Nebraska Basketball 2014-2015

Post by **nebugeater** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:56 am

Greg S wrote:Great second half. That was a must win. I saw where Nebraska, starting with last night plays a lot of road games in the next 30 days.

Greg

Last night was a home game but of the remaining eight reg season games three are at home. The season doesn't wind down with any perceived easy games either. Of course part of the reason for that is the way the Huskers have been playing.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:17 am

Yeah, 2 out of next 7 on the road, then close at home against Maryland.....

Greg

Post by **nebugeater** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:24 am

Greg S wrote:Yeah, 2 out of next 7 on the road, then close at home against Maryland.....

Greg

Think you mean 5 not 2

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:43 am

Most brackets have 6 B1G teams going to the dance:

Wisconsin. 8-1 20-2
Maryland. 6-3 18-4
Ohio State. 6-3 17-5
Mich. State. 6-3 15-7
Purdue. 6-3 14-8
Indiana. 6-4 16-7
Michigan. 6-4 13-9
Illinois. 5-5 15-8
Nebraska. 5-5 13-9
Iowa. 4-4 13-8
Minnesota. 3-7 14-9
Penn State. 2-7 14-8
Rutgers. 2-9 10-14
Northwestern. 1-8 10-12

Post by **nebugeater** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:04 pm

Remaining Husker Schedule

02/07 @ Penn State 3 pm ESPNU
02/10 Wisconsin 8 pm ESPN
02/15 @ Purdue 4:15 pm BTN
02/19 @ Maryland 6 pm BTN
02/22 Iowa TBA CBS or BTN
02/26 @ Ohio State 6 pm ESPN2
03/04 @ Illinois 9 pm BTN
03/08 Maryland TBA CBS or BTN.HSN

Coyote wrote:Most brackets have 6 B1G teams going to the dance:

Wisconsin. 8-1 20-2
Maryland.    6-3 18-4
Ohio State.    6-3 17-5
Mich. State. 6-3 15-7
Purdue. 6-3 14-8
Indiana. 6-4 16-7
Michigan. 6-4 13-9
Illinois.    5-5 15-8
Nebraska.    5-5 13-9
Iowa. 4-4 13-8
Minnesota. 3-7 14-9
Penn State.    2-7 14-8
Rutgers. 2-9 10-14
Northwestern.    1-8 10-12

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:23 pm

nebugeater wrote:
Greg S wrote:Yeah, 2 out of next 7 on the road, then close at home against Maryland.....

Greg

Think you mean 5 not 2

Yep 5 of 7 on the road. Will be tough. Then Maryland at home, assuming that will be the no-sit game this year.

Greg

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:18 pm

Greg S wrote:
nebugeater wrote:
Greg S wrote:Yeah, 2 out of next 7 on the road, then close at home against Maryland.....

Greg

Think you mean 5 not 2

Yep 5 of 7 on the road. Will be tough. Then Maryland at home, assuming that will be the no-sit game this year.

Greg

I thought that was the Creighton game...and we all know how well that game went.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:58 pm

CU was sort of one by the fans, I think the official one will be Maryland. Looking back, more amazed than ever that NU lost to CU. It's even more amazing for Oklahoma.

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:46 pm

Shavon Shields makes first team Academic All District team today.

Greg

Post by **nebugeater** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:12 am

Another ugly loss on the road at Penn St yesterday. Why can this team score at home ( sort of) and not at all on the road?

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:30 pm

That first half was horrible by Nebraska. I think we had all of 9 points with 4 to go in the half.

Greg

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:53 pm

Is it Spring football season yet? there's no basketball in this state.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:24 am

2nd Saturday in a row the state went 0 for 3....

Greg

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:34 pm

Stargazer wrote:Is it Spring football season yet? there's no basketball in this state.

Slow down.... I think there is a chance of CU and NU both having reasonably good Baseball teams this year. Lets give them a chance first.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:21 pm

Yeah baseball could be interesting.

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:12 pm

Petteway's mom fighting cancer again:

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Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:08 am

Good take on Petteway from Shatel:

http://www.omaha.com/sports/shatel-choo ... 49ee2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:23 am

Even though it was a loss, Nebraska looked so much better last night at Maryland. It was encouraging to see Nick Fuller and how well he played.

Greg

Post by **nebugeater** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:46 am

33 points at half for the Huskers was high for the season for a road or neutral court game.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:08 am

Even as a lifetime Nebrasketball fan that loss really hurt for some reason. I know we weren't supposed to win and it was a road game, but Pitchford was hot off the bench and I felt like there was a chance.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:38 pm

Normally I would be with you but I was just convinced we were going to get blow out. We just never seemed to have the lead (only tied in the final five), so my hopes were never too high.

Greg

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:16 pm

Linkin5 wrote:Even as a lifetime Nebrasketball fan that loss really hurt for some reason. I know we weren't supposed to win and it was a road game, but Pitchford was hot off the bench and I felt like there was a chance.

Losing by such a small amount to the #16 team in the country on the road, and with the history that Maryland has, is something in of itself to be proud of.

I do understand about how the close loss gave the "almost" feel though, which is sometimes 90000 times worse than it would be if a blowout loss happened, well at least for me for my teams that I root for.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:36 pm

There are no words left for this season.

Post by **nebugeater** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:43 pm

That was ugly.

I was there and for the second half you might as well renamed the Vault as the Morgue.

Kind of fitting that it was Legends weekend with a lot of players from the past in town. They honored them by playing jsut like many teams from the past.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:20 pm

Players and not allowed to talk to the media or enter the locker room and players lounge. Miles making some drastic moves.

Post by **nebugeater** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:15 pm

I have heard from a couple of people that know a lot more than I do with connections that there is not a lot of getting along with some of the team. Seems to look that way to me on the floor too. I think there is one guy that the team would be better without. You can guess who that is.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:28 pm

nebugeater wrote:I have heard from a couple of people that know a lot more than I do with connections that there is not a lot of getting along with some of the team. Seems to look that way to me on the floor too. I think there is one guy that the team would be better without. You can guess who that is.

is it the guy who shoots the ball every time he smells it?

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:34 am

They are really really struggling without a true point guard.

Greg

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:20 am

Bagged and tagged and sorted out - players lockers were emptied out and bagged with names set outside the locker rooms... Will they still play for Miles the next few weeks?

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:06 am

Coyote wrote:Bagged and tagged and sorted out - players lockers were emptied out and bagged with names set outside the locker rooms... Will they still play for Miles the next few weeks?

Have they the last couple?

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:11 am

nebugeater wrote:
Coyote wrote:Bagged and tagged and sorted out - players lockers were emptied out and bagged with names set outside the locker rooms... Will they still play for Miles the next few weeks?

Have they the last couple?

Touché, my friend, touché.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:07 pm

nebugeater wrote:
Coyote wrote:Bagged and tagged and sorted out - players lockers were emptied out and bagged with names set outside the locker rooms... Will they still play for Miles the next few weeks?

Have they the last couple?

Ouch!

GRANDPASMUCKER · Post by **GRANDPASMUCKER** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:23 pm

Coyote wrote:Bagged and tagged and sorted out - players lockers were emptied out and bagged with names set outside the locker rooms... Will they still play for Miles the next few weeks?

Miles is on the hot seat that's for sure. I would bet the farm that they are or have already found Miles replacement. Miles was Osborn's pick so there's no loyalty there.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:43 pm

GRANDPASMUCKER wrote:
Coyote wrote:Bagged and tagged and sorted out - players lockers were emptied out and bagged with names set outside the locker rooms... Will they still play for Miles the next few weeks?

Miles is on the hot seat that's for sure. I would bet the farm that they are or have already found Miles replacement. Miles was Osborn's pick so there's no loyalty there.

He's only in year 2 of 6 in his contract. I think the administration, Miles himself, and most reasonable fans, are expecting this to take some time.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:56 pm

Kind of funny how much optimism there was for Nebraska basketball(the whole state) early in the year. CU beats OU, UNO beats Marquette and Nebraska was brining back basically their entire team from an NCAA tourney bid and was preseason Top 25. Now all three are below .500 with a 34-46 combined record.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:07 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Kind of funny how much optimism there was for Nebraska basketball(the whole state) early in the year. CU beats OU, UNO beats Marquette and Nebraska was brining back basically their entire team from an NCAA tourney bid and was preseason Top 25. Now all three are below .500 with a 34-46 combined record.

Last year was a fluke. They got hot at the right time, and the excitement carried them to some good wins. The real building process is taking place right now. Next season could be rough, as well.

GRANDPASMUCKER · Post by **GRANDPASMUCKER** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:10 pm

Time isn't going to fix this. Miles can take his payoff and go just like Pelini. It is what it is.

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:03 am

S33 wrote:
GRANDPASMUCKER wrote:
Coyote wrote:Bagged and tagged and sorted out - players lockers were emptied out and bagged with names set outside the locker rooms... Will they still play for Miles the next few weeks?

Miles is on the hot seat that's for sure. I would bet the farm that they are or have already found Miles replacement. Miles was Osborn's pick so there's no loyalty there.
He's only in year 2 of 6 in his contract. I think the administration, Miles himself, and most reasonable fans, are expecting this to take some time.

For what it is worth he is in year three. This is year 2 in PBA but his first year he coached at the BOB

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:06 am

S33 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:Kind of funny how much optimism there was for Nebraska basketball(the whole state) early in the year. CU beats OU, UNO beats Marquette and Nebraska was brining back basically their entire team from an NCAA tourney bid and was preseason Top 25. Now all three are below .500 with a 34-46 combined record.
Last year was a fluke. They got hot at the right time, and the excitement carried them to some good wins. The real building process is taking place right now. Next season could be rough, as well.

The Huskers were not as good as they made themselves look last year and in some ways they are not as bad as they have looked this season.

They are overall trending in the right direction. There is more interest and talk than there has probably ever been. The arena is full of fans at a level that has not been seen before on a reg bases. Way too soon to give up on Miles at this point. IF you have been following for the long haul you know how bad things really were when he came on board. The guys coming in and red-shirting give hope too.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:09 am

Yeah, Nebraska basketball, like Rome, will not be built in a day. Lots of bright spots, with the development of the younger players and the best recruiting class we've ever seen coming in (or at least since the Nee era).

Throw that in with PBA and the best practice facility in the country and I'm going to be patient,

Greg