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This is not the Wisconsin defense of old. Nebraska is getting anything they want.

By the way- Sam Hoiberg is actually a good player. There is no way that I would have believed 2 years ago that the 6 foot Hoiberg could be the starting PG on a winning team. But he is. It turns out that players can develop. Nights like tonight I wonder, is Asuma good enough to lead a winning team? Not yet, he has a long way to go. But he may be in two years with the right pieces around him, in this system.
 
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bga1 said:
This is not the Wisconsin defense of old. Nebraska is getting anything they want.

By the way- Sam Hoiberg is actually a good player. There is no way that I would have believed 2 years ago that the 6 foot Hoiberg could be the starting PG on a winning team. But he is. It turns out that players can develop. Nights like tonight I wonder, is Asuma good enough to lead a winning team? Not yet, he has a long way to go. But he may be in two years with the right pieces around him, in this system.
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Regarding Asuma.....

It just feels like he isn't comfortable yet. He has the tools it seems. I'm not sure he will ever live up to the hype.
 

OK, Nebraska is real. It took a little while, but Fred has done it.
 

Bad Gopher said:
OK, Nebraska is real. It took a little while, but Fred has done it.
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I'm not ready to say this in mid December. The bulk of the B1G is still before us. Nebraska often has reminded me of Maryland football, look like national championship contenders early on and then fade away as the season progresses. Also, like many other teams, Nebraska is much better at home. They have to win some road games in the B1G to convince me they are legit.
 

FinnGopher said:
I'm not ready to say this in mid December. The bulk of the B1G is still before us. Nebraska often has reminded me of Maryland football, look like national championship contenders early on and then fade away as the season progresses. Also, like many other teams, Nebraska is much better at home. They have to win some road games in the B1G to convince me they are legit.
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Agree!!!
 

FinnGopher said:
I'm not ready to say this in mid December. The bulk of the B1G is still before us. Nebraska often has reminded me of Maryland football, look like national championship contenders early on and then fade away as the season progresses. Also, like many other teams, Nebraska is much better at home. They have to win some road games in the B1G to convince me they are legit.
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Nebraska has Mast, who is terrific, and they played hard on both ends of the court last night. Their talent doesn't bring to mind top teams but they are a solid squad that will look great when they play as hard as they did last night. They run the same stuff Niko does on offense but with the really good big guy who can play in or out- it works better.
 

Bad Gopher said:
OK, Nebraska is real. It took a little while, but Fred has done it.
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Took a while?

Just this year, in his 7th at Nebraska, he finally has a higher winning percentage than Ben Johnson had at Minnesota.

No idea how Fred lasted long enough to have that happen.
 

Unregistered User said:
Took a while?

Just this year, in his 7th at Nebraska, he finally has a higher winning percentage than Ben Johnson had at Minnesota.

No idea how Fred lasted long enough to have that happen.
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His first three years were historically awful, then they got better, year five they broke through and made the tournament, last year Rigsby buzzer beater probably kept them out and they won the players crown or whatever that tourney is called. Nebby has always had great fan support for years the problem was getting players to go there, but NIL has been a game changer in that department and this year they have a lot of pieces back and some continuity with the roster. Also got a pretty good player out of Cretin in the 2027 class too
 

Unregistered User said:
Took a while?

Just this year, in his 7th at Nebraska, he finally has a higher winning percentage than Ben Johnson had at Minnesota.

No idea how Fred lasted long enough to have that happen.
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This has been a topic before, in other threads: how much time should they or should have they given him. There are two factors that recommended some patience:
  • His previous track record of winning at ISU. He's not an unproven commodity.
  • Nebraska is a historically tough place for basketball success: the only power conference school to never win a NCAA tournament game. That's quite a distinction and a tough nut to crack.
 

Bad Gopher said:
This has been a topic before, in other threads: how much time should they or should have they given him. There are two factors that recommended some patience:
  • His previous track record of winning at ISU. He's not an unproven commodity.
  • Nebraska is a historically tough place for basketball success: the only power conference school to never win a NCAA tournament game. That's quite a distinction and a tough nut to crack.
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I would add a 3rd: Nebraska spent so much money on severance payments to fired football coaches that they were reluctant to fire the basketball coach.
 

The Deliberate Stranger said:
His first three years were historically awful, then they got better, year five they broke through and made the tournament, last year Rigsby buzzer beater probably kept them out and they won the players crown or whatever that tourney is called. Nebby has always had great fan support for years the problem was getting players to go there, but NIL has been a game changer in that department and this year they have a lot of pieces back and some continuity with the roster. Also got a pretty good player out of Cretin in the 2027 class too
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Hypothetical, of course, but Nebraska likely makes the NCAA easily last season if Mast doesn’t get hurt. Would’ve been back to back years in the NCAA.

Seems to me, Nebraska’s patience with Freddy is paying off. They trusted his success at Iowa State and what they were seeing within their own program.
 

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