[Husker] KANSAS is coming!

[jonlists]

Saturday morning, Kansas comes to town, ranked #3 and undefeated in Big 12 
play. Nebraska has typically played well against the Jayhawks in Lincoln

It will be great if we can pull off a win against KU, not just because 
they're undefeated and ranked highly, but because of where everyone is in 
the conference standings. If we got the win, we'd be at .500, and we could 
rise above the bottom half of the conference with a nice streak of home 
games coming up. There are three of us (NU, A&M, and KSU) with three wins. 
A&M plays Mizzou this Saturday, while KSU plays Colorado. KSU is the only 
one in this group above us, so a win would give us a chance to gain ground 
on a couple teams ahead of us, and place space between those below us. 
Texas is at 4-3, and vulnerable since they now only have eight scholarship 
players (too bad we didn't play them at home BEFORE this happened). 

Lately, our free throw shooting has been better, but our young leader, 
McCray hasn't been scoring as much - let's hope he steps up in a big game. 
Muhleisen finally had a big game against A&M. Obviously, everyone is going 
to have to step it up a notch to beat KU. 

Unlike others, I don't find this season a disappointment. We're about 
where I thought we'd be - we gave up some early victories to get our 
younger guys experience, and now it's starting to pay off in conference 
play. Whether or not the rest of the season is a disappointment - well, I 
don't want to go so far as to say  this game against KU could make or 
break us,  but if we can win it, we have a darned good shot at finishing 
in the upper half of the conference. 

ESPN, 11:00 am Saturday. Watch it and comment on the game, otherwise keep 
your 'fire the coach' posts to yourself. <G> 

Jon Johnston
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