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Watched the game replay. Viewing it after the fact .....we really had good control of the game most of the time. We never let up.....were competitive all the time. Impressive. Seemed to get more and more dominate. In about the middle of the 3rd qtr, you could see who was dictating the flow of the game. Observation: Maryland doesn't seem to play strong defense, at least yesterday anyway. Don't cover the perimeter. (So we had many open shots, and lanes open to the basket.) They play like they can beat you with their offense almost alone. (familiar?) When that couldn't happen consistently, they kind of lost focus. Lot of whining going on. They didn't look like some past Frese teams. For their size, don't rebound hard. Not an organized offense, kind of one on one.. BBall. They were hitting the panic button when we kept getting the lead. Not impressed with the All B1G Diamond Miller. She traveled most times she had the ball, ran over our defenders like a linebacker. Just an off day maybe.... she was not really a factor. Took us too lightly ? They'll have to regroup and play defense too, or it might be a long season for them. We made so many unreal shots, and hit the lanes to the basket. And made them. Also impressive. Everyone did their part, Jazz, Allison, Alexis....were great. But everyone contributed and made a difference. Great team win. Maddie belongs on the court. Too high a BBall IQ to gather splinters Enough diatribe's . Just super impressed yesterday

The men just beat Creighton by 10. Put that in your pipe and smoke it !

Where the h e l l has this been ??? Maybe getting spanked a couple of times, awakened the sleeping giant. Great Great win no matter how you slice it. The shooting percentages are just reversed from our last loss. 50% shooting does wonders for the scoreboard. Weidner has recovered from the smack in the face, wouldn't you say ? Thought Maddie had her best game as a husker Coach must have given Jazz the go ahead to score a couple of games ago. WOW WOW

Welcome to the forum ! "You all seem like reasonable, insightful people" You forgot to mention good looking, intelligent, and of course experts on UNL women's basketball, ...and .... we're widely known in the basketball world for our profundity, acuity and perceptiveness . In other worlds we're pretty much full of BS...but have a good time doing it. Again welcome (I do follow men's BBall,.... but what can I say)

Jazz usually gets the other teams best defender...so that makes life difficult for her. Alexis and Weidner are also getting attention defensively too. That's what good defensive schemes do...guard the best of the other team..... It ain't rocket science. When other teams play us straight up defensively, we have more success.

Sorry, but I keep saying it...defense. We just don't play aggressive defense. Watched the game with a focus on our defense. If you watch Maddie & Hake....they are on top of the guard they're supposed to cover........ they didn't play here last year. VT wasn't extremely quick. They had a good mix of offense and defense. And they were much better shooters...across their roster. Reminded me of Gonzaga. Both team were more experienced by far. The teams we have lost to are much better defensively. But...our roster does seem to have enough quickness that it could happen. Real defense just doesn't seem to be a major focus of playing the game. Disappointing loss. We were slow to get out of the gate.

Our guards are too far off the VT guards, when on defense. They will kill us with their 3s. Defense !

ACCN (ACC espn network) is 213 on Cox in Omaha. I have it and didn't realize what all it is. I see it has replays from last weekend games. Never watched it much. Anyway, ...great! The game...this may be an uphill battle. It will give us a feel for where we are in the big stack of things.

Not to offend anyone, but Moriarity just might be putting up the numbers to be a starter.

Shelly for president ! AMAZING What a game. Nice that we could stay tough and persever for the win. I thought we might get beat up n the boards with their height, but Markowski was a warrior with 15 rebounds. When that happens it lets your guards and forwards get extra shots

This will be a tough one. They're quick and athletic and can score. They rebound well. So defense will be everything. Top scorer/rebounder is their 6-5 center Wouldn't be surprised if we double team her, but not enough time to prepare that probably They'll have size on us in the post, and very tall subs. 6-4, 6-4, 6-5. One is Gony from Lincoln. She spent a year or so at Miami. Saw her play in high school. She's athletic, but needed a lot of skill development and playing time. but she's 6-4 Another note: New Coach for football Matt Rhule...sounds like a great fit. Loved the win over Iowa yesterday. Congrats Mickey GBR

Congratulations to Annika! She has paid her dues, and deserves the recognition for a well done 23 pts, with several different shots. (80% from the floor shooting 2 ptrs) Rebounded well too. Markowski was solid with another double-double. (third of year... team high). Wiedner saved us in the first half, and got us going. These two are solid game after game. So much for the sophmore letdowns.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL HUSKER HOOPS FANS, AND BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES !!!

KInd of goes back to what has been discussed many times here. ...The way we apprach defense. It just dosen't seem to be high on the list of team focus. You have to do it in practice, so when you see played against you, in a game...your ready...or not so much. Creighton and Drake are defensive demons. And their 3's went down the net. Strong physical play is the way women's basketball is evolving. It was just a matter of time. Other than Markowski, (and a few others) banging and crashing around the basket not as much, but do believe you can/must learn it. Markowski was the most productive (pts-rebounds, etc) player last year, per each minute played. She played lots of nimutes last night and you see the results. Tarelton didn't double and triple team her. a lot..to thier misfortune. Creighton and Drake did. On one hand we're one of the few teams, that plays the a full bench most of the time. But, just wonder if that's feasilble anymore. Of course we hope to see everyone play, so.... Both Creighton and Drake played their starters predominantly the whole game. Shooting all these three's are great..if you make about half.

Another not so strong opponent...maybe have too many ?? Tonight will be interesting to see if we've folded up our tent....or....have learned a couple of lessons about being competitive....and can be more competitive than who we're playing.

Similar to the Creighton game.... Teams that go after us physically, both offensively, and defensively (sp)... seem to break us down.

Did Bourne get hurt or something. Stats show she hasn't played much. Sorry, but sound only leaves a ton to be desired.

Better be ready. This is going to be a test. Might go down to the wire. Drake's a good team. One (Meyer), played at Iowa, before transfering. They play their starting 5 most of the game. Have some height. Guards are good. (One is a scorer ....(Dennebier) sp Focus and aggressiveness in big demand. And defense of course. Won't be Big East officials, so hopefully no influence by calls.

The game was replayed now (Wed) on 13, Omaha Cox. Been watching replay, and our shooting just killed our chances. And we were a step slow many times. Our defense, or lack thereof, was a huge factor....has to be a bigger part of the program. We kind of got out coached at times. Seemed like the game coaching was a a step slow. But that's a whole other deal. And Creighton's shooting was crazy unconscious. And that was the killer. In the last gtr or so, you could kind of see our girls were just POd. Some of the BS traveling calls, getting fouled and no calls,....got to Issie for one. She got called for 3 sec's in the lane, and when it was called she wasn't in the lane. She also got a foul called late and was almost no contact. Weidner had a couple of obvious hammer jobs with no calls. Markowski "spanked" a couple of Creighton players in the paint. Something interesting was during a time out about mid way thru the 3rd, Mandeson (sp) #21.....anyway she walks over to a ref standing on the mid court sideline, with a big smile on her face, and they talk back and forth for a minute or so, and they were both smiling while chatting. Doesn't matter now, just don't forget next year on our court. Anyway, in the replay we lost again. Creighton will win a lot of games if they play like they did yesterday......if they can keep up that pace and shoot that well all season. Having watched this particular NU team for a couple of years.....they will be back with focus. They will take out some frustrations, on a few opponents. OK enough babbling. Onward and upward

We got out hustled in the first qtr, and got way to far behind. Creighton's intensity/focus is the difference. We picked up our intensity in the first half.,,,but too late. But panic kind of set in in the second half. The Gonzaga game was the same thing in the tourney. ......I hope we learned a lesson. And we got out shot by far. We missed so many shots...that kind of surprised a little. The Big East officials see the game differently than B1G officials. Issies patented move under the basket was called traveling ?? Lots of contact that wasn't called. While the different officiating wouldn't win the game for NU...it did effect us some. Hoke can play, and can shoot. Will do ok this year. Molarity, Stewart, and others off the bench had good minutes. But we were trying to push the pace, maybe to far beyond what we're used to playing. But we an learn from that too. Playing too weak opponents beforehand didn't help either. On to the next couple, lets see if we can have more intensity and focus. No doubt the women will take this one to heart, next time out.

NU has picked up their pace...it shows quickly. It's has helped a bunch. We have overthrown Markowski several times.

Creighton plays faster, particularly on offense. They're getting open. Disrupting us with their tight defense. Turnovers

I may have found it on Cox Omaha too. My "guide" page shows the game on 13 "YURVIEW" at 6 Never watched 13 before, so we'll see I guess. Did a research....YURVIEW is for Omaha area local events...high school football, etc etc (not just sports)

Going to need speed and mobility defensively on Jensen. (Maly too) ......Like Moriarity, Jazz, Wiedner,,,,Coley. Jazz probably. On the other hand I see Creighton going after Issie and Markowski. With their defense.... and maybe trying to get the ball inside and create fouls trouble for Issie and Markowski. Double team Markowski (or triple team) Defense may be the deciding factor....for either side. Creighton will have a plan, you can be sure. Defense is their strength. In the past they've shot the 3 to win. They haven't shown that a lot so far this year. Like every year, NU is Creighton's Super Bowl. Men's BBall, baseball, women's BBall...whatever the sport. They have that little brother mentality..... I'll show you big brother thing.

These two new 2023 recruits looks very very good for the future. Another step forward in the process...get better and better recruits each succeeding year. Impressive 2023 class of Potts and Nissley. Top POY players in their respective states. We'll lose several players in the next two years. These two recruits will really help set the stage for future teams. But next year may turn out be Coach Williams best and deepest... and mature... team.