Shooting woes sink Huskers
Nebraska went stone cold in the second half Sunday in falling to Minnesota 69-61 in Big Ten men's basketball. The Huskers, who led 33-32 at halftime, missed 14 of their first 16 shots after the break and went without a field goal for 7:33. Minnesota (17-7, 5-6) used a 16-4 splurge during the NU cold snap to go up 48-39 with 8:06 to play. Nebraska (11-11, 3-8) never got closer than six points the rest of the way.
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Chatelain: Big 12's a bit shaky, but not on the court
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Conference realignment affected every major conference in America. But no one wears a bigger scar than the Big 12. First Nebraska and Colorado left for greener pastures. Then Texas A&M and Missouri bolted for the SEC. Amid all that strife, Dan Beebe lost his job, and Texas and Oklahoma nearly dissolved the league in favor of a West Coast super-conference.
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Eliason finding place with Gophers
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.It was a triumphant return to his home state Sunday for Minnesota center Elliott Eliason. The 6-foot-11 redshirt freshman from Chadron, Neb., had a big hand in a 69-61 win against Nebraska. In 17 minutes, he scored six points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked a shot.
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Chadron big man glad to be a Gopher
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Sunday's Big Ten men's basketball matchup between Nebraska and Minnesota is a big game for Gophers center Elliott Eliason, but not for the reason you might think. Yes, Eliason is from Chadron, Neb. And, yes, he held a Husker scholarship offer for 16 months before telling NU coach Doc Sadler he wanted to go elsewhere.
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Wildcats go long, outlast Huskers
Nebraska's defense Thursday night at Northwestern made a major miscalculation. The Husker men chose to clog the lane in the first half, daring the opponents to shoot 3-pointers. Northwestern obliged, hitting 10 of 19 from long range to take a 15-point halftime lead, then hung on for an 84-74 victory. Nebraska, down 41-26 after 20 minutes, cut the deficit to 54-53 with 10:39 left in the game and to 75-72 with 1:36 left.
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Strickland eyes return to NU bench?
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Erick Strickland, a member of the Nebraska basketball hall of fame, has hopes someday of becoming a member of the Nebraska basketball coaching staff. The former Bellevue West and Husker star, who went on to a nine-year NBA career, said Wednesday from Dallas that he talked last week with NU coach Doc Sadler about getting into college coaching. "I want everyone to know I'm not trying to shake up anything there," Strickland said. "I just want to help.
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Sadler's squad set for heavy workload
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.After playing one game the past 11 days, the Nebraska men's basketball team embarks on a four-games-in-10-days stretch, starting Thursday night at Northwestern. How the Huskers (11-9, 3-6) will react to so much time away from games in the middle of conference play is a mystery to coach Doc Sadler. "We've not been through something like this," he said. "I guess if we win, we'll look back and say they knew how to handle it. If we don't play good, it will be something we'll have to change up."
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Huskers feeling better at foul line
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Doc Sadler speculated Tuesday that Nebraska basketball fans nearly had reason in recent years to honor him with a monument outside the Devaney Center. If that sentence has you wondering if this weird winter weather has affected the sixth-year coach's thinking, read on. This comes back to the Huskers, who play Thursday at Northwestern, shooting 75 percent from the foul line this season compared with an average in Sadler's first five seasons of 69.1 percent.
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Barfknecht: 'NUs' are oh-for the NCAAs
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.When it comes to men's basketball, Nebraska and Northwestern share a far more notable distinction than the nickname NU. These two schools, who meet Thursday night in Evanston, Ill., have never won an NCAA tournament game. The only other school in a power conference without a tourney victory is South Florida. But the Bulls, 0-2 all-time, have only been a member of the Big East since 2003.
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Chatelain: Panel's numbers key for mid-majors
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Mid-major respect (or lack of) is one of the annual story lines of Selection Sunday. Typically, we measure respect by at-large bids. How many invitations did the selection committee allocate to leagues like the Missouri Valley versus the so-called power conferences?
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