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FULLERTON, Calif. -- There were no nerves for Nebraska guard Glynn Watson Jr. after Dayton took its first lead of the game with 16 seconds remaining, threatening to waste a strong performance in which the Cornhuskers led by as much as 14.Instead, Watson put his head down, drew a foul and hit two free throws with 8.8 seconds remaining as Nebraska beat the Flyers 80-78 in the first round of the Wooden Legacy on Thursday night.Thats his job, to win games at the right time, and thats one, Glynn, Nebraska head coach Tim Miles said while giving Watson a pat on the back.Watson finished with 20 points, and Ed Morrow Jr. added 19 points and 10 rebounds, as Nebraska improved to 4-0 for the second time in five seasons under Miles.Dayton (2-2) took its only lead on Scoochie Smiths layup to cap a 13-4 Dayton run, but they could not claim a second and final lead when a desperation pass the length of the court was batted away to end it.Nebraska celebrated a win over a team that has made the NCAA Tournament in each of the last three seasons after what seemed at times like a Dayton home game, with the Flyers bringing their pep band and mascot to Orange County.After a 16-5 run by Dayton tied it at 26, Anton Gill and Tai Webster combined to score 11 points to put Nebraska back in front by eight. Nebraska took a 40-31 lead into the locker room, and was able to maintain a comfortable lead for most of the second half.However, Charles Cooke and Xeryrius Williams combined for 23 second-half points as Dayton nearly escaped.You just knew they were going to end up in runs, and when those role guys, quite frankly, started making a whole bunch of shots, thats when you knew you had a problem on your hands, Miles said.Cooke finished with 17 points and Williams had 15 points and nine rebounds for Dayton, which shot worse from the field (38.1 percent) than it did from the 3-point line (41.7).Were a team right now that is trying to find an identity, Dayton coach Archie Miller said. Right now there are certain things out there that just dont look right to me, and its not one guy. Its every guy.TURNING POINTMiller did not put the blame for the defeat on Daytons late-game play and instead pointed to the lackadaisical defense at the start, spotting Nebraska a 17-5 lead. It was the third straight game Dayton was poor from the opening tip and Miller understands that has to change to contend for the Atlantic 10 title and make a postseason run.We cant give a team 7-for-7 to start the game, Miller said. We cant give a team like St. Marys at home a 15-4 lead. We cant get down at Alabama 20-2. At the end of the day, its being ready to go from the start and ready to go on the defensive side of the ball.STAT OF THE NIGHTNebraska shot 56.9 percent from the field, becoming the first opponent to make more than 39.3 percent of their shots against Dayton this season.The fact we got the lead was amazing, Miller said.HE SAID ITWere just not rock-solid enough in any area right now to hang our hat on and say this is how we win, Miller said.BIG PICTURENebraska: The Huskers could be dancing in March. Nebraska has made the NCAA Tournament just one under Miles, but that could change if they can maintain the level of play they showed for most of the game against Big Ten opposition. Road trips to Kansas, Indiana and Maryland through Jan. 1 offer chances for signature wins.Dayton: The Flyers wont play this poorly very often. Cooke came into the game averaging 23 points per game and would not have come close to that figure if not for the late comeback attempt. Dayton rarely capitalized on 16 offensive rebounds and the defense was spotty for long stretches.UP NEXTBoth teams play a second-round game Friday night.Rio Ruiz Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Paul Fry Jersey . The 28-year-old from Calgary matched his career best after missing just one shot in his two rounds of shooting in the mens 10-kilometre sprint competition. 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Bolts hero Michael Johnson backed up the 400m, but not the 200m.Neither of those two great Americans dominated as Bolt has done since he claimed his first Olympic clean sweep at Beijing in 2008.Yet, despite an injury-interrupted couple of seasons in the lead up to the Games in Rio, you can guarantee that one person who will seem serene in the Estádio Olímpico Jo?o Havelange next month is the man chasing history himself.During a candid media session on Londons South Bank last week, Bolt suggested with a smile that his chance of returning from Brazil to Jamaica with three more gold medals were always the same: great.This is a man who revels in his status as the quickest sprinter. Footballers [soccer players], you have to debate who is the best footballer, he said, but no one can debate who is the fastest man in the world.Neither does Bolt think his world records for the two sprint distances will be bettered by anyone else for a long time -- or that any of his rivals have found the form to give him cause for concern in Rio.Bolt oozes confidence, but his views are proffered with a humor and good grace that has enabled him to become the face of his sport and made him so popular.His self-belief has given him an edge over many of his rivals and, with his playful attitude in the blocks at odds with the blinkered concentration of his contemporaries, nerves have appeared to be an alien concept to him.But that has not always been the case.Bolts international debut came at the age of just 14, when he made the 200m semifinals of the World Junior Championships in Hungary.Already known to many on his home island, the pressure on the young sprinter cranked up a notch 12 months later when Kingstons National Stadium hosted the annual athletics championship.Leading up to the championship I was nervous, and I was saying mum, I dont know if I can do it, Bolt said.Footage from an old ad shows his mother, Jennifer, attempting to motivate her son, while in the blocks before the 200m final, there was none of the bombast that track and field fans have come to expect.I was a nervous wreck that day. It was one of my worst and one of my greatest moments at the same time, Bolt continued. It was stressful because it was my first big Games and competing in front of my home crowd, it was one of the toughest things Ive ever done.He need not have been so concerned. The competition were blown away inside a packed National Stadium as Bolt became the youngest-ever world junior champion.That success apparently flicked a switch in the young Jamaican. After the world juniors I told myself that if I can win in front of my home crowd then I can win in front of strangers, he saiid.dddddddddddd.Jamaica is a pretty tough crowd; we really critique you really hard. If you win, were great for you; if you lose, then theres gonna be issues.Ive learned over the years that if I could win in front of a Jamaican crowd then its easy for me to compete in front of anyone else. So theres never any nerves about anything.That attitude survived a disappointing performance at the Athens Games in 2004, where Bolt suffered a first-round exit. I could have made the top four but I was in no shape to come back in the next round, he insisted, citing a training injury.Whether you take Bolts word on that or not, by the 2005 season he had teamed up with coach Glen Mills, under whose tutelage he has become the most dominant athlete in history.Aside from his feats at the Olympics, Bolt has also won 11 of the last 12 sprint golds on offer at the World Athletics Championship, forfeiting the other due to a false start in the 100m final in Daegu in 2011.Worryingly for his competition, the pairs bond remains strong heading towards Rio. When were not around each other I can tell by the conversation we have with each other that we actually miss [each others] company, he said.Ive learned so much from him -- the energy, were always laughing. Its always just fun with me and my coach. But most of the time hes a father figure to me, hes a friend, hes a brother.There is a potential stumbling block to his quest for a historic triple-triple, however. His relay teammate when Jamaica won the 4x100m in Beijing, Nesta Carter, reportedly failed a drug test at the 2008 Games and that could put Bolts third gold in jeopardy.The issue of doping is a tough one for him. While he publicly backed the IAAFs decision to ban Russias track and field squad from Rio last Thursday, his approach has been to focus on winning rather than providing a good news story in Rio next month.Ive been going through it for years, Bolt said. Ive said all I can really. Ive always just tried to encourage athletes just to work hard because hard work does pay off. I cant do anything about it [the suspicion surrounding track and field].I just have to do my part and, hopefully, the younger athletes will follow; the sport will get better through time. All I can do [is] plead to the other athletes to just focus, work hard and be determined like I am.Bolt, as in everything it seems, was confident things would work out on the Carter questions, that he would hold onto his medal and leave his potential triple-triple still very much a live prospect.Looking ahead with optimism has fitted the bill for the 29-year-old for some time, and Mills has told him thats how he should be looking at the end of his amazing running career.The coach is confident Bolt can continue beyond Rio, and?whether he retires in 2017 as has been his publicly-stated plan is still open for discussion.Just dont bet against him having nine Olympic gold medals draped around his neck whenever he makes his announcement. ' ' '