AuroranHusker

I didn't say Rollie did all that, I figured the coaching staff had hoped Worster could fill that role.

Yeah, I was referring to it as 'PBA West'!! GBR

That seems like what NU hoped Rollie Worster would be this year. The 2nd seems like what Juwan Gary developed into at Nebraska. The 3rd seems like Rienk Mast, to a tee.

Shoot! That stinks that it didn't work out for you in Vegas. That game today looked like 'PBA West'! GBR

It is.

NU was 7-0 in its two tournament settings, yet 14-14 in the remainder of non-conference and conference games.

Besides Brice's 713 points this season, he also finished with exactly 100 assists. He had 142 rebounds, 38 steals, and 10 blocks. He shot 47.1% overall with 37.0% from three and 88.3% from the FT line. In addition, he averaged 34.1 minutes per game, and his total minutes added up to 1192+, which is nearly 30 complete games! Full season individual stats: https://huskers.com/documents/012a1edb-adfb-4be9-9d71-bcfb190477cf.pdf

Juwan Gary finished his Husker career with 996 points. But he ended his NU career as the MVP of the Crown tournament! And he made some coin, too. All in all, he's been a dawg for our squad, and he will be very difficult to replace, methinks. GBR

I think having a new scout for our opponents helped us tremendously. All of the Big Ten teams knew how to defend us in the last 2 mo. of the regular season. That was the difference.

I think nearly completed the thing, and I wasn't even aware of this handy-dandy Gus'ism guide ahead of time.

The 21-14 record this season matched the 1995-96 team's 21-14. Poetic, it seems, as that '96 team swooned at the end of the regular season with 9 consecutive losses. Fred & Co. deserved to have a nice trophy, a Crown, if you will, to go alongside that seemingly final "Diamond Head Classic" title game trophy from this past Dec.!! GBR

Don't forget that Diamond Head Classic championship in what may have been its final rendition!

'Jekyll and Hyde' as far as shooting performances led to that, it seemed. Glad the team had one final winning streak to be able to cap Brice & Juwan's great Husker careers. They deserved to win this! GBR

How many Crown games were you able to attend?

Yes, and not very many teams win their final game in the post-season. GBR

Juwan really was instrumental to winning this tournament. He certainly deserved the MVP of this. Cale also helped make it happen, he's always been a winner. GBR

Nebraska can match the 1995-96 team in winning a post-season tournament today and, by doing so, the 2024-25 team can match the 21-14 record from the '96 N.I.T. champs in the process. That '96 squad actually lost 9 straight games to be 16-14 prior to the National Invitational Tournament, then proceeded to win 5 games in the post-season event. Somehow the circumstances seem fitting to be able to match that '96 Husker team. GBR

Stunning loss today for Jordy Bahl and Nebraska as Iowa wins 5-2, their 1st win over NU in two years.

Missed opportunity. NU lost 7-5 today.

Broderick shuts 'em down, with a strikeout looking on a full count to end the top of the 9th. NU needs two to tie this one up. GBR

It's 7-5 Rutgers, headed to the 9th inn. with Broderick on the bump.

Whelp, Rutgers rallied right back, 7-4. Sheesh.

A mini-rally ensued by the Big Red. It's now 5-4 after 7 inn. GBR

We had barbeque meatballs, they were good.

Down 5-2 in the bottom of the 7th inn. Time to rally. GBR