Husker Hoops Regular Season Finale: Baylor, Round 1, Open Game Thread
by huskerlibrarian on Mar 7, 2009 11:06 AM CST
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PrintNebraska Cornhuskers at Baylor Bears, Mar 7, 2009 3:00 PM CST
Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-11, 7-8) at Baylor Bears (16-12, 5-10)
3 PM, Ferrell Center, Waco, TX
TV: Big 12 Network, ESPN FullCourt/ESPN 360; Radio: Husker Sports Network
The regular season ends today in a bit of an anticlimax. The Big XII's most disappointing team hosts its scrappiest in a preview of the rematch Wednesday morning. The Huskers are playing for one thing, and one thing only: finishing the season with a non-losing conference record for the first time in a decade. The Bears are playing for pride and senior day; the hopes of a 2nd straight NCAA appearance after being ranked most of the non-conference season evaporated when they lost 9 of their last 11 games.
This is a matchup of teams that are equal and opposite in many ways. Both teams are guard-heavy, but use them differently. The Huskers try for efficient offense and smothering defense, whereas Baylor tries for high-fire offense and occasional defense (part of the reason they have struggled).
On paper, Baylor is the better team, but their lack of defense -- and struggles with the efficient defenses of teams like Missouri, Texas, and Kansas -- casts doubt on their ability to handle the Huskers. On the flip side, Baylor's defense has been absolutely atrocious, but so has Nebraska's offense. The bright side: the Husker's O has been clicking the last two games.
This isn't the big game, though. These teams meet again in 4 days for the right to play Kansas in the Big XII Quarterfinals. That's the game both teams want to win; today is the warmup. The Huskers want to get to 8-8, but it's the last game for a couple Baylor seniors who've had to endure a roller coaster.
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I'll be gone today...
…I have a prior engagement. Enjoy, and Go Huskers!
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by huskerlibrarian on Mar 7, 2009 11:07 AM CST reply actions
Sek Henry with a 3
…and is down on the floor writhing in pain. Looking at the knee, after colliding knees with a Baylor player on defense. Limping off..
McCray with a huge block inside of Baylor's big guy...
…then Harley throws up a brick from 3 point range. NU up 19-15, 9 minutes left in the 1st.
Getting sloppy...
NU up 21-20 with 4 minutes left in the 1st half. ESPN Regional reminding us on Twitter that this game doesn’t really matter, as the rematch is in Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
ESPN announcers point out NU has more points in the paint than Baylor...
Ade has a long 3 rim in and out…
Hell
listening to baseball, working on the book outline, completely forgot about this.
Frustrating right now.
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Nebraska
is beating Cal State Northridge 11-4, top of eighth.
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34-28
Baylor by six, scoring drought to start the half.
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McCray
layup, 34-30.
McCray with nine so far.
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34-33
Baylor after a three by Alonzo Edwards.
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how do we look
today? playing hard, just not making shots????
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Frankly...about the same as usual...
we’re undersized, trying to battle a bigger team. Harley looks good on a drive, then shoots an ugly shot. Ade has been kind of quiet. Where Edwards came from, I’ll never know…
baseball
won 11-4 against CSN.
Pitching appears to be coming around. It’d be great if Erik Bird could get more consistent.
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ah
Anderson had four, not Velander.
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damn
I need a new laptop. Damned CD/DVD super drive is flakey as hell.
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My laptop's CD/DVD drive is going out as well...not to mention the battery...
…but I’m going to see how long I can nurse it along…
damned
economy. my workload has gotten heavier, though, but who knows what’s going to happen in a few months.
trying to burn someone some dvds. :)
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ESPN crew names Toney McCray their 6th man of the game
11 pts so far, Ryan Anderson back in the game, and nails a 3. NU leads 44-42.
Toney McCray another rebound...
then on the offensive end, drives to the hoop and gets fouled. Hits 2 free throws… 48-42 NU
Harley throws one into press row...
Media timeout under 4 minutes, NU up 48-44. Doc isn’t happy, I think…
Ouch....Ade fouls a guy attempting a 3...
4th foul on Ade, and Baylor hits all 3 shots. 48-47 NU lead. Bad foul by Ade, as the ball was long gone when he touched him.
3200
in attendance, according to the radio guys.
Not much, eh?
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Baylors Kevin Rogers fouls out...
…scored 10 points.
Then Ade take sthe ball out of bounds, scores and is fouled. 4th foul on the other big guy inside. 50-47 NU.
Doc takes a quick timeout...
…after a Baylor layup. Only 1 TO left. ESPN names McCray the player of the game. 15th points; first game in double figures in conference play.
McCray with the steal.
McCray passes to Anderson, back to McCray for the DUNK! And the foul!
Padunk-a-dunk!
FT good. 53-49 NU lead… just under 2 minutes left.
Ryan Anderson with the steal,
…misses layup, Ade with the rebound, miss, another rebound….Foul Baylor!
Pavelka
is pretty darned excited……
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Steal Ade!
53.2 seconds left… Ade fouled, hits 1 ft…then Baylor calls a timeout… 57-52 NU, with Ade having 1 FT left.
not much
defense there.
need to hang on, nothing flat, nothing dumb
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Cookie Miller hits 2 free throws...
NU 60-54, 40 seconds left.
Baylor nails a 3, and burns their last timeout. 60-57. 36.9 left.
holy crap
they continue to score. shouldn’t they go away?
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Baylor nails a 3 at the buzzer
Doesn’t matter.
Huskers win 66-62. Finish 8-8 in the conference. Who’da thunk that?
8-8
in the Big 12 is a pretty good season for this team this year, isn’t it?
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Absolutely!
But some people might look at some of the oh-so-close losses (A&M, OU, OSU…) and wonder oh-what-if. This team wasn’t many plays away from having a first round bye.
Remember...
This team was projected between 4-6 wins in Big XII play in the preseason, so 8-8 is pretty good.
Of course, we did it by going 5-1 against the bottom 4 teams in the league. But that means — finally — we’re winning the games we should.
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by huskerlibrarian on Mar 7, 2009 6:41 PM CST up reply actions
i gues we'll see what happens in the
BIg 12 tourney.
Maybe they call pull it iogether and make some noise. Maybe McCray is just hot at the right time.
18 point in 27 minutes.
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