Fwd: [Husker] What to Say?

[NUStLNorris at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/27/04 7:12:39 AM Central Standard Time, gwfead at cox.net 
writes:


> One of Danny Nee's reason's for liking Nebraska so much was the fact that 
> the football season always lasted until January around here and that "we could 
> pretty much do what we want because no one was paying attention to us (the 
> basketball program)". Well that's not the case this season so let's get over 
> to the Devaney Center and follow the basketball team it should be an 
> interesting season over there too. BTW, $99 season tickets (with no donation) are 
> still available.

... you can also follow the Husker basketball team this Thursday night at 
8:30 p.m. CDT on ESPN 2 as they take their 2 - 0 record on the road to 
Alabama-Birmingham -- a Sweet 16 team from a year ago that upset Kentucky in last year's 
Big Dance.  It should be a good early season read on where our team and 
talent stack up early in the season.

The Huskers have beaten Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Texas Southern thus far.  
Ark-P.B. was a bad team.  Texas Southern was not.  NU has guys like Muhleisen, 
Simms and Turek who have played an awful lot of basketball here.  Marcus Neal 
looks like he's ready to step up to a new role where they'll need him to bury 
the three-pointer.  The two freshman (McCray and Maric) are legit ... they were 
the first two off the bench in the first two games.  This team has experience, 
and they also have young, capable-of-contributing talent -- with more on the 
way.

NU IS getting better.  How much better remains to be seen.  Pre-conference 
schedule includes UAB, Marquette and Tennesse on the road, and Creighton and 
Minnesota at home.

I think it's "moving year" in the Big XII.  Just my opinion, but Kansas and 
Oklahoma State are a given as the best of the conference -- among the best in 
the nation.  But behind them you've got Texas (who looked beatable the other 
night -- actually, they DID get beat), and then the Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas 
Tech group -- then Colorado ... Iowa State and K-State (here's where the 
"pundits" pick NU) ... and then the duo of A&M-Baylor.

I think that Tech is going to be down (Andre Emmitt is no more), Oklahoma IS 
down compared to the teams Sampson ran out there four or five years ago, 
Missouri has had more than their share of problems, Colorado HAD talent but no 
chemistry -- their talent's eligibility expired (David Harrison and Michelle M.) 
so all the chemistry in the world and they're STILL going to be down.  K-State, 
Iowa State ... Nebraska?  Who knows!?  No predictions here ... but I will say 
without hesitation that NU Basketball is getting better.

Barry has an opportunity to win a lot of fans this year.  I'm looking forward 
to watching he and his team try.  Should be an interesting barometer Thursday 
night ... hope we can hang with 'em.

Dave Norris