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I don't have any data to support this but I've always felt teams play really well the first game after a significant player gets injured. Northwestern beat USC after Barnhizer got hurt, so I guess there's one data point. Maybe it's the shot of energy players get knowing they all have to collectively step it up. Maybe it's tweaking a few things defensively, throwing something at the opponent they haven't seen on film. Maybe it'll be having smaller, quicker, scrappy players on the floor more (Sam, Ahron, Cale) annoying and harassing Maryland's bigs and energizing the crowd. We're playing a top 25 team at home. A team we had on the ropes at their place a few weeks ago. PBA better be rocking. Hopefully Berke is back for the Michigan game.

Dedoch Chan

Southern hasn't lost a game since we beat them 77-43 on Dec 30.

The team calls Frager the man-child. He's a legit 6'7" 220. Will be a wing-forward type like Gary. He's picking things up quickly.

Fair enough. But we're going to have >6 scholarships to fill. If an in-state player with his length and athleticism wanted to come back to Nebraska to play his last season I'd take him in a heartbeat, and I'm pretty sure Hoiberg would too. The coaching staff went after him hard. Fans might get their feelings hurt, but the coaches don't. We've seen them recruit the same player in consecutive offseasons (John Hugley, Javian McCollum, the attempted "tampering" of Chucky Hepburn, etc).

Maryland stayed in the AP poll at #25. Chance for another ranked win.

Or how Gonzaga is ranked #14 in the NET. They are 18-7 and 2-6 in quad 1 games. Over half of their games played are against quad 3/4 teams. There seems to be way too much weight placed on margin of victory.

Currently a quad 1A win and hopefully will stay that way

Can't say I really understand our NET ranking. It hasn't risen a whole lot since the start of our win streak. Almost seems like we move up more after a close loss than after a win. Rutgers loses to Maryland and moves up 3 spots. Nebraska beats Ohio State and moves up 2. Comparing to other teams, Nebraska's resume appears to be top 40 easily. Less than 20 teams in the country have as many quad 1 wins plus road wins. There are 8 teams ahead of Nebraska in the NET that have quad 3/4 losses and none of those teams have as many quad 1 wins as Nebraska. That just doesn't make sense to me. Is it the three blowout losses that are holding back the ranking? Guess we need to just keep winning. Still five more quad 1 opportunities.

If you'd have told me Parrish and Mobley would combine for 51` pts and make 5 threes a piece, I wouldn't feel too good about the outcome. Just a good, gritty team win. That's 5 quad 1 wins now. There are only 13 teams in the country with 6+ quad 1 wins. We have another opportunity on Thursday. I think Ohio State and Maryland are pretty similar, as far as how good they are. Really talented teams that just seem to have something missing. Hopefully Berke is ok.

Brice is starting to flop on all his threes now. Just shoot it man

PLAY YOUR BEST PLAYERS. I don’t care if they have two fouls.

Diebler started working the refs from the jump. Hoiberg isn’t at all. Seems to be making a difference.

Why do college basketball games seem to take 20 minutes longer than they used to?

IMO the two best point guards in the country are in the Big Ten. Braden Smith and Bruce Thornton. There are some other good ones out there, but guys like RJ Davis, Tamin Lipsey and Mark Sears are having down years by their standards. Thornton is scary. He's like a mix of old school floor general and modern point guard who can cross you up, stop on a dime and drain a 28 footer. Built like a running back and strong as hell. IQ is off the charts. His efficiency might be more impressive than anyone else in the country considering his usage rate - shooting splits of 52/46/83 and 1.6 turnovers per game. But Ohio State would be hot garbage without him. When you watch them, everyone else on their team looks poorly coached. I suppose that may be because they are. It's not for a lack of talent (4 and 5 stars galore on that roster). They are long and athletic. They play out of control and foul a whole lot. We're going to have a big home court advantage tomorrow. Need to make our free throws. Freshman guard Mobley is kind of their Tominaga, but they don't really know how to use him like that. Still, he has legit NBA range and you cannot leave him alone. I'd be ok with making Royal and Stewart try to beat you in the post. Just don't let Thornton and Mobley go off from the perimeter. Huskers by 8.

Creighton hasn’t lost since Jan 3rd and is gonna have a chance to win the Big East. Still hate em, but that road win is looking better and better for the Huskers. Think they’ll be top 15 again by the end of the regular season.

Michigan had a 17 point lead on Indiana with 16 minutes left. Now a tie game at the under 4 timeout.

Oregon has looked every bit as good as Michigan and Michigan State this week

Last year we did have 12+ point leads on the road against Maryland, Rutgers and Minnesota but couldn’t hold on. Handled Indiana and Michigan by 15 each, and K-State by 16. And blowout wins at neutral sites against Indiana and Oregon State.

I'd be surprised if William Kyle stays at UCLA for his senior season...

If we were to lose by 25 at Ohio State I don't think that would have much of an impact on the metrics or the eyes of the committee.

Thank goodness for the second half. I felt like the first half was my fault after my post in the game thread, talking about how Washington can't shoot. That's 6 wins away from PBA. 4 road wins. 4-5 on the road and 2-1 neutral site. So that narrative can't be used against Nebraska this year. 6 of the final 8 games are quad 1 opportunities. 5 of the 8 are home games. Nebraska truly controls its own destiny at this point. There haven't been too many Februarys the last 27 years where we could realistically think about this stuff. Makes for a fun month.

I hesitate to say this out loud... but this sure seems like a good matchup for Nebraska. Washington doesn't shoot it well, doesn't share the ball well and is not a good rebounding team. Nebraska specializes in neutralizing an opposing big who is the focal point of the offense and that's what Washington has. Osobor isn't very efficient and is turnover prone. Will be an even sleepier gym than Oregon was. It's time to BYOE and take care of business.

Go to Dumplings of Fury for a snack in West Seattle when you get back from Bainbridge. You won't regret it. The whole city shuts down when there's even a rumor of potential snow. It's great. Doesn't happen often though.

Surprised we played that many ranked teams in 98-99. Was a down year for the Big 12. Just looked and KU was the only team to finish the year in the top 25, coming in at #22.