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<blockquote data-quote="bleedsorangenblue" data-source="post: 1856952" data-attributes="member: 10413"><p>Withheld comment until today to get some perspective. Have to say that this is the least satisfying 16 point win I have ever experienced. Guys seemed somewhat disinterested in the first half. Came out better in the second half but seemed disjointed. There is still a reluctancy to share the ball or sometimes they just pass around without purpose. It looks almost as if they are just killing time sometimes. This results in too much one on one basketball at the end of a shot clock.. This often resulted in a jacked up three, as Nebraska's interior defense was pretty good. They finally clamped down on defense and the freshmen got going to win the game. I think that if they had relied on the upper-classmen in this one, it would have been a loss. </p><p></p><p>The fact that they can do this to pull one out shows the upside of this team. I don't know why they can't give 40 minutes of this kind of effort. The team is deep enough that we should be able to keep throwing guys out there and keep them fresh. I get the feeling that they just don't trust each other completely. I like the fact that Brad stepped away to let them figure this out. His anger and admonishments earlier in the season were not getting it done. Amazing that he can see this and change his ways. It is almost like he is a completely different coach out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bleedsorangenblue, post: 1856952, member: 10413"] Withheld comment until today to get some perspective. Have to say that this is the least satisfying 16 point win I have ever experienced. Guys seemed somewhat disinterested in the first half. Came out better in the second half but seemed disjointed. There is still a reluctancy to share the ball or sometimes they just pass around without purpose. It looks almost as if they are just killing time sometimes. This results in too much one on one basketball at the end of a shot clock.. This often resulted in a jacked up three, as Nebraska's interior defense was pretty good. They finally clamped down on defense and the freshmen got going to win the game. I think that if they had relied on the upper-classmen in this one, it would have been a loss. The fact that they can do this to pull one out shows the upside of this team. I don't know why they can't give 40 minutes of this kind of effort. The team is deep enough that we should be able to keep throwing guys out there and keep them fresh. I get the feeling that they just don't trust each other completely. I like the fact that Brad stepped away to let them figure this out. His anger and admonishments earlier in the season were not getting it done. Amazing that he can see this and change his ways. It is almost like he is a completely different coach out there. [/QUOTE]
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