Sparty game thread

[Claud-Henry Smoot]

I’m thinking more like 2 seed. 2 losses, 3 at most going into the big dance. Pushing for a 1 seed.

Ha ....i am hoping for 1-1 this week

 

[dinglefritz]

Garcia needs more playing time in this types of game. His bulk makes a difference.

I could guard guys 3-4 inches taller than me in the paint. Guys 30 pounds heavier than me owned my A55 in the paint.

 

[dinglefritz]

Absolutely have to take of advantage of the opportunity this season, there won’t be another 7th year Reink Mast coming around again.

Yeah but his success is going to help us get the next guy.

 

[Poster FKA schuele]

Has Nebraska Basketball ever been ranked in the Top 10? Because we are about to be.

I think the 1991 team might have cracked the Top 10, but not sure.

 

[Zeke Husker]

Gave up a TON of offensive boards.

Yep and still won. Only team we need to be concerned with in the Big Ten is Michigan. Clean things up, shoot better in the 2nd half and it would have been a blowout tonight even with giving up a ton of offensive boards.

 

[Husker88]

As Coach Fred said, "We won a rock fight".

Not often do you score 58 points and beat a Top 10 basketball team; but we just did.

We've gone to the wire with 2 of the Big 10s best basketball schools in Illinois and Michigan State and come out on top.

Great win. Well done Huskers.

 

[Zeke Husker]

Yeah but his success is going to help us get the next guy.

Next guy won’t be near as good nor experienced.

 

[Poster FKA schuele]

Yep and still won. Only team we need to be concerned with in the Big Ten is Michigan. Clean things up, shoot better in the 2nd half and it would have been a blowout tonight even with giving up a ton of offensive boards.

I despise Purdue, but that’s a tough matchup.

 

[Steely Dannebrog]

I think the 1991 team might have cracked the Top 10, but not sure.

#9 in one of the polls I think

 

[Shoxsker]

Team has almost no margin for error. Just stay healthy. Could be a 4-6 seed in the tourney if things break right

Team could be on the 2 line in the tourney. Enjoy this. By far the best NU team EVER! And a really really complete team. Gonna be a fun Feb & March.

 

[Shoxsker]

Final 4??? I love the enthusiasm but I’d like to see Jim Mora’s reaction to that.

We will be on a line that makes it all about matchups. This might be the 5th-8th best team in America. Seniors, shooters, gritty, smart, surprisingly athletic..... we are getting tonthe point where final four isnt a pipe dream. But your point isnt lost. Just win.

 

[Cruel Halo]

#9 in one of the polls I think

#11 twice

Feb 2 v Oklahoma St (loss)
Mar 14 v Xavier (loss)

 

[salsa red]

Wonder if we'll get disrespected and not get much of a bump.

 

[Arf_man]

#11 twice

Feb 2 v Oklahoma St (loss)
Mar 14 v Xavier (loss)

Think I read 65-66 we were 8.

 

[Cruel Halo]

Think I read 65-66 we were 8.

I was responding to the 1990-91 season. They were ranked #8 Feb 26 1966 but got crushed by Kansas.

 

[Steely Dannebrog]

Finished the 90-91 season #9 in the coaches poll according to the wikipedia

 

[Cruel Halo]

Finished the 90-91 season #9 in the coaches poll according to the wikipedia

I was going off of huskers.com

 

[regoratsginrom]

That 9-0 run or whatever was sounded bad. Pavelka and Markowski said one ref called and offensive foul on MSU then they reversed it on review?

Cylinder call. Probably correct but doesn’t get called much.

 

[4.6.3]

Team could be on the 2 line in the tourney. Enjoy this. By far the best NU team EVER! And a really really complete team. Gonna be a fun Feb & March.

Athleticism in the paint could bite them at any time

 

[WTFMatt]

Athleticism in the paint could bite them at any time

Fortunately, we play in the Big Trudge.

 

[Poster FKA schuele]

Cylinder call. Probably correct but doesn’t get called much.

I wish they could change those to a no-call.

On one hand, Frager more or less rammed his face into Fears’ shoulder, so I can understand removing the foul on Fears. Don’t really think MSU deserved two FTs, but that’s apparently how those reviews work.

 

[cubsker15]

You guys see how high Carr jumped on a rebound he grabbed in the 2h? If there's a better athlete playing cbb, I'd like to see it.

 

[4.6.3]

Fortunately, we play in the Big Trudge.

Yeah I sat in the 2nd row behind the hoop in Memphis vs A&M. It was very apparent that effort alone wasn’t gonna get many rebounds

 

[big red23]

Wonder if we'll get disrespected and not get much of a bump.

Still 22 in both Torvik and Kenpom

 

[Cruel Halo]

Still 22 in both Torvik and Kenpom

Kenpom before and after last night's games... no change.

#9 Illinois
#15 Michigan St
#22 Nebraska

 

[BadgerPete]

No question we could have played better.

But his elbow was moving basically vertically, with no other reason to do that than to try to clear space/make contact. It was VERY intentional (even if it was because he thought our guy would back off), and he got away with it because of the cylinder rule

To get that call, we needed Frager bleeding all over his jersey.

 

[BadgerPete]

Gave up a TON of offensive boards.

The rebounding difference was staggering. But Huskers survive.

 

[BadgerPete]

Garcia needs more playing time in this type of game. His bulk makes a difference.

I agree, but he should be no where near the 3-point line. Dude is a grinder and can score near the basket, not from 20 feet away.

 

[dinglefritz]

Yep and still won. Only team we need to be concerned with in the Big Ten is Michigan. Clean things up, shoot better in the 2nd half and it would have been a blowout tonight even with giving up a ton of offensive boards.

Purdue is very good on any given day.

 

[king_kong__]

Kenpom before and after last night's games... no change.

#9 Illinois
#15 Michigan St
#22 Nebraska

It puts too much weight on last year’s team