unless we see some dramatic changes we won't even make the NIT. This team is lost and have zero toughness. Could be a long season.
Those two points don't even com close to accounting for the turnovers, lack of an inside presence and the sketchy D in this game.
We also caught a pretty nice scheduling break. Of the seven conference teams we had to play twice, five of them were the bottom five teams in the league. We caught Michigan State on a night they shot terrible and rode the hot streak to a home win against Wisconsin.
Good point!
What I'm getting at is that I really don't think these turnovers come from a lack of talent, because the talent is there. I truly believe there is a lack of focus right now and it's bothering. Our supposed team leader getting a technical foul to pick up a 3rd foul early in the first half is another example. That's just inexcusable. The lack of an inside presence is troubling though, I'll agree to that. Hopefully some of it gets cleared up with the return of Abraham and Smith. As far as defense goes, once again, I think it's a lack of focus. This is basically the same team out there as last year that played some great defense. Some of these guys need to learn how to deal with their ego and get back to Husker basketball, diving on the court for loose balls and outworking every opponent on our schedule.
I noticed this too, the few times we would actually get the ball to the middle someone would just hold it until they got mobbed and turned it over. When the ball gets to the middle there needs to be streakers down the sideline to get open. Normally when teams press, it can lead to easy lay ups and wide open shots but that doesn't seem to be the case with this team.
