Huskers upset #1 Purdue 88-72

[Redscarlet]

Not as confident winning this one…Should of beat them last year official let them steal one from us..

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Vegas giving us some respect. How they can pull it off. Would be YUGE

 

[Dean Pope]

Our defense at home last year give Purdue fits. It could come down to defensive rebounding and being able to knock down enough three's.

 

[nwualum_rivals330058]

And hopefully Purdue is not hitting their 3’s. If they are we are toast.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Only six B1G teams projected to make the dance

 

[Husker4real_rivals373787]

Man - this would be a nice one to get. Probably not a ‘Must Have’, more of a ‘Nice to Have’. Winning actually gives NU a little cushion; losing just mean NU needs to get a road win somewhere down the line.

 

[schuele]

Need to force some turnovers to keep Purdue out of its half-court sets, but that won't be easy. If anyone breathes on Braden Smith or especially Flopper Loyer, the whistles go wild.

 

[PvilleHuskerTim]

Man - this would be a nice one to get. Probably not a ‘Must Have’, more of a ‘Nice to Have’. Winning actually gives NU a little cushion; losing just mean NU needs to get a road win somewhere down the line.

I had mentioned in previous threads that for NU to remain on the NCAA bubble, they need to go 9-0 or 8-1 at home. They could lose tonight to the Zombie, but their margin of error in wins/losses goes down and they would need to "steal" at least 1 road win to make up for it. For every home loss, Huskers need to offset with a road win - preferably getting any win(s) against an upper tier team in the standings. Wisconsin game was one that would have been nice, but they stunk it up and Vadgers were extremely hot.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

I had mentioned in previous threads that for NU to remain on the NCAA bubble, they need to go 9-0 or 8-1 at home. They could lose tonight to the Zombie, but their margin of error in wins/losses goes down and they would need to "steal" at least 1 road win to make up for it. For every home loss, Huskers need to offset with a road win - preferably getting any win(s) against an upper tier team in the standings. Wisconsin game was one that would have been nice, but they stunk it up and Vadgers were extremely hot.

Still some big opportunities.. if we can win 3 or 4 of these we have a decent shot to get in.

Purdue at home
@ Illinois
@ OSU
Wisky at home
@ Iowa
@ NW
OSU at home

 

[PvilleHuskerTim]

Still some big opportunities.. if we can we 3 or 4 of these we have a decent shot to get in.

Purdue at home
@ Illinois
@ OSU
Wisky at home
@ Iowa
@ NW
OSU at home

Gotta protect The Vault. We have a chance against OSU, Iowa, and NW on the road. B1G refs will let The Zombie and Illinois hammer us, so we better be red hot from 3-point stripe and hope the other team has an off night.

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

 

[Scat_Back]

We will need to hit 38% or better from 3 to win this.

 

[9and4_rivals188421]

 

[IowaHuskr]

Our defense at home last year give Purdue fits. It could come down to defensive rebounding and being able to knock down enough three's.

Without Brice Williams playing or able to move on the ankle it will be very challenging to pull off the upset

 

[V-Doub]

Without Brice Williams playing or able to move on the ankle it will be very challenging to pull off the upset

Do we know his status for this game?

 

[mgbreeze]

Do we know his status for this game?

He hasn't been practicing so if he plays it doesn't sound 100%.

 

[IowaHuskr]

Do we know his status for this game?

I don't think we will know until warmups before the game tonight. But the way he landed on his teammates foot with a couple of minutes left in the Wisconsin game I would assume he is questionable/doubtful.

 

[TarheelHuskerFan_rivals]

If our offense plays the way it did against Wisconsin we can come away with a W tonight. Purdue won’t shoot as well as Wisconsin did against us.

 

[dinglefritz]

He hasn't been practicing so if he plays it doesn't sound 100%.

He needs to call Dr Feelgood. Give him a shot doc.

 

[dinglefritz]

I don't think we will know until warmups before the game tonight. But the way he landed on his teammates foot with a couple of minutes left in the Wisconsin game I would assume he is questionable/doubtful.

It was ugly.

 

[BadgerPete]

Gotta protect The Vault. We have a chance against OSU, Iowa, and NW on the road. B1G refs will let The Zombie and Illinois hammer us, so we better be red hot from 3-point stripe and hope the other team has an off night.

Why are tickets only going for $4 bucks on Stub Hub? I thought with #1 in town it would be a hard ticket to get.

 

[dinglefritz]

Why are tickets only going for $4 bucks on Stub Hub? I thought with #1 in town it would be a hard ticket to get.

No students. Weather sucks. NE Nebraska got clobbered with snow. I’m sure there’s lots of people selling

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Terrible fvcking call .. sick of big officials

 

[mgbreeze]

Off to a great start with the offensive foul on Brice. Jeezus.

 

[Scat_Back]

Wow. I’m so shocked the refs are banging us so hard on both ends so early…

If Mast can stretch the floor and hit 3’s that could get interesting against big Mongo. Good effort early!

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Way to get after it Gary!

 

[Scat_Back]

Mast is tooling that big ugly bastard!!!

 

[Suhrreal]

After all that talk of an emphasis on making charges harder they give Purdon't that call early??? Come on. Just fire the B1G refs into the sun.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Mast!!

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Purdue won’t stay this cold. No stupid turnovers guys

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

Wow. I’m so shocked the refs are banging us so hard on both ends so early…

If Mast can stretch the floor and hit 3’s that could get interesting against big Mongo. Good effort early!

Fix is in again eh?

 

[TarheelHuskerFan_rivals]

Looking good so far!

 

[schuele]

Edey acts like Mast has some nerve showing up and playing hard.

Like he's supposed to roll over for the conference darling, and let him set up a tent and a campfire in the lane.

 

[TarheelHuskerFan_rivals]

Fix is in again eh?

Even the announcers said 2 of the calls were bad, so…..

 

[Scat_Back]

Huskers have shown they can bounce back after a loss. Piss poor defense against Wisconsin and I don’t see it being that bad coming back home for tonight

 

[schuele]

Painter wants someone arrested every time Flopper Loyer takes a dive.

 

[Suhrreal]

Somebody in the crowd is sauced up on a Tuesday night.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Man we are not taking advantage of Purdue being cold. Damn..

 

[Scat_Back]

We need to stop being afraid of attacking the rim. Mast isn’t and he’s not our best offensive player