Fwd: [Husker] UAB 73, Nebraska 72

[NUStLNorris at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/3/2005 10:13:28 PM Central Standard Time,  
reich at inetnebr.com writes:

Can  someone who knows more about basketball than I do explain
why neither  Marcus Walker nor Maric were in at the end of  the
game?



As the second half unfolded yesterday, I was wondering why Maric's minutes  
seemed down in general, not just at the end of the game.  Wilkinson and  Maric 
each had five rebounds in the first five minutes of the game.  Eddins  drove 
the lane and made a high-percentage shot to win it late, a shot that may  or 
may not have been there if the 6-foot-11-inch Maric would have been in the  
game.  You'd think that it may have been a more difficult shot attempt had  there 
been an additional 6-foot-11-inch obstacle.  Walker made one turnover  with 
about 4 minutes left in the game -- he may have forced it a bit  -- then you 
didn't see him for the remainder of the game.  He DID,  however, have a first 
half where he showed some of the scoring prowess that  he obviously had during 
his famed high school career.
 
I was wondering where Maric was for most of the second half.   Probably just 
one person who could answer your question (and a very fair one at  that), and 
I doubt that he frequents "The List."
 
Dave Norris