12-17 on 3s will do that , and yes Izzo is a hall of fame coach Fred is not the only one who looses the coaching battle to him.
The strides Lawrence has made since his playing time expanded are pretty remarkable. Fred needs to encourage him to get out in transition more, because his speed in the open court is a real weapon. He did that in the first half last night, but in the second half there were no defensive stops to get the fast break going.
Our team got tired, and physically banged up, in the 2nd half. We’re essentially only playing 7 guys. Izzo had his guys using more skip passes in the 2nd half and we couldn’t rotate fast enough but damn, nobody expected the Spartans to shoot that well.
I agree. When you get hit with a barrage like that it is hard to stop the snowball. They just couldn't miss. Good for them. MSU is a pretty dangerous team. Outside of some dumbass stuff on their end, they could be a high ranked team. Talent is there.
I heard people say that last year too. This Husker team is much better coached than last year. Gary and Lawrence are coming back. But the three you mentioned definitely will be tough to replace. Hopefully they can develop a couple kids and bring in a couple 4th and 5th year proven transfers who want to play in the Big 10.
I agree..the Huskers are not that good. I’d even dare to suggest that Tominaga, while he can score offensively, is a liability defensively. His hustle is over the top and his heart can not be questioned but in the end he is so small that physically he can not compete in this league on the defensive end. Bigger more physical guards can have their way with him any time they want. What he gives up defensively and what he scores is probably a wash in the end. Poor Sam (coach’s son) is likewise a fish out of water. It’s a big man’s game and the Huskers are playing with a couple of what looks like high school players on the court. In the long run this is not a recipe for success.
I agree, but Maryland is not below average team during this 4 game stretch who is higher in the standing than Michigan State..
They have a really nice class coming in too.
They really ratceded up their D And the zebras removed all doubt that Izzy was gonna get the W in the last 12 minutes.
Fred should be commended for keeping this group together and stringing together a few wins after the Gary and Bandoumel injuries. He's done a really great job this year. The best news that came out is our terrible basketball NIL collective is merging with 1890. Meaning we can get the money needed to finance the team. Fred was in on 3 guys last season that would have made us a tourney team, until we got outbid in NIL. Scheurrmann was all set to join the Huskers until Creighton's collective offered him $400k. Every Creighton player is getting $75k minimum with a car and an apartment provided to them by their collective. That's what it's going to take to win in hoops now. I hope 1890 is up to the task.
Dude is gonna go make a million a year in Japan.
Had nothing to do with the refs. There are tough calls in every game. This game boiled down to MSU getting red hot at the same time the huskers cooled off.
Exactly, took the air right out of the crowd, be played as bad as we could those last 10 minutes and you knew Sparty was going to make a run sometime in the 2nd half..
I agree, generally, but when we were still close according to the score, we had like 4 straight possessions where we had an offensive foul called away from the ball. That’s hard to stomach when you are trying to close the gap.
The number of Fouls have nothing to do on how a game was officiated. We had 4 straight possessions where we got called for offensive fouls. That simply the officials trying to control the outcome of a game.
The refs and our eternal injured players. Its not NU's fault. Its the cosmic excuse machine that keeps us down.
Ya know, I thought we’d be abysmal. Lost the vast majority of our good defense and scoring, including an NBA player.
Of all the Big 10 coaches, I have most respect for Izzo, and it’s not even close
I like him, think he's a good coach - but his histrionics on the sideline are hard to stomach. If I could pick one coach from the B1G give me Matt Painter.
