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Good point about his leadership - these guys all are pretty quiet in the media, but they've developed a killer mentality on the court, and Glynn is a big part of that. Part of that leadership and killer mentality stems from the way Glynn has dedicated himself to improving on the defensive end. There's no way to really statistically measure it, but the difference in his play on the defensive end from his freshman year to now is almost unbelievable. I'll never forget him looking absolutely lost and almost disinterested on defense in the early part of the B1G schedule his freshman year, and I wasn't sure if he'd ever be able to be a contributor on that end. I was completely wrong, as it's been a 180 for him on defense. It's just him choosing to work hard and make defense a priority. He's always been so hard on himself when things aren't going well in the past - I think having Coach Gates around has helped him with that this year. Gates seems to be talking to Glynn constantly, and it seems to be helping him keep things more even-keel this year, which is important for a team leader.

I'd imagine Kendrick's salary demands would even stress CU's ample recruiting budget. #lettheillegalpayoutsfly

Wow! Apparently I'm an expert at picking NU results against D2 teams - what a useful skill. Can't wait for the next D2 game! How soon do we play Iowa?

Here's what our current team sheet looks like, based on today's NET rankings. I think we'll have enough Q1/Q2 opportunities going forward. ? And Penn St is #77 today, so if they climb two more spots, those two games become Q1 (A) and Q2 (H) versus the Q2 and Q3 they are now. On the other hand, Purdue is #29, so if they fall two spots, that home game becomes a Q2. Things obviously will bounce around quite a bit before mid-March. Still, as it stands now, we'd have 13 Q1 games and 10 Q2 games before the B1G tournament ... versus last year where we had 12 Q1 and Q2 games combined on selection Sunday. NEBRASKA #12 (1-2) (3-0) (1-0) (5-0) QUAD SHEET NET Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Miss Val St H W SE La H W Seton Hall H W Missou St N W Texas Tech N L W Illinois H W Clemson A W Illinois H W Minnesota A L Creighton H W Okla St N W CS Fullerton H W Maryland A x Iowa A x Penn St H x Indiana A x Mich St H x Rutgers A x Ohio St H x Wisconsin H x Illinois A x Maryland H x Purdue A x Minnesota H x N'western H x Penn St A x Purdue H x Michigan A x Mich St A x Iowa H x X = current NET ranking

Doesn't seem to be much punishment - if any - for playing one D2 team. NU climbed from #14 yesterday to #12 today in the NET rankings - Wisconsin fell 9 spots and dropped behind us after the loss to WKU, while Kansas and Marquette fell behind us yesterday, dropping 2 spots each. Kansas beat #257 Eastern Mich yesterday by 24 pts and, of course, suffered a bit with Arizona St's loss to Princeton, while Marquette has Wisconsin & Louisville on its schedule, so their losses may explain MU's drop. Kentucky passed us after beating L'ville on the road, jumping 11 spots. So it would appear the NET may just ignore D2 games. Or if it counts D2 games, they don't appear to affect you as much as when your Q1 opponents suffer bad losses.

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Agree - they can really rebound, so we'll struggle there. Fernando is a handful for anyone. But their 3-pt shooting is sporadic, so I think we can really shut that down. One key will be staying in front of Cowen on defense. He's been a handful for us in the past. However, he hasn't seemed as explosive with his first step this season to me in the few games I've seen, almost to the point where I was wondering if he was dinged up a bit, so that'll be an interesting match up. I remember when we went there 2 years ago on New Year's Day and the arena was completely dead. Hoping for a similar crowd Wednesday and a similar result. ?

MARYLAND (0-2) (0-1) (5-0) (5-0) QUAD SHEET Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Delaware H W X Navy A W X N Caro A&T H W X Hofstra H W X Mt St Mary's H W X Marshall H W X Virginia H L X Penn St H W X Purdue A L X Loyola-Chi N W X Loyola-Md H W X Seton Hall H L X Radford H W X Definitely not the most challenging non-con schedule. They really need a win over a decent team. Too bad it'll have to come sometime after NU leaves with a victory. Maryland ranks #52 in NET heading into today - this will be a Q1 win for us

Thanks - OWH had a nice write-up a week ago on where he's come from - young man certainly sounds like he has the work ethic necessary. Very late bloomer. Just starting to get low-end D1 attention. https://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/recruiting/boys-basketball/from-b-team-to-big-time-omaha-central-senior-john/article_e414eb4e-08fd-577d-9687-b3570e30bb91.html

Palmer & Cope are 24-1 at home (and Nana and Thor and Allen) ... and probably should be 25-0 ... I really hate f'ing Kansas.

Wisky probably rethinking that choice to play at WKU at this point. Ugh. WKU #147 NET ranking before the game - this one will hover on that Q2/Q3 loss line all season long

Dana needs to start cheating more.

He has been incredibly steady this season. Got to have players like that you can count on every night when you want to have a special season. Love his game.

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I think I'd find a way to deal with it OK.

Jayskers deserve only one gift.

A win Saturday would be the 19th straight at home, which would be 1 short of tying the school record. It'd also be the first time NU has gone undefeated at home in a calendar year since 1966.

Good point, it'll be a big difference this season. We're also benefiting from the earlier start date for the season (5 days) and the extra almost full week (6 days) in the NCAA calendar. Add in the "uncondensed" conference schedule (7 days) and the 2018-19 regular season schedule has 18 extra days in it, while playing the same number of games ... all of which should help a team relying on its starters to play a larger than average number of minutes. 2018-19 Nov 6 - Dec 31 = 13 games / 56 days / 4.31 days per game Jan 1 - Mar 10 = 18 games / 69 days / 3.83 days per game 2017-18 Nov 11 - Dec 31 = 15 games / 51 days / 3.4 days per game Jan 1 - Feb 25 = 16 games / 56 days / 3.5 days per game

Does 15-5 win a share of the league title? Over the past 10 seasons (with an 18-game schedule) 14-4 or worse has won at least a share 4 times. I think Michigan probably gets to 16 or 17 wins, but with so many really good teams in the league, having 2 or 3 or 4 teams share the title at 15-5 wouldn't be a huge shock.

Yes, 3-2 over these next 5 would be an outstanding result, and it would really set us up for a big run over the following 10 games before that killer finish.

Just thinking about what NU has done over the past calendar year (basically a regular season's worth of games) and how impressive it's been. Decided to see how it would've stacked up to what other teams did during the 2017-18 regular season. Trying to see what company we're in over our last calendar year. Understanding this doesn't take strength of schedule into account, but just looking at a shallow level how our play compares to other Power-5 teams that had a similar record in the 2017-18 season to what we've done in the past calendar year. NEBRASKA (last calendar year) 25-8 17 P-5 wins 19 wins by 9+ OHIO STATE (5 seed in 2018 NCAA Tournament) 24-8 17 P-5 wins 18 wins by 9+ TENNESSEE (3 seed) 25-8 20 P-5 wins 13 wins by 9+ ARIZONA (4 seed) 27-7 19 P-5 wins 18 wins by 9+ MICHIGAN (3 seed) 27-7 19 P-5 wins 20 wins by 9+ CLEMSON (5 seed) 23-9 15 P-5 wins 13 wins by 9+ TEXAS TECH (3 seed) 24-9 16 P-5 wins 17 wins by 9+ MIAMI (6 seed) 22-9 12 P-5 wins 12 wins by 9+ SETON HALL (8 seed) 21-11 14 P-5 wins 14 wins by 9+ UCLA (11 seed) 21-11 15 P-5 wins 11 wins by 9+ KANSAS ST (9 seed) 22-11 14 P-5 wins 12 wins by 9+

Since the loss at home v Kansas last year, in regular-season games we are: 25-6 straight-up 17 wins against P-5 conference teams 24-4-1 against the spread 18-0 at home 19 wins by at least 9 points Climbed from KenPom #85 to KenPom #14

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Seton Hall wins at Maryland in a really competitive game, 78-74. That should put the Hall safely into the Quad 2 column for us the rest of the way. Can't see them dropping back to Quad 3 with primarily conference games on their schedule going forward, unless they end up with a DePaul-like conference mark. MD can really rebound, per usual - Fernando will be a handful for us. But I wasn't impressed with their outside shooting today, nor have been the other times I've seen them this season - we should be able to completely negate that part of MD's game. Additionally, Cowen just didn't seem to have the same burst he's had in the past, at least today - wonder if he's dinged up a bit. I'd imagine we'll be a 2-3 pt 'dog out there Jan. 2 - definitely a chance to grab a road win. (Apologies for overlooking SWMNST.)

I think Wisky had interest, but after he was on a visit and attended one of their practice sessions focused on flopping and family-jewel punching, he decided to go in another direction.