Huskerpapa

Perhaps Juwan will supplant Josiah in the lineup; but I will be a bit surprised if it happens. Josiah is our glue player, as is Sam. Their effort on the floor creates opportunity for teammates. Seeing it up close while in Sioux Falls was somewhat inspiring. He literally tipped passes and misses to teammates who were awarded steals and rebounds. His motor runs non-stop. If Juwan does supplant Josiah, I will understand it; but I do believe the rotation will not change the minutes played or the overall statistics.

Kinda cool... https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2023-11-20/latest-mens-college-basketball-power-36-rankings-ahead-feast-week

Yeah, live by the 3, die by the 3. Today...

It appeared to me that OSU came into the game with the intent to be more physical then us. Early on they were all over Keisei. When the reserves came in, we ramped up our physical play, and from that point forward, we out hustled, we were more physical and out played the Beavers.

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Met his grandfather. He may have thought we didn't know where Henderson was; but he said he was from York. Cool to greet him. He was a very proud man!

It was a good team win. Oregon State had two pretty good players; but there was a pretty sharp talent drop off after that. That said, we put our foot on their throat and made it a pretty boisterous environment. Glad I went.

Awesome experience and game. Ton of fun. Crowd was into it.

Are you sure?

Good atmosphere here. Crowd is into it.

I heard it was a high ankle sprain. BUT, please don't take that to the bank. I heard that information from a friend, who heard it from someone in the know. So there is a chance that info and a dime won't buy you a cup of coffee.

Yes. Two or three sports bars will have husker football.

...Next year

Perhaps our opponents are respecting our 3 point shooting ability, and are coming out strongly to defend, thus opening up our 2 point shots? Just to add, I am very concerned with our ability to finish at the rim. We seem to miss an alarming number of our bunnies.

Yep

Yet he seems to get along with the referee's. He chats with them coming out of time outs and so forth. Heck if I was Keisei, and I was angry, I would simply speak Japanese and the refs would have no clue if I was angry.

I haven't heard anything, so I am hoping that Sam is okay. He took a nasty fall towards the end of the game and was holding his hip when he came out of the lineup. Typically, the players high five everyone on the bench when they come out, in this instance he simply waved his hand and gingerly sat down.

Hard to change a kids personality. Keisei is adored by the fans. I believe he brings those that are somewhat passive at games, to their feet. I also believe that the coaching staff either pushes or supports Keisei's reactions. I have no issues with any of the players emotions so far this year. Although, Boogie never likes to come out of games...and that can be okay IF he doesn't show up his coach AND he supports his teammates.

Not 100% convinced that the starting lineup needs fixed or adjusted. I do believe that the rotation is clearing up a bit. If you divide the players into groups, it kinda/sorta looks like this: Front court: Josiah and Mast Swing: Gary, Williams, CJ, maybe Eli, Back court: Lawrence, Keisei, Sam, Boogie I look at that grouping and can anticipate who loses time if we go to an eight man rotation. No need to go there; yet we can all make our guesses. I know Blaise and Lloyd may come back sooner or later. Perhaps they can unseat a player if their practice habits stand out. But that will be hard to do since December/bigger games are right around the corner.

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Stoney Brook played hard last night. I commend them for their effort. We started slow and gained momentum throughout the game. We need to relearn that 40 minute mentality that "we got" during the lader half of last season. Offensively we launched some quick shots; but generally there weren't very many bad shots. A few yes, but not many. Spacing was good, and we had some good movement. Some bad passing occurred but I still think we are building chemistry. It simply looks like we are trying to force things at times. If I have angst, it is with the struggle we seem to have in finishing at, or near the rim. Sheesh. Defensively, we looked okay. We lost the shooters on occasion but man, they drilled some long ones which you really can't do much about. Keisei may have missed more free throws last night than he did over any ten game stretch last year.

Free throw shooting practice is a necessity.

I will give the Stoney's credit, they are working hard. Hopefully we will pull away in the 2nd half.

Welllll, technically he never really said he was playing tonight. So a bit of a loophole.

Keep in mind that Keisei is THE ONE player everone has to game plan towards. As a result it opens things up for all others. One can argue that a team has to game plan for everyone...but Keisei is on a different level, especially when he is on.