millerhusker

What happens if 2 or 3 of our quad 1 wins end up quad 2?

Yeah, by the end of the regular season I really don't think 19 will be enough. Think we're gonna need three more to go dancing.

We had 7 turnovers in a 9 possession span early on. Got to a 12 point deficit quickly and that was pretty much it. No more talk about wanting to get off to better starts. Just freaking do it. A good start doesn't mean you need to come out on fire shooting the ball. Just take care of the ball, be smart and play hard defensively. Juwan has 1 total defensive rebound in the last three games. That needs to change. Last year, he was the glue guy who could impact games in a number of ways even when he wasn't scoring. He's not defending or rebounding at the same level this year.

If we play defense like this on Monday Michigan will set a PBA record

Missed wide open three by Sam kinda turned into a six point swing. That was huge.

I truly believe the rest of the first half would've gone much different if they would've just taken care of the ball in the first couple minutes. Penn State's body language did a complete 180 flip when they realized they could take the ball from us.

I don't think I'll ever stop thinking about how Sam, Rollie and Brice came out and acted as if they had no idea whatsoever that Penn State puts a lot of pressure on the ball

Seems like the ref called that foul to prevent Juwan from getting a layup

Not coming back in this one. Penn State is the better team. Better defense, better ball handling, better at finishing around the rim. Their post player is better than any of ours. Hicks is a sharpshooter.

For someone whose whole job is to know college basketball, he knows very little about it outside the ACC and now the SEC. I'd be shocked if Bilas didn't have Rutgers in his preseason top 25 and I have no respect for the "experts" who had that opinion.

We get Michigan at a pretty good time. They are one of the hottest teams in the country right now and are in the driver's seat of the Big Ten. They play MSU at home this Friday night, then will travel to Lincoln on Sunday. We get a much needed 5 days between tonight's game and the Michigan game. After Monday, Michigan's next three in a row are home games before playing MSU again the final game of the year. If there's any amount of complacency in them, seems like the Nebraska game would be a good time for it to show. It's not a must win by any means, but would be a huge signature win for Nebraska. All of our quad 1 wins aren't looking as good as they once were. UCLA and Ohio St are dangerously close to dropping to quad 2 status. If we have four quad 1 wins instead of 6, along with the quad 3 (Rutgers) loss, all of a sudden our resume looks a lot like a whole lot of other teams out there. Illinois and Oregon have been struggling. Creighton has lost two in a row and now Kalkbrenner might be hobbling for awhile. Northwestern will likely keep dropping and could end up quad 2 as well. I'm hoping Michigan wins on Friday and is top 10 when the polls come out on Monday. We will have an opportunity to get our biggest win of the year, by far.

I will say it's not the case for most of the players we miss on. Several other factors. But it has been the case for a handful. I don't know if Bashir would've been a Husker with more money, but after the NIL discussions on his visit, he was no longer interested. It IS the excuse for every football transfer we miss out on. Husker fans can't fathom a player wanting to go play for Ohio State instead of Nebraska.

I can't figure Penn State out. Mike Rhoades first year was pretty dang good. They were 9-11 in the league. Baldwin was an all-conference player and the conference DPOY. They replaced last year's center with a 7 footer who appears to be a slight upgrade on both ends of the floor. Kern, Hicks and Dunn are all back. Those guys are long, athletic and versatile. Hicks is one of the best three point shooters in the Big Ten. They added a solid guard transfer from Tennessee. Earlier this year I watched them manhandle Purdue. I turned the game off when they were up 65-36. If they turn you over and get out and score in transition, it can get out of hand quickly. They played well at Michigan and at Michigan State. Yet they are at the bottom of the Big Ten. Feels like a team that should be way better than their record indicates. For all these reasons, they are scary to me. Almost reminds me of Nebraska two years ago when we started 3-9 in conference, but it just seemed like we were a much better team than that. Then proceeded to win 6 of the last 8. I don't think we can afford to get off to a slow start in this one. Will be much harder to chip away at it against a team with a high level point guard and an athletic, physical defense.

I don't remember, but the people who seem to know stuff say we're bottom 4 in the Big Ten for basketball. Which isn't really a surprise to me.

Yeah I retract that comment. It DOES matter. If the roles were reversed I'm sure they would've called that on Nebraska. Call it on the home team too damnit.