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I listened to the first half. I kind of thought after watching Creighton play USD that Agnew might be a nightmare for us. And she was. And they always seem to shoot well when they play us. I wonder why we were in such a shooting funk. Any thoughts? It sounded like Grace did some really good things for us, and Nicea was tremendous when she came in. Hopefully Maddie is OK and is ready for our next game.

That seemed like night and day compared to the games I saw last year. Team chemistry is tremendously improved and the girls look like they are enjoying themselves and the game and have some confidence. They pick each other up. That's not to say we won't see some growing pains, but I have no doubt the team will work through them and learn and come out even stronger. Jasmine was a beast last night, that's the player I've been wanting to see. I was very impressed with our freshman. It helps so much to have a solid bench. Some of the girls looked a bit tired at the end - but if we didn't have that bench, we may have lost the game due to fatigue. They were all working their butts off which is something you can do every single minute on the court when you know you will be subbed and get some rest (rather than faced with playing 30+ minutes). So fun to watch. Cain has amazingly long arms - love the idea of her and Taylor for 4 years!

She should move south to the tropics of Nebraska.

Also, I like seeing that we are using several players and nobody is playing much more than 25 minutes a game. I just think that will help us out in the long run - less wear and tear on our athletes. And I like seeing multiple people step up and score. Taylor was a bit off last weekend and Bria and Kate were big for us. Last night Taylor was big along with Maddie and Grace. Makes it hard for other teams to scout us. And in another few weeks we will have two more players available. I like it.

I listened to most of it. UMKC got to the line a lot - 16 of 21 at the line. We were 4 of 9 at the line. Didn't realize Grace fouled out until I saw the box score. Taylor had 4, Rachel had 3, then just 1 or 2 for everyone else. Sounded like we were giving them too much space to shoot from the outside early in the game and UMKC was knocking down some shots they don't normally hit. I don't think UMKC is a very good team so I was surprised they hung with us in the first half. Hopefully we start to gel a bit better on defense and take care of the ball a bit better. Better be ready for Creighton. I watched a lot of their game against USD last night. They have a really speedy guard that finishes well and draws fouls, and another athletic gal that was active on both offense and defense and will give us fits (Agnew maybe?). Other than that I wasn't all that impressed, and the refs had some highly questionable calls in Creighton's favor several times throughout the game. They have players with loose feet but were rarely called for traveling. USD got up by around 10-12 points and kept it there up until the final few minutes and let it slip down to a 3-4 point game, but then they managed to get it together and finish the game out. However, if Agnew hadn't fouled out, I'm not sure USD wins that game. USD called for a number of fouls late that were clearly charges on Creighton. When a CU player lifts her arm up and hits you in the chin to knock you out of the way, that is an offensive foul. Someone needs to tell the refs that.

Boom! I want her starting soon. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211685234

I did not watch the game but listened to parts of it on the radio. I was wondering about the foul situations that Hannah, Maddie, and Taylor were in. When I tuned in, Taylor was already on the bench with 2 fouls. I didn't realize that Hannah and Maddie had fouled out. Were the refs just extra sensitive to fouls, were they reaching in, intentional foul to stop a fast break - any common thread? It just concerns me that we had 3 starters in foul trouble. Great to hear Kate and Bria step up big time! Will probably crack the starting rotation soon.

Her Freshman year she was coming off the ACL injury and didn't get cleared until just before the season, so she did what she could and worked on conditioning throughout the season. I'm OK with that, wasn't much else she could do, and she had a solid freshman year on the court. Off the court, not so sure. Williams comes in and Jess says the right things, give the new coach a shot, but her words didn't really match what showed up. She was not conditioned at the start of the season which was very surprising to me, since she had the summer to work on that and really get to a higher level. She had trouble getting up and down the court - whether it was the extra weight, lack of conditioning, attitude, or some combination of those or even something else, it just wasn't happening. She really looked like someone that did not want to be there. She may turn into the player we had hoped she would be at Nebraska. Wouldn't totally surprise me. However, I wonder about the wear and tear on her body at Notre Dame when her conditioning was so poor last year. I even wondered if she got a bit burned out at basketball. Been going hard with that since she was in elementary school, committed to NU after 8th grade. That is way way way too early to make a college commitment. And it obviously was the wrong choice for her, otherwise she would still be at NU. Regardless, she is gone, sounds like the chemistry issues have left with her, we have a tremendous group of young ladies eager to play for their coach and each other, and some excellent recruits coming in. I'm also very happy that AD SE is gone as well. Onward and upward!

I don't think there is any way she goes to Nebraska and doesn't throw for Coach Pepin. She can do both - like the Davis twins on the FB team.

I saw that yesterday and wish her lots of luck - She will be a great one for the Huskers. I'm somewhat disappointed that she won't throw discus in college, but she may change her mind. I fully expect her to break the state record this year.

I never met him in person, but I chatted with him through private message a number of times. He was the type of guy that was genuinely interested in seeing the players succeed. He even had kind words regarding my daughter and her track performances her senior year. Seemed to enjoy a lot of sports and was very knowledgeable. He will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

T.H.I.S. times 100.

I'll have to look for his smiling mug at the Yote game in a few weeks.

Is it inappropriate to wonder if Yori smiled a little bit at this news? Because I would. I would have a huge grin. But that's just me.

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/husker-sports/eichorst-out-as-huskers-athletic-director-nebraska-begins-search-for/article_c811f0a1-52c1-5a82-8d76-209ddbbb52b9.html

http://www.omaha.com/sports/local-sports/competitive-drive-at-kalynn-meyer-has-the-talent-to-be/article_8cc5928c-9e48-11e7-b7d2-fb6f95f91216.html Sounds like she may settle on VB.

I'm hoping for marked improvement in the WBB team this year - some potential there. MBB not so much. I honestly feel the FB team has 1 (maybe 2) more wins this season and that is it. Cook is in a rebuilding year IMO opinion and will be fine. Eichorst needs to be shown the door.

I'm just wondering if her body is going to withstand the wear and tear on it playing for Notre Dame. She's going to really need to step it up with conditioning and I question how her ACL might respond to that since she was so soft last year.

That's the fourth team for Hooper in one season.

Barada played club ball with the Lasers - same club Maddie Simon played for.

My new list: Bria Janay Rachel (assuming healthy and ready to go, fingers crossed) Kate 'Raising' Cain Nicea Solid minutes from Hannah, Maddie, Jasmine, Grace, Taylor and hopefully see some of Emily Wood. Hopefully Washington will step it up, we may really need her. Maybe that other girl that transferred was having an ill effect on Darrien and holding her back. Let the beast be unleashed!

Just curious if anyone has heard if Lanie is going to play again or is just done with basketball. I have heard the latter and find it curious that there has been no news of a new school/team. Makes me think it might be more than just a rumor, but feel free to disprove it if you have info.

That jumped out at me as well.

Is she able to play immediately because she was not on scholarship at NU?

Heard this morning she is going to South Dakota State.