3 thoughts on Nebraska women’s basketball vs. Louisville in NCAA tournament

Nebraska women’s basketball earned another at-large berth into the NCAA tournament and was selected as an-large with a No. 10 seed.

Nebraska will play Louisville, the fourth-place team from the ACC with a record of 13-6. The Cardinals are 21-10 overall. The game will be played in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday as TCU will be the host team.

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“I am excited for our players,” Nebraska head coach Williams said. “I love coaching this group of Huskers and can’t wait to get back out on the practice court with them tomorrow to get ready for Louisville. We have great respect for Louisville’s program and Coach Jeff Walz, who coached me when I was a player here at Nebraska.”

The Huskers’ actual seed was pretty close to some of the final projections for Nebraska women’s basketball. Louisville and Nebraska are similar in some ways, and here’s a look ahead to the round of 64 game on Friday.

Good on offense, not on defense

Both teams rank inside the top 75 in scoring offense, as well outside to the top 200 in scoring defense. Louisville is good at forcing turnovers, but their 2-point defense is outside the top 100 and could be an area where Alexis Markhowski takes advantage. The double-double machine will need to produce and should have the edge inside. The Cardinals are one of the worst shot-blocking teams in the country, too, which tells you about their rim protection.

Nebraska hasn’t defended all that well without Natalie Potts. Yet, Louisville allows opposing teams to shoot 49.4 percent on 2-point attempts.

Huskers need to hit 3s

Nebraska women’s basketball is one of the best 3-point shooting teams in college hoops. The Huskers, led by shooters like Logan Nissley and Britt Prince, are 27th in 3-point percentage this season (37 percent).

Louisville ranks 288th in 3-point defense (33 percent). The Cardinals are great at forcing turnovers, which will be a focal point, but this game could be won or lost by the Huskers’ perimeter shooting.

Nebraska has five players who average at least one 3-point field goal per game.

Louisville has a talented freshman, too

This will be the last NCAA tournament for Markowski and the first for Britt Prince. Price will likely see a lot of Tajiann Roberts, a 5-foot-10 freshman,  who scores 13.1 points per game. She leads her team in scoring and assists.

Louisville is also a solid shooting team, knocking down 43.1 percent of its shots from the field which is 97th overall. They also have four players who are 6-foot-2 or taller which includes 6-foot-3 forward Olivia Cochran. She averaged 10 points and six rebounds this season on 49 percent shooting.

What are the keys?

It seems pretty simple for Nebraska women’s basketball: Take care of the basketball, feed Alexis Markowski, and shoot the ball well from deep. If the Huskers do that, they will pull off the upset.

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