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7 hours until tip. Let's talk through our feelings. #Huskers twitter.com/huskerextra/st…by Chris Basnett via twitter 12/7/2016 7:02:19 PM -
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@Sam: Was thinking about this earlier today. I think If they all get to 15-plus points, Nebraska has a shot. Ed needs to cancel out whatever Justin Patton does. I could see Glynn not scoring a ton, but he has to control tempo on both ends. That means slowing down Mo Watson on defense and getting Nebraska into its offense. I think Tai will get his points, but it will be tough because this will be the only game Nebraska's played so far, with the exception of UCLA and maybe Clemson, where he isn't the best athlete on the floor
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@Lebron: It's all in his head right now. If you watch him warm up a couple hours before the game. He hardly misses a shot. Totally relaxed, locked in, smooth. Gets in a game and for whatever reason, things change. Then he starts to press, and the mistakes compound each other.
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So here is my question; When the ax finally falls on the last of Tom Osborne's awful coaching hires, where does the money come from to pay off Tim Mile's contract?
My theory; some rich guy like Howard Hawks gives the money to the NU Foundation, gets a tax break, then the money is given to the Athletic Department to pay off Miles.
Such as it is, doesn't that make Hawks the guy that determines when Miles finally gets canned? Thanks -
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@Trash: Gotta say, I was surprised to see the spread that low. KenPom has a score prediction of 75-71 as well. I'm kinda leaning the same direction you are. I don't have a good feel yet on what's going to happen, but Nebraska's shown it can at least hang with quality teams. If they can keep Creighton around 70-75 points, I think they'll be right there. This is Creighton's first true road game, so the Huskers could use a rowdy crowd tonight.
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Going back to Clemson, I was curious on the gap in time before the Gill travel. I thought I recall there was a good 3 secs to call a timeout (we had one). I know the coach can no longer call it but....was it being signaled in and not noticed by the players? Pretty big situation you'd like to have guys in the know to use it....
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@Trash: This is what Miles told us: In the last stoppage of play before that sequence, Miles said he told Tai Webster to call timeout if things started going haywire. Tai was close to calling timeout, then saw Glynn Watson driving to the basket and decided not to -- similar to the end of the Dayton game. Then the scramble happened and the ball got kicked out to Gill, and you're right: NU had time to call that timeout. By that point, Miles said, he thinks Tai was back in "game mode" and not thinking of finding a ref to call timeout.
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Also...I have a question I asked BR to ask Miles about. I don't recall ever reading it ever being asked or responded to so let me know if you already have asked. But I don't always completely agree with Miles' "2 fouls and sit the 1st half" rule. I know a lot of coaches go by it....but not sure NU has consistently had the depth to always abide by it. Last year in particular I thought there were a couple instances where Shields could of been "situationally" subbed on offense and defense toward the end of halves. I know there's risk involved. But the risk of a solid 1st half evaporating to double digits can be demoralizing too. So my question is this a fairly steadfast rule with very little wiggle room for him?
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@Trash: Good question, and I have not heard it asked. If that situation comes up tonight, I will try and bring it up after the game. This is something I wonder about too, and I'm not a huge fan of it either. My theory would be that Ed is picking up early fouls on a fairly regular basis, so Miles just doesn't think he can trust him enough to put him back in and risk getting that third before halftime.
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@Trash: For sure. It was a deal where, when asked, Miles said something to the effect of "we've communicated to them what we want as best we can. I'm not sure what else there is to do." For what it's worth, Miles hates the rule (obviously). Thinks it's cost them two games - the overtime loss to Ohio State last year and the Clemson game this year. You're basically relying on two things: A college player in a high-pressure situation to have the presence of mind to call that timeout, and the official in a high-pressure situation to notice the player and get the timeout called. Tough deal.
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You know, I guess I get the "2 foul rule" a bit more with a banger like Ed. It's tough to tell an inside presence to "back off" when guys are trying very hard to throw themselves into you or draw charges. Even more so when you have 2 fouls. But guards/small forwards can certainly control it better. And let's face it, we'll never have the depth of a KU. Self generally uses the rule. Mason gets 2 though, you rotate Graham or another over add a big and lose very little.
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@Trash: Yeah that's the thing. Ed is so physical. That's just his game and it's what Nebraska needs in there. Oftentimes it'll probably depend on how the game is getting called. It's not like Nebraska is like KU and has a bunch of studs waiting on the bench to come in.
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@MattK: Oops, hit enter too soon. Controlling the tempo will be huge. I think Nebraska needs to make Creighton play defense for most of the shot clock. I imagine they're going to try and make it ugly. Don't let Patton run down the middle of the floor on the break and fly into the lane and draw defenders. They may forgo a few offensive rebounds tonight so they can get back on defense
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@marcus: I gotta go with No. 2. Nebraska played UCLA tough. I don't think the talent gap will be a huge issue, and I don't know that the talent gap is all that big anyway. It's amazing to me that one coach can be 12-0 against another coach across two levels of college ball. You'd think there would be at least one or two wins in there just by accident. It has to weigh on Miles. He gets asked about it every year. And I'm sure Mac doesn't let him forget about it either.
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@Ryan: I think you nailed it, and I'll add this: Anton Gill. We talk about him every week. He has the athleticism to match up with Creighton's guards on defense. Can he get out of his own way on offense? If he plays like he did against Dayton, that will give Nebraska a huge boost.
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