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Title: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 05:38:35 PM
Fuck Getsy. There's a game today.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 05:39:24 PM
Fuck Getsy. There's a game today.

Damn it!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 05:43:50 PM
TSJ clearly bumped. Brad has a right to be pissed there.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 05:45:16 PM
I'll try again. Until I get it right.  Refs may think this is a home game for Tominaga given all the Asian eateries on campus.

I'll be here all night.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 05:46:33 PM
Tominaga on fire…
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 05:46:56 PM
Jap kid with the half court heat check
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 05:47:35 PM
Tominaga on fire…

Like Nagasaki in 1945!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 05:47:56 PM
Like Nagasaki!

Hiroshima!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 05:48:50 PM
Jap kid with the half court heat check

Thinks he's Meadowlark Lemon.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 05:49:18 PM
King Kong!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 05:49:25 PM
Godzilla!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 05:50:56 PM
We need someone like Mothra to play D on him.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 05:51:42 PM
King Kong!

I guess he did battle Godzilla.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 05:52:54 PM
Whatever happened to the alleged comedian guy from the Illinois commercials?
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 05:54:54 PM
How about working the ball around instead of taking 3s all the time?
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 05:56:57 PM
The looks are there but just not going down. Work it inside.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: frankiew on February 04, 2024, 05:59:05 PM
Illini need this
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 05:59:44 PM
And take better shots when they get inside.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 06:00:24 PM
That works
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 06:00:41 PM
That's what I want to see
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 06:09:07 PM
Wam bam thank you ma'am may be inappropriate
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 06:09:24 PM
Eat a bag of dicks, Topanga!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 06:10:32 PM
Wam bam thank you ma'am may be inappropriate

Wam bam finger bang ma'am may be appropriate though…

Unless you’re Spark of course…
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 06:10:51 PM
TSJ needs to drive on these fools the rest of the game.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 06:15:13 PM
They can’t miss
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 06:16:29 PM
Even on a good defensive possession they knock one down from deep.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 06:20:04 PM
Goode is not living up to his last name thus far.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 06:21:19 PM
And Guerrier has had a few tough games.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 06:23:02 PM
And Guerrier has had a few tough games.

He's not pulling the trigger anymore. Just looking to drive.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 06:34:00 PM
He's not pulling the trigger anymore. Just looking to drive.
Not rebounding either
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 06:34:11 PM
Need to keep attacking inside and get them in foul trouble. Worked for us at the end of the half.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 06:35:57 PM
Need someone to slap the floor on D!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 06:36:56 PM
Here we go!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 06:37:17 PM
That’s what I’m talkin about, Willis!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 06:38:15 PM
TO Baby!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 06:38:54 PM
Helluva start to the second half!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 06:39:17 PM
See. Attack the basket. It's not rocket science.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 06:42:10 PM
Not the shot we're looking for there, Coleman.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 06:53:38 PM
These guys really can't miss. God damn.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 06:57:54 PM
Make a free shot, Dainja!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 06:58:19 PM
D'oh
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:00:40 PM
How you miss that dunk?
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 07:03:05 PM
Huskers have gone cold at least. We'll see if that's still the case with Tominaga back in.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 07:08:22 PM
TERRENCE FUCKING SHANNON!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:08:38 PM
Wish someone would guard Nate Mast's cousin
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 07:12:56 PM
Stop settling.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 07:13:05 PM
What the fuck are we doing?!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:15:52 PM
What the fuck are we doing?!

Acting dumb
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 07:16:10 PM
Stupid stupid basketball
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Beach Bum on February 04, 2024, 07:16:53 PM
Hero ball SMH. Do we not run plays, cuts, off the ball screens?  We play like some of the elementary teams I've coached.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:18:11 PM
This ought to be good....
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 07:18:23 PM
This not should be a 1 point game. We dicked around on offense the last 3 minutes.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 07:18:38 PM
No reason this should be this close. We were just playing dumb basketball.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:19:54 PM
Hero ball SMH. Do we not run plays, cuts, off the ball screens?  We play like some of the elementary teams I've coached.
Is that an indictment of your own coaching?
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 07:19:57 PM
The whole game. We thought our 3 pt shooters were better than theirs
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Beach Bum on February 04, 2024, 07:20:33 PM
Is that an indictment of your own coaching?

I'm an average so slightly above average coach. At best.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:20:59 PM
This looking a lot like last year
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:21:31 PM
I'm an average so slightly above average coach. At best.

Can you coach the Illini the last 27 4 seconds?
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Beach Bum on February 04, 2024, 07:21:43 PM
Sure is. And Shannon is playing his way to a worse draft pick every week.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:23:08 PM
Free shots are important
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 07:24:17 PM
And our best FT shooter blows the win. You can't make this shit up.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:24:52 PM
Yeah, I certainly don't feel good about  the Illini chances in  The Only Tournament That Matters.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:25:40 PM
And our best FT shooter blows the win. You can't make this shit up.

Well, I guess now better than in March like Skip Dillard.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 07:26:28 PM
We better quit fucking around and put it away here in OT!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 07:26:47 PM
Stupid shot
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:26:58 PM
We better quit fucking around and put it away here in OT!

Doesn't seem like they are going to stop
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:27:30 PM
Free shots back to being an issue
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Beach Bum on February 04, 2024, 07:27:50 PM
 I would have kept in Dainja and not brought Gerrier back
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: illinicalvin on February 04, 2024, 07:28:18 PM
Wow we crapped ourselves in the last two minutes.

Also remain surprised that Rienk Mast didn't wind up at a better school. Exact same success theory as Domask at this level.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Reacher on February 04, 2024, 07:32:28 PM
Yeah, I certainly don't feel good about  the Illini chances in  The Only Tournament That Matters.

The Big Ten Tournament?
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:33:40 PM
Hit your free shots
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:34:36 PM
The Big Ten Tournament?

Yes. Only tournament that matters
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 07:36:10 PM
I would have kept in Dainja and not brought Gerrier back

This.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Judge Judy on February 04, 2024, 07:37:37 PM
Drive the ball!!!!!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:42:19 PM
How ridiculous.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:42:56 PM
Good thing had all that time to get ready for this shitty road team....
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 07:44:46 PM
Good thing had all that time to get ready for this shitty road team....
They look like the same team that played the 2nd half vs Wisco
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: illinicalvin on February 04, 2024, 07:46:03 PM
Looks like we salvaged this one!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:46:18 PM
They look like the same team that played the 2nd half vs Wisco

They played WI at home
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 07:46:49 PM
Shot wouldn't have counted anyway but even TSJ had to make it interesting bricking those last two free shots.

Of course he could have taken the wide open dunk that would have also sealed the game.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Beach Bum on February 04, 2024, 07:48:20 PM
Shot wouldn't have counted anyway but even TSJ had to make it interesting bricking those last two free shots.

Yeah he needs to dunk that wide open look to go up 5 not pull back only to choke and miss two FT. Brutal.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 07:49:43 PM
They played WI at home
They were in Champaign today.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:51:08 PM
They were in Champaign today.

And they are 0fer on the road and have sucked offensively on said road. Until today, of course.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Illinifan5775 on February 04, 2024, 07:51:31 PM
How about working the ball around instead of taking 3s all the time?
Not part of the offense, working the ball around and players moving.
Damned lucky to win this game
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 07:52:20 PM
We didn't deserve this win but sign of a good team is pulling out wins in games you don't deserve to win.

Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Illinifan5775 on February 04, 2024, 07:53:54 PM
Yeah he needs to dunk that wide open look to go up 5 not pull back only to choke and miss two FT. Brutal.
I was madder than hell when he did that.
I thought that 50 foot shot was going in. Lucky it didn't.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 07:54:07 PM
Not part of the offense, working the ball around and players moving.
Damned lucky to win this game

Last 3 minutes of regulation we got three happy and stopped doing what got us the lead which was working it inside.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:54:24 PM
Losing to MD and eeking out a win at home against NE is not ideal.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 07:57:23 PM
May want to have Beach Bum run some inbound plays at practice.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 08:00:58 PM
And they are 0fer on the road and have sucked offensively on said road. Until today, of course.
They played a full game today. We didn't.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Beach Bum on February 04, 2024, 08:03:27 PM
May want to have Beach Bum run some inbound plays at practice.

Not telegraphing the pass and throwing it into traffic for starters. I preach those.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 08:04:05 PM
They played a full game today. We didn't.

When Tominaga is ON like tonight, they are tough to beat anywhere.

They hit a ton of tough shots. Step back threes, long twos. And were perfect from the line. The rebounding advantage was the difference for us in the end.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 08:04:24 PM
They played a full game today. We didn't.

Gave up 53 between 2 guys.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 04, 2024, 08:13:27 PM
Gave up 53 between 2 guys.
It's not like we pulled up chairs to watch them put up 53. They both hit some good shots.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Illinifan5775 on February 04, 2024, 08:25:30 PM
How you miss that dunk?
You cannot be missing dunks. Lucky that didn't come back to haunt them.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Custard on February 04, 2024, 08:53:10 PM
On delay like usual. Fuck my blood pressure has to be high right now. That last three minutes of regulation after going up ten was fucking awful. Harmon outside of the free shots was horrendous. Hawkins standing around watching loose balls or plays happening at least 4-5 times in the second half and OT. Guerrier sucked. Goode sucked.

Shut down Williams and Wilcher, but Tomagotchi torched us no matter what we did, as he does to good teams. Bacne dude was really good too.

Happy to escape with a W. Better make good use of the layoff ahead of Sparty.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ridingthegrange on February 04, 2024, 09:12:49 PM
Rodgers is a baller.  I'm liking him more all the time.  We shit the bed and they shot well so I'll take the W.
Beilein is so much better than Weber on analysis.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Custard on February 04, 2024, 10:03:46 PM
And as a coach.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Custard on February 04, 2024, 10:04:08 PM
Probably wouldn’t have been so close if Miles Leonard hadn’t had to start the thread
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ThePAMan on February 04, 2024, 10:21:25 PM
It's not like we pulled up chairs to watch them put up 53. They both hit some good shots.

Some guys seem to hit a lot of good shots against the Illini with regularity this year.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 10:37:10 PM
Probably wouldn’t have been so close if Miles Leonard hadn’t had to start the thread

100% facts. It probably would have been a 15-20 point win if we all would have flocked to PAMan's thread instead.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Custard on February 04, 2024, 10:49:42 PM
Some guys seem to hit a lot of good shots against the Illini with regularity this year.

Good players tend to do that. Wilcher and Williams had been giant killing guys for the Huskers. They went 4/18 for 9 points.  Tominaga shot 5/7 on threes and never had an open one.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Lkdog on February 04, 2024, 11:11:34 PM
Nothing easy right now. Teams are playing for their lives and not a lot separating most of these teams except for Purdue. 

Expect really tough games at MSU and MD.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 04, 2024, 11:19:44 PM
Tied for 2nd in the big at the end of the night.

Good thing we have a week to get some things corrected and prepare for another Pizza Hut parking lot brawl in East Lansing next Saturday.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Custard on February 04, 2024, 11:31:57 PM
These guys absolutely nail it like usual:

https://youtu.be/mYsoB4lpkn8?si=6MzUsjI7ScInn0EE
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Lkdog on February 05, 2024, 12:28:08 AM
These guys absolutely nail it like usual:

https://youtu.be/mYsoB4lpkn8?si=6MzUsjI7ScInn0EE

They are entertaining. He has Illinois in Final Four?

Illinois had 14 TOs and was 26% from three and missed 10 FTs and only shot 41%. It's not rocket science. We survived.

We had a couple droughts of several minutes with no baskets.
Our rebounding saved us.

Agree we are good team with some pretty good to very good parts but not sure we are really good- like EE good. And we could easily have a second round loss with no true end game playmaker or rim protector.
We need an MSU road win - and then a Wisky win, or a Purdue win in season or BTT.  Will give us battle tested confidence to win the R32 game which will likely be against a dangerous 5 or 6 seed.

Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: ILLove1997 on February 05, 2024, 01:13:51 AM
Probably wouldn’t have been so close if Miles Leonard hadn’t had to start the thread

Sorry been moving snow today, sorta busy

That game should not have been as close as it was.  Gross!
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 05, 2024, 05:16:30 AM
I'm wondering if we were a little tired mentally and physically. We weren't sharp and shots weren't falling. I keep reading that we've played so many games in so many days but everybody does. The break might be coming at the right time.
On3.com predicts us moving up to #10. That wasn't a top 10 performance but we did get the win and that's what matters.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Jrock74 on February 05, 2024, 07:17:39 AM
I'm happy with the win.   Obviously not our best game but we took Nebraska's best shot, multiple at that.   We missed some FT's but that was probably due to the insane rebounding effort we put forth to hang in the game when Tominaga was going nuclear.

At what point do we start discussing Domask being a 1st team all big ten player?  He was only in double figures in 2 of his first 7 games of the season.
Just in his last 5 games here are his stats.   25 rebounds, 22 assists, 92 points.  He's also shooting the 3 ball better in that time frame too.  5-15.  Over his last 10 games Domask is averaging 20.6 ppg!  Id imagine if he pulls close to 18ppg average by end of the season he will likely end up on it. He's certainly trending that way of late.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Lkdog on February 05, 2024, 12:55:56 PM
I'm happy with the win.   Obviously not our best game but we took Nebraska's best shot, multiple at that.   We missed some FT's but that was probably due to the insane rebounding effort we put forth to hang in the game when Tominaga was going nuclear.

At what point do we start discussing Domask being a 1st team all big ten player?  He was only in double figures in 2 of his first 7 games of the season.
Just in his last 5 games here are his stats.   25 rebounds, 22 assists, 92 points.  He's also shooting the 3 ball better in that time frame too.  5-15.  Over his last 10 games Domask is averaging 20.6 ppg!  Id imagine if he pulls close to 18ppg average by end of the season he will likely end up on it. He's certainly trending that way of late.

I think once you get past Edey there are about 6-7 guys that are possible.  Buie, Young, Braden Smith, Walker, Storr, Domask, Shannon.  Even Hawkins is starting to get in conversation if he continues his level of play. If we finish a close second one of the Illini likely will make it.
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Miles Leonard on February 05, 2024, 06:51:59 PM
Ref supposedly was swearing at Underwood which obviously didn't sit well with him so he got T'd up.

https://twitter.com/JWerner247/status/1754288991568859576
Title: Re: Cornhuskers
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on February 05, 2024, 07:20:09 PM
Ref supposedly was swearing at Underwood which obviously didn't sit well with him so he got T'd up.

https://twitter.com/JWerner247/status/1754288991568859576
I have no idea who was yelling at who from that.