2019 Transfer Shamiel Stevenson - LOI

[thrasher31]

HE'S N!!!!

[Fullbacksympathy]

Hell yes.  Let the waiver process begin.  Hope this kid can play in the fall!!!

[Vinny]

Alright! Let's get him eligible immediately!

[jimmykc]

Did we check this with Jennifer first?

[Red Don]

But is it  'Official' ?  

[jayschool]

[Red Don]

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, jimmykc said:

Did we check this with Jennifer first?

 

Jennifer is Jean Peck's daughter. She says "sit down!"

 

[Searching 4 Chester Surles]

1 hour ago, thrasher31 said:

HE'S N!!!!

 

Of course he is. I wore my lucky shirt today.

[Norm Peterson]

This is a big get.  This is a kid who can play some ball and really fills an area of need.  He's that guys who's strong enough to mix it up inside (like an Ed Morrow, but unlike Ed) and he can shoot the perimeter J.  Plus he puts it on the floor and can drive it.  Can score in a variety of ways.  This is a really big pickup for us.

[jimmykc]

I'm hopeful he will be a slightly larger version of Lance Jeter.

[busticket]

This is my second favorite new pickup by the new staff.  Cam Mack is my #1 because of the importance of having a top flight PG.  

 

now to see what my boy KEVIN does on the 14th....

[BmoreRed]

I really like that he has a little back to the basket game because we have none of that right now. 

[huskerbill85]

On 5/10/2019 at 3:46 PM, Norm Peterson said:

This is a big get.  This is a kid who can play some ball and really fills an area of need.  He's that guys who's strong enough to mix it up inside (like an Ed Morrow, but unlike Ed) and he can shoot the perimeter J.  Plus he puts it on the floor and can drive it.  Can score in a variety of ways.  This is a really big pickup for us.

 

Are we a tournament team next year?

[kleitus]

4 minutes ago, huskerbill85 said:

 

Are we a tournament team next year?

 

Have to see them to know.  They'll for sure be entertaining.  Very high scoring.

 

If everyone is eligible yes imo... sweet 16 caliber as the team gels.  Might be rough early though (similar to how michigan state can struggle early but generally gets better substantially as the year goes on)

[Vinny]

1 hour ago, kleitus said:

 

Have to see them to know.  They'll for sure be entertaining.  Very high scoring.

 

If everyone is eligible yes imo... sweet 16 caliber as the team gels.  Might be rough early though (similar to how michigan state can struggle early but generally gets better substantially as the year goes on)

Man, that horse is a long ways behind that cart. I’d love for that to happen in year one, but they haven’t had a team practice yet.  I’m excited and optimistic, but I think talk like that is way too soon here.

[Norm Peterson]

3 hours ago, kleitus said:

 

Have to see them to know.  They'll for sure be entertaining.  Very high scoring.

 

If everyone is eligible yes imo... sweet 16 caliber as the team gels.  Might be rough early though (similar to how michigan state can struggle early but generally gets better substantially as the year goes on)

 

I'm back to feeling like the mayor of River City bragging about the quality of our marching band before we even have the instruments yet.

[kleitus]

Yeah, like i said it depends on gelling etc.

 

I'm seeing a team roughly as talented and deeper than the pre Copeland injury team.  

 

Doesnt mean we won't suck.  But you absolutely have to be impressed by the quality of the turnover.

[millerhusker]

Watched some 2013-14 Iowa State games this weekend. This is the team that both Fred and Doc said had National Championship potential. Shamiel Stevenson's highlights are crazy similar to how Ejim and Hogue played and he seems to be exactly what Fred wants as a versatile forward. Both of those guys were about 6-6 230. Combo forwards who played in the post and on the wing , and brought a level of physicality and toughness that those Iowa State teams needed. 

 

If Roby came back, my goodness that would be a frontcourt match made in heaven. When Ejim and/or Hogue was on the floor, the other team's big would have to guard Niang, rather than chase around Ejim/Hogue. Niang would use his perimeter skills, and quickness and creativity in the low post to score in a variety of ways around guys like Tarik Black. And on the defensive end, both of those guys had the length and strength to guard 5's, so Niang could stay out of foul trouble. Imagine Xavier Tillman having to deal with guarding Roby, but Roby having the luxury of guarding Kyle Ahrens on the other end, while Stevenson bodies up Tillman in the post. To counter those difficult matchups, teams would try going zone. Which did not work due to the Cyclone’s ball movement, fearless 3 point shooting and some beautiful set plays to attack the holes in the zone. 

 

That Iowa State team had a 7 man rotation. Maybe the one piece they were missing was a true big guy to come off the bench in certain situations. They tried to do it with Daniel Edozie, a 6-8 255 lb. bruiser, but it didn't work out. Maybe Yvan could be our rich man's Daniel Edozie... The rest of their rotation has eerily similar player types to the guys who could be in our rotation. Monte Morris (Mack), a pass first point guard with great vision. DeAndre Kane (Burke/Green/Curtis), a scoring combo guard. Matt Thomas (Kavas), the second best 3 point shooter in Iowa State history, behind Fred Hoiberg. Naz Long, a versatile shooting guard and good perimeter defender off the bench (Burke/Green/Curtis). Could be a fun year. 

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Edited May 19, 2019 by millerhusker

[Navin R. Johnson]

I assume NU has put in for a waiver to make Stevenson eligible right away. Does anyone have an idea of when we can expect to hear news on this? Hopefully before November!

[hhcmatt]

21 hours ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

I assume NU has put in for a waiver to make Stevenson eligible right away. Does anyone have an idea of when we can expect to hear news on this? Hopefully before November!

 

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

1 hour ago, hhcmatt said:

 

 

 

That's what I was afraid of!

[rwhiston]

Anyone else read a little bit into the fact Nebraska used Shamiel in the non-con promo. Here’s hoping we get to see him play against those teams

[Searching 4 Chester Surles]

22 hours ago, rwhiston said:

Anyone else read a little bit into the fact Nebraska used Shamiel in the non-con promo. Here’s hoping we get to see him play against those teams

 

Hoiberg said Nebraska still planned to submit a waiver to get Nevada transfer Shamiel Stevenson immediately eligible for this season. Even though he never played a game for the Wolfpack, Stevenson is currently ineligible to play for the Huskers until after the end of the fall semester in December. However, because he originally left Pittsburgh after a coaching change last December and then left Nevada after another head coach left, NU still feels confident about Stevenson’s case.

[Norm Peterson]

I'm hoping against hope that he somehow gets his sophomore year restored.