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Two road wins on Tuesday. Time for the home teams to start winning Wednesday - the visiting teams can resume winning Thursday 2018 Gavitt Games (all times Central) SERIES TIED 1-1 Wisconsin 77, Xavier, 68 Georgetown 88, Illinois 80 Wednesday, Nov. 14 5:30 pm – Michigan at Villanova, FS1 **6:30 pm – Seton Hall at Nebraska, BTN 7:30 pm – Marquette at Indiana, FS1 Thursday, Nov. 15 6 pm – Ohio St at Creighton, FS1 8 pm – Penn St at DePaul, FS1 Friday, Nov. 16 6 pm – St. John’s at Rutgers, BTN

Tuesday's games: NU -8 1/2 vs Seton Hall Villanova -7 vs Michigan Indiana -5 1/2 vs Marquette

Kind of surprised X hasn't tried the infamous Hack a Happ game plan yet. Better than letting him lay it in over and over.

NU in-Season Neutral Site Tournament History 2017 – Advocare Invitational (Fla.) 2-1, 5th place / 8 teams – L, Central Fla; W, Marist; W, Long Beach St 2016 – Wooden Legacy (Calif.) 1-2, 4th place / 8 – W, Dayton; L, UCLA; L, Virginia Tech 2015 – Barclays Classic (N.Y.) 1-1, 3rd place / 4 – L, Cincinnati; W, Tennessee 2014 – Diamond Head Classic (Hawaii), 2-1, 5th place / 8 – L, Hawaii; W, Loy-Marymount; W, Ohio 2013 – Charleston Classic (S.C.) 1-2, 7th place / 8 – L, UMass; L, UAB; W, Georgia **2012 – Sun Bowl Invitational (Texas) 1-1, 2nd place / 4 – W, C Michigan; L, UTEP 2011 – None 2010 – Puerto Rico Tip-Off (P.R.) 1-2, 7th place / 8 – L, Vanderbilt; L, Davidson, W, Hofstra **2009 – Las Vegas Classic (Nev.) 1-1, 2nd place / 4 – W, Tulsa; L, BYU 2008 – None (10-11 last 10 years) (8-8 under Miles) 2007 – None 2006 – Rainbow Classic (Hawaii) 2-1, 3rd place / 8 – W, Wyoming; L, Hawaii; W, Houston 2005 – None 2004 – None 2003 – None 2002 – Top of the World Classic (Alaska) 1-2, 4th place / 8 – W, Centenary; L, Ala-Fairbanks; L, Ball St 2001 – None *2000 – San Juan Shootout (P.R.) 3-0, 1st place / 8 – W, Iona; W, Kent St; W, SMU 1999 – Hoop and Quill Classic (Mo.) 1-2, 6th place / 8 – L, So Miss; W, Northwestern; L, Rutgers 1998 – Top of the World Classic (Alaska) 1-2, 6th place/ 8 – L, Villanova; W, Wash St; L, Wisconsin (18-18 last 20 years) 1997 – Rainbow Classic (Hawaii) 1-2, 4th place / 8 – W, Virginia; L, Hawaii; L, Vanderbilt 1996 – Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (P.R.) 1-2, 4th place / 8 – W, Old Dominion; L, Cincinnati; L, Bowl Green *1995 – Big Island Invitational (Hawaii) 3-0, 1st place / 8 – W, Toledo; W, Oregon; W, Minnesota 1994 – San Juan Shootout (P.R.) 2-1, 3rd place / 8 – W, NE Louisiana; L, Virginia Tech; W, Coll of Charleston 1993 – None 1992 – Rainbow Classic (Hawaii) 1-2, 7th place / 8 – L, Michigan; L, SW Louisiana; W, Fordham 1991 – None **1990 – San Juan Shootout (P.R.) 2-1, 2nd place / 8 – W, Saint Louis; W, Illinois; L, Murray St 1989 – None **1988 – Chaminade New Year’s Classic (Hawaii) 2-1, 2nd place / 8 – W, Chaminade; W, Morehead St, L, LSU (30-27 last 30 years) 1987 – Maui Classic (Hawaii) 1-2, 7th place / 8 – L, Villanova; L, Baylor; W, Chaminade *1986 – Rochester Classic (N.Y.) 2-0, 1st place / 4 – W, Butler; W, San Francisco 1985 – Sun Bowl Classic (Texas) 1-1, 3rd place / 4 – L, Alabama; W, Ohio St **1984 – Cable Car Classic (Calif.) 1-1, 2nd place / 4 – W, Cal-Irvine; L, Santa Clara 1983 – Cotton States Classic (Ga.) 0-2, 4th place / 4 – L, Georgia Tech; L, Michigan St **1982 – Hoosier Classic (Ind.) 1-1, 2nd place / 4 – W, Cornell; L, Indiana *1981 – Holiday Classic (Iowa) 2-0, 1st place / 4 – W, Air Force; W, N Iowa **1980 – Utah Classic (Utah) 1-1, 2nd place / 4 – W, Loy-Marymount; L, Utah 1979 – Rainbow Classic (Hawaii) 1-2, 5th place / 8 – W, Wisconsin; L, Hawaii; L, Louisville **1978 – Rebel Roundup (Nev.) 1-1, 2nd place / 4 – W, UCSB; L, UNLV 1978 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 2-1, 3rd place / 8 – W, Mizzou; L, Colorado; W, Oklahoma (43-39 last 40 years) 1977 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 2-1, 3rd place / 8 – W, Okla St; L, Kansas St; W, Oklahoma 1976 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 2-1, 5th place / 8 – L, Colorado; W, Iowa St; W, Oklahoma *1975 – Roadrunner Invite (N.M.) 2-0, 1st place / 4 – W, Pacific; W, N Mexico St 1975 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 2-1, 5th place / 8 – L, Kansas; W, Oklahoma; W, Okla St **1974 – Sun Devil Classic (Ariz.) 1-1, 2nd place / 4 – W, Long Beach St; L, Arizona St 1974 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 1-2, 4th place / 8 – W, Oklahoma; L, Kansas; L, Kansas St 1973 – Vanderbilt Invite (Tenn.) 0-2, 4th place / 4 – L, Vanderbilt; L, Mid Tenn St 1973 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 1-2, 6th place / 8 – L, Kansas St; W, Okla St; L, Kansas 1972 – Mountaineer Classic (W.Va.) 1-1, 3rd place / 4 – L, California; W, Air Force 1972 – Kentucky Invite (Ky.) 0-2, 4th place / 4 – L, Kentucky; L, Colorado St 1972 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 1-2, 6th place / 8 – L, Iowa St; W, Kansas; L, Okla St 1971 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 2-1, 5th place / 8 – L, Mizzou; W, Okla St; W, Oklahoma **1970 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 2-1, 2nd place / 8 – W, Okla St; W, Colorado; L, Kansas 1969 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 2-1, 5th place / 8 – L, Colorado; W, Iowa St; W, Kansas 1968 – Sun Devil Classic (Ariz.) 0-2, 4th place / 4 – L, Arizona St; L, California 1968 – Big 8 Holiday (KC) 2-1, 5th place / 8 – L, Kansas; W, Oklahoma; W, Mizzou (64-60 last 50 years)

2018 CBE Classic Schedule – Sprint Center, Kansas City (all times Central) Monday, Nov. 19 **6 pm – Missouri St vs Nebraska, ESPNU 8:30 pm – USC vs Texas Tech, ESPN2 Tuesday, Nov. 20 6 pm – 3rd place game, ESPN3 8:30 pm – Championship game, ESPN2 On-Campus Game Results NU 87, SE Louisiana 35 Texas Tech 59, SE Louisiana 40 NU 106, Mississippi Valley St 37 Texas Tech 84, Mississippi Valley St 52 USC 95, Stetson 59 Missouri St 83, Stetson 70 USC 83, Robert Morris 62 Missouri St 74, Robert Morris 60 Saturday, Nov. 17 Stetson at SE Louisiana Mississippi Valley St at Robert Morris Monday, Nov. 19 Robert Morris at Stetson Tuesday, Nov. 20 SE Louisiana at Mississippi Valley St

Wisky opens -1 at Xavier Illinois -6 at home vs G'town

Here’s how NU’s non-conference opponents fared in week 1 in case you’re curious – for conference teams, the B1G went 22-1. Missi Valley St 0-2 L 37-106 at Nebraska L 52-84 at Texas Tech SE Louisiana 1-2 L 63-94 at LSU W 78-57 William Carey (non-D1) L 35-87 at Nebraska Seton Hall 1-0 W 89-49 Wagner Missouri St 3-0 W 84-50 Oral Roberts W 74-60 Robert Morris W 83-70 Stetson Texas Tech 2-0 W 87-37 Incarnate Word W 84-52 Missi Valley St USC 1-1 W 83-62 Robert Morris L 78-82 Vanderbilt Western Illinois 1-1 L 78-67 at Creighton W 84-56 North Park (non-D1) Clemson 2-0 W 100-80 The Citadel W 71-51 NC Central Creighton 2-0 W 78-67 W Illinois W 75-69 E Tennessee St Oklahoma St 0-1 L 64-66 at Charlotte Cal State Fullerton 1-1 L 94-102 at Arizona St (2 OT) W 106-53 West Coast Baptist (non-D1) SW Minnesota St 1-1 (non-D1) L 74-83 Emporia State W 96-85 Fort Hays State

NU 73 SHU 55

NU favored by 21.5 today

NU 88 SELA 47

There's no tying in basketball ... except for the Gavitt Games. The action starts Tuesday - 8-0 would be a nice result. 2018 Gavitt Games (all times Central) Tuesday, Nov. 13 5:30 pm – Wisconsin at Xavier, FS1 7:30 pm – Georgetown at Illinois, FS1 Wednesday, Nov. 14 5:30 pm – Michigan at Villanova, FS1 **6:30 pm – Seton Hall at Nebraska, BTN 7:30 pm – Marquette at Indiana, FS1 Thursday, Nov. 15 6 pm – Ohio St at Creighton, FS1 8 pm – Penn St at DePaul, FS1 Friday, Nov. 16 6 pm – St. John’s at Rutgers, BTN NU History (0-2) 2017 – at St. John’s 79, Nebraska 56 2016 – DNP 2015 – at Villanova 87, Nebraska 63 Series History (series tied 0-0-3) 2017 – (tie) B1G 4, BE 4 2016 – (tie) B1G 4, BE 4 2015 – (tie) B1G 4, BE 4

Brucie is protesting a bit too much - instead of saying you're not going to comment and then going to Twitter to comment, maybe Brucie should try just shutting his mouth. I guess Miles' "Dance with the devil" comment hit far too close to home.

NU 74 MV 50 20 wins non-con 9

I'd counter if it was that easy, everybody would do it. NU's hit rate on that type of transfer -- going from basically non-contributor or underwhelming player at the old school to high-level contributor at NU -- is incredibly high under Miles.

Oh, I'm not so sure. This could've happened on the 28-minute May 8 call. Dawkins: Hi, Greg! The bidding is at $100K and good jobs for Bowen and his family. Is Creighton interested? McDermott: Oh, no. We don't do those sorts of things here. {{{{{ 27: 47 of silence }}}}} Dawkins: You sure? McDermott: Yes. Dawkins: OK. Is it all right if I call you eight more times over the next six weeks and ask the same thing? McDermott: Sure. We basketball coaches have all the time in the world to waste on multiple phone calls when a simple 'no' should take care of it. Talk to you later!

Huh. Weird. The World-Herald said the two teams reset the score at halftime, so the bluebirds won the 2nd half, and that's what was important. First half was more like a warm-up. Somebody must've forgotten to clue in Minnesota on how the scrimmage would be scored ... that the bluebirds decided after the game.

And Shon Morris drops the first "Roby doesn't know how good he can be" of the 2018-19 season. The Vegas O/U for hearing this phrase this season is 128 1/2.

If he just accepted cash, he really blew it. Should've held out for a cash bonus and a lucrative job. Pulling in a check every 2 weeks is the way to fit perfectly into the system.

Exactly. Current coach = Dirty ... but on the plus side, apparently he's good at employment counseling. Previous coach = Dirty, even when grading on the shoe company curve. Tony Barone = Stereotyping demands that he was dirty. But it's a probably just a huge misunderstanding.

There are a lot of good jobs in Omaha, such as sweater vest salesman, so that makes perfect sense. Nothing to see here.

Looks like NU will have its open-to-the-fans practice & scrimmage Wednesday Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. at PBA.

OWH lists 24 scholarship players who've played HS ball in Nebraska (at one time or another) on current D-1 rosters (and 5 walk-ons): https://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/recruiting/boys-basketball/nebraskans-appear-on-division-i-college-basketball-rosters-to-open/article_fbfc3e1b-7de7-5841-b618-2a996b49274f.html Of the 29 total, 4 are at NU and 6 at UNO, so that leaves 18 scholarship players and 1 walk-on at out-of-state schools - more than I would've guessed. And there's plenty more D-1 talent on the way - great to see Nebraska kids having more and more opportunities. And if we need further proof at Nebraska kids are smarter than average, 0 of the 29 are at that blue school.

I assume they have us winning the B1G Tournament as the #3 seed.

I bet he can't wait - I wonder how long it's been since he's had an entire off-season of being healthy and being able to work out fully and lift weights? He has to be feeling as strong and prepared as he has ever felt.

Coach Lewis stopped in to see several in-state players work out at their schools: He saw 4 guys with NU offers - Arop, Hepburn, Sallis & Williams (VC) At the same workout with Sallis were 2020 forward Max Murrell (UMKC offer so far) and 2022 forward Jasen Green https://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/recruiting/boys-basketball/nebraska-and-uno-coaches-have-been-busy-visiting-in-state/article_3be0482b-5cfd-54f5-8c3e-657dc3ffe65c.html