[Husker] Nebraska 57, Kansas State 42

[Lee]

I watched the game also and I got the impression both teams took a page from 
the Husker book of listless book of basketball.

 It is great to be 2-0 in Big Twelve but the Huskers need to step it up a 
notch or maybe 3.

Lee Wilmart
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From: <dryter at inebraska.com>
To: <NUStLNorris at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Nebraska 57, Kansas State 42


Good analysis.  I saw much of the game, and it was like KSU took a page from 
the
Husker book of listless basketball.  But It also looked like KSU was 
undersized
and NU got physical, particularly Maric, who seemed to dwarf the KSU
frontcourt.   Maric also shows that from the high post he has great vision 
and
can dish the ball to cutters in traffic--Dourisseau blew a great pass in the
first half missing a lay-in.

One key stat in the last two games: TOs.  NU had only 9 beating OU, and were
even with KSU at 14.  If they can keep the TOs down around 10 they'll be 
much
more competetive in B12 play.  If they play like the last two games they'll 
be
competetive in every B12 game.

The move by Collier to allow Maric to spend xmas downunder appears to have
helped.  He also has gotten the players to take pride in their team and 
raise
their level of effort and intensity.  We could probably cool the talk about
when we should decide to fire him, at least for a while.

I saw this AM that McCray had a slight concussion after the tumbling drive 
early
in the second half.  He appears to have improved over the first month of the
season, though I hope he doesn't decide that he's going to make every 
floating
20-footer from the top of the key after the game winner against OU.  He's 
got
some physical size, and they are going to need that banging around in the 
paint
against the likes of OSU, KU, CU.  The Huskers should beat ISU at Devaney.

Derek

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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:40 PM
To: husker at tssi.com
Subject: [Husker] Nebraska 57, Kansas State 42

Believe it or not, Nebraska improved to 12 and 3 on the season and 2 and 0
in conference play with a 57-42 win over Kansas State tonight in  Manhattan.
Nebraska led by as much as 23 (I believe it was  23) in the second half.

Cornhuskers played very well at the start of each half.  Got off to a  13-2
start and then ripped off a big run at the start of half number two.   I
thought NU was o.k.-to-good tonight.  KSU was horrible.  NU's  defense had 
to
contribute to their woes ... but they started taking bad, forced  shots 
right
out-of-the-chute.

I hope this signifies the permanent return of 6-foot-11 sophomore center
Aleks Maric.  15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to lead the  way.  Joe
McCray took a nasty spill early in the 2nd half ... seemed to  land hard on 
his
tail bone while goin' to the hole.  Returned (slowly) to  the bench for the 
last
10 minutes of the game after returning from the locker  room.

Joe has some time to rest and heal up.  He too, like Aleks, may slowly  be
"rounding" into form (sorry).  No game this weekend.   Huskers and their 2 
and 0
Big XII mark will take on Iowa State at the Devaney  Center at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 17.

It's early.  NU is 2 and 0.  Mizzou is 2 and 0.  Oklahoma is  0 and 2.  But
no talk about NU being the worst 12 and 3 team in the  country.  This was a
huge win for Nebraska basketball.

There is no such thing as an ugly conference road win.

Dave Norris



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