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Notes
*-Michigan’s .630 shooting is the highest by an opponent at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The previous high was .620 by Michigan on Jan. 9, 2014. It is also a season high against the Huskers this season (Kansas, .596)
*-Michigan’s .630 shooting was the highest by a Husker opponent since Rutgers shot .636 on Dec. 2, 2006
*-Tai Webster finished with eight points, ending a streak of 30 straight games in double figures dating back to the 2016 Big Ten Tournament against Wisconsin.
*-Ed Morrow Jr. made his first start since Jan. 8 and reached double figures with 10 points.
*-Isaiah Roby totaled a career high 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting, topping his previous high of eight on two other occasions (vs. South Dakota on Dec 3; at Indiana on Dec. 28).
Nebraska Coach Tim Miles
Opening Statement:
“Well I want to credit Michigan, obviously. I thought they were terrific, I think they ran their stuff, and obviously the way they came out and set the tone, making what felt like every shot in sight. I think you also have to look at how Derrick Walton Jr. is excellent. I just voted him first-team all-league today before the game, and then had complete regret for putting karma on ourselves after that because he what got 18 (points) and 16 (assists) and was amazing. I think you have to credit Michigan; they were so good. Lastly, that is absolutely not the team we envisioned. I think our guys, we talked about it after last game, having a crisis of confidence, but this is beyond that. There is a defeatism almost, and some of the guys have talked about it. As soon as the first thing goes wrong, we expect the worst to happen. That’s is not competitive. That’s not a competitive mindset. That’s really gotta be our job and our MO here, between now and the Big Ten tournament. We have to be mentally stronger. We can’t allow those fears, worries, doubts, or whatever to creep in. It looks to me like it is a team walking around ready to get hit by lightning. That can’t be us.”
On why different methods to fix problems within the team have been unsuccessful:
“They haven’t tried hard enough. That’s all I have to say. They have not tried hard enough. Because what was out there was not a team that was competitive and trying hard enough. They need to keep working on it. Just go back to the drawing board, and we’re all going to meet, and we’re all going to figure it out. I’m going to start texting guys tonight, and we’re going to meet tomorrow, and we’re going to figure this out. Part of it is you gotta put your big-boy pants on. It’s a big-boy league.”
On Tai Webster’s career:
“One thing I don’t people realize about Tai is how many hours he spent trying to get better. I remember right away it was with Terran Petteway and he and Terran would be in the gym, and Tai wouldn’t go home. It would be time for everyone to go home, and Tai didn’t go home. He would just stay and worked out with Terran all the time, and working on his game and working on his game. Untold hours, right, there’s no 40-hour work week for those guys. Tai internalizes so much, and I think probably puts too much blame on himself way too often. Tai cares. He cares about Nebraska basketball, and he cares about success. I don’t think there’s anybody hurting more than Tai about these results. He doesn’t even want to talk about it. At the same time, this is a man that’s invested and put in a lot of time into trying to be the best most complete player and get our team. That’s what’s disappointing about the end, is that we weren’t able to honor our senior the way that hopefully we could have. But that’s the regular season, we’ve still got the tournament to look forward to, and hopefully we can get something positive going there.”
Senior Guard Tai Webster
On having mother in town for Senior Night:
“It means the world to me. That is my biggest fan. It just means the world to me. I’m thankful that she could make it out here.”
On what wisdom he wants to leave with Nebraska program:
“The work aspects of things whether it is team or as an individual. It is important to get the work done. You can just look at where I’ve come from and to see the results, it happens if you do the work. Just that working mentality. You can only get so much better in team practices. You’ve got to take it upon yourself to get that individual work in wherever you can.”
On favorite memory in Pinnacle Bank Arena:
“That No-Sit Sunday. That is something I will remember and take with me forever. It is just amazing how many colleges can say they had one of those and had the result we had that night. It’s something I’ll remember forever.”
Freshman forward Isaiah Roby
On his feelings during game:
“I feel like it was kind of slipping away when we got scored on. We couldn’t ever get a string of stops put together. It felt kind of defeated every time they made a shot. It took our whole team morale down. When they started getting shot after shot after shot, it kind of took a toll on our team.”
On taking tonight’s loss into the future:
“Personally, I won’t forget this. I didn’t want to have this feeling at all this year, and to have it now at the end is even worse. I know everybody in the locker room feels the same way. If it’s not fueling our team, I don’t know what can.”
Michigan Head Coach John Beilein
Opening Statement
“I’ve said twice in the locker room that I have no idea how we are going to play tonight. That Northwestern lost was so disappointing for these guys. But they handled it like they always handle it. They wanted to bounce back and they practiced well. We had a late Sunday game. We had to wait all day. It was like the longest day. To me it seemed like forever when you’ve been through a whole season. Then they went out and were excellent from the beginning to the end. I’m really proud of these two [Derrick Walton Jr. and Zak Irvin], Sean [Lonergan], Andrew [Dakich] and Mark [Donnal]. These five seniors have gone to some pretty tough places, and we’ve got some great road wins. This was a really good one to beat them by the score we did and get that third one (on the road) and 10th win in the league.”
Senior Guard/Forward Zak Irvin On team’s performance
“We had a bounce back mentality, and we really wanted to come out and have a great start. We did that especially on the defensive end. We were shooting lights out. Derrick [Walton Jr.] played a great game being able to find everyone, and he shot the ball well too.”
Senior Guard Derrick Walton Jr. On today’s performance compared to their last game
“A testament to how bad we wanted to get out and play. Some possessions in the last game we could be better, like we said we don’t know which possession it is. This game was a testament to it. We just played hard for every single possession.”