Navin R. Johnson

So, 9th is the worst we could be.

Yup. Probably the most famous and successful team that had deal with chemistry issues. You should read this classic if you haven't already.

That would make sense if he is practicing but there are times this year when we could use him on the glass or to guard an opposing big.

Yeah, if Blaise is practicing you would think he would be playing in the games at some time.

This is the part that confuses me. I can see Creighton fans because they are based in Omaha but all the Kansas, Duke, Indiana, North Carolina fans out there from Nebraska that scoff at Nebraska basketball. It has been about 5 years ago now but I remember when Kansas beat Nebraska on a last second 3 from the corner and I watched a kid go crazy celebrating the KU win and I thought to myself what it would be like for Kansas to catch a 40 yard TD pass to beat NU on the last play of a football game and how that would go over with other NU fans around.

That's the group I'm talking about. It's like a stereotype for some people.

I will relay the message.

The people I'm talking about are Husker fans, at least in football and volleyball, and are not Creighton fans. I'm not grouping all Nebraskans in this category and you are right, we do sell out PBA when we are playing well. My experience comes from outside of Omaha or Lincoln. I will stand by my statement that many in our state see NU basketball as a failure and a joke and probably will until we are consistently a threat to be a final 4 team.

There is a stigma associated with Nebraska basketball that just never goes away in the minds of many Nebraskans. Granted, we have not been a great basketball program over the years, but we are not as bad as many think. I still hear people say how bad Nebraska is or make a joke about Nebraska basketball and everyone joins in and laughs like it is something you are suppose to do in Nebraska. Some of these people are even kind of fans but have no idea how the team is really playing or the schedule we are up against and so on. All of this filters down to the kids and they develop the same feelings toward NU hoops. It is a vicious cycle that never seems to end. Hopefully we can keep the program going in the right direction and things slowly start to change.

Debbie still says to pump your brakes.

From England not Indiana. We need to play more teams from England.

Rick Pitino

I guess the last thing you want to happen with a coach you want to fire is for him to catch fire at the end of the year.

Duke gets the win but Wake is good. Looked like a tournament team to me.

Minnesota pulled a Nebraska. They were up 17 with under 15 minutes left at Iowa and could not do anything right down the stretch and lost . Dawson-Garcia had 18 and 7 before leaving with an injury with 15 minutes left. Penn State played Northwestern tough. They are a scrappy group.

Anyone see the Creighton game last night? I forgot it was on because of course the Husker game was on and when I remembered it was middle of 2nd half so I tapped it and watched it after NU. Providence won 91-87 in OT and the officials would not call a foul, on anything! Both teams had fouls to give late into the overtime. It was like they said "well, we haven't called anything yet, we can't start now" I also realized that Providence is a bubble team we probably want to lose and Creighton winning helps us. I just can't root for them. Traudt hardly plays for them now and they really only play 6 guys with their "big 3" hardly coming off the floor. It will be interesting to see if they wear down as we hit the home stretch. Okay, enough about Creighton.

If only the basketball team had to have a .500 record to make the tournament.

Kansas State with a big win over Kansas in OT.

When I looked at it I thought 846 was the 9-12 enrollment. Take out 1/4 that puts them about 635 which is class B in NE. There are only about 4 schools below 1000 in class A for a 3 grade enrollment.

Those are some big time numbers. I believe Pewaukee plays in the 2nd biggest division in Wisconsin. Probably a class B school in Nebraska.

Good to see he is already beating Omaha affiliations

I think you may be right. Looking at statistics the visitors do have an advantage. I would not have thought that. Although it is still a small sample size at this point.

I don't care for the rule myself. I do think it favors the home team as they know how many runs to play for. The visitor can be aggressive but if you don't score by choosing not to bunt the man over it gives the home team a huge advantage.

Borrowed this from @hskr4life AP Top 10 teams are now 17-27 (38.6%) this season on the road against unranked opponents. College Basketball is a completely different sport than it has been in the past... 18-19: 73.3% 19-20: 66.1% 20-21: 58.9% 21-22: 61.2% 22-23: 59.8%

Young will be a tough guard and Maryland defends pretty well.