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Crean found the zone offense for dummies guide in the corner of the room and made it out. Woody saw and copied his escape. Archie remained in the opposite corner of the room repeatedly running head first into a wall, screaming.

JHS was getting absolutely torn apart on Twitter last night by NBA fans. Wonder if he wishes he was dominating college basketball while improving his game and potentially going higher in the draft. Even if he doesn't personally feel that way, I hope Mackenzie considers that. Not sure about JHS's family background but MM comes from a financially comfortable family... in other words nobody is relying on him to improve their situation. I know he stated his goal of being 1 and done but have to think it would be best for him to get another year of development under his belt

Totally agree. To be remotely optimistic about next year, you've got to be banking on returning at least Mackenzie and Malik. That is far from being guaranteed (hopefully we can hold onto Malik at least). Without those two, we have one 5-star committed and a roster full of transfer candidates/role players at best. They really need to finish the season strong and land a killer class in the spring. The buyout after this year is 12.5M, I wonder what it is after next season... I'm not saying push Woody now or then, just curious (by the end of January/mid-Feb I could feel very differently...). I'm going to support Woody and root for this team. Depending how the rest of the conference season goes, we may need to be more fluid in our planning and accelerate the succession timeline. That's where I'm at right now. "Woody is not the guy" yes... I think 99.9% of our fans will admit that. I still hope this team figures things out, firstly because I'm a fan, but also because it will put us in better position to go get "the guy" ... if we don't make the tournament this season and don't have a class of studs in the spring, is there really a point in a 4th season w/ Woody? Guess it depends on the $$$.

One bad game doesn't have me ready to panic. I am very very concerned though by the same issues on the court and Woodson's press conference yesterday. He sort of threw the guards and Mackenzie under the bus... he's the one who built the roster. A little accountability would be nice. There's got to be a lot of mixed feelings in the locker room. JHS was getting roasted on Twitter last night for playing poorly with the Lakers... sure would be nice if he were playing himself into the lottery instead. Hope Mackenzie is taking note... Getting to the tournament would be a great year. But the bar has to be higher in year 3. Get them playing strong through the rest of the conference season then go get some stud guards Woody!

I hear that. A second year with Mack would be cool. He'd benefit from it a lot too.

This is the sort of game that helps destroy a locker room. Mack/Banks/Gunn could all reasonably view their minutes as herky jerky and start thinking about what comes next. Ware obviously has his sights on the NBA (no issue with that). Our senior guards, with 10 years of combined experience, turn the ball over and can't shoot. Relying on Cupps as much as we have is the nightmare scenario many feared. I'm going to always root for the team and program - including the staff as long as they're here - but we already know how this song ends.

Waving the white flag? Wreaks of a desperation move from a coach at his wit's end. "Looking for a spark" "I wasn't getting what we needed from the guys so I had to go to someone else" The wheels could come off on this year very quickly. Gotta be better than this in January.

Not Andrew Hurley against UConn though, thank God

Rebounding atrocious. Defense atrocious. Offense garbage. Conference officiating garbage. Going to the Rutgers game, had higher hopes for this team than we're going to get. Deflating performance tonight. The season is not lost but it will most likely be mediocre. In other words, more of the same. Would love to dominate some day.

Have we legitimately turned the ball over or fouled on half our possessions? Maybe more?

Rapidly approaching the decision between going to bed at halftime and hoping to wake up to good news vs. torturing myself and staying up to watch this train wreck in the second half.

When Leal is playing the best of the 5 on the court, you're in trouble.

The lack of depth on this team is really and truly glaring. Regardless of tonight's outcome, I am more concerned about conference season after watching OSU vs Rutgers too

Volleyball spike from Ware!

Uhhh... yes? It would be even worse without him.

Leal in over Gunn basically confirms he will be portaling, huh

8 point difference but Nebraska is building a head of steam. We need to make adjustments ASAP. Hoiberg's gameplan looks better right now.

Lets play Mack with 2 fouls. Need scoring. If he gets 5 fouls before the game ends at least we get something out of him.

Our turnovers are gross. We can't run a fast break very well. This officiating crew is also turrrrrrible

Such a BS call on Mack. I hate when bigs try to dribble the ball up the court in a messy situation. Ugly sequence. Can't let them get hot from 3!

Nebraska 82 IU 70

Would be a nice game for Mgbako to shoot like he did in the first half vs Kennessaw! Hope he's close enough to 100% tonight.

Nebraska site's pre-game read - Some interesting notes: Trey Galloway is a glue guy having to do more because of limited guard play. Freshman guard Gabe Cupps is mostly just bringing the ball up the court and shoots at a Benny Parker like rate. 6'8" 215# Miami transfer Anthony Walker is nice depth but he's yet another post player who doesn't take outside shots. The Skinny: 2023-24 has been a down enough season for the B1G to the point that Indiana comes in as a Quad 3 opponent. Nebraska is simultaneously looking to rack up conference wins at home while avoiding resume killing loses. Indiana's 3 loses have come against some of the best in the country...can Nebraska make the grade? Indiana presents a great style matchup for the Huskers. There won't be a ton of 3pt shooters for their defense to chase as the Hoosiers are one of the most 2pt heavy teams in D-1. Defensively, the Hoosiers should present plenty of open 3pt shots and expect Nebraska to take advantage. What could decide this one is Nebraska's ability to defend the paint without fouling as Indiana draws plenty of contact and Nebraska could be without Rienk Mast. Things could get real dicey if Nebraska has to play Diop or even CJ Wilcher at center. Despite their height, Indiana isn't an elite rebounding squad so it's possible for Nebraska to limit 2nd chance shots. This is a getable game for the Huskers and look for them to have a great shot in this one, especially with their edge in FT shooting.

Rutgers is an abomination of a state university. First of all, there are 3 regional campuses across the state - all are considered Rutgers (Camden, Newark, Piscataway - Pway is the "main" campus, but if you go to Camden/Newark it's still considered Rutgers, not really a distinction in the same way there is between IUB and IU East, at least I think, if that makes any sense...). The "Piscataway" campus is broken down into five smaller campuses across New Brunswick and Piscataway (two of the crappiest parts of NJ in terms of roads/crime, etc.). Can take up to 1 hour to bus between each campus depending on traffic. 40-50 is usual. Ultimately they have more than 35k undergrads enrolled, and those cities have got bustling industry/food scenes independent of the students (it's also got all the downsides of a small, non-noteworthy coastal city). The school rankings are OK and some programs are good, like at all big universities. So can kids go there and have a good time while getting a good degree? Of course. Is there a reason why - if not a majority, then a very large plurality - of NJ kids elect to go to Penn State, IU, UDel, Maryland, etc. over Rutgers? Yes, a lengthy list of reasons, actually. Since basically nothing about their basketball program (a historically very sad one, despite having a very fertile recruiting base to work with) makes it very appealing to a high-level recruit .. my only guess is $$ lol.