[Husker] Men's Basketball

Thu Feb 18 09:20:51 CST 2010

I hope these players make a difference and get us over the hump.

I'm not expecting us to challange KU for the Big XII title every year, but winning one conference game this year and never having won an NCAA tournament game is unacceptable.

I've followed this team since the mid 1960's. When I was a student, I attended home games in the Coliseum. I'm hungry for a consistantly decent basketball program. Is that too much to ask? :-)

--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote: 
> No, but if you look at all three of those players, none are in 'college shape' yet.  They need weight room time and strength conditioning that they will get and will make a big (pun intended) difference going forward.
> 
> Diaz needs 15lbs added to his frame, Ubel is one of those taller outside players as is Stanhardinger, but they're playing out of position.  Just adding Neiman would free them up (as well as help rebounding).  Not to mention next year they bring in a true center (from Jamaica of all places) who's about 250lbs and should be able to move some people around from the get go.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com [mailto:gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:03 AM
> To: Skylar Dodds; 'Husker List'
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Men's Basketball
> 
> If we had those players, we'd probably be better. Having Cookie Belcher on the point would be nice, too. But we don't have them.
> 
> Last season we had the shortest team in D1. Not surprisingly we had trouble rebounding. This year we've added a 6'-11" center, a 6'-10" forward, and a 6'-8" forward. We're still getting killed on the boards. Is it lack of technique or a lack of hustle? Whatever it is, it needs to fixed. There seems to be some talent on the team but they aren't consistent, and they don't sustain for 40 minutes. How many times have we lead teams in the second half only to fold?
> 
> Is this attributable to the coach?
> --
> Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
> Overland Park, Kansas
> 
> ---- Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote: 
> > I don't disagree wholeheartedly, but Doc has had some serious bad luck.  With some injuries (McCray, Neiman) and just blatant mistakes by the admissions office (Sallie), imagine how different this team would be.  Even if you just add Sallie, he's a true shooter who's doing very well at Memphis.
> > 
> > I hate to sound like I'm making excuses, but think about it.
> > 
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> > I hope that solid player can play the point and rebound because those are two glaring weaknesses of this team. They constantly get outrebounded leading to too many easy baskets by the opponent.
> > 
> > Like Scully and Mulder, I want to believe, but this conference season has made me wonder if we're heading in the right direction.
> > 
> > --
> > Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
> > Overland Park, Kansas
> > 
> > ---- Shawn Sherlock <shawnsherlock at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> > > Those two losses were to the #23 & #7 teams. Yes going from 12-1 to
> > > 13-13 is not good, but IMO we are one solid player short of getting 
> > > over the hump.
> > > 
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > 
> > > On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:49 PM, C Jolly <jocar26 at cox.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > While experience is a major factor, I watched Nebraska lose two 
> > > > games in the last seconds by turning the ball over.  IMHO, that is 
> > > > a lack of playing like a team.
> > > > Jon Johnston wrote:
> > > >> Connie Yori has, what, four seniors, while Doc Sadler is playing 
> > > >> mostly freshmen and sophomores. There's a huge difference in 
> > > >> experience between the teams.
> > > >> While you might respond with the 'Sadler should have more 
> > > >> players, better experience" line, keep in mind that Yori's in her 
> > > >> eighth or ninth season while Sadler is in his fourth.
> > > >> Jon Johnston
> > > >>
> > > >> On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:12 PM, C Jolly wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>> You're exactly right. For what little I watched the Husker women 
> > > >>> vs the Husker men, this year I think the big difference is that 
> > > >>> the girls play like a team while the men play like 5 players.
> > > >>> gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> But it happens time after time after time.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> This team desperately needs a point guard. -- Greg Zimmerman, 
> > > >>>> UNL
> > > >>>> '75 Overland Park, Kansas
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> ---- Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>> Against the #7 team in the country on the road.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I'm not excusing what happened...just trying to put things in 
> > > >>>>> perspective.  This glass has a little more in it than the 
> > > >>>>> record indicates...
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Mike Jaixen
> > > >>>>> http://huskermike.blogspot.com http://www.cornnation.com
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
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> > > >>>>> From: "gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com" <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com>
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> > > >>>>> Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 8:28:08 PM
> > > >>>>> Subject: [Husker] Men's Basketball
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Doc's ball handling wizards throw away another game. I'm really 
> > > >>>>> starting to lose faith.
> > > >>>>> --
> > > >>>>> Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
> > > >>>>> Overland Park, Kansas
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