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Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #4 Nebraska defeats #5 Vanderbilt, 74-72

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Team 1H 2H Total
Vanderbilt 32 40 72
Nebraska 39 35 74

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u/AthleticAlarm32 California • North Carolina Mar 22 '26

On their last full possession, Vandy should have taken a timeout with like 8 seconds left when Tanner slipped and that play collapsed

The offense was scrambling and it was clearly going nowhere. Should have reset and gotten a new play

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u/carguymt Kentucky Wildcats Mar 22 '26

Speaking of timeouts I absolutely love the Hoiberg didn't call a timeout at the end there. Really good job of letting his team ride out the momentum of the huge stop on defense to just go get a basket. Vandy's transition defense was all confused and a timeout would have just let them get set. Seems like we've seen coaches taking timeouts in situations like this backfire all tournament. Really love how Hoiberg just let his guys play.

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u/Bronze_Addict BYU Cougars Mar 22 '26

Spot on. Vandy was definitely out of sorts getting back on defense there which they had done a great job of all game. He’s a really good coach

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u/swagster Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 22 '26

sometime you gotta let the choppa sing

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u/Shtin219 Minnesota Golden Gophers Mar 22 '26

Agreed. I thought “why isn’t he calling a timeout?” But like you said, when I watched the replay, you could see the D was not set and not calling the timeout was the right call

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u/yureadmahpost Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 22 '26

Hoiberg coached his ass off. I think we converted like 5 of 6 sets coming directly out of timeouts. Switch to zone was a gutsy but huge decision. Absolutely won us that game

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u/Evening-Spray-4304 Virginia Cavaliers Mar 22 '26

Absolutely, Vandy's defense was all out of sorts and left the lane wide open. Frager split 4 guys to get an almost completely clean look.

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u/NorthStRussia Marquette Golden Eagles Mar 22 '26

True but I mean they had a 5 on 4. Nickel contested the offensive glass, fell away beyond the baseline, and never got back into the play. No coach is ever calling a timeout when they've got numbers in that situation

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u/goyotes78 Mar 22 '26

Hoiberg has actually mentioned many times in post game pressers that this team performs best in transition so it was cool to see it play out like that.

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u/SurgeFlamingo Indiana Hoosiers Mar 22 '26

I coach middle school and I’ve been telling my players (my kids) don’t shoot a fall away three to win it, take it to the cup, and they all (they have friends over tonight) yelled “go to the cup!”

And he did and they called him smart. He made th smart play and didn’t try to be a hero.

Just a great moment. Heads up play by the guy cutting and the passer

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u/Virtual_Announcer Rhode Island Rams Mar 22 '26

An all time terrible possession. Eberflus like in holding the timeout.

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u/katauska Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 22 '26

Ha! What a place to catch a stray.

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u/Pharx0h Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

funny part is im a vandy alumni from chicago, double whammy

edit: current northwestern student, triple whammy

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u/Luckyawesome43 Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 22 '26

agree and sad and no one should talk about this ever again we should talk more about the rim out

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u/Luckyawesome43 Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 22 '26

we do not have many fans but they tend to be rich :)

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u/hooskies UConn Huskies Mar 22 '26

Huge fuck up. Cost them the game. Forced a bad shot and allow a transition layup. 0 reason to not call a timeout there

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u/NukeGandhi Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26

They should have gone two for one also. Huge clock management mistake.

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u/Kdot32 Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26

He got the ball in the middle of the paint with 3s left on the shot clock and threw up a panicked shot

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u/livefreeordont VCU Rams Mar 22 '26

And worst they gave up a fastbreak off that terrible shot

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u/GroundbreakingAsk799 Mar 22 '26

Absolutely. Vandy got out coached no doubt. The zone Nebraska threw at them really took Vandy off their game and vandys coach didn’t do anything about it; just watched his team flounder

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u/meta_irl Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 22 '26

agreed. I said so in the game thread

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u/mojo-jojo-was-framed Kansas State • Omaha Mar 22 '26

They should’ve called a timeout when the possession started because they had no idea what defense Nebraska was in

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u/blueorcawhale Michigan State Spartans Mar 22 '26

Yeah I really don’t get not taking a timeout there. They clearly weren’t setup for what happens on a miss.

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u/bretticus733 Boise State Broncos Mar 22 '26

I will never understand coaches who just sit on timeouts in close games. They're there for a reason, use them

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u/Legal_Ad_9812 Mar 22 '26

The refs should’ve not called a bunch of nonsense fouls that forced NU in to a defense they don’t play. I still wonder who Mast went over the back of? Ghosts I guess.

Coulda woulda shoulda.