We are not planning anything clear the defense we did against Michigan.
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Seems like that has been what has plagued Tim Miles teams since being here. Never puts together a consistent/ well rounded team. See flashes of greatness, then the very next game can see a completely different team
It's college basketball. Playing on Saturday then again on Monday is a recipe for failure.
Well yeah, but the Michigan win was the best game of the year. Huskers weren't as good tonight, but it's not like they laid an egg and got boatraced by 30.
Terrible offensive plan. Too much dribbling and no ball movement. Everything is centered around a player making a move to the bucket. Ohio State killed us tonight with passing. They had 15 assists to our 6. 6 assists in a whole game? That is the telling story right there.
I'm assuming you meant 'playing' instead of 'planning', but it any of you think we are as good as tOSU, well.....
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The standard bashers can’t wait to crawl out after a loss to the 13th ranked team on their home court.
When you have a guy on fire like Palmer was, sorry, but you’re not going to have the same number of assists. If you start passing away from him, you fans would cry about not letting him drive.
The Huskers simply shot poorly in the first half, then had some bad late possessions to lose. It doesn’t always have to come down to Miles. When Mich lost by 20, does that mean their head coach was stupid?
When you have a guy on fire like Palmer was, sorry, but you’re not going to have the same number of assists. If you start passing away from him, you fans would cry about not letting him drive.
The Huskers simply shot poorly in the first half, then had some bad late possessions to lose. It doesn’t always have to come down to Miles. When Mich lost by 20, does that mean their head coach was stupid?
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I don't think you understood the point of my post. I wasn't comparing the two. I was comparing fan reactions to a loss always blaming the coach. A coach's job is to put the players in position to win the game. I believe Nebraska was very much in position to win this game. The players missed countless open shots in the first half, then had some crap possessions down the stretch.
It was a road game after big win....You ever played that type of game in a conference game.
So actually Ohio State did get more rest. They didn't have to travel the next day.
We missed 84000 open 3 pointers.
We should have won but we were ice cold shooting last night.
This team can go toe to toe with anybody and it's refreshing.
Past teams have been able to hang with top teams every once in awhile but this team IS a legit team.
And they're young.
Next year will be even better.
We should have won but we were ice cold shooting last night.
This team can go toe to toe with anybody and it's refreshing.
Past teams have been able to hang with top teams every once in awhile but this team IS a legit team.
And they're young.
Next year will be even better.
The game now is centered around dribble drive and kick out. Use a screen, take your guy to the basket, get the foul, make the tough shot or kick out to someone sitting behind the line. Passing works in a zone D but few play that.
The Huskers were playing well early on and let tOSU come back just before half. The cold shooting continued in the second half but hey hung around. I thought the problem was they couldn't get the big rebound when they needed to. One time I recall tOSU had three rebounds directly under the bucket and finally got the basket. We don't have the beef or jumpers to get the 50-50 balls or to compete consistently under the basket.
The Huskers were playing well early on and let tOSU come back just before half. The cold shooting continued in the second half but hey hung around. I thought the problem was they couldn't get the big rebound when they needed to. One time I recall tOSU had three rebounds directly under the bucket and finally got the basket. We don't have the beef or jumpers to get the 50-50 balls or to compete consistently under the basket.
That is all Miles' teams have done since he arrived. Some old thing. Simple offense, yet the execution of it is poor. Post comes to screen on the ball, guard leaves with dribble before the screener can get there and leaves space for the defender to get through zero man removed.
They do run a few set plays that incorporate ball reversal, screens off the ball, etc. but again, if the execution is crap, the play will not or should not work. So they go back to the Doc Sadler/Tim Miles dribble dribble and ball screen program.
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I'm not upset that NU lost at Ohio State. Missed opportunity for sure, but not a game I was really expecting them to win.
But can we please put away the "we're young" talk? Of the guys who get regular playing time, two are 5th year seniors, one is a 4th year senior, two are 4th year juniors, one is a 3rd year junior, two are sophomores and one is a freshman. The other two guys who get some playing time (McVeigh and Borchardt) are juniors. Unless we've turned back the clock to 1985, this is not a young college basketball team.
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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Every Miles team is always young. I hope Moos realizes that, and stops handcuffing him contract-wise.
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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The refusal to go to the hoop when shots were not dropping, and Ohio State was in major foul trouble was very frustrating. Don't you think so?
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Well, according to you we were more tired because we played Saturday, or something.
B1G is very very down. Against Purdue and Sparty we got manhandled. If history tells us anything it's that we will have multiple contributors transferring after this season. Nonetheless hopefully we can get to some more wins and make the NIT.
Nebrasketball has been one year away since before most of us were born.
This is the second thread you've posted that in. Morrow and Jacobsen transferred because they didn't like what their roles were going to be going forward with Copeland, Palmer and Roby playing more minutes. Before that we mostly lost guys who were looking for more playing time. The clown the year before that thought he was going to the NBA when he transferred wanted to score more and his papa thought he could get a better shot at the NBA by transferring. Roughly HALF of all college basketball players transfer at least once during their college careers. HALF. Palmer and Copeland both played for their former teams and yet they transferred. AND WE DID NOT GET MANHANDLED BY PURDUE. We were competitive in that game.
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If this team didn't rebound at a high school level, you could keep up the Morrow and Jacobsen narrative.
IF Morrow and Jacobsen were playing we would be bitching about our offense. The only way Morrow and Jacobsen play much this year is if they played the 5 and neither wanted to do that. They probably could have gotten some time giving Copeland a blow at the 4, but man what an offensive drop off. I WISH THEY HAD STAYED. They would have made us a better team no doubt but they didn't like what their roles looked like going forward. THEY QUIT ON THEIR TEAMMATES and NU fans.
I hate the 1 year away talk as well but can you really not see the talent difference in this year's team compared to the past?
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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On offense Yes, defense probably. Rebounding is putrid, and we continue to struggle to simply catch the ball. The inability to catch passes goes back to the Doc era.
If (big if because his roster always turns over) Miles can keep the good nucleus and actually bring in a power forward that can play big time B1G minutes, I wouldn't mind him staying. Unfortunately I don't see that happening.
I never said the team isn't more talented than it's been in the past - I said it's not a young team. Because it isn't.
