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Husker Hardwood: Big 12 Tourney and Texas A+M


Remember the phrase?..."One of these things, is not like the other".

Take a quick look at the quarterfinal round of the Big12 Tournament and one might be reminded. After yesterday's games the bracket now holds the top 6 seeds, but with one curious absentee. In place of the #5 seed Missouri Tigers, we see Nebraska trying to find a place in line.

After celebrating what was most definitely the biggest upset of the night in College Basketball, Nebraska gets back down to business today against Texas A+M. We saw the Aggies for the only time this year way back in early January, for the first conference game of the season. From my recollection, the game was actually pretty close throughout. In the end, we just couldn't make shots and hang onto the ball, resulting in an 11 point loss.

(more after jump..)

Star-divide

Husker fans who watched or followed that game may remember that Christian Standhardinger saw action for the first time this season against A+M. The Huskers were actually tied with the Aggies at several points early in the second half, and only lost this one down the stretch. Both teams shot like 1st graders from the 3-point arc in that game, going just 10 for 43 from downtown. The Huskers shot 37% from the floor, and 31% from the arc...while A+M shot 38% and 14% respectively.

That being such an early game, it's probably not worth making any assumptions for today based on statistics. What I have seen since that game, is Texas A+M cracking the top 25 and beating some good teams, while Nebraska....well, we all know what direction the Huskers went.

Like I said, the interesting storyline here will be Doc Sadler and his distribution of minutes. Christian Standhardinger had a career game versus Iowa State 2 weeks ago, but didn't see any action yesterday. Ray Gallegos was also held to just 5 minutes, and so I will be curious to see who plays this afternoon. Who knows? Maybe Doc has a strategy here? Maybe he's trying to play matchups, and Standhardinger wasn't really a good fit against the running Tigers? Sophomore Brandon Richardson played the most minutes, along with Ryan Anderson. Even Sek Henry saw less clock than he is used to. (Granted he fouled out with a few minutes left)

Richardson led the scoring attack yesterday, but Nebraska had 4 guys in double figures for scoring. Anderson chipped in 16, and we got 10 a piece from Jeter and Diaz. Having said that, I think we will need another dazzling shooting performance today to pull of our first 2-game win streak in conference play this year. The upsides? I saw some very good passing in the game replays, something we haven't done all that well this year. This resulted in far fewer turnovers than what Husker fans are used to seeing. The Huskers looked like they were just clicking, and the chemistry was great. Hitting 60% plus from the arc helps, but like I mentioned in the recap...chemistry is everything, especially in basketball.

Lets see if the Huskers can keep the season alive, I'm not ready for the season to end just yet.

Tipoff: 2pm CST

Venue: Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO

Television: ESPN Fullcourt and The Big 12 Network

Radio: Husker Sports Network (Kent Pavelka and Matt Davison....if he isn't too hung over)

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Huskers down by 10

27-17

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"

GO BIG RED!

by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 2:40 PM CST reply actions  

just got here

 problems on offense again?

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 2:44 PM CST reply actions  

this game

is on ESPN360, btw.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 2:45 PM CST reply actions  

too many turnovers

early.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 2:46 PM CST reply actions  

10 turnovers

so far….. 30-21, 1:54 left, first half.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 2:50 PM CST reply actions  

bratwurst

hits a three…… then goes down, gets fouled on a rebound. 33-28 A&M, less than a minute left, first half.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 2:54 PM CST reply actions  

Nice!

Our guys should know exactly what one of those are….

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"

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by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 2:56 PM CST up reply actions  

Sorry, at work..

Got another damn meeting in about 15 minutes….not gonna be able to listen to the second half.

Just sounds like some turnover issues again. Big surprise. Only down 6 now though

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by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 2:54 PM CST reply actions  

Halftime: 37-28

Damn. A 3 pointer right before half…geez

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In the deed the glory"

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by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 2:56 PM CST reply actions  

gag

A&M hits a three before the half.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 2:56 PM CST reply actions  

Well shoot....

I hope we can pull this out. Maybe a repeat performance of the Tech game? I’ll try to take a quick “bathroom break” during my meeting, and catch the score.

We’re still in it. GO BIG RED!

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"

GO BIG RED!

by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 2:58 PM CST reply actions  

seems like

if we clean up the turnovers we could have a shot.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:05 PM CST reply actions  

Alright, heading into a meeting...

let’s do it guys!!!!!!!! Beat A+M!!!

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"

GO BIG RED!

by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 3:13 PM CST reply actions  

damn...14 point lead now...

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"

GO BIG RED!

by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 3:13 PM CST reply actions  

Richardson

still hasn’t scored…..

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:14 PM CST reply actions  

Sek Henry

playing in his 129th consecutive game? that’s… uh, pretty incredible.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:20 PM CST reply actions  

okay

Richardson hits a nice three…..

44-33.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:21 PM CST reply actions  

Anderson

hits a tthree…. lead is ten 46-36

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:24 PM CST reply actions  

13:11 second half

Jeter finally scores – free throw.

49-40.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:31 PM CST reply actions  

Diaz

Huskers within seven…. perfect pass to Diaz wide open under the basket.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:33 PM CST reply actions  

jeter

within five, 10:50 left.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:37 PM CST reply actions  

Within 2! 49-47.

Amazing work so far to get back into this.

by davereid on Mar 11, 2010 3:39 PM CST reply actions  

A&M

having a hard time on offense. that’s too bad, eh?

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:39 PM CST reply actions  

19-5

nebraska run.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:40 PM CST reply actions  

5:39 left

54-51 Aggies…..

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:48 PM CST reply actions  

one point!!!!!

after Diaz gets a 2!

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:51 PM CST reply actions  

and Sloan

hits a three.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:51 PM CST reply actions  

1:58

Texas A&M – 62-55

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:56 PM CST reply actions  

1:31

62-58.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:58 PM CST reply actions  

oh good lord

Brian Davis gets his first field goal with one second left on the shot clock.

bastard.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 3:59 PM CST reply actions  

Henry

hits a three… 65-61.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 4:00 PM CST reply actions  

37.6

left.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 4:00 PM CST reply actions  

66-61

30.2 left, Richardson goes to the line.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 4:01 PM CST reply actions  

Richardson

hits one, misses second.

Argh. Aggies to the line, 28.4 left.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 4:02 PM CST reply actions  

Aggies hit both

68-62.

poopy.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 4:03 PM CST reply actions  

Nebraska misses a three

A&M possession… 14.1 left, probably the game.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 4:05 PM CST reply actions  

Ah man....6 points.

we were so close!

Oh well, the winner goes right into the meatgrinder anyway versus Kansas.

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"

GO BIG RED!

by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 4:15 PM CST reply actions  

and that's it

70-64.

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by Jon Johnston on Mar 11, 2010 4:15 PM CST reply actions  

Thanks for posting Jon

We should be good next year for sure.

On to the women…..

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"

GO BIG RED!

by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 4:16 PM CST reply actions  

Women up on Friday at 11am..

Check in for the thread!!

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"

GO BIG RED!

by Mr. Corn on Mar 11, 2010 4:17 PM CST reply actions  

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