I came to visit to learn more about NEB's strengths and weaknesses and wondered what Husker fans knew/thought about my Bears. Pretty interesting similarties between how the seasons started well, went through big lulls and then finished strong. Will be interesting to see which "strength" wins out at the end of the day. Personally, I am worried about the size of your guards and their ability to get into our zone and create havoc. We definitely have to be able to continue to be very effecient on offense to beat NEB. One similarity I see in both teams is that they are tough minded. If they weren't, neither would in San Antonio after their respective conference starts.
One thing I always find intriguing in visiting other teams' message boards is the customary slights on Drew's coaching ability. Heck, visit baylorfans.com (at your own peril) and you will find a loud minority of 4-5 posters who do nothing but complain about Drew. The most obnoxious groups of Drew haters though are the KU fans and ISU fans (a very distant second to KU). As I registered to respond to this quoted post, I didn't realize that in fact a KU fan had infiltrated this site to post Drew comments. Just for grins though, while Drew may not be Coach K, here are his tournament results over the last few years:
4 wins - 2009 NIT Finals
3 wins - 2010 NCAA Elite 8
0 wins - 2011 No postseason (Didn't make NIT - Perry Jones III suspended prior to first game of Big 12 tournament)
3 wins - 2012 NCAA Elite 8
5 wins - 2013 NIT Champs
He has also led the Bears to the the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament 3 times in the last 6 years. Granted, we are 0-3 in those games. To me, the results indicate that he does have some coaching ability, especially come tournament time. Just FYI.
Free advice when defending Scott Drew, don't include the NIT, doesn't help him. Scott is a great recruiter, but a sub-par coach. The reason people "hate" on Scott is because he doesn't do as much as he should with his talent. Call it hate all you want, but it's fair criticism. Miles maximizes talent and usually makes smart in-game decisions. That edge is why this game is the closest of all the 6 vs. 11 match ups, and why many are picking Nebraska.