Doc Sadler Saving His Job?

Not that Doc was in any danger this season, but with a new practice facility a new arena and a new conference the pressure is starting to mount.

Finally the Nebraska Basketball Team is showing signs of life late in the season, winning at Oklahoma Wednesday night.   I know the Sooners aren’t very good but the victory was milestone so to speak for the Big Red; their first road win in over two years and their first victory in Norman since 1999.

We’ll find out a lot more about how good this Nebraska basketball team is this weekend with Texas coming to the Devaney Center.  Improbable, maybe but certainly not impossible as the Nebraska has now held 15 opponents this year below 60 points.   Also, Nebraska is getting solid production from their bigs, Jorge Brian Diaz with a season high 17 points and a career high 3 blocks.   I wrote about his earlier in the season, if the Husker big men can play big then this team will be one to pay attention to.

Fans are seeing it as well as voters in our HawkeyeHusker fan poll see Nebraska advancing in the Big 12 Tournament.

Poll Question: 

                What team will advance farther in their conference tournament?

                                Iowa                                      25%

                                Nebraska                              50%

                                Both out in 1^st round           25%

Of course this poll is for fans and is non-scientific and no margin of error.  But I can’t say that I disagree with the results.

Iowa plays hard but the Hawks still have an uphill battle and effort only gets you so far in the Big 10.  Iowa is at Northwestern tonight a team they lost to by 19 over a month ago.  Another problem, Iowa can’t score on the road:

Avg. Total Points Home:  69

Avg. Total Points Away:   57.6

Iowa is playing a Wildcat team that has lost some of its bite, losers of five of their last six games.  Unfortunately a home game against the Hawks might be what Northwestern needs as it has won 7 of the past 9 home games against Iowa.    Northwestern is 10-3 at home this season while Iowa is a dismal 2-6 on the road.