Big 12 Tournament Live Thread: Nebraska

by RPT on Mar 13, 2008 3:40 PM CDT in Live Threads

Mizzou Gameday in Kansas City
Big 12 Championship - First Round:

Photo courtesy Big12Sports.com

Who: Nebraska Cornhuskers (18-11, 7-9) vs. Missouri Tigers (16-15, 6-10)
Where: Sprint Center (Capacity 18,795)
When: 6:00 p.m. CDT
Line: Nebraska by 2.0

VS.

Radio: Tiger Radio Network (Mike Kelly, Gary Link)
TV: ESPN Plus (Fred White, Paul Splittorff)
Game notes: Missouri, Nebraska
Online trackers: ESPN, CSTV GameTracker
SB Nation Affiliate: Corn Nation

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Baylor-CU headed to OT...

Could both the men's AND women's draws have the 12 upset the 5?

Both teams have choked thus far. CU blew a 15-point lead, and Baylor blew several chances to capitalize on momentum towards the end of the game and put CU away.

by RPT on Mar 13, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions

And to double OT

Come on, Buffs. The MU women only needed one overtime to upset 5-seed Oklahoma!

by RPT on Mar 13, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Baylor goes down...

Adjust/Destroy your Big 12 Bracket accordingly.

by RPT on Mar 13, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Pretty sure that destroyed all of ours...

This is why we should just post pictures and not predictions in the Roundtable

by The Beef on Mar 13, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions

What a weird freaking first half...

...we make a mini-run to surge out front, they make a run to take the lead, we immediately go on a nice run to go up 5...momentum shifts with each timeout...

by Bill C. on Mar 13, 2008 6:41 PM CDT reply actions

ugly

no wonder the crowd is dead.

by cornnnation on Mar 13, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

and unfortunately...

...we turned our brains off with 90 seconds left. Good lord.

by Bill C. on Mar 13, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions

a more extended run...

...21-7 run for NU, and they're up 9 with 14 left...woooooooo...

by Bill C. on Mar 13, 2008 7:23 PM CDT reply actions

we

can't keep a lead, though.

53-49 - 5:38 left.

by cornnnation on Mar 13, 2008 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll say this...

...NU played way better today than they did in either of our earlier meetings, mostly because Maric was a disruptive force on defense. He seemed to alter every shot inside the 3-point line in the first half, and it got in people's heads...and it started altering shots even where he wasn't anywhere near the ball.

I'll also say this: I will not miss a single one of these seniors. Have I mentioned that before? Once or twice?

by Bill C. on Mar 13, 2008 8:06 PM CDT reply actions

I will also say this..

I have less confidence in the ability of Mike Anderson to coach than I have ever had right now. Say what you want about the players on the floor (of which he is still partly responsible), the utter lack of coaching down the stretch to get us anything even resembling a shot at winning is both mind-blowing and worrisome. We were in our 125th minute of playing against NU and it looked like we had not see a minute of what they do on defense out there...

In my eyes, we have a LOT of question marks for next season, and the coach is on that list.

by The Beef on Mar 13, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions