Hoiskers enter Sweet 16 as 1.5 favorites over the Herkeys

Cjlemke21

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It was one hell of a ride for the boys this year, and it was fun to watch. We went cold at the worst possible time, I was concerned watching the officiating, and with us not being able to separate… Io_a seems to always play spoiler to us no matter what… Congrats to them, but man yall play dirty and get away with it… but it still required yall to hit shots when it counted and ya did… I look forward to what we can do with the portal this offseason. Hope we can get some dudes in there, we definitely need someone that can create lanes and open shots for our shooters though.
 

dinglefritz

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Nebraskas ball movement is horrible. Herkie had a lot of open threes because they move the ball around. And with good shooters like they have they’re going to make those open shots.
They have really good length and had 4 guys on the floor most of the time who were hot from 3. Sam started cold. Mast couldn’t make one. Jacobsen missed 3 open 3s I think Berke. Nope. They contained Sandfort.
 

o_Balfor

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This game shocked me. Nebraska in control for 96% of the game (Iowa's first lead with 2:00 left)

Then... a collapse. It looked like conditioning to me. Nebraska had NO LEGS at the end, shots not falling because of it. Iowa looked fresh. Sucks. Amazing season - I thought E8 was going to happen for most of the game.
You think guys playing that number of minutes in a physical game is a conditioning issue?
 

Redblood23_rivals

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Hurts to lose this game because it's Iowa but N clearly has more holes than they do. Great season for the Huskers and if they can land a real PG and a BiG they'll be competing again next year. Like I've said all season N needs to be able to finish at the rim so when those 3's aren't falling they can extend games by getting teams in foul trouble. Mast is not a 5 he's a 4 and needs help inside.
 

SeaOfRed75

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Oh shut up you piss baby. No wonder so many people hate Nebraska fans. You are a moron.
No. This is a Husker board. You do realize coming here and talking **** after the Huskers make their deepest run EVER, makes you a f@cking douche, right? Zeke Jay?
 

Zeke Husker

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No. This is a Husker board. You do realize coming here and talking **** after the Huskers make their deepest run EVER, makes you a f@cking douche, right? Zeke Jay?
Stop being an immature dumb ***. Handle the loss with class. Where did I talk **** about Nebraska? I said it was a great historic season. And I called out some of you pussies that can’t handle losing. Grow up. The sun will rise tomorrow.
 

dinglefritz

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I salute Berke and Mast for their contributions to the program, but going forward with this success we need higher level bigs than them that can do more.
Mast has been a good player for us but he got out played tonight. We HAD to have Mast and Jacobsen hit their shots to win.
 

Zeke Husker

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You came with 'crying' . Don't like it, go away. You want to talk, talk like an adult.
Shut up, I wasn’t crying you are crying about the refs like a little kid would. How about someone makes a couple more shots instead?
 

regionsdoc

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Fred got taken to a coaching clinic tonight
This. It was a great year. And Fred blinked in the bright lights tonight. Dumb D. Dumb 1-3-1 zone at the end of the half. Wouldn’t sit Sam when he was having a bad game. JL barely played the last 10 mins. And to top it off—4 defenders on the court when the game is still up for grabs. How does that HAPPEN—in the freaking sweet 16. I’d expect that from Rhule. Just pathetic that one coach didn’t catch it. I feel bad for the players—they deserved better coaching tonight.
 

o_Balfor

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This. It was a great year. And Fred blinked in the bright lights tonight. Dumb D. Dumb 1-3-1 zone at the end of the half. Wouldn’t sit Sam when he was having a bad game. JL barely played the last 10 mins. And to top it off—4 defenders on the court when the game is still up for grabs. How does that HAPPEN—in the freaking sweet 16. I’d expect that from Rhule. Just pathetic that one coach didn’t catch it. I feel bad for the players—they deserved better coaching tonight.
Who would you put in? JL obviously is not healthy. What would you do?
 
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regionsdoc

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I'll also say this....Nebraska gave it away, but the fact that they only call a single foul on Iowa in 20 minutes is criminal and Fred should absolutely light them up in the post game....
No, should have worked them during the game. You think Izzo/hurley/Self would have only 1 foul/half called against them in this game???