Nebrasketball Turnaround

[Zeke2005]

I had modest expectations of the transfers - didn’t love any of them, but thought they could all be good role players. Meah and Morgan are about what I expected and Berk still has plenty of upside. But Worster was better than this at Utah and I would say the same about Essegian. Was hoping for better from them.

What happened to the early season version of Essegian? Big ten opponents know how to shut him down I think.

 

[Zeke2005]

I agree. And there is a disturbing trend of bad defense on the road as of late. Even though Purdue couldn't have started any hotter, our last 3 road losses have come after giving up 90+ on average. That's inexcusable.

Perhaps we need to be thrilled finishing in the top half of the conference if we can do it every year it would be nice. No more cellar dwelling.

 

[cavalot]

Perhaps we need to be thrilled finishing in the top half of the conference if we can do it every year it would be nice. No more cellar dwelling.

That would be a start. Considering where we typically finish. Then from there we can continue to build. Now If Fred goes backwards from last season then we should look for change.

It's not a difficult concept. Build from the bottom, seek improvement, create a consistency, win winnable games, finish at or better than previous season. If that can't be done? Then look for the next White Whale.

We aren't there yet.

 

[dinglefritz]

I had modest expectations of the transfers - didn’t love any of them, but thought they could all be good role players. Meah and Morgan are about what I expected and Berk still has plenty of upside. But Worster was better than this at Utah and I would say the same about Essegian. Was hoping for better from them.

Hopefully MSU and this last one end up being out outliers. Can’t have Gary and Williams both struggle.

 

[dinglefritz]

What happened to the early season version of Essegian? Big ten opponents know how to shut him down I think.

Struggling to shoot on the road is pretty common. It’s partly sight lines which affects your confidence. With Williams and Gary struggling no doubt Essegian was forcing shots. Pressure was on him.

 

[mgbreis]

I don't have enough basketball knowledge to put my finger on it, but something is way off compared to last year. The offense doesn't look anything like, well, an offense. It's back to the bad old days of dribbling at the perimeter with not enough passes. Obviously there's no one that can run a high post offense like Mast did. I'm not sure how bad our guards really are because we simply don't get good shots against anyone with a pulse on defense. Someone with the supposed offensive brilliance of Hoiberg should be able to make his team run offense to get a guy like Essegian shots.