Vanderbilt trash talker had his chance to silence Nebraska and failed spectacularly

For the second straight game, the Nebraska basketball team won an NCAA Tournament game that was so well attended by Husker fans that the neutral site game sounded like it was in Lincoln, not Oklahoma City. Vanderbilt knew it was coming. So did senior forward Devin McGlockton. 

McGlockton went so far as to talk a little trash before the two teams faced off on Saturday night. When members of the media asked the Commodores star about the loud environment, he dropped a bit of bulletin board material.

"We feed off that energy," McGlockton said earlier this week. "We like to make stadiums quiet. So it's going to be fun making them [Nebraska fans] quiet on Saturday." 

Nebraska basketball wins a thriller and Devin McGlockton's pregame promise falls completely flat

Spoiler alert: Vanderbilt did not make Nebraska fans quiet. Even if the SEC team had won the game, they didn't succeed in the mission McGlockton laid out. What makes it more painful, in the 74-72 loss for the forward is almost certainly that he contributed very little to his team's efforts on the scoreboard.

In his team's first round NCAA Tournament game, McGlockton went 6-for-6 from the field, scoring 12 points while hauling down 8 rebounds. While he racked up another 8 rebounds in 29 minutes against the Huskers, he wasn't nearly as successful putting the ball through the hoop.

The veteran team leader was just 1-for-2 from the field, but it was his struggles at the free-throw line that really made McGlockton's trash-talking about Nebraska, and its fans, fall short. The forward was 0-for-4 from the charity stripe. 

There were plenty of factors that played out on Saturday night's back-and-forth showdown between the Huskers and Commodores. There was a missed double dribble by Jamarques Lawrence on a breakaway score. There was a missed double dribble just a few minutes later that allowed Duke Miles to drain a three-pointer. 

There was Tyler Tanner's domination from start to finish. There was his missed desperate heave at the buzzer that looked like it was going through the hoop before it popped back out again. There were also plenty of step-back three-pointers from Pryce Sandfort, and a big rebound by the smallest guy on the court when Sam Hoiberg was needed most.

All of those things went into Nebraska beating Vanderbilt. But considering his team lost by two points and Devin McGlockton had a chance to score four very easy points, it's hard not to think that the senior who talked some specific trash failed spectacularly.