[Husker] Oklahoma 70, Nebraska 53

[Tony Lambert]

Nebraska needs to find someone who is willing to do the dirty work and 
rebound. That is what beat them tonight.


                       Tony Lambert

NUStLNorris at aol.com wrote:
> Easily the Huskers most uninspired effort of the year tonight -- a 13-oh  run 
> in the second half by Oklahoma did NU in.  Coach Doc Sadler just said  on his 
> radio show that Nebraska "isn't the team we were" a few weeks ago.   Big XII 
> competition might have something to do with that, but this undersized,  
> thus-far-over-achieving team didn't do much right tonight.
>  
> OU jumped off to an 11-2 start, but NU went on a 15-4 run (aided by a  
> quantity of 3s from Charles Richardson and Marcus Perry) to take the lead.   OU led 
> by 4 at the half, then ran away from a Husker team that didn't put forth  the 
> effort that their coach expects.
>  
> Aleks Maric has to be "the man" as Doc has said more than a few times this  
> year, and tonight he just didn't look like he was ready to go, to be quite  
> honest.  NU got outrebounded and out-efforted, which was really hard for  Sadler 
> to take.  NU looked tired and uninspired.
>  
> Freshman Ryan Anderson (the only guard NU has who has any 'comfort' playing  
> with his back to the basket, playing the high post or taking on an interior  
> passing responsibility) started but isn't moving nearly as fluidly as  he was 
> prior to his injury.  Really too bad that he got hurt, but that's a  part of 
> the game.
>  
> It's not like OU is to be confused with their past Tubbs and Sampson-led  
> squads.  They're under a first-year coach, too.  I don't think  Oklahoma is as 
> good as Iowa State is, but NU didn't offer up much resistance  tonight.  Even 
> when down four in the second half, I wondered how it was  that close.  
>  
> I hated watching this and thinking "sheesh, tonight we look like last  year's 
> team," but that's what I thought.  I suppose this over-achieving  bunch was 
> due for a let-down or a no-show.
>  
> This was definetly a step back, but Sadler won't take it lying down.
>  
> Dave Norris
>  
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