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Completely agree with the above. That’s the lineup. Meah gets his minutes if the situation requires it. From observing his disposition, I’m not sure he’s going to handle a role reduction very well.

I was right there. The guy said "Hey Ballo" and of course Ballo looks right at him, then he asks why he only had 8 points and how much he was getting paid for that? No vulgarity was involved whatsoever, was pretty normal banter. Ballo got pissed, pointed right at the guy a couple times and said something like I'm gonna F you up! Was pretty damn funny.

Not sure why all the jokes about a random attack here. Imagine this is one of your kids. You see people dying all the time getting coldcocked and head hitting concrete etc. Fortunately sounds like he will make a full recovery.

He was 100% coming here prior to some misguided information from a doctor outside of the group that Nebraska typical consults with, to the chief decision maker (not Fred). Seeing the kid dominate tonight certainly makes it even more frustrating in regards to how all of it went down.

He was wrong. Directly from the above article - the staffing at concessions has nothing to do with the university and is at PBA's discretion. Those games have become minimal revenue events for PBA in terms of concessions, so they didn't attempt to aggressively staff them. PBA simply wasn't going pay to staff every concession stand, or even half of them, in order to lose money. "The city also retains responsibility for choosing what concessions are sold at Husker home games, including all alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, though the university retains the right to provide its input. The responsibility for setting prices and ensuring adequate staffing to handle Husker fans' hunger and thirst also falls under the city's purview, according to the agreement." They could've easily staffed it much better had they desired to. Alcohol profits to the tune of 90% per pour for the city/PBA is going to make a night and day difference in the amount of concession points of sale you see staffed this year. Papa...not sure why you acted like you knew what you were talking about here, when you didn't.

If you attended events at PBA other than Nebraska basketball games over the past year or so, it was a far different experience. I’d call it slightly understaffed, instead of essentially unstaffed as it was during basketball games. I truly think PBA treated these Nebraska events as extremely low priority for staffing as opposed to the events that produced high concession revenue from alcohol sales. They came up with plenty of people to sling drinks and food at concerts, in contrast to basketball.

Beer sales should allow PBA to properly staff concessions as they will have more skin in the game/incentive to quickly make several dollars per pour. Looking forward to this amenity being added, been far too long coming.

Most recently impactful IMO is the Kansas game @PBA in 2018. We foul Azubuike and force him to make 2 freethrows instead of letting them hit the game-winning 3 pointer, and we dance that season. Also on a side note, would've been nice for Fred to pull his head out of his ass and foul Cockburn 3 possessions in a row when they were in the 1-1.

He has the size and the body type but hands need a lot of work. He's gotta have big hands but seems to lose control of the ball and it's loose in his palm when he shots. Often shoots the ball from damn near his wrist. That's why we see so many missed bunnies. A lot of the time when he's shooting it he has no part of the basketball being controlled by his fingertips. Not sure how to cure that...if it's a coordination thing that is just always going to be a problem or if he just needs more time handling and shooting a basketball. Guy has a ton of potential but until this basic thing gets fixed, his offensive upside will be extremely low. Needs to slim down and increase explosiveness around the basket. Cross seems to dunk with a lot more ease than Yvan, even though he's a couple inches shorter. Yvan needs to be able to collect a pass or rebound near the basket and be able to jump straight up and attempt a dunk. I know this is some criticism which is not generally received well on this board. I think he's become MUCH more comfortable on the court on both ends, which is great. He has had his fair share of travels but overall I think his footwork has improved and is somewhat of an asset and should get better. His attitude/demeanor are 100% a positive and something we need more of. But to take the next step he needs to get his body right, gain explosiveness, and do whatever it takes to fix his issues with gripping/shooting a basketball.

No, and in previous years they had been sent out 2-3 weeks prior to now. It's pretty telling. Very clear that that Nebraska has no intentions of hosting a postseason game.

Yes, can't even imagine how much better we'd be with Morrow...assuming he stayed healthy which is a BIG "if". A big time piece we missed last year and most likely will miss again baring some unforeseen addition. Some of those games his sophomore year before his foot went bad again were incredible. I recall him just willing us to victory in @Indiana and looking like an absolute stud in November/December. He really looked like a potential all-conference type player at his best, and at his worst was still a solid starter. He had his holes for sure, but was trending up. Both he and MJ will assuredly be much improved after a year off to develop their games. I don't have any regrets with MJ leaving...not a high ceiling player who really didn't do much of anything all that well. Seemed to just be a starter by default. And no matter what Boyd's testing system said, he was a sub-par game athlete who literally was what, 25% on converting dunks in his career? Ed on the other hand - man what could have been...IF healthy.

Did we still pass up on the chance to hack Azubuike on the last possession and put the game in his hands on a 1-and-1?

And yet...only 1 winning season in the TM tenure.

Pretty damned impressive for a standing vertical reach. Add a bunch if he gets a step. What an athlete. Can we stop posting about Jacobsons supposed vertical? I don't care what they measured him at, the guy had major problems with completing a basic 2-hand dunk over his 2 years here. I know Boyd's tests had him inexplicably rated as our best athlete, but my eyeballs said he was about as chumpy as they come in comparison to his teammates when it came to live basketball action. This is what a real athlete looks like.

I'd argue they had a great team this year before Watson got hurt. I hate these fuckers more than any of you, but they aren't in the valley any more. Their ceiling has been raised exponentially in the Big East.

Poor guys don't even realize what they have coming.

I sure hope not.

This guy looks like a stud. Very quick and active for a big guy. We would be very fortunate to add him.

If he can get his feet right, Morrow is a guy who legitimately has the potential to be at an elite program, high level starter, consistent double double guy, with the occasional 20 and 10 type of game. This guy looked like an All Big Ten caliber guy for much of November and December. I have very little doubt that he is going to blow up at his next school and we are going really really regret that he got away. In Jacobson I see a guy that showed barely any improvement from freshman to sophomore, other than putting on some mass. In fact he regressed offensively. Yes he plays hard. As he should. I don't hold him on some Tyler Hansboro level of hustle, because he's just not that type of guy. Nothing unusual in terms of effort. Absolutely not a tone setter type, dogfight, "oh shit we are in for a battle tonight" type guy like Benny Parker or even Morrow. And that's what you need to be if you are limited in so many areas like he is. Unathletic. Plays much smaller than his frame, specifically on offense. Mediocre to awful at scoring from every spot on a basketball court. Don't care how pretty his shot looks - it doesn't go in. We talk about expectations. If THIS is the guy that is starting for us and THIS is the guy that people get the most worked up about leaving, I don't know what else to say. Your expectations are much lower than mine.

Absolutely agree on Ed. Jacobson, no. He is a guy who is, IMO, a quality player at a Low Major or D-2 institution. Not even close to the realm of guys you can have playing major minutes on a legit Big Ten team let alone starting. If he would have been the first of the group to transfer I would have gotten a hearty laugh out of it, and would have been indifferent. At this point it's just frustrating because he can breathe, walk, and is 6-8.

We are the only fanbase that can turn the news of a backup player transferring, into an argument about football.

Be careful about suggesting the extrapolation of stats to 40 minutes, may get you in trouble with some folks around here! But yes his per/40 stats and percentages are pretty much worse across the board compared to last year. Fran said on the broadcast (paraphrasing, had it on in the background this morning when doing some stuff around the house so may not have caught all of it) that he thought D-League or overseas for White. Thought at best maybe he catches on with some type of 3-point specialist role on team, but lack of quickness and ball handling skills will hurt him.

To add, even the fact that we have side and endcourt areas with 10-15 feet between the first row of non-courtside seats for herds of people to even use is unacceptable. Again, NBA analogy. Watch any NBA venue and you will notice voids like that don't exist - they actually put (gasp) ROWS OF SEATS in those huge areas as opposed to using them as expressways for losers to leave early. If anybody with a brain was configuring Nebraska's seating alignment, they would not be leaving such valuable real estate void.

I agree with both sides. Overall crowd is good given the product on the court. But the exiting early crowd needs to be politely encouraged to go UP instead of down. Put an announcement on the screen, have the PA guy repeat it. Not when we are down 20 with 8 minutes to go but maybe during a break early second half of every game before they toss shirts or something, until it sticks. Other easy option is, nobody can set foot on the arena floor unless they are student section or courtside. Go to any NBA game - you aren't allowed to just come down from row 20 and mill around all the way down to the court level - they have people or a wall blocking the path. This type of stuff would fall under Boehm's jurisdiction. He is tone deaf so wouldn't be surprised if nothing ever changes.