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We arguably have the best kid out of the state this year with Braden Frager. The problem with landing the Nebraska kids out of the portal you're talking about is that they are up there in terms of cost to obtain. Chucky has a Badger tattoo and he's on the road to signing with a Louisville team that lost 24 games last year. $$$ and it's tough to blame him.

The players have to WANT to be here too. Obviously we reached out to Frankie. He visited. He chose elsewhere. We also can’t over pay just to get guys from the state. You make it sound like he has completely ignored in state talent when it seems like we’re usually the first to reach out.

Is that according to Trilly? That guy is brilliant. Waits til a situation is 50/50, makes a guess and relies on the fact that most people will remember the 50% he gets right and not think about the 50% he gets wrong. And gets 40k people to pay him $1/month for it. Anyway, if that's true I think it'd be a decision Kyle regrets in the future. UCLA has two transfer bigs who played very well at the high major level last year. And have two true freshman bigs who each started 8 games last year. Three of those four players project as future draft picks. Three of them are pretty versatile but won't play the 3 next year as their 1-3 spots are full with five talented guards and wings. So they have nine players currently on the roster who have proven to be productive at the power conference level. Mick Cronin typically plays 7 or 8 guys in his rotation.

Money talks and bulls*** walks. If they wanted to be here they'd consider taking less NIL to be Husker.

Sam Griesel, Josh Allick, S. Hoiberg, Teggy Allen, Akoy Arop . . . are among the “best.”

Doubling down on a bad ejection. Interesting.

Hopeful we don’t get into a bidding war here. We should offer what we believe is a reasonable price and if he takes a bag just to take a bag, then so be it. Would love Kyle… but don’t want to put all our eggs (filled with dollars) in one basket.

I have a hard time faulting 18-22 year olds from taking advantage of a situation that, frankly, the adults in the room should have thought about. I’m a Husker homer. 100%. Even I wouldn’t turn down the 100K if offered. Many of these guys will need a life after basketball and how many of us would have loved to start that life after college with a cool 100K+ in our bank accounts? I think we need to pay Nebraska born players what they’re worth/what we believe they’re worth. Now, as I said above, I absolutely do not think we should overpay what we believe their worth is. That may sometimes mean other teams being a higher bidder. That doesn’t mean we should/did lowball an offer. It’s a delicate balance and because it’s the Wild West out there right now, things change on what seems like a daily basis.

He's a more than serviceable traditional post player. Certainly playing the odds we won't recruit him when making that joke. With Breidenbach it always brings up the question of whether we lack the ability and/or the patience to develop post players.

From what I know about this process, KW's representation is looking to get paid and you need multiple suitors for that. Not sure where he lands up but either Nebraska or UCLA are currently being used to up the price. He'll be at the spring game this weekend.

Has felt like Forbes has been single white femaling us for a while now

That’s what I’m saying. If we keep winning games and going to the tournament, it will make them want to be here.

I'm waiting for him to throw Bolt out when a fan yells at him.

And then there’s this kid too:

The history did play a huge role in that case, I'd say

We sat right in the middle of the Xavier section and cheered for Kansas, they were not happy

No inside knowledge but Michigan so far has taken Sam Walters Danny wolf Are looking like they'll get vlad goldin from FAU and have reached out to TJ power. He did say he was coming back, but Dusty seems to be recruiting over him as it stands. That's 3 guys between the 4 and 5, and are still recruiting that 4 spot. More a want tbh. I still really really like him. There may be some overlap with Morgan, but experience in the big ten matters.

The games in Lincoln were: Notable players: Pittsburgh - Charles Smith, Jerome Lane, Demetrius Gore, Sean Miller NC State - Chris Washburn, Charles Shackleford, Vinny Del Negro, Chris Corchiani, Rodney Monroe Kansas - Danny Manning, Kevin Pritchard, Milton Newton Vanderbilt - Will Perdue, Barry Goheen, Barry Booker Xavier - Byron Larkin, Stan Kimbrough, Tyrone Hill, Derek Strong

Quote from the coach “As we build our roster, Connor’s skillset fits what we are looking for,” Hoiberg said. “He has performed at a high level in the Big Ten and was one of the top freshmen in the conference two years ago when he set a school record for 3-pointers by a freshman. Connor is an outstanding shooter and has that confidence that good shooters have. He’s been on successful teams at both the high school and college level and the experience he has gained playing in the Big Ten the past two years should help him make the transition to our system.

Career 73% from the field raises eyebrows. However, Wilhelm Breidenbach took his spot in the starting lineup this year.