Husker Hoops Game #14: Missouri at Nebraska Preview and Open Thread

I hope that means that he’s really healthy

to get the first bucket of the game

Nebraska is doing a good job early on.

Misses the firt FT

and Lyons fouls him right back

5-0 NU

but gets a little contact on the way across…

if he’d held on to that

7-0 NU

nice start at least.

apparently, for NU’s first turnover

walks…..

and NU continues to control the glass

it’s not his shot

another Miller taking a charge? whoooeeee

by taking another charge

will always win that battle – some huge guy or a 5’ 7" guard getting knocked over.

Everything looking to go Nebraska’s way in the first 4 minutes. Let’s hope this holds up.

is getting slaughtered in East Lansing,..

one of those five minute streaks of no points, though, eh?

Missouri have the depth to do that pressure all game?

Missouri misses a layup i could have made!

just like that, Mizzou’s back in it

just like that, we have a ballgame

after all that work, it’s only 9-6.

but i suppose. keep it close, keep it frustrating

Or Nebraska, for that matter…

Nebraska calls timeout to save possession

fr us?

but it was a good shot to take

gets called for the block instead.

Mizzou finally gets an offensive board.

In general, I’d say this game is going the way Nebraska wants it to. A team that scores 85/game has 6 in 8 minutes.

can we go before Diaz can’t play this season?

NU trailing Penn State 9-0 after two matches in second round…

two bricks by Mizzou

9-6 Nebraska.

we haven’t scored in a whiile, but neither has Missouri

another charge fr Missouri

ends in an offensive foul… NU getting some breaks

Three!!

led to the easy layup

9:16

Balham can’t get the rebound

hope it stays that way

to be getting in foul trouble either.

with a foul. that guy looks pretty raw.

but, we lost them all to Northwestern in round one…

12-0 Penn State after 3 matches

has 7 fouls now,

..hadn’t noticed how bad it’s been for him really.

Hits one of two FTs

and draws the foul after stripping the ball from Mizzou

McCray finishes.

and draws the foul

Safford carried that ball, didn’t he?

how this team plays defense.

Mizzou really does live and die by the turnover…

Then, Ade gets called for the moving screen… ugh

been quiet for a while, called for a moving screen there.

great D by Nebraska…

Another foul on Mizzou

if we got our football defense to play like this, we’d be national champs.

Carroll moved under Dagudoro pretty hard there.

Dagundoro hits them both.

whooooooosh! Mizou helluva three there.

That was a terrible, terrible pass

Mizzou takes a terrible shot

Ryan Anderson from a long ways away!!!

And the Safford gets called. Missouri looks frustrated!

Anderson drills it, then draws a foul on defense!

Great hustle on Anderson

job by Anderson to draw that foul.

after a miss by Cookie that may have been contact

great stuff there by Dagundoro! steal and layup and foul!

bing!

strips the ball, drives, and scores…and draws a foul!

24-15, NU’s biggest lead

The way he’s been playing, he may have a shot at All-Big XII if he keeps it up…

… assuming anyone outside Nebraska notices

if it hadn’t been at the baseline

gets a foul.

11 turnovers so far for Missouri, six FGs

and sitting for Missouri… that’s their 2 best players out of it

Mizzou has 12 TOs already

Missouri gets a turnover against us, they’re not capitalizing on it.

playing good transition defense, we are.

The worst shot he’s taken in a long time

Mizzou continues to miss

27-15 NU

He’s controlling this game

inside…

whooooooooooeeeeeeee 29-15 Nebraska with 54.4 seconds left.

Missouri hit a three at the end of the half, but it doesn’t count.

Wow. Hopefully we can keep this up for the second half!

after milking the clock out to end the half

NU up 32-18 at half.

Mizzou needs 67 in the second half to hit their average

that wasn’t quite the one I thought it was.

NU 10-21 shooting, 3-8 from threes

Mizzou 7-22 shooting, 4-11 from three

NU has 14 RBs (1 off), Mizzou 15 (5 offensive)

Mizzou has 12 TOs for 12 NU points, NU has 6 TOs for 0 NU points.

Dagunduro has 13 for NU, and Sek has 7

Lyons and Carroll have 0 points in a combined 15 minutes for Mizzou

over at Rock M Nation say that Missouri has never won a Big 12 opener on the road.

Hopefully it stays that way.

We’re completely dictating everything in this game. Mizzou isn’t playing their offense, isn’t playing their defense, and can’t take advantage of transition opportunities

I suppose the big question is – can we maintain this intensity for the whole game?

maybe since it’s now conference play, they’ll play like banshees the rest of it.

by Cookie, drawing a foul, driving the lane.

Mizzou starts second half in man to man.

Ade gets the swat, and eventually winds up with the easy finish!

that was just hellacious fighting for the ball there.

timeout….?

crap, Cookie Miller in injured.

but I’m not sure he had the ball in his hands…

Can he score?

Dagundoro called for walking.

Missouri gets the ball inside, fouled. I like every basket inside contested.

Velander called for blocking, looked to me like he had position.

then Velander can’t quite draw the charge

what do i know.

Back in the game!

Balham dunks it!

the dunk?

gave up an easy bucket

13 point lead, now Missouri to the line.

they’re slowly creeping back up.

Apparently, you can if you’re Cookie Miller

goes out.

Dagundoro comes in.

bad long three by Missouri.

Faster pace, second chance shots…

We need to reign it in a little

Missouri playing a lot tougher this half.

we just need to hold them off, make shots. and we’re a little cold here.

was a beautiful play by Henry on that layup…. beat two guys, one at the basket.

After falling behind 16-0, NU is starting to dominate in the upper weight classes against Penn State.

16-9 Penn State right now

nice drive by Henry.

Can’t believe Sek hit that…

can’t have that…

to cut the NU lead to 10…

keeps running that full court press.

to take a bad shot

teams will do that inside crap to us all season.

42-34 now, need points here.

misses jumper. we need points.

and Missouri continues to pick up fouls and get to the line.

and sending Mizzou to the line again and again…

Lyons has 10

hasn’t done much yet in this game.

for Missouri.

another foul on Nebraska.

fouled him, didn’t he?

Suddenly it’s a very close game and it looks like Mizzou has taken control.

We need a spark…and now… need to stop playing like we have a 16 point lead

there by Lyons. For us!

foul on Lyons

didn’t finish that layup quick enough.

needs to hit these fouls shots.

first is a clanker.

then commits his 3rd foul

more inside stuff by Missouri.

there you go!!!

17-16

nearly a TO for Missouri.

we haven’t forced as many TO’s this half.

last that three.

46-38.

they’re shooting well this half.

left him too open on that

they called Dagundoro – there was nothing there!!!!!

he was high in the skY!

time for some hotness!

must…score…soon…

…they turn it back over.

is playing good defense, we can’t get any good shots.

Cookie gets his 3rd foul…

even if it was on Mizzou

are starting to stack up on both teams.

got to get a hot guy going.

ugly TO on that inbounds

can’t buy a basket right now.

he’s taking this game over

 on Dagundoro?

TO, us.

Arghhhhh. four on Ade.

he comes up wtih something.

 in 4:15.

 46-43, Ade to the line.

Nebraska isn’t doing the things they were doing to get a huge lead.

We need to go back to what we were doing in the first half

finally on Missouri.
Cookie to the line.

misses front end…

foul that’s his 4th. Lyons has four.

Time out Nebraska

and Doc calls another timeout…

We need POINTS

plays winner of Iowa-Minnesota next

damn, somebody has to score.

where’s Harley?

Harley’s shot blocked.

Missouri or Nebraska?

and Doc calls another timeout…

Only have one left…

we only have one TO left.

Nebraska 48-47. We haven’t scored a FG in over six minute?

FINALLY!

Carroll inside layup. too easy.

keep making shots.

by Anderson to pick up that foul WITH NOTHING on the shot clock.

because I don’t think he’d have got a shot off before the shot clock expired

i have a big delivery show up right now.

hit the FTs

has to hit these.

Good things happen when you attack the basket

NU ball, Mizzou calls timeout

we have the arrow… always seems to be huge in close games like this

score here…. obviously.

great rebound there! great!

we might pull this oout!

drain 40 seconds and draw a foul at the end!

Hit FTs!

Anderson on the line!

 left in the game.

to ice Anderson. If he hits both, they’ll call another to set up a quick play

he HAS to make this one.

must hit the second…

he’s they’re best 3pt shooter.

Also, don’t foul

about the end of game strategy.

i just want him to make this shot.

wow, helluva collission at the middle of the floor.

Miler still down on the floor, but we have the ball, they’ve fouled, and they missed their shot.

1.6 to go, NU ball (shooting 2, I think)

And Cookie is hurt again…

for team fouls. that was their tenth foul.

the game is over

lead is four.

2 possession game with 1.6 to go…

Nebraska is in first place in the Big XII!!!

For now, at least

from Rock M Nation are not happy, surprising how much they hate Nebraska.

I’ll take it!

I’ll take it…

We all had a little discussion about your game today during our less than stellar performance, and most KU fans were in agreement that not only do we hate Missouri we all also seem to like Doc Sadler.