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Monday, December 22, 2003

On the Radar: Nebraska

Nebraska is not even on the radar of the folks in Lincoln, where even a lowly 9-3 football team still captivates the locals attention through December. The hoops team must play second fiddle to Creighton for the state's basketball interests. Creighton is also the only team Nebraska has lost to so far this year. Nebraska is incredibly balanced with their leading scorer, forward John Turek, only averaging 10.6 ppg.

The only road game the Huskers have played was against Creighton, and they're going to have to do some damage on the road if they want to avoid another last place finish in the Big 12. A good barometer game will be next Monday at Minnesota, where their former coach Danny Nee nearly led Duquesne to an overtime win tonight.

Posted on 12/22 at 08:51 PM
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Sunday, December 21, 2003

Parity Parody

All the talk has been about parity this year. But it's really just a way for folks to excuse the fact that they didn't realize how good Georgia Tech, Stanford, St. Joseph's, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, etc. would be. This year is no different than any other year. In fact, if anything there is less parity. Last year there were 11 unbeatens going into Christmas break. Currently there are 17. We'll lose two more before Christmas when Florida St. plays Pittsburgh on Monday, and Dayton plays Cincinnati on Tuesday.

Posted on 12/21 at 01:26 AM
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Friday, December 19, 2003

Unloved

In one of the few compelling games of last night, UNLV collapsed at home and lost to Northern Arizona, who might not even qualify for its own conference tournament. Why is it so hard to build a winner at UNLV? It's going to be a long year for the Rebs. They can't rebound, don't shoot well, and don't take care of the basketball.

Posted on 12/19 at 01:41 AM
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