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Cincy 65 Neb 56

Tuesday 11/24 George Washington 94, Gardner-Webb 65 Cincinnati 64, SE Louisiana 49 Tennessee 95, Army 80 Nebraska 67, Ark-Pine Bluff 44 (replay: BTN, 9:30 am Wednesday 11/25) Friday 11/27 Cincinnati vs Nebraska at Brooklyn, 5:30 pm (live: ESPN3 & SportsNet New York & MASN & digital 42.2 KPTM Omaha & ALT (Altitude) 2 channel - replay: Altitude Network, 3:30 am Saturday 11/28) George Washington vs Tennessee at Brooklyn, 8 pm (live: ESPN3 & SportsNet New York & MASN & CSN California, replay: CSN California, 3 am Saturday 11/28) SE Louisiana vs Garnder-Webb at West Point, 4 pm Ark-Pine Bluff at Army, 6:30 pm Saturday 11/28 Consolation at Brooklyn, 11 am, TV - None Championship at Brooklyn 1:30 pm, TV - KXVO 15 Omaha & ESPN3 Consolation at West Point, TBA Championship at West Point, TBA Sunday 11/22 Cincinnati 99, Ark-Pine Bluff 50 Tennessee 89, Gardner-Webb 64 Nebraska 92, SE Louisiana 65 George Washington 92, Army 81

Thanks - added to the list up top - also Tenn-GW is listed as an ESPN3 game, as is the Saturday championship. Still no TV listing anywhere for the consolation Saturday though.

Just looking again at the ASN Web site, Saturday's consolation game is not listed at all on its upcoming broadcast schedule, so it might not be produced by ASN. The championship game is listed in the schedule. Also is there an ALT (Altitude) 2 on TWC in Lincoln? That's one of the channels on the Web site listed as being a broadcaster of the NU-Cincy game in the Lincoln area. Can't find ALT 2 on DirecTV.

Actually now that you say that, I do remember watching a little bit of Southern Miss play some FCS football team a week or two before they came to Lincoln and I think that game was on KXVO and I'm pretty sure it was produced by the American Sports Network - I remember thinking I had never heard of ASN and how odd it was to have that game on around here. So it's very possible KXVO and its sister channels like 42.2 would pick up those games, as they probably have an agreement with ASN already in place. ASN must be like a Raycom from the old Big 8 basketball days.

Really have been impressed with McVeigh - I was trying not to get my expectations too high with him, just knowing how tough the adjustment would be, on and off the court. But he has been really solid. Doesn't necessarily look like a great athlete out there, but really knows his strengths and weaknesses and has very good body control, which allows him to be successful. Maybe his most impressive play for me so far was one where he didn't even score - when he took the exaggerated fade away at end of shot clock in 2nd half Sunday, very smart play, knowing by who was guarding him that that was the only way to get the ball up on the rim and at least have a chance at it going in or an offensive rebound. Not too many freshmen would have gotten the ball on the rim on that play. Actually most freshmen probably would've had Adidas imprinted on their foreheads after the blocked shot or would've just panicked and held the ball as the clock expired. Really looking forward to see what he can do as he becomes more comfortable here and puts on some good weight, etc.

NU 88 APB 58 4 players

Sports Net NY is 639 on DirecTV and MASN is 640. CSN is 698 I think. Altitude is 681. Some of these channels require the DirecTV sports package subscription. Sorry no idea what channels these are on Dish, TWC, or others With NU football Friday too, I'd imagine there won't be any over-the-air radio coverage on Husker Sports Network, just an Internet stream. Maybe a secondary radio station in Lincoln or Omaha will pick up basketball for an over the air broadcast so people could listen driving home from football, but I doubt it.

Well at least Ark-Pine Bluff managed to not let Cincy double up the score on them today. I pulled the TV info for the games in Brooklyn off my DirecTV guide, so hopefully it's accurate. But sometimes those regional sports network games are blocked out at game time, even though they show up on the guide. And sometimes with those regional sports networks, the schedule changes last minute. (Thanks to rlgyank for finding some more local options!) GW, Tenn, and Cincy Web sites all say TV for the Brooklyn games are on the American Sports Network, which must provide the broadcast to regional sports networks? ASN doesn't seem to have an online streaming option on its Web site: http://americansportsnet.com/schedule/ Sunday 11/22 Cincinnati 99, Ark-Pine Bluff 50 Tennessee 89, Gardner-Webb 64 Nebraska 92, SE Louisiana 65 George Washington 92, Army 81 Tuesday 11/24 Gardner-Webb at George Washington, 10 am SE Louisiana at Cincinnati, 6 pm (ESPN3) Army at Tennessee, 6 pm (SEC Network) Ark-Pine Bluff at Nebraska, 7 pm (live: BTN Plus, replay: BTN, 9:30 am Wednesday 11/25) Friday 11/27 Cincinnati vs Nebraska at Brooklyn, 5:30 pm (live: ESPN3 & SportsNet New York & MASN & digital 42.2 KPTM Omaha & ALT (Altitude) 2 channel - replay: Altitude Network, 3:30 am Saturday 11/28) George Washington vs Tennessee at Brooklyn, 8 pm (live: ESPN3 & SportsNet New York & MASN & CSN California, replay: CSN California, 3 am Saturday 11/28) SE Louisiana vs Garnder-Webb at West Point, 4 pm Ark-Pine Bluff at Army, 6:30 pm Saturday 11/28 Consolation at Brooklyn, 11 am, TV - None Championship at Brooklyn 1:30 pm, TV - KXVO 15 Omaha & ESPN3 Consolation at West Point, TBA Championship at West Point, TBA

Game replay coming up on B1G Network at noon

NU 99 SE La 67

Not that it's all that surprising, but Big Ten has clearly been better this 'series' - BEast lucky that it isn't 6-1 B1G leads 4-3 Friday 8 pm – Xavier at Michigan – BTN Tuesday Penn St 68, DePaul 62 Villanova 87, Nebraska 63 Maryland 75, Georgetown 71 Wednesday Providence 60, Illinois 59 Thursday Indiana 86, Creighton 65 St. John's 61, Rutgers 59 Iowa 89, Marquette 61

Nova made 22 of 33 shots inside 3-pt arc - that's a lot of easy shots fueled by turnovers NU was 16 of 38 inside the arc

NU 81 DSU 49

B1G 2, BEast 1 Tuesday Penn St 68, DePaul 62 Villanova 87, Nebraska 63 Maryland 75, Georgetown 71 Only got to see the last few minutes of MD-Gtown, so I'm not sure how the Terps were down by 5 with 5 to go, but Maryland looked tremendous down the stretch. Just a hunch, but I'd say they're pretty good. And that Trimble kid ain't bad either. Wednesday 6 pm – Illinois at Providence – Fox Sports 1 Thursday 6 pm – Creighton at Indiana – BTN 6 pm – Rutgers at St. John's – Fox Sports 1 8 pm – Iowa at Marquette – Fox Sports 1 Friday 8 pm – Xavier at Michigan – BTN

PSU 31 DePaul 25 - halftime Looks about like what you'd expect - 2 teams that'll be near the bottom of their leagues struggling thru an ugly mid-November game. PSU doing a lot of defensive switching from zone to man, shown 1-3-1, 2-3. Seems to be working well ... or DePaul is horrible. Probably a combo. PSU loves to shoot 3s thus far, they just don't seem to love making very many of them.

Tuesday 4 pm – DePaul at Penn St – ESPNU 7:30 pm – Nebraska at Villanova – Fox Sports 1 8 pm – Georgetown at Maryland – ESPN2 Wednesday 6 pm – Illinois at Providence – Fox Sports 1 Thursday 6 pm – Creighton at Indiana – BTN 6 pm – Rutgers at St. John's – Fox Sports 1 8 pm – Iowa at Marquette – Fox Sports 1 Friday 8 pm – Xavier at Michigan – BTN Looks pretty evenly matched to me - I'd predict a 5-3 edge for the B1G, as I think one of the B1G teams will steal one on the road, and am thinking all 4 B1G home teams win.

Nova 86 Neb 72

NU 90 MV 55 8 wins

Illinois - John Groce (19-14) 2 starters return Euro trip helped us a lot, practices were especially helpful. Lots of newcomers between frosh and transfers. Proud of guys in offseason with how they improved themselves. Great classroom work by our guys, great work in community (classic comments of a coach on hot seat ). Must get healthy. Had some bad luck early on. I succeeded in staying healthy on way from hotel room to press room today. Know it's bad when trainer says a guy will be out 4 weeks and you are happy because it's only 4 weeks. Had guys miss 80 games last season. Nunn injury? Don't know much yet. Didn't bring him today, injured in practice 2 days ago, thumb. He had to have examination today, so didn't come along. Don't know if it's broken. Don't have any info yet. Injuries affecting team morale? It is what it is. Guys in locker room went through this last year. We're going to get them back, but it can be tough to grow & get better when you're getting guys back at varying times in season. Takes time to gel and develop. Difference in post losing Egwu and getting Thorne? Thorne more gifted offensively, great rebounder. Defensively he has work to do, must place importance on defensive end equal to offensive end. Egwu was opposite, great defensive player. Turned corner as program? Anticipating getting guys back. Like versatility of our team, guys can play multiple positions, can play small, can play big. Adding more talent all the time. Just need to get healthy.

Indiana - Tom Crean (20-14) 5 starters return Battling injuries in early practice sessions. (Wahhh.) Have a long way to go. Great attitude. Biefeldt has been a great addition. B1G is great top to bottom, have a long way to go for us. *Looking very orange today. And only threatened to fight 4 people during his opening comment, so not too bad. Depth? We want to have a true 2-deep. Want competition at every spot. We're not there yet. Frosh & sophs need to get us to that point. Middle of B1G pack last 2 years - challenges to climb upward? Need more consistency, have to battle through injuries and losses. Rebound quickly from challenges. Mental toughness is needed & control the paint, must get lay-ups and get to FT line. Keep other teams from shooting high percentage in paint. History of this league is high shooting percentages, low turnovers, good FG percentage defense, all top teams have these things. Ferrell vs Trimble? Wouldn't trade Ferrell for anyone. Trimble is a great player too. Thomas role in team as frosh? Zeller was like that, made everyone better. Thomas is a different player. Great athleticism. He practiced first 2 sessions, then we held him out. We obviously missed him. He has great work ethic, great energy. Need to get him healthy. Non-con schedule? We even scheduled tough in the exhibitions. Tried to schedule teams with great perimeter quickness, and teams that battle you inside. Not sure we've had a tougher non-con schedule on paper in 8 years, also not sure B1G has been better in my 8 years. Star power in youth in B1G, plus experience, this is as good as B1G has been, can't imagine there's a better league in country.

Fran McCaffrey - Iowa (22-12) 4 starters return Unique team, 4 starters back, almost count Clemmons as 5th starter, then a lot of young guys, most of whom didn't play last year. Challenge to get those guys ready. Need at least 10 players ready to play. Woodbury? His role will change this year as he's the main guy at the post now, may go from 20-22 min to 34 min. Always been physical in past, not as much of an issue when playing 20 min, have to stay out of foul trouble when playing 34-35 min. Leadership? When you have 4 seniors with tons of experience, leadership is a collective effort. Last year was White's team clearly, but this year it's different. All have different leadership styles. Depth allows for more pressing, more running? Logical assumption - may try to press more, even though we press quite a bit already. Don't see shot clock issue affecting us, we want to shoot early. But will other teams try to press more to try to burn shot clock before you get into half court? Will teams run more set plays with less time? We're not changing our approach though. Immediate impact among frosh? It changes day to day. That's the issue I'm going through, haven't had consistency from those guys yet. And I'm not sure you can expect that yet. It should solidify over the next 2-3 weeks.

Maryland - Mark Tugeon (28-7) 3 starters return Really like my team. With all expectations, they've only worked harder. Expectations? Our schedule is really tough, we wanted to challenge our team. We even got a tougher B1G schedule than usual, play 6 of top 7 teams on road. We'll stay humble because of our schedule. It'll make us better, we'll be prepared for anything. Expectations can change quickly. Had a lot of hype this summer. Maryland 1st season in B1G, not sure what to expect? Did you see this coming? I know we were good 2 summers ago. Didn't see 28 wins. It's all come together for us this year with talent we have. Must do it on the floor. Great basketball tradition at Maryland. We can do great things there. Stone improvements over summer? Lost weight, become better at managing time. Great offensive player. Great feel for game. Defensively he needs improvement like most freshmen. He'll help us win a lot of games. Georgetown game? Buzz? That's an understatement, could prob sell 100,000 tickets. Two great teams. Coaches, players, fans, should be a great night, tons of excitement. Rule changes? Biggest adjustment is different defense you'll see with shorter shot clock. Added some things to practice earlier than usual to deal with different situations we may see. We plan to play faster than the 30, we practice with 24 sec shot clock. Challenging for coaches to try to find good shot when shot clock at 35, even tougher with 30. Trimble POY? Handing pressure OK? I'm sure he's excited about it. But he wants to be better, so he works hard at improving his body, better first step, better leadership. He did a lot of scoring for us last year, but he'll be a better distributor this year with better players around him. * You know you have a great team when you don't get a question about your preseason player of the year until the last few seconds.

Michigan - John Beilien (16-16) 4 starters return Have a team, true team. LeVert is a great talent, but he's a great teammate, leader too. Love going to practice every day, great mentality. Want to stay united, who knows what can happen? Difficult last season with injuries? Benefits now? Was painful to go through it, lot of close losses. Right now you can see the effect has been terrific, made us hungry. We have a lot of gap to make up with a young team, but without question, it was beneficial for all of us, coaches too. LeVert return from injury? Been cautious, but he's running faster, jumping higher, built his body during injury rehab for foot. Young senior, just turned 21, still developing. Greater depth from injury situation last year? May have some guys lose minutes with players returning, but some of them may keep their minutes. Depth is great, gives coaches a lot of choices. But sometimes that's a challenge, won't have all the answers when season starts, team will evolve.

Tom Izzo - Michigan State (27-12) 3 starters return Competely different team than most I've had, great shooters, more athletic, spent hours and hours shooting FTs to try to improve. "Worst FT shooting team in captivity last season." Good depth. Concerned about our defense, "shooters seem to think it's illegal to guard people." Can play Valentine at point and be big, can play small. Good leadership and chemistry. "We haven't lost a game, everything's positive." B1G strength this year? Been here 30+ years, some incredible years in there. Depth of this league & great coaches, top to bottom, last 4-5 years, best in country. Injuries last year, some teams didn't live up to expectations, those teams will all be better. Would be nice if Wisconsin came back to pack a little bit, but they'll be great again. Not a 3 yards and a cloud of dust basketball league, which has helped recruiting. Maryland is definitely top dog, Indiana will improve a lot, everyone else fighting from there. Transfer Harris? Fits in well, great shooter. Needs better shot selection, better defense, he's getting better there. He's helping other players become gym rats like he is. Rule changes? How does TV play into these? We played 24 sec clock in Europe this summer, I'd like to have every rule like NBA, would make a better working relationship with them. Too many lines on court is not great. Be good to be more unified with NBA, maybe not 24 sec shot clock, 30 is good. No 5 sec call is good. Take judgment calls out of ref's hands. Wish we'd unify basketball from HS to NBA. We always hear on rule committees, we don't want to be like NBA. Why not? Kids want it. Women are experimenting with 4 quarters. I like that. I love some of NBA rules. Time demand for college athletes? Limit time? I think it's a joke. Are we going to limit time on Twitter too? Coaches are smart, we're not going to beat kids down with long practices. I don't see surgeons or musicians worrying about time commitments. When we give the kids more free time, they sometimes get in more trouble, then I'm in trouble. Guys who want to be great, they want to be in the gym, they want to practice. I think too much is made of this. I struggle with it. I wish we'd ask the kids, I don't know of many who don't want to be in the gym.