Friday Flakes: Nebraska Died By The Three Against Michigan State

It might be a cliche at this point, but if you live by the three then you will also die by the three. Last night Nebraska died by the three. Too often this basketball team relies on taking the outside shot instead of looking inside. Too many contested three point shots lead to a number like last night.

19.2%.

That is what Nebraska shot free beyond the arc. Compare that to 33.3% against Indiana, 39.4% against Penn State and 44.4% against Oklahoma State.

But....

But...

But...

When shooting 19.2% from three against the number six team in the country, Nebraska was there at the end to win the game. If you would have told me that Nebraska would go 5 for 26 from the three against Michigan State, then I would have said we lost by 15.

Nebraska didn’t. They only lost by six.

But they still lost. So whatever I guess.

On to the flakes...

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Husker Sports

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A day after being in Houston to see Dematrius Davis, Verduzco is checking in on Tuesday to see dual-threat quarterback Ian Kipp out of Mentor, Ohio.

Michigan State basketball: Cassius Winston broke Nebraska's spirit
If Mike Garland had just answered the question, I really would have had a story.

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If there was another team in the Big Ten that would definitely challenge Michigan State — other than Michigan — Nebraska was it. Thursday night was it, MSU’s meeting with the Huskers in Lincoln.

The Spartans were again down two mainstays from their rotation, playing against a gifted starting five, in a venue that was just waiting to blow the roof off.

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As the Michigan State-Nebraska men's basketball game slid into the final seven minutes or so, it all started to feel a bit too predictable.

Non-Husker Sports

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My Favorite Movies of 2018

I did not get to see as many movies in 2018 as I would have hoped. However of the movies I watched here are my Top 5

1. A Quiet Place
2. Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse
3. Upgrade
4. You Were Never Really Here
5. Black Panther

I made a list of the movies I still would like to see from 2018, and here they are: A Star is Born, Blackkklansman, Greenbook, Birdbox, Creed 2, Game Night, Ralph Breaks the Internet, First Man, Overlord, Crazy Rich Asians, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, First Reformed, Bumblebee, Eighth Grade, Paddington 2, and Vice.

I Have A Marvel Universe Question

So below is the new Spider-man: Far From Home trailer. I have a question, but in order to ask it I will be spoiling Avengers: Infinity War. So if you have not seen Infinity War then maybe scroll past this section of Friday Flakes.

Okay. Now here is the spoiler. Spider-man dies in Infinity War.

Now, we know Avengers: End Game is coming out on April 26th. I assume that all of the Avengers will be brought back to life by the end of End Game. So then they can continue to make more and more Avengers movies.

But at this point either this new Spiderman movie will be set before Infinity War or after Infinity War. If it is set before Infinity War then why even watch? You know he is going to die anyways. If it is set after Infinity War then we know he is coming back (probably because of Ant-man if you haven’t seen Ant-man and the Wasp plus the teaser trailer for End Game).

I know it won’t be released until after End Game, but I’m sure we will find out at some point whether the new Spider-man is set before or after Infinity War before End Game comes out. So my question is...why not just wait and release the teaser AFTER End Game is released?

Maybe there is something I am missing.

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