Sugar Bowl - Nebraska Cornhuskers @ Ohio St - 30 Pm Cst - Buckeyes Gamethread

Tipoff: 5:36pm CST Location: Value City Arena - Columbus, OH

Television: Big Ten Network

Live Stats in addition to Internet Radio: Huskers.com

Radio: IMG Husker Sports Network KLIN 1400 throughout Lincoln - KFAB 1110 with Omaha - KRVN 880 inside Lexington

Play by way of perform - Kent Pavelka Color - Andy Markowski

It's been a rough 1 week to get Huskers everywhere, for the reason that football team misplaced it truly is subsequent straight bowl game, and also the field hockey team, coming down two failures to begin Big Ten play, will probably conflict using the #6 graded Buckeyes tonight.

It's times just like these, that actually analyze your mettle for a Husker fan.

Although, it's worthy of pointing available that tough stretch out for the basketball staff appeared to be to become expected. What was not expected is usually receiving absolutely destroyed in your house by Wisconsin, onto shedding two starting players with right now unclear return dates. That tends to make items very bleak, as well as although I detest using the injuries excuse..we can't genuinely expect for you to win very much not having all of our players healthy. Not within the Big Ten. Not this season.

So we all begin the new year, and expectation regarding your best.

Nebraska's showing against MSU upon Saturday seemed to be really good irrespective of one more score. The undeniable fact that your Huskers ended up perhaps with that game, down 3 or more midway from the subsequent fifty percent - with out Diaz and Talley, has been one particular tiny nugget associated with anticipation that people can easily move out of this specific horrid begin to the management meeting season.

I be expecting which Diaz and Talley returning might help a good bit, nevertheless that's not always visiting happen tonight. Jared Sullinger . It's as well planning to end up being intriguing to determine in the event Bo Spencer comes off the common again. Freshman Josiah Moore was presented with that nod Saturday more than Spencer, which often genuinely did hardly any regarding chemistry, or perhaps anything the hell Doc seemed to be trying to achieve with all the move. Spencer continue to got fifteen points, and however been able for you to neglect a ton of ill-advised game out of 35 foot away.

Nebraska probably people it is really hardest game in the year or so this evening. Ohio State is actually brought simply by sophomore frontward Jared Sullinger, an initial company All-American throughout 2010-11 for a freshman. Sullinger is really a beast, and also we have been probably enjoying their last time of year being a institution athlete. Jared may be a preferred to be able to win this AP Player on the Year award, and might well steer his or her Buckeyes towards Final Four plus beyond. The Buckeyes are certainly not constrained that will Sullinger however, that is what would make these people this type of unsafe team.

Deshaun Thomas will likely help make Nebraska perform tough, when he could be averaging 15.1 ppg. In addition to Sullinger, Buford, and Thomas, the particular stage protect going the actual show, Aaron Craft , furthermore poker chips with 8.3 ppg while during the same time managing to help lead the Big Ten in steals, plus status second from the Big Ten around assists.

That's an entire lotta "good" with the guys inside purple to help handle. I'm not necessarily seeking to always be pessimistic here, nevertheless I really just simply desire we are able to preserve this town watchable. Not which I'll manage to watch, since I'll possibly be with work.

Oh, and get the right who seem to hasn't granted in place with footballing season.the Sugar Bowl kicks out of at 8pm, consequently you can easlily depart your line amenable with the because well. GBR!

Game Notes

- Nebraska is using it really is primary road online game compared to some sort of Big Ten opponent since 2003-04, if your Huskers tangled using Miinesota along with won 77-60.

- Ohio State's not one but two cuts came for the poker hands associated with #13 Kansas and #15 Indiana. The Kansas earn returning when star Jared Sullinger ended up being away with returning spasms.

- Nebraska ratings an average connected with 2 points every video game above the item makes it possible for from it truly is opponents. Ohio State's point differential ends 22 points.

- The 22.5 issue spread exclusively use that Buckeyes could be the premier spread on the Huskers thus far this season.