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I am thrilled beyond imagination with Fred Hoiberg becoming the Husker basketball coach. I scoured the web for articles about his playing and coaching history. You can imagine my alarm when I read that his NBA career was ended by open heart surgery in 2014. He had a heart valve replaced and all is well now as the problem while very serious was simply a defective valve and was not stress related or life style related. I’m one happy camper. Let the journey begin!

Roby has weak hands or bad hands and needs to put on ten pounds of muscle. Weights can help him in both areas. Also his passing is very sloppy and that is correctable. Another year with an NBA coach would serve him well.

Where else could Hoiberg go and simply win one NCAA tournament game and become a legend?

Our Lakehouse south of Columbus is dry as far as we know. Can’t get there. All I can say is “knock on wood” and we will volunteer to help others who need help.

I did mention that our legs may not be up to the challenge but ignoring that variable I like the matchup all things considered.

When Wisconsin came into the PBA and beat us by around ten points my memory of the game and a review of the stats of the game gave me the sense that we can win this game. We shot 17 for 60, which even by our standards should not happen again. On 3’s we shot 4 for 20, which even by our standards should not happen again. And Copeland was already injured and Borchard fouled out after playing only 15 minutes. So I’m thinking if we shoot even 35% overall and 30% from 3 and Borchard gives us 25 minutes or so we might be right in this game. My concern is that our legs will be worn out and we may not shoot very well because of that but I would not be com-pletely surprised if we pull the upset.

What about DeVreis at Drake? In his first year he has beaten numerous teams that grant scholarships at a non-scholarship school...New Mexico State, Boise State, North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, etc. He was a long time assistant with McDermott at Creighton and his teams score a lot of points.

I kind of like Thor’s game but when I saw him shot free throws I almost puled! Both were bricks and both came off the frickin palm of his hand! No fingertips at all! Unbelievable! Later Harris shot two brick free throws that had zero chance of going in! Hard to watch at the D1 level..,,

Watson has never been a point guard in my opinion. He dribbles aimlessly at the top of the key. When he does drive he is out of control and does not see his open teammates. At the end of the first half I told my wife that Watson will dribble the clock out to about 8 seconds then either jack up a desparate off balance three or drive wildly. He drove all the way under the basket and then out to the free throw line where his wild shot was blocked. He he did not see two or three wide open teammates on this predictable journey. On the other hand Thor is always driving and looking for an open teammate but I noticed in his 17 minutes he seldom touched the ball as Watson, Palmer or Allen started with the ball. If Thor is in the game he needs the ball to distribute because his shooting ability is not good.

Per my memory Palmer has had two to four shoots blocked per game in conference.

I got mono my soph year of college. Noticed my jump shot was just a tad short each time two practices in a row. Found out I had mono which really made me weak. It is very contagious as I got it from my roommate. I did play D1 baseball with it that season and did ok but kept away from teammates, etc. as much as possible.

Anybody know anything?

We are one of the worst passing teams I’ve ever seen. The simplest passes are high, low, to the left or to the right. There is usually no rhythm in our shots because our passes are sloopy and careless. A pass typically should delivered to your teammates belly button area so he can make s basketball move such as shoot it, drive it or pass it in rhythm.

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Thus far this season Roby commits one or two mind numbing dumb fouls per game...usually early in the game and away from the ball. He needs to stop doing this or he’s going to be a twenty minute guy who is unable to play tough D when the games on the line.

They were dead center and he looked like someone who expected to drill them and boy did we need them. However I was flabbergasted when the announcer said that Glen had only shot five free throws this season. That’s less than one free per game in the first six games which for a point guard that plays thirty minutes a game is perplexing. In my opinion that will need to change if we are to continue having success.

I was a D1 baseball player at a small college in Denver and there was stuff going on then in 1968-1972. Laundry money was distributed to star players in higher proportion than non stars. Alumni slipped cash in our hands during hand shakes at parties. It was obviously worse in football and basketball. Been going on for many decades. Charles’s statement was not reckless In my opinion.

My wife said she thought we came out flat tonight and I tried to explained that if you can’t shoot in the beginning of the games I that it’s natural that you “look” flat and that eventually with continued poor shooting you are flat. Our team never gives up but shooting in the mid thirty percent from the field pretty much deserves a loss.

I could not believe how Strickland was Nee’s whipping boy (not to be taken as a racial statement just an athletic reference from a common term in my D1 days as an athlete). Boone was very talented but also very selfish and incredibly lazy on defense. His father was the opposite in the ABA professional leagues. Strickland was even more talented on offense than Boone but also totally committed to defense and rebounding and passing. He would get benched by Nee and cussed out for no apparent reason while Boone would play more minutes than Strickland. Nee had no X’s and O’s but he could recruit.

59 years for me!

It’s a little after three in the morning after shoulder surgery about 17 hours ago and I can’t sleep cuz pain meds aren’t working real well. When we were down 50-40 I texted my boys that however the game ends there is no quit in this team. I think I’ve texted this four times this year in similar situations and the Huskers have won every time. I love the way this team plays for each other! I love the way Palmer takes over second halves. I love Watson’s D when his scoring is down. I love the way Tshimanga is willing his shots in when it looks like there’s no way. I love Copeland’s game as it improves each week. I love the way Allen and Okeke and Gill seem to do something important and beneficial for the team just when I’m down on them. I love the way Borchard bangs with the bigs without commiting senseless fouls and the way Taylor quietly does really important dirty work for us the way Roby creates such mismatches for our opponents. Finally I love the way McVeigh is 100% behind his teammates and cheers them on with unbridled enthusiasm as this is the hardest job on the team and very important. I guess as a Husker basketball die hard since 1958 I love this team.

I believe Roby took two shots in the game. That has a lot to do with the loss. Watson is truely having a disappointing season in my opinion. Palmer was unbelievable. Taylor played very well on D. Bottom line is that we cannot hit wide open jump shots for the most part but having said that this team has no “quit” in them.

Okeke, Borchardt, McVeigh and Taylor played 73 minutes and combined for ZERO points! Gotta be a NCAA record.

I think I heard he left the last practice prior to the game due to flu symptoms.

I believe he got two fouls early on and that got him bench time.