appears to be a glimmer of hope and optimism * remember we also lost an important big man early on when Briedenbach went down. As we watch our youngins improve as the year progressed, I wonder what the addition of him along with Trey might have meant. * who else is sort of wishing that Alonzo had one more year? * who else is praying that Bryce & Trey say screw it...we want one more season together. * who else is sort of saying "just give us two, maybe three more wins? * hey, why not us?

Them 73 Us 67

I have been critical of this team...rightly so. These last two games finally meet expectations. Great job team!

An Iowa can now thank us.

Flipping A...great win!!!'

Come on...finish!!!

What was the referenced dust up? I was aware of some missed games, but not of a dust up? Just a fyi, I personally define a dust up as a fight...

Yes I do. There were a couple teams that were close, but no, most teams were more focused and or disciplined. A good example was Iowa. They were almost systematic in going through pregame. Hey, the game should be fun...after all it is a game. But when you get to this level, you have to be physically, mentally and emotionally ready to ball. I may be in the minority, but I cannot believe we were ready to play most of our games...either the beginning or coming back at half.

Well...not good.

Yup, I agree. I believe there may have been an awakening.

That will be tough on Fred cause I believe he is pretty close to Matt. I am wondering if Matt comes back but in a different capacity? Just thinking out loud.

Hasn't she already said that she is coming back next season? I am guessing her NIL paycheck makes it a bit more of a stress free decision.

...and if you attend the women's games you will note a rabid albeit smaller fan base.

Going through the motions...at best. That said, there was more effort by a couple of the bigs. Oleg and DW looked like they were trying to improve their game. Others seemed to be robotically going through their drills. Does that make sense? Meaning, they were doing what they were supposed to do, but with no extraneous effort. Then...when they come out and go through pre game warmups...please. They simply lob passes to themselves and try various dunks. I for one am not impressed. I guess certain students may ohhh and ahhh. But are they mentally game ready?? Based upon results, no they are not. And then, they wait through two anthems and the pregame hype and we are so game ready...not!

Too bad 49r...the effort at least provides a glimmer of hope for the future. That was about 37.5 minutes of very good basketball!

Oh dude, I couldn't agree more. Anyone who sits within five rows of me knew of my ongoing frustration. Our lackadaisical attitude coming out at half was almost embarrassing. Pregame warmups and even the early drills were halfhearted at best and more so, a waste of time. Yes the change noticed at the Iowa game was met with a standing ovation from me. It is amazing the role that effort and attitude can play! And hey...why not us?

Something I thought I heard: Jess Settles extolling the virtue of Bryce coming back for one more year to gain strength and to further hone his game. If I heard that, I couldn't agree more.

I don't know; but I like our chances.

I certainly don't expect us to always shoot like we did last night, but what I do expect is that level of commitment to a game plan, that kind of team first (selfless v selfish) play, that sort of hustle and at least an appearance of basketball IQ, that was displayed. Dang, I was able to watch both husker basketball teams play at a high level yesterday...a fun day of basketball!

Why not us??? Let's ask the question again IF we re in our next game.

Them 74 Us 71 3

No clue. But you know what, that is sort of what I expected before reality smacked me upside my head.

Good grief. Holy cow. Where the heck has this been??