Nebraska beat Texas 58-55 on Saturday. Nebraska slowed down the game by waiting to take a shot or go the the basket with ten seconds left on the time clock. The defense created turnovers by their swarming defense. Ade Dagunduro played perhaps his best game as a Cornhusker. He had seventeen points and nine rebounds. He showed he could drive and score against much taller players and he can also hit the three point shot. Cookie Miller played his usual smooth game of running the team. Toney McCray was very impressive and as he gets better, he will be a key to Nebraska's future.
Nebraska is now ranked 59th in the Pomeroy Rankings. Their best win was probably not against Texas but their win vs. Missouri on January 10th. NU won that game 56-51. Missouri is now ranked 9th in the Pomeroy rankings. They are 20-4. Their other losses are to Xavier(20), Illinois(25), and Kansas State(34). Our next game, which is next Saturday, will be at Missouri. They are a hot team right now.
Doc Stadler has put his stamp on this team. They are 2nd in the nation in turnover percentage and 4th in steal percentage.
I watched Jesse Carr and Colorado State play TCU Saturday. Jesse Carr is having a great year. He had 30-40 fans from Ainsworth watching the game. Both teams didn't play defense any where near what Nebraska does. The shortest team(Nebraksa) in Division I is also the scrappiest.
The Pomeroy Rankings have Duke (1), Connecticut (2), and North Carolina (3).
Did you know that 48% of the college football All-Americans were ranked three stars or less coming out of high school? Only 33% were listed in the top 100 coming out of high school. That's why a Boise State is always a high ranked team even though they have averaged 75th in recruiting.
In college basketball, Oklahoma and Kansas have a combined record of 17-0 in league play.
Martin Truex Jr. and Mark Martin will be in the front row for the Daytona 500.
There are a lot of car changes this year. Watch for these drivers to be in different cars.
Tony Stewart #14
Paul Menard #98
Joey Lagano #20 It will seem very different not having Tony Stewart in this car.
Casey Mears #07 Clint Bowyer's old car.
Mark Martin #5 Casey Mears' old car
Ryan Newman #39
Travis Kvapil #28
Scott Speed #82 First year
Clint Bowyer #33 Harry Gant made this car famous in his day.
David Stremme #12 Ryan Newman's old car.
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I was at the game on Saturday and it was amazing! I haven't been to too many games but that was the best one I had ever been too. It was actually close, intensity-wise from the fans as a husker football game. So much fun! I can't remember the guy from Texas' name but he looked like Shaq playing with some high school kids. He was huge and luckly he got into foul trouble. Nebraska doesn't have a very good offense. We never try and get it to a post player. We are the shortest team in the nation but you have to try to post someone up. If they double team you then you can kick it back out for a wide open shot. If Nebraska has an off night shooting, we will get beat badly, no matter who we play because we don't try to score inside. (Texas also had about 10 blocks so I can see why they didn't want to take it inside).
The big guy from Texas is Dexter Pittman. He has lost 70 lbs since his Freshman year.
Holy crap! 70 lbs?
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