OUSKINS
1/30/2010, 09:57 PM
Due to the game being moved to a late start and no TV, I’m forced to watch the online stream…figured I’d take the opportunity to do my write-up for this game in “real time” format.
The travel plans aren’t going to help—just what this team needs…another obstacle going on the road. Traveling and playing on the same day is tough. Still, no excuse—Nebraska sucks—I don’t care HOW we win this game, we just need to find a way.
Early score: 10-3 Huskers
Dreadful start….can’t throw it in the ocean…Willie looks clueless early. Bad defense. First 8 minutes, we get an F grade.
11 minutes left in first half; 11-7 Huskers: Defense has gotten much better. TMG hits a much-needed three and we force a few turnovers. Very nice steal and drive by Tiny. Nebraska had multiple chances in the first 8 minutes to blow it open, but they failed to take advantage. Now, we look a bit more settled and composed. TMG is faster and sees things quicker than his teammates…he makes a nice pass to Ray Willis who dribbles it off his foot….Tiny has very good energy tonight, still sloppy, but working hard.
7 minutes left in first half; 15-11 Huskers. Really ugly—questionable shot selection and we’re missing badly. Nebraska is playing really hard, but not pretty at all.
3 minutes left in first half; 23-20 Huskers. Briefly tied the score at 15, but Nebraska immediately went on a 5-0 run to retake the momentum. TMG is playing well, just love that midrange jumper. He is also distributing the ball well- an especially nice pass down low to Fitzgerald who converts the lay-up. Willie? I have no clue. He looks awful. Our big men are playing hard and banging, but as I type this, they let a ball slip through their hands and give up a hoop and foul in the paint. Right now, we look like a higher-energy version of ourselves in December. Ridiculously sloppy with the ball.
1:30 left in first half; 29-20 Huskers…Capel calls timeout. We look dreadful, completely regressing. It looks like we’ve never practiced an offensive set…and that falls on Capel. No one loves the guy more than I do, but this game is on his shoulders so far…team looks completely unprepared. And as shots fail to fall, our effort seems to wane as well.
Halftime; 29-20 Huskers. Horrible, horrible, horrible. On pace for a whopping 40 points. In my opinion, we have 20 minutes to more or less save the season. Can’t see us losing this game and coming back to do anything remotely promising the rest of the year. I can see the second half coming a mile away….we’ll make it semi-interesting, get the lead down to 4-5 a few times, but do something bad each time we have a chance to make a real run. We’ll see how prophetic I am…very little hope we can comeback and win, that’s for sure.
First possession of second half….ugly turnover on a pass from Crocker to Tiny. Lovely. Nebraska follows with an easy lay-up. Nice.
16 minutes left in second half; 35-25 Huskers. Willie finally scratches the box score and hits a much needed three. Right now, Tiny is the only player on the team that gets a passing grade tonight…he is getting double-teamed in the post, but he’s making good/smart decisions. Even though it’s a 10-point lead, this game is there for the taking if someone can step up for us.
12 minutes left in second half; 46-30 Huskers. Seriously? What a joke. We are getting destroyed by an absolutely horrid basketball team. Crocker just missed two point blank lay-ups. Over the past 3-4 weeks, I thought we made some really nice strides…and tonight, we’re making it a point to erase all of it.
7 minutes left in second half; 49-35 Huskers. Cleary, I gave us WAY too much credit at halftime saying we’d make it semi-interesting. This is anything but interesting. It’s a travesty. I gave the team a bit of a pass for their early struggles due to youth, etc. I just wanted to see steady improvement. But dropping this kind of effort at this point in the season points to one thing and one thing only—this is a gutless group. Hurts to say that, it really does.
4 minutes left; 59-44 Huskers. Game over. Cade hit a three that briefly cut it to 9 points, but we quickly gave it right back.
63-46 Final. Wow. Unreal.
By far the most disappointing loss of the year. It’s one thing to look bad early in the season—it’s a whole different story when it’s almost February and you arguably give your worst effort of the season in a game that you really needed to win. Really frustrating game to watch—just disgusting in all facets. The only thing Nebraska did well tonight was play hard—but that was all they needed. Yes, the travel circumstances weren’t ideal, but you’ve got to be more mentally tough than that.
Crocker and Willie were both clearly hampered by their injuries, but if they were THAT injured, we should have left them on the bench and let TMG run the show like he did against ISU.
I’m a die-hards die-hard. Therefore, I’ll be there the rest of the year—but I have no hope at this point. Maybe they’ll prove me wrong, but I doubt it. This is a lost year—I am no longer really focusing on what Capel can do THIS year, but rather looking ahead to see what he does NEXT year to redeem this mess. 2010-2011 will be a huge year for Capel.
As for the rest of this year? I have no problem with the LNC being half-full the rest of the year. The team doesn’t deserve the support of the casual fan. Yeah, if we beat Texas next Saturday it may rekindle the fire for this year, but I just don’t see that happening.
The travel plans aren’t going to help—just what this team needs…another obstacle going on the road. Traveling and playing on the same day is tough. Still, no excuse—Nebraska sucks—I don’t care HOW we win this game, we just need to find a way.
Early score: 10-3 Huskers
Dreadful start….can’t throw it in the ocean…Willie looks clueless early. Bad defense. First 8 minutes, we get an F grade.
11 minutes left in first half; 11-7 Huskers: Defense has gotten much better. TMG hits a much-needed three and we force a few turnovers. Very nice steal and drive by Tiny. Nebraska had multiple chances in the first 8 minutes to blow it open, but they failed to take advantage. Now, we look a bit more settled and composed. TMG is faster and sees things quicker than his teammates…he makes a nice pass to Ray Willis who dribbles it off his foot….Tiny has very good energy tonight, still sloppy, but working hard.
7 minutes left in first half; 15-11 Huskers. Really ugly—questionable shot selection and we’re missing badly. Nebraska is playing really hard, but not pretty at all.
3 minutes left in first half; 23-20 Huskers. Briefly tied the score at 15, but Nebraska immediately went on a 5-0 run to retake the momentum. TMG is playing well, just love that midrange jumper. He is also distributing the ball well- an especially nice pass down low to Fitzgerald who converts the lay-up. Willie? I have no clue. He looks awful. Our big men are playing hard and banging, but as I type this, they let a ball slip through their hands and give up a hoop and foul in the paint. Right now, we look like a higher-energy version of ourselves in December. Ridiculously sloppy with the ball.
1:30 left in first half; 29-20 Huskers…Capel calls timeout. We look dreadful, completely regressing. It looks like we’ve never practiced an offensive set…and that falls on Capel. No one loves the guy more than I do, but this game is on his shoulders so far…team looks completely unprepared. And as shots fail to fall, our effort seems to wane as well.
Halftime; 29-20 Huskers. Horrible, horrible, horrible. On pace for a whopping 40 points. In my opinion, we have 20 minutes to more or less save the season. Can’t see us losing this game and coming back to do anything remotely promising the rest of the year. I can see the second half coming a mile away….we’ll make it semi-interesting, get the lead down to 4-5 a few times, but do something bad each time we have a chance to make a real run. We’ll see how prophetic I am…very little hope we can comeback and win, that’s for sure.
First possession of second half….ugly turnover on a pass from Crocker to Tiny. Lovely. Nebraska follows with an easy lay-up. Nice.
16 minutes left in second half; 35-25 Huskers. Willie finally scratches the box score and hits a much needed three. Right now, Tiny is the only player on the team that gets a passing grade tonight…he is getting double-teamed in the post, but he’s making good/smart decisions. Even though it’s a 10-point lead, this game is there for the taking if someone can step up for us.
12 minutes left in second half; 46-30 Huskers. Seriously? What a joke. We are getting destroyed by an absolutely horrid basketball team. Crocker just missed two point blank lay-ups. Over the past 3-4 weeks, I thought we made some really nice strides…and tonight, we’re making it a point to erase all of it.
7 minutes left in second half; 49-35 Huskers. Cleary, I gave us WAY too much credit at halftime saying we’d make it semi-interesting. This is anything but interesting. It’s a travesty. I gave the team a bit of a pass for their early struggles due to youth, etc. I just wanted to see steady improvement. But dropping this kind of effort at this point in the season points to one thing and one thing only—this is a gutless group. Hurts to say that, it really does.
4 minutes left; 59-44 Huskers. Game over. Cade hit a three that briefly cut it to 9 points, but we quickly gave it right back.
63-46 Final. Wow. Unreal.
By far the most disappointing loss of the year. It’s one thing to look bad early in the season—it’s a whole different story when it’s almost February and you arguably give your worst effort of the season in a game that you really needed to win. Really frustrating game to watch—just disgusting in all facets. The only thing Nebraska did well tonight was play hard—but that was all they needed. Yes, the travel circumstances weren’t ideal, but you’ve got to be more mentally tough than that.
Crocker and Willie were both clearly hampered by their injuries, but if they were THAT injured, we should have left them on the bench and let TMG run the show like he did against ISU.
I’m a die-hards die-hard. Therefore, I’ll be there the rest of the year—but I have no hope at this point. Maybe they’ll prove me wrong, but I doubt it. This is a lost year—I am no longer really focusing on what Capel can do THIS year, but rather looking ahead to see what he does NEXT year to redeem this mess. 2010-2011 will be a huge year for Capel.
As for the rest of this year? I have no problem with the LNC being half-full the rest of the year. The team doesn’t deserve the support of the casual fan. Yeah, if we beat Texas next Saturday it may rekindle the fire for this year, but I just don’t see that happening.