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Huskers Head to Northwestern
Nebraska Cornhuskers
(16-6, 6-3 Big Ten)
at Northwestern Wildcats
(11-11, 3-6 Big Ten)
Thursday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m. (Central)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (Evanston, Ill.)
Live Video: BTN.com
Radio: 25-Station IMG College Husker Sports Network
(PBP-Matt Coatney; Analyst-Jeff Griesch)
(107.3 FM-KBBK, Lincoln; 93.3 FM-KFFF, Omaha; 880 AM-KRVN, Lexington)
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Huskers Take Aim at Fourth Big Ten Road Win at Northwestern
The Nebraska women's basketball team travels in search of its fourth Big Ten Conference road win of the season when the Huskers take on the Northwestern Wildcats Thursday night in Evanston, Ill.
Tip-off between the Huskers (16-6, 6-3 Big Ten) and the Wildcats (11-11, 3-6 Big Ten) is set for 7 p.m. (central) from Welsh-Ryan Arena on the Northwestern campus.
The Husker Sports Network will provide a live radio broadcast of the game with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch on the call, including flagships B107.3 FM in Lincoln, The Wolf 93.3 FM in Omaha and 880 AM KRVN in Lexington. A free live audio stream will be available on Huskers.com. A live video stream of the game will be available to premium subscribers of BTN.com.
Thursday's game features two of the Big Ten's hottest teams. The Huskers are riding a four-game winning streak after running to an 80-56 win over Minnesota at the Devaney Center on Sunday. The Huskers' four-game winning streak includes a season series sweep of Minnesota with a pair of 20-plus point victories and a win over then-No. 25 Michigan State, along with a road win at Ohio State last Thursday.
Northwestern has won three of its last five Big Ten games, including road wins at Illinois (62-58) and Iowa (67-65). The Wildcats' two losses during the stretch came at No. 15 Purdue (77-73) and to Michigan State (67-62). Northwestern's lone Big Ten home win came with a 53-39 victory over Indiana on Jan. 28.
Big Ten Player-of-the-Year candidate Jordan Hooper has fueled the Huskers' recent surge, averaging 24.3 points over the last four contests. The 6-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., has produced double figures in all nine Big Ten games this season and is averaging 19.0 points and 8.6 boards on the year.
Hooper needs just three points to reach 1,500 in her career, while senior teammate Lindsey Moore is just 11 away from 1,500 career points as well. Moore leads the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2) and is averaging 15.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game on the year.
Nebraska Cornhuskers (16-6, 6-3 Big Ten)
3 - Hailie Sample - 6-1 - So. - F - 5.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg
23 - Emily Cady - 6-2 - So. - F - 9.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg
35 - Jordan Hooper - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 19.0 ppg, 8.6 rpg
00 - Lindsey Moore - 5-9 - Sr. - G - 15.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg
24 - Rachel Theriot - 6-0 - Fr. - G - 5.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Off the Bench
1 - Tear'a Laudermill - 5-9 - So. - G - 5.9 ppg, 1.7 rpg
13 - Brandi Jeffery - 5-7 - So. - G - 3.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg
10 - Meghin Williams - 6-1 - Sr. - F - 2.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg
14 - Katie Simon - 6-2 - So. - F - 2.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg
21 - Sadie Murren - 5-8 - Fr. - G - 1.7 ppg, 1.0 rpg
22 - Courtney Aitken - 5-9 - Fr. - G - 0.0 ppg, 1.2 rpg
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
11th Season at NU (206-132); 23rd Season Overall (401-272)
Northwestern Wildcats (11-11, 3-6 Big Ten)
4 - Kendall Hackney - 6-2 - Sr. - F - 14.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg
11 - Lauren Douglas - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 9.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg
31 - Dannielle Diamant - 6-5 - Sr. - F/C - 12.2 ppg, 7.5 rpg
25 - Maggie Lyon - 6-1 - Fr. - F - 12.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg
42 - Karly Roser - 5-10 - So. - G - 9.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg
Off the Bench
2 - Alex Cohen - 6-5 - So. - F - 3.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
40 - Kate Popovec - 6-3 - Sr. - F - 2.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg
33 - Devon Brookshire - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 1.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg
23 - Inesha Hale - 5-9 - Sr. - G - 1.4 ppg, 1.1 rpg
30 - Christen Johnson - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 1.0 ppg, 1.1 rpg
13 - Nof Kedem - 5-6 - Fr. - G - 0.5 ppg, 0.4 rpg
Head Coach: Joe McKeown (Kent State, 1979)
Fifth Season at Northwestern (69-79); 27th Season Overall (578-253)
Moore to Set Nebraska Record with 121st Straight Start
Senior All-America candidate Lindsey Moore is expected to make the 121st consecutive start of her career when the Huskers play Northwestern on Thursday. The 5-9 point guard from Covington, Wash., has started every game of her career since leading the Huskers to a perfect 29-0 regular-season record and the Big 12 title as a freshman in 2009-10. Moore owns an 85-35 record as Nebraska's starting point guard and has guided the Huskers to a pair of NCAA Tournaments.
Meggan Yedsena (1991-94) established the Nebraska record for consecutive career starts, after taking the court for tip-off in all 120 games in her outstanding four-year career from 1990-91 through 1993-94. Yedsena is the only Husker in history to start every game of a four-year career. Kelsey Griffin, a 2010 first-team All-American and a teammate of Moore's in 2009-10, owns the NU career record with 127 starts in 127 career games over a five-year period.
Moore's Starting Streak Among Nation's Longest
Lindsey Moore's streak of 120 consecutive starts for the Huskers is tied with Penn State's Nikki Greene for the second-longest active starting streak in the nation.
Moore's streak trails only Texas Tech's Monique Smalls, who owns 124 straight starts (102, plus 22 in 2012-13).
Greene joins Moore with 120 straight starts. Greene has started 120 consecutive games (99, plus 21 in 2012-13).
Hooper, Moore Closing in on 1,500 Career Points
Junior forward Jordan Hooper and senior point guard Lindsey Moore could both reach the 1,500-point plateau in Nebraska's game with Northwestern on Thursday. Hooper enters the game with 1,497 points. Hooper is set to become just the seventh Husker in history with 1,500 points and 700 career rebounds after achieving the 700-rebound mark in Nebraska's win over Minnesota on Feb. 3.
Moore ranks No. 12 at NU with 1,489 points and is on track to become the first player in Husker history with 1,500 career points and 600 career assists (627). In fact, no other Husker has ever scored 1,200 points and dished out 600 assists.
Hooper, who ranks No. 11 in scoring in school history, passed Moore on NU's scoring list for the first time on Feb. 3.
Moore Joins Husker Top 10 in Career Steals
Lindsey Moore moved into Nebraska's career top 10 in steals with the 190th steal of her career in the Huskers' win over Minnesota on Feb. 3. Moore tied Lis Brenden (190, 1993-96) at No. 10 on Nebraska's all-time list. With her next steal, Moore will catch Diane DelVigna at No. 9 in Husker history with 191 (1979-80), and Moore is on pace to become just the ninth player in Nebraska history with 200 career steals.
Moore, who set a career-best with 72 steals as a junior in 2011-12, owns a team-leading 42 steals in 2012-13, including four in the Big Ten-opening win over Wisconsin, three at Minnesota on Jan. 20 and three more against No. 25 Michigan State Jan. 24.
Hooper, Theriot Sweep Big Ten Weekly Honors
Nebraska's Jordan Hooper and Rachel Theriot swept the Big Ten Conference's weekly individual awards announced on Tuesday. Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., captured her second Big Ten Player-of-the-Week honor of the season after averaging 27.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in Nebraska's wins over Ohio State and Minnesota last week.
Hooper increased her team-leading season averages to 19.0 points and 8.6 rebounds per contest. She is averaging 24.3 points per game during the Huskers' current four-game Big Ten winning streak.
Hooper won her first Big Ten Player-of-the-Week award this season on Dec. 24. She was a three-time conference player of the week as a sophomore, and the 2012 first-team All-Big Ten selection owns five career awards in less than two full seasons.
Theriot, a 6-0 point guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, added the third Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honor of her career. Theriot produced the best week of her young career by averaging 10.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.5 steals in wins over Ohio State and Minnesota.
Theriot hit 75 percent (9-12) of her shots from the field on the week, including a perfect 5-for-5 performance to finish with 11 points against Minnesota. She also tied her career high with seven rebounds against the Gophers and dished out five assists without committing a turnover.
Theriot, who won Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honors on Dec. 31 and Jan. 22, has increased her season averages to 5.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. She has started 16 straight games for the Huskers, despite battling a foot injury throughout the year. During Nebraska's current four-game winning streak, Theriot is averaging 8.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists, while producing a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Scouting the Northwestern Wildcats
Coach Joe McKeown brings Northwestern into Thursday night's game at Welsh-Ryan Arena as one of the Big Ten's hottest teams. The Wildcats have won three of their last five games to even their season record at 11-11 while improving to 3-6 in the Big Ten.
Northwestern is coming off a 67-65 road win at No. 24 Iowa on Sunday, after battling previously ranked Michigan State down to the wire in a 67-62 loss last Thursday in Evanston. The Wildcats started their recent surge with a 62-58 road win at Illinois on Jan. 20, before notching their first Big Ten home win with a 53-39 jog past Indiana on Jan. 28. Northwestern's other loss during the stretch came with a 77-73 setback at top-15 Purdue on Jan. 24.
Northwestern brings arguably the Big Ten's biggest and most balanced lineup into Thursday night's clash with Nebraska. Kendall Hackney, a 6-2 senior forward, leads the Wildcats with 14.9 points per game, while ranking second on the team with 6.0 rebounds. Hackney is shooting 45 percent from the field, including 38 percent (30-79) from three-point range. Hackney will be playing in her 119th game while making her 107th career start.
Fellow senior Dannielle Diamant adds 12.2 points and a team-leading 7.5 rebounds per game. The 6-5 forward/center also ranks second on the team with 30 blocks and will be playing her 101st career game.
Returning sophomore starter Karly Roser is in her second season running the point for the Wildcats. She is averaging 9.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists, which ranks 15th nationally. She also leads NU with 37 steals. The 5-10 Roser will be making her 53rd straight start to open her career.
Northwestern's three returning starters have been joined by a pair of the Big Ten's most productive freshmen - Lauren Douglas and Maggie Lyon. The duo has combined for three Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards this season, with Douglas winning two of the first three and Lyon adding an award Dec. 3.
Douglas, a 6-2 forward, has started all 22 games and is averaging 9.6 points and 4.4 rebounds. She also leads Northwestern with 38 blocks. Lyon, a 6-1 freshman forward, ranks second on the team in scoring, assists and steals. She is averaging 12.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.7 steals. She also leads the team with 35 threes on the year despite missing five games late in the non-conference season.
Lyon has been a key in Northwestern's success over the past five games. During the stretch, Lyon is averaging 13.8 points per game while shooting 41.7 percent (20-48), including 41.9 percent (13-31) from beyond the three-point arc. In Northwestern's four losses to open Big Ten play, Lyon averaged just 8.8 points per game while shooting just 20 percent (11-55) from the field, including just 15.4 percent (4-26) from long range.
The Wildcats have used primarily a seven-player rotation in Big Ten action, including 6-5 sophomore forward Alex Cohen (3.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg) and 6-3 senior forward Kate Popovec (2.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg).
As a team, Northwestern is averaging 64.5 points per game, while allowing 64.1 per contest. NU is shooting 41.9 percent from the field, including 31.4 percent from three-point range, while holding opponents to just 35 percent shooting overall from the floor. Northwestern ranks third in the Big Ten and 31st nationally in field goal percentage defense, while leading the conference and ranking ninth nationally with 5.8 blocks per game. However, opponents are shooting 32.8 percent from three-point range and 74.2 percent at the free throw line against the Wildcats. Despite their size, Northwestern carries a negative-0.5 rebound margin and a negative-2.8 turnover margin.
Nebraska vs. Northwestern Series History
Nebraska leads the all-time series with Northwestern, 5-2, after splitting a pair of games with the Wildcats last season. Northwestern defeated the Huskers 63-51 at the Devaney Center on Feb. 16, 2012. Jordan Hooper had 19 points and nine rebounds against the Cats, but the Huskers managed just four points in the final eight minutes of the game, after pulling within 49-47 with 8:04 left. Dannielle Diamant led Northwestern with 19 points and eight rebounds, while Kendall Hackney added 17 points and five boards. Lindsey Moore and Emily Cady each had 10 points for the Huskers, who hit just 18-of-63 shots from the field (.286).
The Huskers avenged the regular-season loss by rolling to an 88-56 win over the Wildcats in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis on March 1. Hooper led five Huskers in double figures with 18 points, as NU hit 28-of-55 shots from the field, including 9-of-19 threes. Diamant and Hackney combined for 25 points to pace the Wildcats, who got outrebounded 41-25 and lost the turnover battle 24-15.
The Huskers carry a 2-1 all-time record against Northwestern in Evanston, including an 80-50 victory on Dec. 12, 2005 and an 83-71 win on Dec. 5, 1992. The first meeting in Evanston resulted in an 89-64 Northwestern win on Feb. 27, 1982.
Huskers Stay Hot, Run Past Gophers 80-56
Jordan Hooper scored a game-high 27 points to lead Nebraska's most complete effort of the year in an 80-56 win over Minnesota in Lincoln Feb. 3.
Playing in front of a season-high crowd of 6,935 on Super Bowl Sunday at the Devaney Center, the Huskers completed a regular-season sweep of the Gophers.
Hooper, who hit 10-of-17 shots from the field, including 3-of-7 three-pointers, produced her third straight game with 25 or more points for the Huskers.
Sophomore guard Tear'a Laudermill tied her career high with 14 points off the bench, including three three-pointers, which helped put five Huskers in double figures on the day.
Freshman guard Rachel Theriot added a nearly flawless performance with 11 points, a career-high seven rebounds, five assists and two steals. Theriot went a perfect 5-for-5 from the field, including a three-pointer.
Senior point guard Lindsey Moore added 12 points, seven assists and one steal, while sophomore forward Emily Cady added 10 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and three steals in a tremendous all-around performance.
As a team, Nebraska hit 45.3 percent (29-64) of its shots from the floor, including 7-of-22 three-pointers (31.9 percent). The Huskers also hit 88.2 percent (15-17) of their free throws, while outrebounding Minnesota, 37-36.
Nebraska dominated the turnover battle, 19-9, converting Minnesota's miscues into 31 points and outscoring the Golden Gophers 31-7 in points off turnovers for the game. The Huskers dished out 18 assists while committing just nine turnovers, while Minnesota had just 12 assists against its 19 turnovers.
Micaella Riche led Minnesota with 12 points and seven rebounds. The Huskers held the Big Ten's leading scorer, Rachel Banham, to just 11 points. Banham entered the contest averaging 21.5 points per game, including 34.5 points in her last two games. It was her second-lowest scoring total of the year, trailing only the nine points she scored against Michigan State. NU held Banham to just 15 in Minneapolis on Jan. 20.
Minnesota hit 41.4 percent (24-58) of its shots for the game, but just 2-of-8 three-pointers and just 6-of-8 free throws.
Big Red's Big Three Leading Huskers in Big Ten Play
Junior forward Jordan Hooper leads Nebraska with 18.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in Big Ten action, and has averaged 26.7 points and 7.0 boards over NU's last three contests.
Senior point guard Lindsey Moore has added 14.9 points, and team bests of 5.7 assists and 1.9 steals in Big Ten play. Sophomore forward Emily Cady is just short of double-double production in Big Ten action, averaging 10.6 points and 9.0 rebounds in conference play. Cady is also shooting team bests of 47.1 percent from three-point range and 85.3 percent at the free throw line, while adding 1.6 assists in Big Ten action.
Moore, Hooper Rank High in Big Ten Stats
Lindsey Moore leads the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2-to-1) with 123 assists and 56 turnovers through 22 games. It is one of eight categories in which Moore ranks among the top 15 in the Big Ten.
The senior point guard from Covington, Wash., ranks third in assists (5.6 apg), fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.407), and eighth overall in field goal percentage (.469). She ranks ninth in free throw percentage (.804), 10th in the Big Ten in scoring (15.0 ppg), and is tied for 12th with 1.9 steals per contest. She also ranks 14th in three-pointers made per game (1.6).
Hooper ranks among the top 10 in the Big Ten in six categories. She is No. 4 in the league in scoring (19.0 ppg), rebounding (8.6 rpg) and three-pointers made per game (2.7). She also ranks seventh in free throw percentage (.822). She ranks fourth in defensive (5.9) and sixth in offensive rebounding (2.7).
Moore, Hooper to be Second Active Teammates with 1,500 Points
Jordan Hooper (1,497) and Lindsey Moore (1,489) are set to become just the second set of active teammates in Nebraska history with 1,500 or more points.
Hooper enters the Northwestern game needing just three points while Moore needs 11 to reach 1,500. The duo will join Maurtice Ivy and Angie Miller in 1986-87 as the only Huskers to play together in the same season with 1,500 or more career points. Ivy (1,578) and Miller (1,541) ended 1986-87 with more than 1,500 points apiece. No Husker teammates have ever reached 1,600 career points in the same year.
Hooper to be Seventh Husker with 1,500 Points, 700 Rebounds
Jordan Hooper needs just three points at Northwestern to become the seventh Husker in history to reach 1,500 points and 700 rebounds in a career.
Hooper (1,497 points/700 rebounds) is expected to reach the 1,500/700 mark in her 87th career game at Nebraska. No other member of NU's 1,500/700 list played fewer than 111 games in their careers.
Nebraska's distinguished 1,500/700 list includes first-team All-Americans Karen Jennings (2,405 points/1,000 rebounds) and Kelsey Griffin (2,033/1,019), along with 1988 Big Eight Player-of-the-Year Maurtice Ivy (2,131/778). Two-time WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge (1,859/804), Debra Powell (1,843/750) and Kathy Hagerstrom (1,778/874).
Hooper has climbed to No. 8 on NU's all-time rebounding list and is one of just eight players in Nebraska history to record 700 career rebounds.
Moore Narrowing Gap on Yedsena's Career Assist Mark
Lindsey Moore became just the second Husker in history to reach the 600-career assist mark against Illinois Jan. 17. The 5-9 senior point guard from Covington, Wash., ranks No. 2 on the Husker all-time assist chart with 627, trailing only school record holder Meggan Yedsena (696, 1991-94). Moore is just the eighth player in Big Ten Conference history to reach 600 career assists.
Moore, a Nancy Lieberman Award candidate, needs 69 assists to catch Yedsena at the top of the Husker assist list. Moore is averaging 5.6 assists in 2012-13.
Moore crossed the century mark in assists as a senior with seven at Minnesota Jan. 20 and has pushed her season total to 123. She joined Yedsena as the only Huskers in history to record 100 or more assists in four separate seasons.
Last season, Moore dished out 167 assists in 33 games, while distributing 183 assists as a sophomore in 2010-11. She opened her career with 154 assists as a freshman in 2009-10.
Moore has produced a career-high 11 assists on four occasions (at Iowa, Jan. 8, 2012; Mississippi Valley State, Nov. 15, 2011; Florida A&M, Jan. 2, 2011; vs. UCLA, March 23, 2010). She has a season-high nine assists (Northern Arizona, Nov. 16) in 2012-13 and five games with eight or more assists this season.
Cady Doing Double Duty in Big Ten Play
Sophomore Emily Cady is playing well in her second Big Ten campaign, averaging 10.6 points and 9.0 rebounds through nine conference games. Cady, who owns a trio of Big Ten double-doubles after her 12-point, 10-rebound effort at Minnesota Jan. 20, is nearly averaging a double-double in league play. Cady, a 6-2 forward from Seward, Neb., opened with 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in Nebraska's 70-52 win over Wisconsin Jan. 2. She hit 6-of-9 shots from the field, including 3-of-4 three-pointers to tie another career best. It was Cady's first double-double of the season.
She notched her second Big Ten double with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Indiana Jan. 10. Cady hit 3-of-4 shots from the field, including her lone three-point attempt, and went 4-for-4 at the line. Cady produced a 17-point, nine-rebound effort at No. 8 Penn State, when she went 3-of-4 from three-point range. She added seven points and 12 rebounds in the loss to No. 14 Purdue Jan. 5, and nine points and eight rebounds against Illinois Jan. 17. She had 10 points and six boards in NU's win at Ohio State Jan. 31.
In Big Ten games, Cady is shooting 45.3 percent from the field, including 47.1 percent (8-17) from long range. She also has connected on 29-of-34 free throws (.853).
The increased production in conference play is nothing new for Cady, who averaged 12.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in conference action last season. She earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, after averaging 7.3 points and 5.8 boards in regular-season non-conference play.
Overall, Cady averaged 9.9 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.4 steals to go along with a team-best 28 blocked shots in 2011-12. Five of Cady's six career double-doubles have come against Big Ten competition and the sixth came against Kansas in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. She notched her first career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds in NU's triple-overtime win at Purdue on Feb. 2, 2012.
Cady, who has started 55 straight games, is averaging 9.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals overall. She owns 11 double-figure scoring efforts and six double-digit rebounding games as a sophomore to push her career total to 13.
Theriot Battling for Big Ten All-Freshman Honors
Rachel Theriot is coming on strong in Big Ten action and ranks among the conference's top five freshmen in scoring, rebounding and assists. Her 4.1 assists per game in league play lead all Big Ten freshmen, while her 4.0 rebounds tie her for second with Purdue center Taylor Manuel. Theriot's 7.6 points per Big Ten game rank fourth among league rookies.
Theriot produced arguably her best effort of the season at Minnesota Jan. 20. The 6-0 guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, played a career-high 39 minutes and scored 13 points to go along with career highs of three three-pointers and eight assists in the win over the Golden Gophers. The effort earned her Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honors for the second time.
She produced another spectacular effort against the Gophers two weeks later in Lincoln with 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting to go along with a career-high matching seven rebounds. She also dished out five assists with no turnovers. That effort, along with nine points, five rebounds and six assists at Ohio State on Jan. 31, earned Theriot her third Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award in the past six weeks.
Theriot, is developing into a leading contender for Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Year honors, increasing her overall season averages to 5.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists. In Big Ten play, Theriot is averaging 7.6 points, 4.0 boards and 4.1 assists per contest.
Through the first 12 games this season, Theriot was averaging just 3.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game while shooting just 27.3 percent from the field, including 13.3 percent (2-15) from three-point range.
Over the last 10 contests, the freshman has turned up her production to 8.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists. She owns four double-figure scoring efforts in that stretch, after not scoring more than six points in any of the first 12 games. Over the last 10 games, Theriot is shooting 53 percent from the field, including 41.7 percent (10-24) from three-point range.
Theriot scored a career-high 14 points while adding six assists and four rebounds in a win at Indiana Jan. 10. She hit 7-of-9 shots from the field, including all five of her first-half attempts, to carry Nebraska to a 20-point halftime lead. She captured the first Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award of career Dec. 31, after notching her first double-figure scoring performance against Grambling State Dec. 20.
Theriot has played in all 22 games while making 16 straight starts, despite battling a foot injury.
Laudermill Igniting Huskers at Both Ends off Bench
Tear'a Laudermill is showing growth and maturity in her game over the past three months. The 5-9 sophomore guard from Riverside, Calif., has developed into a consistent offensive threat off the bench while providing pesky defense as Nebraska's defensive hound.
Laudermill matched her career high for the second time in Big Ten play with 14 points to go along with three rebounds, an assist and two steals in a win over Minnesota Feb. 3. It was her second double-figure scoring effort of the season, joining a 14-point effort at Indiana Jan. 10.
After scoring only six total points in Nebraska's first four games this season, Laudermill has scored at least four points in 15 of the last 17 games. She has scored in double figures twice in Big Ten play and is averaging 6.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.0 assist in conference action. She is also Nebraska's top on-the-ball defender.
For the season, Laudermill ranks fourth among the Huskers in scoring with 5.9 points per game, while tying for third on the team with 26 steals - three more than her season total from 2011-12. In fact, she has more points, more assists and more steals, while shooting a higher percentage from the field and the free throw line than her freshman season, when she was one of NU's top players off the bench.
Laudermill has improved immensely at the free throw line. As a freshman, she hit just 22-of-42 free throws (.524), but enters the Northwestern game 21-of-27 (.778) this season.
Moore's Minutes Could Be Unmatched in Husker History
In addition to challenging the Nebraska record for most consecutive starts and career starts in Husker history this season, Lindsey Moore is on pace to shatter the NU record for minutes played.
The 5-9 point guard from Covington, Wash., ranks second on the NU career list with 3,905 minutes played. Moore needs 90 minutes to catch school record holder Meggan Yedsena, who played 3,995 in 120 career games from 1990-91 to 1993-94.
Maurer Announces End to Husker Career
Nebraska junior Adrianna Maurer decided to end her playing career for the Huskers because of continuing back pain, Coach Connie Yori announced on Monday, Jan. 7.
Maurer, a 6-3 center from Shawnee Mission, Kan., played in nine non-conference games and averaged 2.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 2012-13, after returning to the court following major back surgery in mid-January of 2012. She appeared in 10 non-conference games as a sophomore before her back injury sidelined her from competition.
In 43 career games, Maurer scored 113 points and grabbed 91 rebounds. She was the only center on Nebraska's roster this season.
"Adri put in a tremendous amount of work during the offseason to put herself in a position to get back on the court, but her back pain has returned to the point that it is not in her best interest to continue to play basketball," Yori said. "She has experienced a lot of pain the past two seasons, and hopefully with rest, she can lead a normal life after basketball. Adri is an outstanding student, and we expect her to continue to do a great job as she focuses on academics."
Nebraska Celebrates Final Basketball Season at Devaney Center
The Nebraska men's and women's basketball teams will celebrate their final season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center throughout the 2012-13 campaign. The Huskers will move into the new Pinnacle Bank Arena in downtown Lincoln in October of 2013. The arena, which is set for completion next fall, will become the new home of Husker men's and women's basketball in 2013-14.
As part of the festivities at the Devaney Center during 2012-13, the Huskers plan to highlight the greatest moments and greatest players in the 37-year history of the Devaney Center At each men's and women's basketball home game during the season, HuskerVision will produce a big screen feature showcasing one of the most memorable moments in men's and women's basketball history.
On the women's side, long-time Husker Sports Network basketball broadcasters Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch compiled the list along with Mike Babcock, who researched and wrote a detailed history of Husker women's basketball in 2000. The women's basketball moments range from Jan Crouch's 27-point performance on opening night on Nov. 12, 1976 to Lindsey Moore's triple-double on Jan. 2, 2011. They include championship celebrations in 1988 and 2010 and historic victories throughout the decades, while recognizing Husker legends such as Karen Jennings, Maurtice Ivy, Kelsey Griffin, Anna DeForge, Amy Stephens and more.
During the season, fans also will be able to join the discussion through social media, offering their most memorable moments at the Devaney Center.
The Nebraska Athletic Department created a special "Devaney Center Final Season" logo that is displayed on giant banners draped outside above the north and south entrances of the Devaney Center.
Big Ten, Huskers Ranking High in National RPI
The Big Ten is proving itself as an improved women's basketball conference in 2012-13. RealTimeRPI ranks the conference No. 2 nationally among all conferences, trailing only the Big 12 this season, ranking ahead of the Big East (3), SEC (4), ACC (5) and Pac-12 (6) among the top conferences in the nation.
Penn State (7) and Purdue (9) give the Big Ten three top-25 RPI teams, according to the official NCAA RPI rankings (Feb. 4). Nebraska (26) has climbed to third among Big Ten teams in the RPI, followed by Iowa (31), Michigan State (35) and Michigan (39) to provide the conference with six top-50 RPI squads. Illinois (57), Minnesota (63), Ohio State (77), Wisconsin (89) and Northwestern (90) give the Big Ten 11 teams in the RPI top 100. Indiana (184) is the only Big Ten team outside the top 100 among the 345 NCAA Division I women's basketball schools.
Hooper, Moore Earn Spots on Wade, Naismith, Wooden Lists
Junior Jordan Hooper and senior Lindsey Moore are being mentioned among the top players in the nation in 2012-13, and are candidates for the Wade, Naismith and Wooden awards.
Hooper and Moore were among 25 college players named to the 2012-13 preseason Wade Watch List, announced by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on Sept. 18. They joined each other on the Preseason Wooden Award Top 30 on Nov. 9. They appeared on their first national player-of-the-year watch list together last season, when they were both included in the Naismith Midseason 32 and they earned spots on the 2013 Naismith Trophy Preseason Top 50 on Nov. 15.
Hooper and Moore are the first Husker teammates in history named to any of the three major national player-of-the-year watch lists at the same time.
In 2011-12, Hooper was an Associated Press Honorable-Mention All-American, while earning WBCA All-Region 6 honors. The 6-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., was also one of five first-team All-Big Ten selections, and a member of the Big Ten All-Tournament team after averaging 18.9 points and a Big Ten-best 9.3 rebounds per game.
Moore, a 5-9 point guard from Covington, Wash., was one of eight finalists for the 2012 Nancy Lieberman Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top point guard. Moore joined Hooper on the Big Ten All-Tournment Team and was a second-team All-Big Ten choice. Moore ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten in assists (5.1 apg), No. 5 in steals (2.2 spg) and No. 7 in scoring (15.7 ppg).
Former Nebraska All-American Karen Jennings won the Wade Trophy in 1993, while All-American Kelsey Griffin was a finalist for the Wade, Naismith and Wooden awards in 2010.
Hooper, Moore Earn Preseason All-Big Ten Honors
Nebraska's Jordan Hooper and Lindsey Moore captured All-Big Ten honors while the Huskers were picked to finish second in the conference, when preseason polls were announced by the Big Ten Oct. 25.
Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., was named to the preseason All-Big Ten team by both the conference coaches and media. In 2011-12, Hooper was one of five first-team All-Big Ten selections, while also earning Big Ten All-Tournament honors. She ranked third in the Big Ten in scoring (18.3 ppg), while leading the Big Ten in both rebounding (9.3 rpg) and double-doubles (14) last season.
Moore, a 5-9 senior point guard from Covington, Wash., was one of five preseason All-Big Ten picks by the conference media. Moore ranked No. 7 in the Big Ten in scoring (15.7 ppg), No. 2 in assists (5.1 apg) and No. 5 in steals (2.2 spg) in 2011-12. Moore earned second-team All-Big Ten honors as a junior, while joining Hooper on the Big Ten All-Tournament Team.
Defending regular-season champion Penn State was the choice of the coaches and the media to win the 2013 Big Ten title. The Huskers were picked second in both polls, while Purdue was the coaches' selection to finish third. Ohio State was the media's choice to finish third.
Huskers Load Up 2012-13 Schedule
Nebraska's 31-game regular-season schedule features 19 games against 2012 postseason squads. NU's schedule is highlighted by 13 games against 2012 NCAA Tourament teams, including a matchup with Elite Eight qualifier Maryland and two games with NCAA Sweet 16 Penn State. The Huskers play three games against 2012 WNIT teams and three contests against WBI participants.
The Huskers also play seven games against six teams that won conference titles in 2012. Maryland headlines the list of conference champs after claiming the 2012 ACC Tournament title. The Terps finished with a 31-5 record at No. 6 in the AP poll. NU also faces Big Ten regular-season champ Penn State twice and Big Ten Tournament champ Purdue once. In non-conference play, the Huskers tangled with Big Sky Conference champ Idaho State, Missouri Valley Conference champ Creighton and Summit League Conference champ South Dakota State.
Big Red, Big Ten Schedule Strengths on the Rise
Nebraska's Strength of Schedule continues to climb according to RealTime RPI, which lists the Huskers' SOS No. 4 in the Big Ten and No. 19 nationally. Overall, the Big Ten schedule strengths are impressive, including Penn State (15), Iowa (16), Wisconsin (17), Purdue (24), Illinois (31), Ohio State (32), Minnesota (33) and Northwestern (42). The schedules of nine Big Ten teams rank among the top 50 in the country.
Michigan (56), Michigan State (70) and Indiana (107) also rank easily in the top one-third nationally.
Nebraska is facing one of the toughest regular-season schedules in school history in 2012-13. NU's Strength of Schedule has ranked among the top 30 nationally in four of the past five seasons, and the Huskers have faced a top-20 schedule so far in 2012-13.
Nebraska has already played eight games this season against teams that produced 15 victories so far this year. Perhaps even more impressively, 19 of the Huskers' 22 games have come against teams that have already achieved double-digit win totals this season.
The Huskers have played 13 games against top 100 RPI teams and each of their remaining seven Big Ten games are set to come against top 100 squads.
Injuries Continue to Slow Down Huskers
Nebraska's offseason featured a laundry list of injuries. NU's entire starting five played injured in the Huskers' NCAA Tournament loss to Kansas to end the 2011-12 season.
Emily Cady underwent offseason knee surgery, while Jordan Hooper and Hailie Sample each took extended rest to recover from stress reactions in their legs following NU's four games in four days at the Big Ten Tournament. Cady entered the season as one of the healthiest Huskers, while Hooper and Sample were limited by injuries. Lindsey Moore was slowed by a reoccurring injury, while NU's lone center Adrianna Maurer tried to recover from major back surgery in January of 2012. Maurer announced the end of her basketball career at Nebraska on Jan. 7, 2013, because of continuing pain. Senior forward Meghin Williams has been limited in practice throughout her four-year career by foot injuries.
Freshman guard Rachel Theriot missed nearly three weeks of practice with a stress reaction in her foot, bringing the list of Huskers severely limited in practice to seven on a daily basis.
Nebraska's other freshmen, Courtney Aitken and Sadie Murren, and sophomores Brandi Jeffery, Tear'a Laudermill and Katie Simon were healthy throughout fall practice. However, Aitken has been wearing a walking boot on her foot since mid-December and has not played since Dec. 5. Jeffery did not play at Penn State Jan. 13 or against No. 25 Michigan State because of a foot injury. She returned for limited minutes off the bench against Illinois, both games against Minnesota and at Ohio State, but is still listed as day-to-day. Murren has missed five games with a back injury and is also day-to-day.
NU's Four Returning Starters Solid for 55 Straight Games
After starting 33 consecutive games together in 2011-12, Nebraska's four returning starters Lindsey Moore (120), Jordan Hooper (86) and sophomores Emily Cady (55) and Hailie Sample (55) have started all 22 games together in 2012-13.
However, Nebraska's fifth starting spot has changed in 2012-13 with sophomore guard Brandi Jeffery starting NU's first six games and freshman Rachel Theriot starting the Huskers' last 16 contests.
In 2011-12, fifth-year senior guard Kaitlyn Burke joined Moore, Hooper, Cady and Sample in NU's starting lineup for every game.
Consistent starting lineups are nothing new for the Huskers under Coach Connie Yori. In fact, three times in Yori's 11 seasons Nebraska has used the same starting five for every game in a season, including all 33 games in 2011-12. The 2006-07 Huskers featured the same starting five for 32 games on their way to a 22-10 season and the NCAA Tournament. Yori's 2003-04 Huskers also used the same starting five for 30 games on their way to an 18-12 season and a WNIT bid.
A full year with the same starting five is rare in women's college basketball. In fact, Nebraska was the only Big Ten team to feature the same starting five throughout 2011-12, and was one of only three teams in the 2012 NCAA Tournament to start the same five every game. Kansas State and BYU were the others.
Over the past eight seasons (including 2012-13), Nebraska has used only 20 different starting lineups in 248 games.
Hooper Puts Up Double-Doubles at Record Rate
Jordan Hooper has climbed into a tie for third on Nebraska's career double-double list after producing her seventh of the 2012-13 season with 11 points and 11 rebounds at Indiana Jan. 10. It was Hooper's second straight double-double following a 15-point, 14-rebound effort against No. 14 Purdue Jan. 5. Hooper owns 24 career double-doubles, matching Nafeesah Brown on the NU career chart.
In non-conference play, Hooper notched 24 points and 14 rebounds in NU's win at South Florida on Dec. 16. It was Hooper's second straight double-double, after producing 36 points and 12 boards in a win over No. 24 Florida State on Dec. 8.
Hooper became just the seventh Husker in history to produce at least 20 career double-doubles, when she registered 29 points and 10 boards in NU's win over Idaho State on Dec. 1. Hooper added a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds against Sam Houston State Nov. 20, after notching her first double-double of the year with 12 points and 14 boards against Temple Nov. 11.
Hooper led the Big Ten and ranked among the top 25 players nationally with 14 double-doubles in 2011-12. Hooper, who produced double figures in 32 of Nebraska's 33 games, recorded 14 double-figure rebounding performances as a sophomore. Hooper's 14 double-doubles ranked as the third-highest single-season total in school history, trailing only first-team All-American Kelsey Griffin's 20 in 2009-10, and Nafeesah Brown's 16 in 1993-94. Griffin and Brown were both seniors when they produced their impressive double-figure totals.
Hooper became just the fifth player in Nebraska history to post double-figure double-doubles in a season, joining Griffin (10, 2006-07, 20, 2009-10), Brown (16, 1993-94), Karen Jennings (13, 1990-91, 13, 1991-92), Maurtice Ivy (10, 1985-86) and Carol Garey (10, 1978-79).
Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., had 25 points and 10 rebounds in the Big Ten Championship Game loss to No. 21 Purdue on March 4. She added 21 points and 10 rebounds against No. 14 Ohio State in the Big Ten semifinals March 3, and 15 points and 10 boards in little more than a half against Iowa in the Big Ten quarterfinals on March 2.
Hooper produced arguably her most eye-popping double-double with 19 points and a career-high 18 rebounds in NU's win over Wisconsin Feb. 19, 2012. Her 18 boards tied for the 12th-highest total in school history and were the most by a Husker since Charlie Rogers grabbed 20 against Drake on Dec. 2, 1999.
Hooper added back-to-back double-doubles with 22 points and 15 rebounds against Iowa Jan. 26, and 12 points and 16 rebounds at Illinois Jan. 29. She notched double-doubles in a personal-best four straight games from Dec. 18, 2011 to Jan. 5, 2012.
Hooper Building Off Super Sophomore Campaign
Jordan Hooper became the first sophomore in school history to produce 600 points and 300 rebounds in the same season, finishing the 2011-12 campaign with 624 points and 306 boards. The 6-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., became just the fourth Husker ever to accomplish the feat.
Hooper, an honorable-mention AP All-American and a first-team All-Big Ten pick, set the Nebraska sophomore single-season scoring record with 624 points. She eclipsed the 609 points scored by Kiera Hardy in 2004-05. Hooper's 306 rebounds marked the third-highest total in school history by a sophomore, trailing only 372 by Janet Smith in 40 games in 1979-80) and 314 by Carol Garey in 36 games in 1978-79. Hooper's 9.3 rebounds per game matched Smith's sophomore record. Only one other sophomore in NU history - Kathy Hagerstrom (1980-81) scored 500 points and grabbed 250 boards.
Hooper's sophomore production was on a similar level to the two most productive seasons in school history. Karen Jennings, the 1993 Wade Trophy winner and a first-team All-American, produced 810 points and 319 rebounds in 32 games as a junior in 1991-92. Kelsey Griffin, a finalist for every national player-of-the-year award in 2010 and a first-team All-American, produced 685 points and 354 rebounds in 34 games as a senior.
Fastbreakers to Hold Roundball Run, April 27
The Fastbreakers Booster Club will hold its first Husker Roundball Run in Lincoln on Saturday, April 27, beginning at 9 a.m. The event will include 5K and 1.5-mile runs to provide fun and fitness for fans and runners of all ages.
Adult registration fee is $30, while youth 13 and under can register for just $15. Entrants will receive an official Roundball Run T-shirt and a Husker party with continental breakfast and door prizes will be available following the events.
Fans can register on-line at www.huskers.com/donate. Entrants are encouraged to register by Monday, April 8 to guarantee T-shirt size requests.
Several sponsorships are also available to businesses and individuals. For more information about the Roundball Run, please contact the Kiley Abdouch at the Huskers Athletic Fund at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fastbreakers Announce Backboard Event Schedule
The Fastbreakers Booster Club set the dates for three Backboard Events during the 2012-13 season. The events, which are held in the northwest corner of the upper concourse at the Devaney Center, tipped off on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 5:30 p.m., 90 minutes before Nebraska's game against Maryland in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The second Backboard Event was held prior to Nebraska's Big Ten clash with Purdue on Saturday, Jan. 5. Tip time was 1 p.m., while the banquet began at 11:30 a.m.
This season's Backboard Events conclude with a luncheon prior to Nebraska's Big Ten regular-season finale with Penn State on March 3. The start times of the luncheon and game will be announced at a later date, after the Big Ten Network makes its television picks for the final two games of the season across the conference.
Each event is scheduled to begin 90 minutes prior to tip-off of each game and will feature a speaker from the women's basketball staff. The cost of each event is $15 per person, and spots must be reserved no later than one week in advance of the event, either on-line at www.Huskers.com/donate (online registration available for current Fastbreakers Club members only), by calling the Huskers Athletic Fund at (402) 472-2367.
Fastbreakers Announce Plans for Three Bus Trips
Fastbreakers followed the Huskers to their first road game of the season, when Nebraska took on South Dakota State in Brookings, S.D., on Sunday, Nov. 18. The Fastbreakers also took a bus to Omaha for Nebraska's annual clash with Creighton on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
The final road trip of the season is set for Nebraska's appearance at the Big Ten Tournament March 7-10 in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The Fastbreakers will leave Lincoln for the Chicago area on Wednesday, March 6 and will return following the Huskers' appearance at the tournament. The cost of bus ride is $170, and does not include game tickets. Beverages on the bus are included in the price, but no meals are included.
For more details on the 2012-13 Fastbreaker Bus Trips, contact Doug Fry at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (402) 617-7039. All trips must be booked and paid for two weeks prior to departure.
Huskers, Big Ten Earn Top 25 Mention in Polls
Nebraska continues to receive votes in both major national polls, after having its school-record streak of 24 straight weeks listed in at least one of the major national top 25 polls snapped Jan. 14-15.
In the Big Ten, Penn State and Purdue have been ranked in the top 25 in every poll this season, while the Huskers spent 10 weeks in the USA Today top 25 and six weeks in the AP Poll. Ohio State appeared in every USA Today poll until dropping out Jan. 8. The Buckeyes slipped from the AP Poll on Dec. 17.
Michigan, Michigan State and Iowa have given the Big Ten seven different teams ranked in the Associated Press top 25 so far this season. Illinois (AP, Jan. 7) and Minnesota (USA, Nov. 20) give the balanced Big Ten nine teams that have received votes in at least one poll this season.
Nebraska non-conference opponents have also littered the polls this season, led by AP No. 7 Maryland and AP No. 19 Florida State. Creighton and South Florida have also received votes in numerous polls.
Yori's Huskers Own Success Against Top 25 Foes
Nebraska has made a habit of knocking off top-25 opponents during Connie Yori's 11 seasons at the helm. In fact, the Huskers' 59-54 win over No. 25 Michigan State on Jan. 24, 2013, marked NU's 27th win over an AP Top 25 foe under Yori, including the second this season. Nebraska also knocked off then-No. 24 Florida State, 78-77, on Dec. 8, 2012. It was the Seminoles' first loss of the season.
The Huskers defeated No. 14 Ohio State (March 3, 2012), after knocking off the No. 8 Buckeyes (Feb. 26). The first win over OSU marked NU's sixth victory over a top-10 foe under Yori. Prior to Yori's arrival at Nebraska in 2002-03, the Huskers owned just one win over a top 10 opponent in school history.
NU produced five wins over AP Top 25 teams (at game time) in 2011-12, including a 93-89 triple overtime win at No. 15 Purdue (Feb. 2). The Huskers also knocked off No. 16 Penn State (Dec. 30) on the road in their first-ever Big Ten Conference game, while defeating No. 23 USC (Nov. 18) at the Devaney Center.
In 2009-10, the Huskers set the school single-season mark with eight wins over top-25 teams. NU's top-25 wins that season came against No. 5 LSU, No. 9 Baylor, No. 10 Oklahoma State, No. 11 Oklahoma, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 13 Iowa State, No. 16 Iowa State and No. 22 UCLA. The win over No. 9 Baylor and freshman Brittney Griner, was Nebraska's first-ever road win over a top-10 team. The Huskers' three wins over top-10 foes in 2009-10, matched Nebraska's previous total from the previous 35 seasons.
The highest-ranked team Nebraska has ever defeated was the 2004-05 Baylor team that went on to win the national title. NU outlasted No. 2 BU, 103-99 in triple overtime on Jan. 12, 2005. The Huskers' 21-point win over No. 10 OSU on Feb. 3, 2010, marked NU's largest victory margin ever over a top-10 team. Nebraska's 29-point win over No. 14 Iowa State in 2005 was NU's largest victory margin in history over a top-25 foe. Nebraska's 56-45 win over No. 15 Texas at the Devaney Center in 2008 also marked the lowest point total ever allowed by the Huskers against a ranked opponent.
Before Yori's arrival at Nebraska in 2002-03, the Huskers had not defeated a top-10 team since a 73-67 win over No. 9 Iowa on Dec. 8, 1996, and had never beaten a top-five opponent.
Nebraska's History of Success at Home
The Huskers produced a 13-3 record at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2011-12. Since the Devaney Center opened in 1976-77, the Huskers are 386-129 (.750) in games played in the arena, including 144-87 (.623) in conference games. Since 2003-04, NU is 122-33 (.787) at the Devaney Center.
NU has posted double-figure home victory totals in 10 consecutive seasons, including a perfect 16-0 mark in 2009-10. NU was 11-4 at home in 2010-11. The Huskers are 11-3 at the Devaney Center in 2012-13.
Big Ten Network Providing Major Exposure for Huskers
For the second consecutive season, Nebraska expects to have every regular-season and postseason game available in video form for Husker fans to follow all the action.
For the first time in school history in 2011-12, all 33 games played by the Huskers were delivered by national television or live video streams to Husker fans. In 2012-13, Nebraska expects its highest level of national TV exposure in school history, while adding two outstanding alternative video streaming sources.
Overall, the Huskers expect to have a minimum of 10 regular-season games televised nationally, including seven by the Big Ten Network and BTN2Go.com. Nebraska's battle with Purdue will be televised nationally by CBS on Jan. 5, while the Huskers' clash with Penn State on Jan. 13 will be carried live on ESPN2. NU's non-conference road game at USC (Nov. 23) was televised by the Pac-12 Network. Nebraska's final two games of the year at Wisconsin and at home against Penn State could be carried by the Big Ten Network.
The Big Ten Network will also distribute at least nine other Nebraska women's basketball games through live video streams on BTN.com. For complete television and live-stream listings, visit Huskers.com. Fans can subscribe to BTN.com by visiting http://video.btn.com/allaccess. A yearly subscription for all Nebraska events on BTN.com is just $79.95. Fans can gain access to every Big Ten event stream for just $119.95 per year. Monthly subscriptions are also available. Two of NU's BTN.com games (Michigan State, Jan. 24; Minnesota, Feb. 3) are being televised live statewide in Nebraska by NET.
HuskersNside also provides Husker fans more video streaming opportunities on the Internet. Nebraska's premium site on Huskers.com streamed NU's exhibition finale against Nebraska-Kearney (Nov. 4), before streaming the season opener against North Carolina A&T (Nov. 9). Non-conference home games against Northern Arizona (Nov. 16), Idaho State (Dec. 1), Florida State (Dec. 8) and Grambling State (Dec. 29) also will be streamed through HuskersNside.
Nebraska's road games at South Dakota State (Nov. 18), Creighton (Dec. 5) and at South Florida (Dec. 16) all shared streams to HuskersNside subscribers. All three schools share NeuLion as an Internet partner. Monthly packages are available on HuskersNside for $12.95. Four-month passes are on sale for $39.95, while year-long passes are just $54.95.
Huskers Putting Up Top 10 3FG Numbers Again in 2012-13
Nebraska has hit 143 three-pointers through 22 games to rank as the 10th most makes in school history. It marks the 10th consecutive year that Connie Yori's Nebraska teams have produced a top-10 total in three-pointers made. The Huskers' 6.5 threes per game rank second in the Big Ten and 51st nationally.
The Huskers have hit seven or more threes in a game 12 times in 22 contests in 2012-13, after hitting seven or more threes 17 times in 33 games last season. Nebraska has hit double-digit threes on three occasions this year, including a season-high 12 in the Big Ten-opening win over Wisconsin on Jan. 2, and 11 threes against Oral Roberts and Northern Arizona.
The 2011-12 Huskers produced a record-setting three-point season, connecting on 230 threes on a record 759 attempts. Nebraska led the Big Ten with 7.0 made threes per game, matching the school-record the Huskers set in 2010-11. Nebraska's 230 threes surpassed the 225 the 2009-10 Huskers hit. NU's 759 attempts shattered the previous school recored of 661 also set in 2009-10.
NU hit a 2011-12 season-best 14 three-pointers on 26 attempts against Mississippi Valley State, which marked the second-highest total in school history. It trailed only the 17 threes the Huskers hit against Vermont (17-33) to open the 2010-11 season. The Huskers hit double-digit threes four times last year.
Prior to 2009-10, the school-record for three-pointers made in a season was 173. Before Yori's arrival, no Husker team had hit more than 132 threes in a season, or attempted more than 437.
Hooper Leads Assault on Husker Three-Point Records
In addition to her impressive scoring and rebounding numbers, Jordan Hooper has hit three-pointers at a record-breaking rate since her arrival at Nebraska. The 6-2 forward shattered the NU single-season freshman record with 67 threes (67-184, 36.4 percent) in 2010-11, and drained 67 more threes in 2011-12, which is the second-best total by a sophomore in Nebraska history. Hooper's 2011-12 season total trailed only Kiera Hardy's school-record total of 85 set as a sophomore in 2004-05.
In 86 career games, Hooper has hit 193 three-pointers to rank second on the Nebraska career list. She passed Yvonne Turner (183 3FG, 2007-10) in second place on the NU career list by knocking down a trio of threes in the Huskers' win over No. 25 Michigan State Jan. 24. Kiera Hardy (267 3FG, 2004-07) owns the Nebraska record.
In 2010-11, Hooper tied the Nebraska single-game record with seven three-pointers at Missouri on Feb. 2, 2011. She scored 31 points against the Tigers, including 28 on six threes in the second half alone.
Hooper Plays Beast on Boards
Jordan Hooper led the Big Ten and ranked among the nation's top rebounders with 9.3 boards per game as a sophomore in 2011-12.
Her 18-rebound effort in a win over Wisconsin on Feb. 19 put her in rare company in the Nebraska record books, tying for the 12th-highest single-game total in school history. It also marked the best rebound total by a player in Coach Connie Yori's first 11 seasons at Nebraska. It was also the highest total by a Husker since Charlie Rogers grabbed 20 rebounds against Drake on Dec. 2, 1999.
Hooper's 18-board performance represented her third time in seven games with 15 or more rebounds. She became just the seventh player in Husker history to grab 15 or more rebounds three times in a career. and just the sixth Husker to pull down 15 or more boards three times in a season, joining Janet Smith, Carol Garey, Nafeesah Brown, Pyra Aarden and most recently, Keasha Cannon-Johnson (2001-02).
In back-to-back games last season, Hooper grabbed 15 rebounds in a win over Iowa (Jan. 26), before ripping down 16 boards in a victory at Illinois (Jan. 29). She joined Smith and Aarden as the only Huskers to pull down 15 or more boards in back-to-back games.
Pinnacle Bank Arena to Provide New Home to Huskers in 2013-14
Nebraska continues preparations to move into its new home for men's and women's basketball - Pinnacle Bank Arena - next season. Construction on the $179 million arena has marched ahead of schedule with favorable building conditions for more than a year.
The Huskers will continue to call the new Hendricks Training Complex home for practice, while the Nebraska volleyball, wrestling and gymnastics team will call the Devaney Center home for competition.
The arena project was approved by voters in May 2010. Pinnacle Bank Arena is expected to open in the fall of 2013. Nebraska men's and women's basketball teams will be the primary tenants of the 470,400-square-foot facility, which can hold nearly 15,000 fans for Husker hoops.
As the exclusive sponsor of the arena and arena site, the new arena website will be PinnacleBankArena.com. The agreement also calls for Pinnacle Bank to receive: three exterior signs; the Pinnacle Bank Arena logo on the center-hung scoreboard, public exterior doors and adjacent light pole banners; signs on the main and upper concourses; use of a center court suite and use of the arena for two days per year; and three locations for ATM machines in the arena.
Huskers Made New Home at Hendricks Complex in 2011-12
The Nebraska men's and women's basketball and wrestling programs moved into their new homes at the Hendricks Training Complex in October of 2011.
The 80,000-square foot facility adjacent to the Bob Devaney Sports Center includes separate practice courts for the men's and women's basketball programs, as well as expanded locker rooms, player lounges, team rooms and offices. The $18.7 million facility includes a 5,000-square foot weight room, a completely renovated athletic training area that tripled the size of the previous area at the Devaney Center, and a nutrition station similar to the one in the Osborne Complex.
The building is named for Tom and Mary Hendricks of Pipe Creek, Texas, and their children, Jennifer and Brandon, as they provided the lead gift in this project to benefit Husker student-athletes for years to come.
Throughout the facility, efforts have been made to give student-athletes the best training environment to succeed. Both the men's and women's basketball practice gyms are a court-and-a-half with six baskets, allowing additional work while the main floor is being used. The courts themselves are made with premium maple flooring with sleeper cushions that absorb shock to minimize injury. Both gyms have advanced acoustics as well as 103-inch plasma screens.
The amenities inside the facility are top-of-the-line, as the main entrance features a two-story abstract net sculpture, as well as a granite fountain imported from China. The facility also features two video walls and 63 TVs. The women's lounge features three 65-inch televisions and a unique LED bubble wall. The Huskers have a custom locker room with iPads built into the lockers, as well as custom back-lit displays.
The Hendricks Training Complex is the first project completed in the Expand Their Experience Campaign. For more information on the other facility projects, visit www.ExpandTheirExperience.com.
Husker Sports Network, Huskers.com Carries NU World-Wide
The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women's basketball have teamed up for well over a decade to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com.
In addition to carrying every women's basketball free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports Network flagship stations B107.3 FM-KBBK (Lincoln) and The Wolf 93.3 FM-KFFF (Omaha) provide strong FM signals for Husker women's basketball and volleyball. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal statewide in central Nebraska, while more than 20 stations have joined the Husker Sports Network's women's basketball coverage across the state.
The Husker Sports Network is in its 18th season of producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Nebraska women's basketball in 2011-12. Women's basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney and color commentator Jeff Griesch are in their 12th year together as the Huskers' broadcast team.
Catch Coach Yori's Radio Show on the Husker Sports Network
Nebraska Coach Connie Yori will appear on the Husker Sports Network regularly throughout the season with host Matt Coatney for the Connie Yori Radio Show. The show will begin with a regular, one-hour segment on the popular Sports Nightly Radio Show in December. The show will air regularly on either Monday or Tuesday nights at 8 p.m., depending on conflicts with other live events on the network. A tentative schedule for the show can be found below.
Date - Upcoming Opponents - Time
Tuesday, Feb. 5 - at Northwestern (Feb. 7) / at Iowa (Feb. 11) - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 12 - Ohio State (Feb. 14) - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 19 - at Michigan (Feb. 21) / Iowa (Feb. 24) - 8 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 25 - at Wisconsin (Feb. 28) / Penn State (March 3) - 8 p.m.
March 4 or March 5 - at Big Ten Tournament (March 7-10) - 8 p.m.
March 11 or March 12 - Season Review/Postseason Preview - 8 p.m.
Monday, March 18 - Postseason Preview (NCAA Selection 6 p.m.) - 8 p.m.
Bank of the West Coach Connie Yori Show
The Bank of the West Coach Connie Yori Show is back for its 11th season in 2012-13, providing in-depth analysis and outstanding features in the year-long coverage of Nebraska women's basketball. Coach Yori and host Jeff Griesch will discuss the highlights, which begins in November and continues throughout the season. The show will be available on Time Warner Cable On-Demand this season, and also will be available free world-wide on Huskers.com.
My TV (10.2/11.2) will distribute the show in Lincoln and Grand Island, while Huskers.com will have new shows available on Tuesdays during the season.
Spencer Municipal Utilities in Spencer, Iowa, will also carry the show on SMU-3, each Thursday at 10 a.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 10 p.m. each week. The first Connie Yori Show will be available on Huskers.com on Thursday, Nov. 8. Shows throughout the season will be available on Huskers.com on Nov. 27, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 25, Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 19, Feb. 26, March 5 and either March 12 or March 19. There will be no show on Dec. 18, Jan. 1 or Feb. 12.
Havers, Tvrdy, Ramacieri Feel at Home as Huskers
Nebraska women's basketball coach Connie Yori announced the signing of three talented prep stars to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, Nov. 14, to join the Huskers for the 2013-14 season.
Allie Havers, Hannah Tvrdy and Esther Ramacieri will join the Huskers in 2013-14 hoping to continue Nebraska's tradition of postseason play. Havers, a 6-5 senior forward from Mattawan High School in Michigan, will bring outstanding height, length and athleticism to the Huskers. Tvrdy, one of the winningest players in Nebraska High School history from prep power Seward, adds another player with a point guard's mentality to the Husker backcourt. Ramacieri adds international flavor to the Husker class, as the fourth Canadian to sign with Nebraska in 11 seasons under Yori.
"We're excited about the addition of Hannah, Allie, and Esther to our Husker family," Yori said. "They all are hard-working kids who fit in our system both on and off the court."
Allie Havers
6-5, Forward, Paw Paw, Mich. (Mattawan)
Ranked as the No. 76 overall player in the nation, Allie Havers earned first-team Michigan Class A honors from the Associated Press and Detroit Free Press in 2012. A first-team All-South Michigan Athletic Conference selection each of her first three seasons at Mattawan High School for Coach Troy Wright, the 6-5 Havers was also the Kalamazoo Area Player of the Year in 2012.
As a junior at Mattawan, Havers averaged 17.9 points, 11.8 rebounds, 5.3 blocks, 1.6 steals and 1.3 assists for the 16-7 Wildcats. She shot 50 percent from the field, including 31 percent from three-point range, while knocking down 77 percent of her free throws.
An excellent all-around athlete who has shown guard skills on the court to go along with her 6-5 frame, Havers competed for the Michigan Crossover club team coached by Emez Oliver. Havers was also a four-year letterwinner as a middle blocker/hitter on the Mattawan volleyball team, earning honorable-mention Under Armour All-America accolades as a senior. The first-team Class A all-state selection, was a nominee for Miss Volleyball in the state of Michigan. She also earned three letters as a pitcher and shortstop for the softball team, earning first-team Class A all-state recognition as a shortstop.
"We like versatile and athletic players in our program and Allie Havers fits that mold perfectly," Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said. "She can do multiple things for our basketball team with her ability to run the floor, score in the paint or face up away from the basket. She will be one of the more athletic players on our roster. Her upside is tremendous, and with our strength and conditioning program and the opportunity to focus on just one sport, we think she will thrive at Nebraska. Her future is very bright here."
Havers said she chose Nebraska over Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Green Bay and Iowa State.
"I really like the facilities, but what I really got attached to was the people," Havers said. "All of the girls are hilarious and really nice. I also loved the coaches. They were great. So it was really the people for me."
Hannah Tvrdy
5-9, Guard, Seward, Neb. (Seward)
A four-year starting guard for Nebraska prep power Seward High School, Hannah Tvrdy committed to Nebraska before her junior season for the Bluejays in 2011-12. Hannah's father, Tom, is the head coach at Seward, while her mother, Shelly (Block) was a letterwinner for the Huskers (1984-87). Shelly and Hannah will be the first mother-daughter combination in the history of Nebraska women's basketball.
As a junior in 2011-12, Tvrdy was named the honorary captain of the Class B first-team all-state squad after leading Seward to its fourth consecutive Nebraska Class B state championship with its third straight unbeaten season. The second-team Lincoln Journal Star Super-Stater averaged 15.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as a junior. Tvrdy earned second-team Class B all-state honors as a sophomore after averaging 12.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in 2010-11. She earned honorable-mention Class B all-state accolades as a freshman starter in 2009-10. She helped the Bluejays' winning streak reach 104 games games before it was snapped early in her senior season. The Jays are pursuing their fifth straight Class B state title. She played her first two seasons alongside current Husker Emily Cady at Seward.
Tvrdy, who was rated by ESPN as the No. 28 point guard in the nation in the class of 2013, was a teammate of Cady's and current Husker guard Sadie Murren on the Cornhusker Shooting Stars club team coached by Dan Lesoing. Hannah's father Tom was also an assistant coach for the Shooting Stars.
"Hannah is an unselfish guard with size. She can rebound and shoot and she has that 'Nebraska' blue-collar work ethic and toughness that we like," Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said. "She has been well-coached and is accustomed to competing for and winning championships. She is former teammates with some of our current Huskers, and that will help ease her transition to the Division I level."
Tvrdy said she chose Nebraska because it felt like home.
"When I visited I instantly fell in love with the program," Tvrdy said. "The coaches are wonderful, and I know they will push me every day to become a better player. When I met the team I knew I could fit in and have a great time playing with them. It just felt right, and I knew it was my future home."
Esther Ramacieri
5-8, Guard, Repentigny, Canada (Felix Leclerc/Dawson College)
Esther Ramacieri was the final commit to the Huskers' three-player recruiting class, choosing Nebraska in September after her official visit. Ramacieri is entering her second season of CEGEP at Dawson College. She will have four years of eligibility at Nebraska. Ramacieri helped Dawson to a first-place finish at Quebec's Provincial Championships in 2011-12 and a silver medal finish at the CCAA National Championships. She averaged 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, while helping Dawson to an 18-2 record.
Ramacieri was chosen as Felix Leclerc High School's athlete of the year four times. She was also selected as the most valuable player of her Dawson Community Blues club team in both 2009 and 2010. In 2010-11, Ramacieri started all 26 games for the Blues and averaged 16.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game for Coach Terri Neill. Ramacieri played on bronze medal-winning teams for Quebec at the 2011 Canadian U-17 Championships and the 2008 Canadian U-15 Championships. She also helped her Lanaudiere club team to a silver medal at the 2007 Quebec Games. She served as the official flag bearer for Lanaudiere at the 2010 Quebec Games in Gatineau.
"On offense we like to play fast and Esther is an up-tempo type of guard," Nebraska Coach Connie Yori said. "Esther is a good on-ball defender and excels at pushing the ball in transition, which makes her a great fit for our system. She is athletic, competitive, an excellent ball-handler, and a hard worker. She can score off the dribble or shoot the three. She will help provide immediate depth in our backcourt."
Ramacieri will become the fourth Canadian to compete for the Huskers in women's basketball, following 2012 Canadian Olympian Chelsea Aubry (2004-07), Kaitlyn Burke (2008-12) and Harleen Sidhu (2009-12).
"I chose Nebraska because it was the best fit for me, as far as the school, academics, coaches and players," Ramacieri said. "Once I came on the visit, I knew there was no other place that could compare to Nebraska. It felt like I was a part of a family. I've wanted to play basketball in the states ever since I was six years old, so finding a perfect fit for me was a dream come true. Nebraska was the only place that felt like home."


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Friday, September 5, 2008
TV Networks Scramble To Make A Happy Ending For Fans
Once NASCAR made the announcement of the big Richmond schedule change there were certainly a lot of phone calls and emails flying in the sports TV world. Networks directly affected were ABC, ESPN, SPEED and ESPN2.
The biggest blow is that the Sprint Cup Series race steps-off the very big stage of the ABC television network in prime-time on Saturday night and moves to ESPN on Sunday at 1PM.
One interesting note is that ESPN has decided not to originate a NASCAR Countdown show before this race. Needless to say, this is a big event in the season-long Sprint Cup Series.
On ESPN the highly-rated NFL Countdown show is scheduled from 11AM to 1PM and over on ESPN2 there is a IRL support race. This is the live finale for the Indy Lights from 12:30 to 1:30PM.
The decision not to move the ESPN2 program and originate the full one hour NASCAR Countdown show for this crucial final race before The Chase is a big one. What a tough call.
It will actually be SPEED that takes advantage of this situation and schedules the NASCAR RaceDay program from 11AM to 1PM. This puts SPEED back in the position of covering the events at the track right up until the network TV coverage of the race begins.
Just a reminder, Sprint RaceView on NASCAR.com is free for the Sunday afternoon Cup race by clicking here for the link page. This is a fun computer broadband application that shows multiple camera angles, driver audio and has lots of other gadgets.
Over on ESPN2, there will be a thirty minute edition of NASCAR Countdown at 6:30PM as the lead-in to the Nationwide Series race coverage at 7PM.
Despite the Nationwide race being live, SPEED is going to keep the normal Sunday night block of SPEED Report at 7PM, Victory Lane at 8PM and Wind Tunnel at 9PM.
Currently, we are still waiting to see if ESPN decides to add a Sunday night episode of NASCAR Now to wrap-up the long day of racing. Once we get that info, we will pass it along.
Now that Sunday is set, let's turn out attention to Saturday. There is still a lot of NASCAR TV to be seen and all of it is on SPEED. At 11AM, Rick Allen will host NCTS qualifying live from Gateway with Phil Parsons. Doug Richert will be stepping-in this week for Michael Waltrip who is in Richmond.
At 12:30PM, the always opinionated NASCAR AP reporter Jenna Fryer brings her views to Tradin' Paint. John Roberts hosts this program and Kyle Petty is the other panelist.
That will be followed at 1PM by Larry McReynolds and NASCAR Performance. Bootie Barker and Chad Knaus join McReynolds and these three talk NASCAR strategy and other interesting topics from a crew chief perspective.
At 1:30, NASCAR in a Hurry will try to find something to show fans for thirty minutes. This show recaps the happenings from the time the teams arrived at the track up to show time. TV veteran Randy Pemberton will have the challenge of making this show into something memorable.
Krista Voda appears at 2PM to host The Set-Up. This is the pre-race show for the NCTS and is always interesting. Allen and company begin the race coverage next at 2PM. Ray Dunlap and Adam Alexander will be patrolling pit road for the Trucks.
There is no info on what programming the ABC stations will be using to fill Saturday night now that NASCAR is gone. SPEED is going to stick a re-air of Trackside into the Midnight timeslot that Victory Lane was going to use.
All-in-all, a scramble that resulted in some good decision-making from the TV networks to keep on-the-air most of the NASCAR TV that fans have come to know each weekend from the two remaining NASCAR TV partners, ESPN and SPEED.
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41 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Actually JD the IRL support race on Sunday on ESPN2 is live because it is the finale, not pre-recorded.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:21 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Wish it had said that in the schedule! Thanks.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:22 PM
- The Western New Yorker said...
JD, I thought the IRL support race was supposed to be live, as part of the contract this year? Anyhoo, in the case that the Sprint Cup race was rained out on Sunday, could it end up on ABC on Monday, if ran at 10 in the morning or so?
- September 5, 2008 at 11:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
Here you go JD. Just ttrying to help.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
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- September 5, 2008 at 11:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey. I see there is a NASCAR Countdown before the Nationwide race. Will this actually be a pre-race show or do you think they will wrap-up the cup race but still called it NASCAR Countdown? I hope they just mix the two. recap what happend in cup and then preview nationwide.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:30 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Thanks a lot. Please don't post full scheds in the comments, just email me the link.
I wonder if it will be Bob Jenkins calling that race?
Still a tough call, move the IRL support race finale or go into the Richmond Sprint Cup event with no pre-race at all.
Got all the boys on-site to do it.
If it was not football season, maybe we would have seen NASCAR Countdown on ESPNEWS. That would have been interesting.
Thanks again for the info!
- September 5, 2008 at 11:34 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 11:30PM...great question.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Check out ESPN Classic's schedule. They were going to re-air the Cup race from the previous night. They could have put a pre-race there without problems.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 11:39PM,
I would say there might be a better case to move the Indy Lights over to Classic and host a Countdown show on ESPN2.
Either way, it was a tough day to be a TV programmer.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
If I were an Indy Lights racing fan, who already had a fixed time slot on ESPN2, I'd be rather hacked that my race was moved to a much less distributed channel for a pre-race show. Regularly scheduled events should always air on time and on the same channel.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:50 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 11:50PM,
The money that ESPN paid to get the final seventeen NASCAR Sprint Cup races for a bunch of years was huge.
I am sure it was a tough call and probably had something to do with a signed Indy Lights contract.
Dropping the hour of NASCAR Countdown before the last Cup race before the Chase had to be painful.
- September 5, 2008 at 11:54 PM
- Charlie said...
Is the ARCA/Re/Max race still going to be shown on Sunday at 4:00pm/et on Speed?
- September 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM
- Mat said...
This scenario has to be right up there with the Homestead finale gettin rained out on NASCAR's "nightmare" list. It's ashame, but at least everyone is makin the best of a bad situation.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
I think NASCAR made the right decesion on this one. Unofortuantly sunday us going to be a ratings nightmare. We have the IRL season finale, Football kickoff weekend, and baseball heating up.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:03 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Yes, the ARCA race will be on as scheduled on SPEED.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:12 AM
- Dot said...
My money is on the NW prerace being all Cup post race info. NW? NW, what?
Here's another question, are the booth guys going to tired or what? They're all going to need to be tasered. Not to mention the double duty drivers.
I predict about a thousand comments on TDP between both races. Get here early posters.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:29 AM
- SonicAD said...
anon 1:03:
Honestly, I think it's the IRL having the nightmare about this one. Now they've gotta go up against football AND NASCAR.
- September 6, 2008 at 2:11 AM
- stricklinfan82 said...
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- September 6, 2008 at 3:33 AM
- stricklinfan82 said...
JD, I'm sorry for posting this here but you seem to have disabled users from posting on the Friday in-progress post.....
To the "anon" that told me I was wrong about the Chase in the Friday in-progress post, please note that there are two seperate Chases - the Driver's Chase and the Owner's Chase. The top 12 drivers have their points reset after Richmond and seeded based on wins. The top 12 car owners also have their points reset after Richmond and seeded based on wins. They don't necessarily have to mirror each other, though coincidentally they always have from '04-'07.
Say for instance the #8 car (with Martin/Almirola splitting driving duties) finished 10th in owner's points after Richmond. They would make the Owner's Chase and the team of the 12th place driver in the driver's standings, who would actually be 13th in owner's points, would miss the Owner's Chase.
If you remember, NASCAR and the media had this discussion last year when the Mark Martin / Regan Smith #01 Army car was on the verge of possibly ending up 12th or better in owner's points after Richmond (they ended up falling out and barely missing). In fact, Ken Schrader called John Darby during an Inside Nextel Cup episode to have Darby explain to the world what I just explained earlier. Top 12 drivers in a Driver's Chase, Top 12 Owners in an Owner's Chase.
It's an irrelevant point now, but in my Friday example if Tony Stewart won Richmond driving the #02 car (or any other car than the #20 for that matter), Stewart the driver would start the Driver's Chase with 5010 points for his one win, but the #20 car would only start with 5000 points in the Owner's Chase for its zero wins (assuming of course it stayed in the top 12 in owner's points after Richmond and qualified for the Owner's Chase). As another ridiculous example, if Kyle Busch was injured or sick and completely sat this Richmond race out (didn't even start the car) and someone else like Joey Logano won the race replacing him in the 18 car, Kyle would start the Driver's Chase with 5080 points, while the #18 car would start the Owner's Chase with 5090.
Check the final owner's points from 2004-2007 and you will see that the owner's points were reset after Richmond each year just like the driver's points were. You will see that the final driver's standings and owner's standings among Chasers always mirrored each other... with the lone exception of the #97 car having more points than Kurt Busch in '05 due to Busch being suspended for the final two races of that season.
Had they reset ONLY driver's points and not owner's points (as you claimed) the #24 team would have won the Cup owner's title last year instead of the #48 team, and that wasn't the case. Jimmie Johnson won the Driver's Title and the #48 team won the Owner's Title.
Hopefully that has cleared up any confusion you might have had.
- September 6, 2008 at 3:36 AM
- SonicAD said...
stricklinfan: Thanks, that was what I was trying to get at with my previous reply there, but I'd completely fumbled it by confusing it with the current points standings.
- September 6, 2008 at 4:13 AM
- Vicky D said...
Stricklinfan thanks for the explanation of the Sprint cup owners points/drivers points.
- September 6, 2008 at 7:16 AM
- Anonymous said...
sonicad , i'm not sure the IRL has as much to worry about as you might think . Going against the NFL is always a problem for any sport , but against NASCAR with their rapidly declining fan base , the IRL will do just fine .
- September 6, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- bevo said...
No pre-race would be a blessing as far as I'm concerned. In an ideal world I would have half an hour for it and an hour for post-race.
Any word on announcer changes for HotPass or are they still the same?
BTW be careful about that "happy ending" there :)
- September 6, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
There is a new post up for your comments about the Saturday programming on SPEED.
The complete revised TV schedule is also posted on the right side of the main page.
- September 6, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Anonymous said...
Any idea yet what ABC will use for substitute programming this evening?
I have the most ironic idea of all--
Bump up the ESPN Saturday Night College Football to ABC. Florida vs. Miami
I think that's a great idea because lost Nascar viewers who didn't get the delay memo would get to see our old friend Brent Musburger do what he's actually good at.
- September 6, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 10:56AM,
I am working on getting that info right now. Update this post once I get it.
As you may know, the problem is clearing all four time zones.
- September 6, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- Erik said...
NASCAR Now will follow the Nationwide race. At least, that is what ESPN's ticker is advertising now during the college football games.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:21 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Was there a time listed?
- September 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
I wonder what NASCAR is going to do about the post-Cup race photo shoots and such. Usually after the Chase drivers are determined, they stick around after the race for official group pictures and lots of interviews on Victory Lane and other shows, and stuff like that. They're usually on a big stage taking the pictures, and fans can stay and watch them be interviewed, and they throw merchandise out to the fans by the stage.
But now several of them will have to run the Nationwide race and I assume the Victory Lane area will have to come down quickly.
It's always enjoyable to watch after that race because those guys are very relaxed. In the past either Kurt Busch or Dale Jr, whichever one made the chase, always had a cooler of beer going around as the drivers did their interviews. It's kind of fun to see Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson standing around with their beer! But not tomorrow, I guess, since several of them will be getting back in cars.
Still, NASCAR made the right decision and I applaud them for it.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
sonicad , i'm not sure the IRL has as much to worry about as you might think . Going against the NFL is always a problem for any sport , but against NASCAR with their rapidly declining fan base , the IRL will do just fine .
Sorry. But I got quite a chuckle out of this comment.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- Erik said...
No time was listed, it just said Nationwide Series at Richmond - Sunday, 6:30 ET on ESPN2 (NASCAR Now follows the race)
I'm guessing they'll just start NASCAR Now whenever the race coverage ends as its all on ESPN2.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:08 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Thank you, I am just going to list it as 9PM approx.
- September 6, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- bevo said...
Noticed on the ticker they're running "Sprint Cup Series Chevy Rock and Roll 500" but just "Nationwide Series". Guess Emerson didn't buy any ads for the race. Remember when Fox first did that when they got into NASCAR and the uproar it caused?
- September 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM
- Kenn Fong said...
Is the Indy support race a barter or straight buy or did ESPN pay for the rights? If it was a buy, wouldn't ESPN be subject to a big penalty for bumping it?
Left Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
- September 6, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
It is usually a "buy-on" like Shifting Gears with Dale Jr.
Firestone brings the money because they are the sponsor and ESPN gets a fee for the program.
Normally, a live finale like the one on Sunday is locked-in.
The drawback is missing the entire pre-race show for perhaps the biggest race of the ESPN TV package with NASCAR.
Even though it might not seem that way for some fans, it is huge for ESPN.
- September 6, 2008 at 3:53 PM
- glenc1 said...
If anyone cares (I think I'll opt for the FL/Miami game) ABC is listing 'Catch Me If You Can' at the 8pm slot. yawn...
- September 6, 2008 at 4:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the head's up on Jenna Fryer - she is one of my favorite NASCAR writers and she gives good opinion on TV.
Oh, and I have a tremendous crush on her and I want her to marry me. I should mention that bias up front. :)
- September 6, 2008 at 7:06 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 7:06PM,
Jenna is the type of person that show needs on a regular basis to keep itself interesting.
We are fortunate enough at TDP to email with Ms. Fryer, I will mention your crush.
- September 6, 2008 at 7:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Don't mention the crush - mention my phone number! :)
- September 6, 2008 at 8:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
No race tonite,just infomercials.
- September 7, 2008 at 12:15 AM


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