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seaofred92 said:
there is no possible way you're serious with this comment. Maybe folks at the local barbershop in Nebraska who don't follow the NBA. But once again, if you know anything about basketball, you'd know that frail backups that are playing out of position in college aren't your typical NBA prospects...
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An announcer who called one of our games this year, thinking Fran Fraschilla, said he thinks Roby has the tools to be an NBA player. It’s only one guy but he did say it. He has a looong way to go for that to happen. 

 
SUHperman said:
An announcer who called one of our games this year, thinking Fran Fraschilla, said he thinks Roby has the tools to be an NBA player. It’s only one guy but he did say it. He has a looong way to go for that to happen. 
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Fran!!!  He said the same stuff about Tai!

 
teachercd said:
Fran is just a really positive guy!
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I remember him saying on draft night that a guy was two years away from being two years away- which equaled to being 6 years away from being ready for the NBA. It was confusing and amusing all at once. 

He hypes up overseas guys a lot, but honestly, if they look good overseas why not tell it like it is? Anyway, Roby has a ways to go before we start talking NBA, let's start with getting him some points and a consistent jump shot before we start giving him NBA love.

 
HuskermanMike said:
I remember him saying on draft night that a guy was two years away from being two years away- which equaled to being 6 years away from being ready for the NBA. It was confusing and amusing all at once. 

He hypes up overseas guys a lot, but honestly, if they look good overseas why not tell it like it is? Anyway, Roby has a ways to go before we start talking NBA, let's start with getting him some points and a consistent jump shot before we start giving him NBA love.
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For awhile, not sure if he still is, he was the international scouting guy.

Roby has as much chance of playing in the NBA as I do...but anymore, playing overseas is a nice gig.  I had a coaching friend/teaching friend that played for KU in the 80's then played on two 10 day contracts in the NBA but played for awhile in Brazil.  He was making about really good coin out there plus all expenses paid.  Now, that was only during the season but still. 

 
Roby is too thin to play center and should be playing forward.  Jordy is terrible & Okie is a def. replacement.  It is what we have.  I just get frustrated watching players stand around 6' from the basket not trying to get a rebound.

 
I havent watched nearly as much Nebrasketball this year as past years, but that should pick up. 

I think Jordy will come around but we also need the coaches to be smart how they use him. I have liked what I have seen out of Duby so far, but the thing we lack down low is the guys who want the ball---What I mean by this is guys who will throw their bodies around to get rebounds. I disagree with a post above about Jacobsen being trash. He isnt trash and we miss some of that toughness he brought. He worked his butt off and honestly I wish that mentality was shared by some others. He was forced to play in a much bigger role than he was able to play but I still think he and Morrow could have helped this team.

We need to find athletic bigs and stop worrying about height. I will take a 6'8 guy who can chase down boards and be able to guard someone who moves around. 

I think Jordy has shown moments but with this offense, he just isnt built to move around and his skills down low are too clumsy to run an offense through him.

I like what Roby can do but like others mentioned his confidence and lack of "Killer instinct" will need to grow for him to be an elite player. I look at Shavon Shields as a good comparison. Shavon turned it on later in his career and I think Roby can as well.

I dont think we need to move away from Jordy or Duby but we need to pick the spots. When the opposition puts in their bench, lets give jordy a chance to "bully" those guys. In crunch minutes I dont trust Jordy and we need to be ok with Roby/Copeland playing those minutes but need to fix our rebounding woes.

 
Cdog923 said:
Kansas and Creighton killed us in areas where having Ed Morrow would have helped by about a factor of a billion. 
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and KU and CU are totally different teams this year compared to last year.

https://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2017/11/1/16424558/big-ten-non-conference-schedules-college-basketball-2017-18-analysis-rankings-wisconsin-purdue


National Ranks



Team


Average Schedule Strength


Natl. Rank


Known Schedule Strength


Natl. Rank


Maximum Schedule Strength


Natl. Rank


Minimum Schedule Strength


Natl. Rank


Wisconsin*


4.389302554


56


3.698536892


68


4.427659631


67


4.350945477


43


Ohio State*


3.548867189


87


2.220681536


144


4.5527438


62


2.257192915


130


Purdue*


3.51992873


88


2.111937991


147


4.913804454


49


2.177598195


138


Indiana


3.441463289


93


3.441463289


79


3.441463289


106


3.441463289


77


Michigan*


3.241056079


101


2.084600071


152


4.219853964


74


2.524124675


115


Michigan State*


2.394448173


137


0.5998064477


247


3.424499494


107


1.131515518


210


Northwestern*


1.50196788


201


1.271222623


204


1.83996946


195


1.1639663


207


Minnesota


1.166929382


220


1.166929382


208


1.166929382


228


1.166929382


206


Maryland*


1.034234893


229


0.6674110406


240


1.154829788


229


0.913639999


220


Nebraska*


0.8423410885


238


0.2553877443


262


1.883598226


191


-0.1125622548


281


Iowa*


0.2856039548


265


-0.4445270591


296


0.9336655846


248


-0.1742475404


283


Penn State*


0.1549882173


274


-0.7935564417


316


0.0810929385


288


0.2288834962


257


Illinois


-0.6602639212


314


-0.6602639212


308


-0.6602639212


320


-0.6602639212


300


Rutgers


-2.415899092


346


-2.415899092


345


-2.415899092


346


-2.415899092


346


Average


1.60321203


189.2142857


0.9431236073


215.4285714


2.068853357


179.2857143


1.142377603


200.9285714


Conference Rank


21st


of 32


29th


of 32


18th


of 32


25th


of 32








238. Nebraska Cornhuskers




*Exempt Event: AdvoCare Invitational



True Home Games (8)


Semi-Home Games (0)


True Neutral-Site Games (0)


Semi-Road Games (1)


True Road Games (2)


Eastern Illinois (252)


None


West Virginia (11) or


UCF (136)*


St. John's (102)#*


North Texas (303)


 


Marist (312)*


 


Creighton (34)


North Dakota (223)


 


St. John's (102) or


 


 


Boston College (160)^


 


Oregon State (135) or


 


 


Kansas (5)


 


Missouri (150) or


 


 


UTSA (301)


 


Long Beach State (156)*


 


 


Delaware State (338)


 


 


 


 


Stetson (325)


 


 


 


 






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Record against returning opponents from 2016-17: 0 wins and 2 losses (@Creighton, Kansas)

The Cornhuskers haven’t finished above .500 since their last NCAA Tournament season in 2014—Tim Miles’s second in charge. Heading into year six, Miles is on the hot seat. And while this schedule, featuring five home games against teams in the bottom 100, is designed to get Nebraska off to a winning start, it might take some upsets to get the Huskers back to March Madness. Nebraska’s exempt tournament is particularly tricky, as for the second year in succession, they’re participating in an ESPN event that features a local participant. Complicating matters, the Cornhuskers will play UCF on day one of 2017’s AdvoCare Invitational—while in 2016, their game with UCLA didn’t occur until the semifinal stage.

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/ranking/non-conference-sos-by-other

Another sites take for this year..

Home Advantage: +4.0


Season: 2017-2018



Date:










 










111          


Nebraska (8-4)


                          0.7


               64         


325         


110





Last year..

Home Advantage: +4.0


Season: 2016-2017



Date:










 










52


            Nebraska (6-6)                                 


3.9


              18


            347        


52





 
 
KU this year..
 

26


             Kansas (10-2)                                  


5.7


              20


            256


       25



KU last year..


5


               Kansas (15-2)


                            10.3


             1


             19          


5




 
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