The road can be a scary place
Nebraska was put into a position it had never been this season. Behind. Twice. The last two road game were both a cardiologists dream as both games saw the 23-0 Nebraska women’s basketball team trailing in the late stages of games. With the average margin of victory hovering somewhere around 20 points in their first 21 games, victories of seven and four points respectively caused some tense moments. On the 10th, Nebraska traveled to Kansas and trailed by 5 points with 8 minutes left. Now that might not sound like a lot but I doubt they had trailed by that much at any point in the 2nd half during any of their previous games. Nebraska rallied for a 67-60 win for win number 22. But it was Saturday’s game that proved to be the closest one yet. In Columbia, Missouri, the Huskers trailed by 6 points with only 3 minutes remaining. And only got the lead for good with less than 43 seconds to play and squeaked out a 82-78 victory. This game might be of most concern because Missouri has only one win in the conference (good for last place) and 11 overall this year. But Nebraska moved to 23-0 (which tied a school record for wins in a year) on the year and still one of two teams that are still undefeated late in the college basketball year (Connecticut being the other).
In the latest polls (released the 8th and 9th) Nebraska eeked ahead of Notre Dame in the AP poll good for the #3 spot in that poll and is only two votes shy of #3 Notre Dame in the coaches poll. I’m guessing some of you people are wondering why a undefeated Nebraska is still behind one loss Stanford and Notre Dame. Well, both of Stanford;s and Notre Dame’s losses have come at the hands of the consensus #1 UConn. Notre Dame will still have to play UConn one more time this year in Big East regular season play and also very conceivably in the Big East tournament. And make no mistake about this folks, Connecticut is the lead dog in this race, and there really isn’t a question.
Nebraska’s next opponent will provide another challenge but it is in the friendly confines of the Bob. Iowa State is #17 in the latest rankings and comes to Lincoln on Wednesday. Nebraska defeated the Cyclones 57-49 in their first meeting. Colorado comes to town on the 20th. Again I encourage people to come out and see this great team.
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