Husker Hoops Game #19: Kansas at Nebraska Open Game Thread

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Man. It’d be nice to get this one.

…to replace the inside of the towel…

It’s his choice to redshirt or play this season, apparently.

this thing is starting in a couple minutes.

In Wisconsin at a Holiday Inn…. too damned cold out to want to go anywhere for food.

won last 28 of 31 against us.

what a horrible streak against KU

start at least!

and Ade puts it in…

Good way to end KU’s first possession…

Then force a jump ball TO on the second? Great

“scrappy”

wasn’t he in Scooby Doo?

Balham on the 3rd try!

NU up 6! KU calls time!

 by KU already.

Not a Bill Self fan. he’s a weiner.

If he can use his 8-10 minutes a game to put Aldrich on the bench, it’s well used

Why was Cookie Miller guarding the center on that last possession?

now it’s clank time…

At least Aldrich forgets to dribble

Harley’s toe was on the line, or it would have been a 3

Harley hits a nice one!

9-4 Nebraska. 15:37 mark.

Nice shot by Harley!

but we get it back on the other end.

NU up 11-6 at first media TO

avoid the scoring droughts.

to be honest, I’m just looking for us to look good and continue to get better.

NU is matching KU quickness-wise, which has been the advantage in this series the last few years with the Chalmers-Rush KU teams.

We’re also doing a good job of disrupting their half-court offense.

drive by Cookie there!

“Too many NITs in the Danny Nee era, considering the talent.”

I thought it was blocked the way it went up!

…has been getting fewer minutes in Big XII play. He’s still in warm-ups. I wonder if he’s going to get a chance…

Cole Salomon is in? We are neither up 30 or down 30!

Paul Sullivan? I haven’t ever seen him.

and I’m going deaf?

NU completely taking KU’s offense out of the game.

Bill Self is looking frustrated, as are the KU players.

Let’s keep the pressure on!

And NU dominating inside?!

we are really outplaying these guys. just need to keep it up for a whole game.

12 points in the paint? good offense!

And NU makes them pay…

21-9 NU!

what a great turnaround there!

We lose the ball, then KU gets lacky and sloppy and whoop! Ade’s in there!

are a little surprised by NU’s D…

Of course, some of them were predicting KU to drop 100+

keep scoring. keep scoring.

keep scoring.

With all the turnovers we’re forcing tonight…we play Tech on Saturday, and they’re averaging 21 TOs a game in conference play…

3!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cookie Miller threee!!!!!

about KU is how well they shoot, though.

the way the ball is rolling, this is looking much better

We need to keep the ball out of his hands

Ade palmed it…

NU up 26-16, 7:48 to go…

Diaz has decided to red shirt.

I’m going to walk down to the hotel bar and see if the game is on TV there.

so I can get a sandwich.

if it wasn’t KU

went down funny, but got up OK

they’re within 7.

keep scoring, keep scoring.

POINTS!

crap

What a way to contribute! Drawing the charge!

breaks the cold streak…10 for Ade

he hasn’t played and Cole Salomon isn’t coming in…

If he’d done 1 of those Saturday, we’d have one

Blocks Cole Aldrich?! Draws the foul!?

0 pts, 0 RBs

that’s a big part of the difference…

And KU cuts the lead to 6 with that 3…

we used to sell out games all the time in the 1990s, but we had better teams, and had better non-league opponents…

sends Harley to the line

Releford gets the tip after a stutter-shot pass.

NU up 34-29. Huskers controlling the game, but KU is still keeping it close because we can’t score.

Showing Rob Sallie in the Memphis highlights…

When we’re forcing turnovers like this and have the offensive talent to do something with them.

can’t get it to roll in on that first possession

Foul on Balham!?!?!

Aldrich finally gets on the board…3 point game

and clanks it

Aldrich in foul trouble quickly

But we can’t hit anything…

Buries the 3!

But Salomon gets called for the quick foul

Harley misses, Collins drains one, and we’re only up 2

Two girls revealed their KU shirts under the Red Zone shirts in the student section!

And KU has 4 quick fouls

1 point game!

SCORE!!!!

KU can take the lead with a bucket

Crowd has gone dead

and missing open shots…

Can’t hit ANYTHING!

ONE rebound?!

ANOTHER missed layup!

KU keeps turning it over

another miss

Cole Salomon gets fouled on the put back

oh no

and we can’t score…

We cant buy a basket right now. we should be up by 10

Cookie steps up

Tied up, and the crowd just woke up

Pulling Cookie out of that fracas

Corn Blight’s not getting too drunk in the hotel bar…

NU up 2…

KU drains a 3

Empty possessions… we can’t afford them at this point!

is a better game then most expected I think. I was hoping for this type of game. Hopefully NU can pull it out.

for the band

back-to-back by Reed, KU up 4

these but he misses

So unlike him

anything been said as to Diaz. Is he going to redshirt? I think he should now.

There haven’t been a lot, and they’ve all been bricks

when we cant score we cant score. It just goes flat cold even at the line

and this is going to be a FT shooting contest

we need to stop throwing up these too-quick shots…

Our offense needs to be patient & penetrate to work, and we’re doing neither

This is terrible… we’ve completely lost our offense, our defense, rebounding…

We’re still forcing turnovers, but not doing anything with them

He’s got 21

tried to take the charge, but his feet weren’t quite set

he was set but stuck his arms out and pushed off.

This has been an ugly FT shooting game

That was a home roll for KU…and it’s in our house…

to score. then start fouling.

he may get 30 tonight

our offense gets going when we push inside…

When we dribble at the 3-pt line, nothing happens

Drains a 3!

Steal!

ANOTHER 3!

here we go baby!!!!!

they missed the walk and then the block is a terrible call

Anderson wasn’t even there!

we need a miss

we dont need a three and they are right but I still think you shoot one and then if missed crash the boards and get the put back and then foul. Thats what I would do as a coach.

should have called time!

was horrible. he missed Ade.

need a three

KU up 5,

how do you miss that????

the second half drought killed us AGAIN!!

finally got to see a game and it wasn’t pretty. Maybe I should have left it off, they were ahead when I started watching.

nice way to close it up and have a real chance to win…

Great game by Ade… It seemed like he scored every time he touched the ball.

to finally do a game with you. I think you do a good job on here. Keep up the good work on the bball stuff. See you next time. (Maybe).

So close, but yet just far enough away.

Honestly, I was legitimately scared almost the entire game. Confident, yet scared.

Doc Sadler, as I’ve said a hundred-million times the last couple of days, is a tremendous coach; one of the best in the country that no one has heard of. Seriously, the dude knows how to coach.

And you guys have plenty of players. I think you’ll make plenty of noise in the conference season, and your program is definitely on the way up. The days of us blowing you out of the gym are over, me thinks. Doc Sadler is just too good of a coach to have that happen with his talent.

Ade Dagunduro and Sek Henry are both awesome players. Seriously, though, congrats on playing so well.