Author Topic: Last time in Lincoln (Read 5820 times)

Meh. We should win if we play as I expect, but if we don't (as we did in all the others I predicted) then we'll lose. It really doesn't matter what I say.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:09:05 AM »

I hope we schedule a non-con with them.

Pett · « **Reply #8 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:23:36 AM »

Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 22, 2011, 10:56:33 AM

Meh. We should win if we play as I expect, but if we don't (as we did in all the others I predicted) then we'll lose. It really doesn't matter what I say.

But they never play how we expect them to!

CNS · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:25:15 AM »

Quote from: Limestone on February 22, 2011, 11:09:05 AM

I hope we schedule a non-con with them.

will hurt next year's SOS unnecessarily.

Trim · « **Reply #10 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:39:17 AM »

Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 22, 2011, 10:56:33 AM

Meh. We should win if we play as I expect, but if we don't (as we did in all the others I predicted) then we'll lose. It really doesn't matter what I say.

But, what if? Do you really want this on your conscience?

catzacker · « **Reply #11 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:30:11 PM »

i think I'll go with Ken on this one. 38%.

kso_FAN · « **Reply #12 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:49:46 PM »

Now we are doomed...

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It's hard to imagine anyone who enjoyed Nebraska's biggest basketball win in 17 years more than Doc Sadler, his coaching staff, his players and his support staff, which includes an athletic director who has stuck firmly behind his head coach's efforts to resurrect the program.

That's why Tom Osborne was asked to visit a jubilant locker room last Saturday, so he could remind the Huskers how quickly they need to come back to earth after they reached heights they haven't seen in nearly two decades with a 70-67 win over Big 12 leader Texas.

"That's why he's a Hall-of-Fame coach," Sadler said of Osborne. "He's had lots of big wins like that, and he knows how hard it is to come back and get the same kind of focus and emotion from everyone involved."

Osborne said Monday that he only speaks from experience. "Sometimes, you can get so caught up celebrating a big win that you don't take care of business the next game," he said. "It's happened to teams I've coached, and I just wanted to let them know how important it is to refocus and understand why you need to take advantage of what you worked so hard to achieve in the first place."

Next up for the Huskers, of course, is Wednesday's 8 p.m. ESPNU nationally televised game against Kansas State at the Devaney Center. Possible NCAA Basketball Tournament bids are on the line, not to mention separation between two teams with identical 6-6 records in the Big 12.

Home games can be killers after emotional highs, and Osborne will never forget how his team upset top-ranked Oklahoma, 17-14, in 1978, only to come back the next week and drop a 35-31 decision to Missouri in Lincoln.

"It's not that we didn't try hard or give great effort in that game," he recalled. "We did. It's just important to re-channel whatever emotion you have left into the next week's practices. You always play like you practice."

Sadler agrees. "There is no doubt that Coach Osborne is right," he said. "The K-State game will not be won on Wednesday night. It will be won on how well we practice Monday and Tuesday. I appreciated him coming into our locker room and making that point."

mcmwcat · « **Reply #13 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:51:10 PM »

lol. slth heaven. biggest win in his tenure and they are talking about a win in a different sport from 40 years ago

sys · « **Reply #14 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:56:12 PM »

Quote from: Trim on February 22, 2011, 11:39:17 AM

Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 22, 2011, 10:56:33 AM
Meh. We should win if we play as I expect, but if we don't (as we did in all the others I predicted) then we'll lose. It really doesn't matter what I say.

But, what if? Do you really want this on your conscience?

he nailed the baylor collapse. i think _fan has turned the corner as a prognosticator.

kso_FAN · « **Reply #15 on:** February 22, 2011, 02:00:04 PM »

Quote from: sys on February 22, 2011, 01:56:12 PM

Quote from: Trim on February 22, 2011, 11:39:17 AM
Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 22, 2011, 10:56:33 AM
Meh. We should win if we play as I expect, but if we don't (as we did in all the others I predicted) then we'll lose. It really doesn't matter what I say.

But, what if? Do you really want this on your conscience?

he nailed the baylor collapse. i think _fan has turned the corner as a prognosticator.

Plus we have been playing far more consistent basketball.

pike · « **Reply #16 on:** February 22, 2011, 02:05:04 PM »

Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 22, 2011, 01:49:46 PM

Now we are doomed...

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It's hard to imagine anyone who enjoyed Nebraska's biggest basketball win in 17 years more than Doc Sadler, his coaching staff, his players and his support staff, which includes an athletic director who has stuck firmly behind his head coach's efforts to resurrect the program.

That's why Tom Osborne was asked to visit a jubilant locker room last Saturday, so he could remind the Huskers how quickly they need to come back to earth after they reached heights they haven't seen in nearly two decades with a 70-67 win over Big 12 leader Texas.

"That's why he's a Hall-of-Fame coach," Sadler said of Osborne. "He's had lots of big wins like that, and he knows how hard it is to come back and get the same kind of focus and emotion from everyone involved."

Osborne said Monday that he only speaks from experience. "Sometimes, you can get so caught up celebrating a big win that you don't take care of business the next game," he said. "It's happened to teams I've coached, and I just wanted to let them know how important it is to refocus and understand why you need to take advantage of what you worked so hard to achieve in the first place."

Next up for the Huskers, of course, is Wednesday's 8 p.m. ESPNU nationally televised game against Kansas State at the Devaney Center. Possible NCAA Basketball Tournament bids are on the line, not to mention separation between two teams with identical 6-6 records in the Big 12.

Home games can be killers after emotional highs, and Osborne will never forget how his team upset top-ranked Oklahoma, 17-14, in 1978, only to come back the next week and drop a 35-31 decision to Missouri in Lincoln.

"It's not that we didn't try hard or give great effort in that game," he recalled. "We did. It's just important to re-channel whatever emotion you have left into the next week's practices. You always play like you practice."

Sadler agrees. "There is no doubt that Coach Osborne is right," he said. "The K-State game will not be won on Wednesday night. It will be won on how well we practice Monday and Tuesday. I appreciated him coming into our locker room and making that point."

That's like LHC Bill Snyder saying that to them. They don't give a f*ck

Trim · « **Reply #17 on:** February 22, 2011, 03:05:27 PM »

Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 22, 2011, 02:00:04 PM

Quote from: sys on February 22, 2011, 01:56:12 PM
Quote from: Trim on February 22, 2011, 11:39:17 AM
Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 22, 2011, 10:56:33 AM
Meh. We should win if we play as I expect, but if we don't (as we did in all the others I predicted) then we'll lose. It really doesn't matter what I say.

But, what if? Do you really want this on your conscience?

he nailed the baylor collapse. i think _fan has turned the corner as a prognosticator.

Plus we have been playing far more consistent basketball.

_FAN guarantees victory! I'm gonna spend all game just rolling at the pak shenanigans that bothering paying attention to the hoops.

nicname · « **Reply #18 on:** February 22, 2011, 03:53:05 PM »

_Fan to the numbers show that we are fouling less in the most recent games? It seems as though we are. That could be good for us. I think a key is an aggressive JamSam. Not overly aggressive but enough to get to the line 6-7 times (he is really stroking fts in B12 play) and to compliment that with 3 or 4 more junk baskets inside.

I also like how the new offense has a chance to pull Almeda away from the basket on defense, neutralizing him as a defender and on the defensive glass.

kso_FAN · « **Reply #19 on:** February 22, 2011, 08:46:22 PM »

Quote from: nicname on February 22, 2011, 03:53:05 PM

_Fan to the numbers show that we are fouling less in the most recent games? It seems as though we are. That could be good for us. I think a key is an aggressive JamSam. Not overly aggressive but enough to get to the line 6-7 times (he is really stroking fts in B12 play) and to compliment that with 3 or 4 more junk baskets inside.

I also like how the new offense has a chance to pull Almeda away from the basket on defense, neutralizing him as a defender and on the defensive glass.

It's been better at times, but still up and down. This chart from a couple days ago shows how we are doing compared to our average offensive FTR (42.6) and defensive FTR (52.1) in Big 12 games only. Defensively we've been better, but very inconsistent getting to the FT line ourselves. Of course our defensive FTR is really high because of early bad FTR games at OSU and aTm.

kso_FAN · « **Reply #20 on:** February 23, 2011, 10:00:50 AM »

http://www.huskerlocker.com/blogs/official/mens-hoops-five-keys-to-k-state-4408

deputy dawg · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2011, 10:58:35 AM »

Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 23, 2011, 10:00:50 AM

http://www.huskerlocker.com/blogs/official/mens-hoops-five-keys-to-k-state-4408

CK as a "human foul machine" and a frontcourt that pursues rebounds with "near comic zeal" are priceless.

Vegas favors the Nubs by 1.5

KITNfury · « **Reply #22 on:** February 23, 2011, 11:06:44 AM »

Quote from: deputy dawg on February 23, 2011, 10:58:35 AM

Quote from: ksu_FAN on February 23, 2011, 10:00:50 AM
http://www.huskerlocker.com/blogs/official/mens-hoops-five-keys-to-k-state-4408
CK as a "human foul machine" and a frontcourt that pursues rebounds with "near comic zeal" are priceless.

Vegas favors the Nubs by 1.5

My ScoreMobile app showed it opening at KSU +1. Now it's at +2.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2011, 11:47:52 AM »

Who is reffing this and do they love the Big 12?

ChiComCat · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2011, 12:01:07 PM »

Quote from: Limestone on February 23, 2011, 11:47:52 AM

Who is reffing this and do they love the Big 12?

I dont want Nubbs first NCAA win on the Big 12's conscience!

Author Topic: Last time in Lincoln (Read 5820 times)

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