Hoiskers enter Sweet 16 as 1.5 favorites over the Herkeys
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Go away. Find posts where I have complained about officiating in the past. One foul is terrible.Duh...its never a husker loss without blaming it on the refs.
Sam had a fine season but he was a turnover machine tonight. That’s another reason why I did not understand keeping Lawrence on the bench for so long.
This. People saying he got outcoached have an argument there.
They had open shots for most of the game, we were really sloppy and had no rhythm 2nd half. We got out coached.
Sam isn't generating offense on his own. Offensively, we are really, really bad at guard.
I’m not going to go on a ridiculous rant and say Mast sucks or anything. He’s been an integral part of the program. But he has limitations. And he’s not consistent. He’ll have good games/moments and bad ones. And his shot goes MIA many times. Fred needs more of a 6’10 beast at that slot.
Not sure there's any shame it that. I think McCollum is the real deal.
Cale missed wide open shots he usually makes. Not blaming him. Sometimes you just don’t have it. This is the best roster we’ve had in years BUT some of our pieces were outplayed by Iowa’s bench. 37 points off their bench. Unbelievable. Several of them are true freshmen.
Not sure if he got tired, but he was inconsistent. It will be interesting to see the point/big next year.
I didn’t think Sam had a bad game. That end of half D was pathetic. We HAD to shoot better from 3. End of story.
Fred has to find a couple of transfer guards that can score in other ways besides shooting threes. And a couple of athletic bigs inside.
I do believe there is a young one on the roster, he will be ready to step up next year. The lack of good interior play (on both ends) sunk us the last 6 weeks of the season.
Talent wise, we have the two wings. We needed a point guard tonight. Same as the first Iowa loss. We don't have anyone that can get down hill.
Why do you think JL isn’t healthy? I’m honestly asking? Everybody is banged up this time of year, but he hasn’t looked injured in over a month.
Nope. You got a very deliberate response to your post. I went to the level you set.
Sam drove to the rim a lot this year. Jacobsen and Lawrence just didn’t have that ability. There are all-around guards and then there are the ones that are basically spot up 3 point shooters. Sam was the one most all around
Sure thing kiddo. Go cry to mommy about the refs when our players couldn’t hit shots when needed most.
No shame, he’s a good coach, but Fred also didn’t seem to know wtf to do. We were all out of sorts on O, and Iowas D is a step down from Vandy.
We definitely need more of an inside presence. Someone who can take it to the basket with some aggression. We didn’t have that and you can’t rely on nothing but shooters. We saw how that works out tonight when no one else but one guy can hit a shot.
The football coach is out of timeouts before the 4th quarter starts.
Fred did just the opposite...saved them too long.
Well, with the youth on their team and their coach, they aren’t going away.
Live by the 3….. die by the 3 teams make for some really exciting seasons but typically don’t make it a long ways into the tournament. Almost always comes down to dominate interior play, that’s who wins. Not even dominate just have a decent presence inside, grab rebounds, make it hard to score on you.
That was a pretty fun ending. It reminded me of an old saying from the farmlands of America.........
"The cream always rises to the top."
Enjoy the spring game fellas.
"The cream always rises to the top."
Enjoy the spring game fellas.
Nebraska only had three fouls until they had to foul at the end. Fact.
Both teams played well, some great shooting! Iowa stayed patient against our chase D and it did two things in the long run - wore our guys out, they just looked tired and Iowa as able to be patient and move the ball not just settling for the first open shot. Did Mast make any outside shots? They lured us to drive the lane and we don’t have the horses for that then we gave them the lane and took advantage.
Now we see what Fred can do going forward, will Sandfort come back and can this program compete in the B1G consistently or was this a flash in the pan?
Now we see what Fred can do going forward, will Sandfort come back and can this program compete in the B1G consistently or was this a flash in the pan?
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I said earlier they don’t call games as tight in the tournament. Nebraska only had 3 fouls in the 2nd half prior to Berke having to foul on the breakaway dunk. We also spent the 2nd half settling (and missing) 3’s. We didn’t put them in position to have to foul us.
We don't have finishers except for Frager. Surprisingly Sam is decent around the rim, but we aren't making a living with him in the middle.