[Husker] which way is the bball bouncing?

[richards todd]

I'm puzzeld also.  One thing I know for sure is that I
don't want to hear about the NIT anymore.  Going to
the NIT is like going to the Independence Bowl every
year.

Todd in Tennessee

--- dryter at inebraska.com wrote:

> I can't figure this Husker basketball team out! 
> I've played, officiated and
> watched enough basketball to know how schizophrenic
> a team can appear,
> regardless of it's talent or effort level, but this
> is nuts.  Was the source of
> the problem Joel McCray?  Could have been.  Effort? 
> I have been crossed up on
> this one too.  In interviews, Dourisseau et al. have
> talked about righting the
> ship and coming out and playing hard, showing pride,
> etc., and ISU happens,
> then KU happens.  After Creighton you think that
> maybe it's coaching and the
> talent level, then OU and KSU happens, then MU
> happens (granted, MU is on the
> skids, but not as bad as NU appeared to be).   One
> thing appears consistent,
> the core group of Wilkinson, Dourisseau, Richardson
> and Maric are willing to
> keep fighting and try to get back on track.
> 
> I still think that the team has the talent to get to
> the NIT, or the Dance with
> a remarkable, overachieving run in the B12.  I have
> to think that team unity
> will improve and consistency will improve without
> McCray.  Basketball teams can
> be affected more severely than a football team by
> one bad apple--I'm not going
> to run the floor hard and take an elbow in the chops
> to pull a rebound or fight
> through a moving pick just so some would-be Kobe can
> launch another ill-advised
> off-balanced, floating NBA three.  Developing trust
> and getting to know each
> other on the court could help to keep the backcourt
> from those meltdowns that
> killed them in their three conference losses.  I'm a
> bit optimistic, but
> wouldn't predict any outcome down the road.
> 
> Derek
> 
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