Huskers predicting a 73-59 W over Niners

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[QUOTE]HHC Webmaster Dave Brandon:

After ending the season 8-6 against Big 12 competition, Nebraska will see the impressive second year of the Doc Sadler era extended at least one more game Wednesday night against the Charlotte 49ers.

Straight from the north side of the prettiest major city in the southeast, the 49ers will come into this game with an abundance of confidence after finishing the season 6-2 themselves.

Charlotte will also not be intimidated by Nebraska, as they have played with or defeated several “BCS Conference schools” this season, including impressive wins at Clemson (82-72), on a neutral court against Wake Forest (63-59) and close losses at the hands of Georgia Tech (by 5) and Maryland (by 4).

The 49ers also own impressive conference wins over NCAA Tournament participants Temple and St. Josephs.

Overall, the Bobby Lutz led bunch is a solid 8-11 away from Halton Arena, and relies mainly on three-point shooting. The 49ers will live and die by the three Wednesday night, and will depend upon Leemire Goldwire, An’Juan Wilderness and Charlie Coley for the bulk of their points.

The Huskers must contain dribble penetration in this one, as point guard DiJuan Harris is fast and very similar to Nebraska’s Cookie Miller, in that he can break down a defense and kick out to open shooters. If NU can keep 49er guards beyond the elbows and have a hand in shooters faces, Charlotte will struggle to score points.

Nebraska also has two major advantages in this game.

[B]One, Charlotte will have no answer for Aleks Maric, who figures to score anywhere from 20 to 30 points and completely dominate the boards.[/B]

Two, Charlotte will be a bit weary from traveling, as they didn’t return to Charlotte from the Atlantic 10 Tournament after electrical problems on their plane until the wee hours of the morning on Sunday. Then, they turn around and leave early Tuesday morning to travel to Lincoln. So, Nebraska may be catching them at a good time, especially considering the game is in the friendly confines of the Devaney Center.

Charlotte is a great program, and one that is very underappreciated in NCAA Basketball landscape. They have a great coach, tremendous athletes and great shooters. They are from the prettiest state in the United States and my favorite city to visit.

With all that said, they have no answer for Aleks Maric, and barring something unlikely, such [B]as a barrage of made while contested three-pointers[/B], I just don’t see them competing in this game. Nebraska plays tremendous defense and the fact that the 49ers have no low post threat means Doc Sadler has three full days to devise a plan to stop dribble penetration and outside shooting.

Nebraska wins this one comfortably, 73-59.[/QUOTE]

I like it. :shades:

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I think they forget that they are the lower seed, the selection committee just got them reversed by accident.

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Sounds like Big Phil is going to have to go out there and bust some skulls. I also LOVE that he thinks that stopping Lee is just about getting a hand in his face. It kind of reminds me of people thinking they can just man up someone like Charles Tilman or Fred Smoot on Steve Smith for a whole game and not expect him to score three td’s and end up with 200 yards receiving. We need to stop their big man the same way we stopped Nivins and Falker this year. I also love the fact that Lamont Mack is mentioned nowhere in there, nor is Mike MF’n G. 73-59? C’mon, how many games did we lose by double digits to teams not called Temple?

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I agree, and who does Nebraska have besides Maric, what if he gets in foul trouble, what then?

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clt is concerned about Nebraska’s o line dominating our pass rushers and allowing Frazier time to beat us.

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We’ve done a pretty good job of shutting down the other team’s main post player this season – Falker (SIU), Nivins (St. Joe’s), and James (Duquesne) come to mind – so if Maric gets 30 points, then I will be very surprised.

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[QUOTE=run49er;306480]We’ve done a pretty good job of shutting down the other team’s main post player this season – Falker (SIU), Nivins (St. Joe’s), and James (Duquesne) come to mind – so if Maric gets 30 points, then I will be very surprised.[/QUOTE]

Or we could let him get 30 and play tough D on the rest.

:49ers:

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Always listen to a scouting report where the author leaves out the 2nd leading scorer. :lmao:
I guess Mack isn’t a threat.

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Trevor Booker dominated us inside vs. Clemson and we still won by 10. Booker ended up with what, 32 points or so?

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send that first line about us having no one to compete to phil - lets get him pissed before he ever crosses into nebraska!!!

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It is time for Phil to unleash [B][SIZE=5]BIG NASTY![/SIZE][/B]

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I also believe Charlie could get wild with his block shots (1.4 vs. Maric 1.7 BPG ). Besides, CCIII could show the Huskers his nasty dunking and jumping ability. Speaking of Wild, the Huskers may need to deal with not getting lost in the “WILDERNESS”, too.
:49ers:

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my prediction:

lee goes off for 30
mack follows up with 19
coley goes for 10 pts and 13 boards
Mikey M-effin G gets 12 dimes
Dijuan plays sick D with quick feet
Charlotte leaves with another Postseason W
Corn Shuckers leave silently, jaws droppped.

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...I just don’t see them competing in this game...Nebraska wins this one comfortably, 73-59...

Wow. We played a tougher schedule than they did… and got more wins… and they don’t even think we can compete? I really hope their players are as confident as their fans are.

We have had trouble getting our offense rolling in some games lately which scares me… if we can get off to a good start offensively, I really like our chances in this one. We rebounded poorly against Temple, but I think a lot of that was fatigue and should improve tomorrow.

Their big man only shoots 57% from the FT line, so I would have Phil and Gaby play him very physical and don’t give up any easy baskets.

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Here is what a blogger thinks:

http://mattperrault.blogspot.com/2008/03/who-is-charlotte-and-rhode-island.html

All the commenters seem to think Nebraska dominates us.

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Here is what a blogger thinks:

[URL]http://mattperrault.blogspot.com/2008/03/who-is-charlotte-and-rhode-island.html[/URL]

All the commenters seem to think Nebraska dominates us.

What an ass clown! I am referring to the d-bag who commented:
Looks like Nebraska is a first game winner!

I know his name is Sublime_Fan27. I swear it isn’t me.

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I’m thinking the Niners roll in to the corn field feeling no pressure. They are in the NIT. They don’t need to worry about getting in now. So they’ll be loose and cool and play confident and make it happen. Go NINERS!

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suprised the “sweet 16 hopeful” davidson wasnt mentioned in our notable wins :biggrin:

and I think thats the firt time I hated something with sublime in it, or at least though it was moronic

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Overall, the Bobby Lutz led bunch is a solid 8-11 away from Halton Arena, and relies mainly on three-point shooting. The 49ers will live and die by the three Wednesday night, and will depend upon Leemire Goldwire, An’Juan Wilderness and Charlie Coley for the bulk of their points.
Mack??
The Huskers must contain dribble penetration in this one, as point guard DiJuan Harris is fast and very similar to Nebraska’s Cookie Miller, in that he can break down a defense and kick out to open shooters. If NU can keep 49er guards beyond the elbows and have a hand in shooters faces, Charlotte will struggle to score points.
Are they getting Harris and Gerrity confused? Harris distributes the ball well, but tends to do that from the perimeter.
Charlotte is a great program, and one that is very underappreciated in NCAA Basketball landscape. They have a great coach, tremendous athletes and great shooters. They are from the prettiest state in the United States and my favorite city to visit.
A lot of respect from this guy. That is nice.

Overall, he seems to have done a pretty good job of researching the Niners. I like that.

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I'm thinking the Niners roll in to the corn field feeling no pressure. They are in the NIT. They don't need to worry about getting in now. So they'll be loose and cool and play confident and make it happen. Go NINERS!

The last thing I want is for them to be loose and cool. They play best when they feel like they absolutely have to. They play best in bigger games, that is pretty much why they lost the ugly ones they lost.