OK, AWIII is gone. Let's guess where he ends up.

[HuskerFever]

AW3 Countdown:

Registration for new graduate students Monday, August 1

25 days left to AW3 watch 2016.

 

...so we won't hear anything until August 1 around 10 p.m.

[huskerbaseball13]

Still hearing North Carolina State rumors around Lincoln.  

 

NC St just doesn't make much sense to me assuming he is doing this to "showcase" his talents at a program that can go deep in the tournament.  NC St was just as bad as we were last year and they lost their best player to the draft. 

[hhcmatt]

 

Still hearing North Carolina State rumors around Lincoln.  

 

NC St just doesn't make much sense to me assuming he is doing this to "showcase" his talents at a program that can go deep in the tournament.  NC St was just as bad as we were last year and they lost their best player to the draft. 

 

 

It makes as much sense as rumors around town because who exactly around town is Andrew White and Co. talking to?

[hhcmatt]

I've seen the argument recently that we just can't -- no way -- replace Andrew.  Basically not even by committee.  Josh Planos, in his Red Review blog at KETV, basically posits that we have no one on the roster among vets or recruits who can progress and develop enough to even remotely fill the void left by one Andrew White.  And that might be true in terms of offensive efficiency by a single player.  Does that mean we won't be able to score without him?  Not hardly.  Planos is looking at our team's productivity this year by looking at last year's numbers.

 

Lotta talk about Syracuse right now as a destination for White.  And they return 51 made 3-pointers.  Without Andrew -- and without any of our other newcomers who might prove proficient at the three-ball -- we return 78.  So, if White winds up in Louisville and Syracuse's roster stays where it is, using the Panos paradigm, we're in better shape than 'Cuse by a long margin.  And we all know that's just silly.  How many treys your returning players hit last year isn't necessarily a predictor of what they'll be able to do this year.

 

One thing to keep in mind is that White ate up a lot of the attempts.  Granted, he was the best shooter on the team so you want him to have a lot of attempts.  But if history is any guide, freshmen year stats are almost never the high water mark for a player's career and as they get more minutes, their numbers across the board tend to go up.  Just look at Andrew White's situation.  As a freshman at KU, he only hit 28% of his threes.  As a sophomore, that percentage climbed only to 32%.  That's the guy our returning players and recruits are incapable of replacing?  Even by committee?

 

Listen, I'm not saying we'll be better off without Andrew.  I've never said that and I've never seen anyone else make that claim either (though I have seen some search for the silver lining in all of this mess.)  But to suggest that Jack McVeigh, who shot 34% from deep as a true freshman, can't improve beyond where he was last year or that Anton Gill won't be a good perimeter shooter because he didn't put up Andrew White's junior numbers in limited action in two years at Louisville ... c'mon, that's just nonsense.  Andrew White didn't put up Andrew White numbers his two years at KU.

 

Listen, everyone.  You have to factor in some development.  To not do so is to just try to look at things in the most negative light possible.

 

With White I had us operating at a higher offensive efficiency than last year, the best under the Miles Era. If our freshmen all improve I think we have a good chance at matching our numbers from last year when it's all said and done.  I do expect those defensive numbers to improve given our additional experience and length. 

[Norm Peterson]

 

AW3 Countdown:

Registration for new graduate students Monday, August 1

25 days left to AW3 watch 2016.

 

...so we won't hear anything until August 1 around 10 p.m.

 

We could suggest some good gifs for them to use while they wait until the last minute for AWIII to make up his mind.

[jimmykc]

I thought I would unearth this relic just to point out that I began the Syracuse rumor on June 26 and now Rosenthal promises to close it down on August 26 with his final LJS story.

[HB]

I thought I would unearth this relic just to point out that I began the Syracuse rumor on June 26 and now Rosenthal promises to close it down on August 26 with his final LJS story.

 

Jimmy, we call this move a "reverse Chuck Taylor".    

 

(J/K, Chuck, you're a great poster and you owned it).

[AuroranHusker]

haha

 

[49r]

[Chuck Taylor]

 

I thought I would unearth this relic just to point out that I began the Syracuse rumor on June 26 and now Rosenthal promises to close it down on August 26 with his final LJS story.

 

Jimmy, we call this move a "reverse Chuck Taylor".  

 

(J/K, Chuck, you're a great poster and you owned it).

 

Hey now, according to the poll, 56% of the board says I was correct and the scholarship wasn't pulled. Board cred restored! 

[Nebrasketballer]

[Nebrasketballer]

[Nebrasketballer]

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[jimmykc]

Wouldn't you hate to be stuck behind AWIII in the cafeteria line?

[bleujay]

If I were a Syracuse fan I would be fed up with the guy's bullsh*t. He's treating this like he's a top market NBA free agent.

 

http://syracusefan.com/threads/andrew-white-iii-thread-post-wisely.106923/page-64

 

On their basketball board, they think he's coming and people are saying he's on campus. Why no announcement????

[jimmykc]

Sort of sad that I find the Syracuse board more interesting than ours at this time of year. Wonder how their football board compares??

[Red Don]

Wouldn't you hate to be stuck behind AWIII in the cafeteria line?

Silver (and I) would start getting verrrrry nervous!     (must have an emoji here)

[Nebrasketballer]

[Nebrasketballer]

[Red Don]

 

Avoided offseason team workouts.

 

[Nebrasketballer]

Seems like most objective people can see that this whole circus is more of an AW3 / his dad issue, rather than a Tim Miles / Nebrasketball issue.

I don't have any "inside sources" with any agendas telling me that, so take it for what it's worth. It has been suggested that AW3 left because he was tired of the Tim Miles act. That's looking to be a little far-fetched at this point. I think it's pretty obvious that a lot of people (including Miles) are just getting a little tired of the AW3 act (and maybe more specifically his dad's act).

[Nighthawk]

It has been suggested that AW3 left because he was tired of the Tim Miles act.

Yeah...numerous times by the OP. Enough times to start sounding like a broken record.