Game Thread for NU vs. Purdue
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It was Jack Olsen from the football team. Our future kicker. Good to know he can come through under high pressure situations.
This game is just like the weather outside blah.Horrible shooting and that is basically the game.Had good looks just did not knock them down.What can I say,just a bummer.
I thought it was a pretty listless effort tonight. Not a lot of energy. Guys yelling at each other.
Nicholson rotting on the bench while we get dominated in the paint again.
Last in the conference in shooting percentage.
Zero points for Audige. Same as Nicholson!
No apparent game plan either.
"Okay guys, we're gonna do the same crap that hasn't worked all year!"
We need a new coach.
Nicholson rotting on the bench while we get dominated in the paint again.
Last in the conference in shooting percentage.
Zero points for Audige. Same as Nicholson!
No apparent game plan either.
"Okay guys, we're gonna do the same crap that hasn't worked all year!"
We need a new coach.
The fact that Nicholson didn’t touch the court when Edey was torching us just tells us all we need to know about Collins. He has no idea what to do with his roster and it’s killed us countless times this year.
BTN has learned to cut to Nicholson firing his fake six-shooters toward the sky every time NU makes a three, which is a nice consolation of all his time on the bench.
Thought we should have worked to get the ball in to Beran more, or else Beran should have worked harder to get open shots. He definitely had the hot hand tonight. Also, Greer had his normal steady game. Wish we could have worked to get him more shots as well.
Winning teams know how to win.Losing teams find different ways to lose.We are unfortunately in the latter.Tonight we shot horribly which cost us any chance to win.Sunday against Illinois we were right there but inexplicably we had our two guards put up shots that did not have a snowball chance in hell of going in.We play Minnesota Saturday and there is no way we should lose as they are playing their 3rd game in 5 days.Then we play Nebraska at home.Those 2 games are must wins.Then 3 games left for regular season.4 out of 5 of the last remaining games must be wins.Lets see if the guys can finish strong heading into the BTT.And what happens after that we will see .
I'm not sure there would be any other coach who would leave Nance on Edey. The away game he got into foul trouble. So, let's try it again. Yesterday, he did not get into foul trouble but there were possessions you could see him not being aggressive worried about foul trouble. It wasn't even like he had the chance to explore a mismatch on offense as Edey was not guarding him.
I was wondering about this watching on TV - was it CC trying to put in Nance whenever Edey was in or the other way around from Painter? If the former, that doesn't make sense. If the latter, I get it.
Count me in the camp that does not think Nicholson is ready for prime time, but I probably would have thrown him out there for a few minutes to check it out (and to protect Nance on D a bit). This is a game where I would've liked to see more of the Nance + Young duo, especially early on. We used it a bit in the 2H but not much. Nance matches up much better with T Williams of Purdue, so I can see why Painter would want to make him guard Edey instead. I suppose the two coaches could have tried a back-and-forth substitution game for interior matchups and see who blinked first...
So who would you or a different coach have guarding Edey? And don't say Nicholson.
I don't have an answer as your question, as well as your comments, are just too incisive.
Nicholson. Obviously. You have to try it. You simply cannot not try it. He's on the team. Admissions did not prevent him from playing.
A dumb coach did.
Yeah, I'm not saying he's our best big guy.
I'm just saying Nance couldn't guard Edey.
Nicholson and Nance together was a "Must try"
I mean we lost anyhow and there was literally nothing to lose...
Young bangs on him a while, then Nicholson puts the body on him for a while, then young, then Nicholson etc.., but definitely not Nance. Nicholson has some beef on him and he’s a bigger body overall to lean on the giant!