Nebraska

Vs Colorado: Defense, defense, defense… Guard Jeter is the heart and soul of this team. Ex-scholarship football player at Cinci is a good field general. They have some other serviceable scorers. In the post they have a 6’11 Puerto Rican center who is solid. They bring a 315 Brazilian off the bench (down from 350) (who has soft hands but is slow on defense. Overall, this team is good. Really solid on defense, but struggle on offense.

Vs Kansas: Nebraska beat Texas A&M (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) playing the type of tough, physical game that has made the Aggies so successful.
The Cornhuskers upset the Aggies 57-48 in a matchup of the Big 12′s top two defensive teams Saturday. Texas A&M scored just 17 points in the second half. “We just weren’t tough enough,” A&M coach Mark Turgeon said. “It was physical — real physical — and we didn’t respond. We’ve been able to in the past, but we didn’t today. That’s what it came down to.”

Doc Sadler has this team playing tenacious defense. They guard you and they guard you tight. They double absolutely everything in the post. They even showed Sadler worming his team up and he said if it is ANYWHERE near the paint DOUBLE HARD. Offensively, they stuggle a bit. They really do not have a go to guy, but the team does seem to go as point guard Sosa goes. An ex-Cincinnati Bearcat football player, this guy is their spark and not a bad one. Inside, they have a kid, Diaz, from Puerto Rico who is fundementally sound and a Brazillian, Almeida, that checks in at 315… DOWN from 350. He actually has soft hands, receives the ball well, and can score but he is slow. This team shut down the Morris brothers from Kansas.  Offensively they drag the game down and usually put up a shot in the last 3 – 5 seconds. They force alot of turnovers and they try to score in transition.

My Take: Not a bad team and fun to root for, but probably a bet against.