2020 PF Marial Mading

[hhcmatt]

 

 

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/junior-college-four-star-marial-mading-gaining-admirers

 

[Fullbacksympathy]

 

Played PG in high school.  He wouldn't meet our power forward needs but he and Banton playing guard could create horrifying mismatches.  Intriguing prospect.  

[thrasher31]

If my memory serves me right there were a lot of national media members that have Mading as a breakout candidate before practices started. Don't know why he didn't end up at rhode island either. It's paying off right now though. I believe we showed slight interest during Miles last summer at AAU. 

 

Intriguing player. He's blown up as of recently so throwing out hat in the ring might or might not pay off in the long run. 

[49r]

Is he by any chance South Sudanese?

[Swan88]

From the link in the original post:

 

Because of his size, skill and that he'll have three years of eligibility, Mading has attracted high level attention as Florida, Kansas, Oregon and Texas A&M have offered while LSU is among the other programs watching closely.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Was going to post the same video as @LK1. Like this kid's tool kit. Length, athleticism, shooting ability. Seems to check off a lot of the Hoiberg Stretch 4 boxes.

[hhcmatt]

His brother is Daniel Mading whom Miles offered back in the day and who will be in Lincoln for our home opener with UC Riverside

 

 

[basketballjones]

On 10/14/2019 at 4:37 PM, LK1 said:

 

Played PG in high school.  He wouldn't meet our power forward needs but he and Banton playing guard could create horrifying mismatches.  Intriguing prospect.  

Cam Mack, Banton, Stevenson, Green, and this guy would be TROUBLE. A must get in my opinion. 

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, basketballjones said:

Cam Mack, Banton, Stevenson, Green, and this guy would be TROUBLE. A must get in my opinion. 

 

I concur. Let's Go, Big Red. GBR

 

 

[thrasher31]

http://chipolaathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/bios/mading_marial_v3by?view=gamelog&pos=sh

 

Stats don't blow you away. Especially rebounding numbers

[Husker Hoops Penitent]

The stats are underwhelming but any time offers from Oregon, Florida, UConn, Kansas and Kentucky (showing interest) I think it is safe to consider a prospect as likely adding quite a bit of value to NU, particularly if he is legitimately 6"11- which has yet to be confirmed, by the way. If NU was to sign Donovan Williams and Mading- or another big man, would they need to vacate a spot to fill for Teddy Allen, if he were interested? And if so, who might be the person "asked to look at a school which better fits him"?

[Dead Dog Alley]

On 11/25/2019 at 1:12 PM, Husker Hoops Penitent said:

And if so, who might be the person "asked to look at a school which better fits him"?

 

More than likely they won't need to ask, the chances of any roster returning intact these days is quite low.  Thor could graduate and go overseas, Arop could go somewhere looking for playing time, Curtis could get tired of waiting for playing time, Burke could get tired of splitting minutes and grad transfer, Cross could decide the Big Ten isn't for him, Ouedraogo could get homesick, Green or Mack could go play overseas, who knows what could happen.  All of those things might have a low probability by themselves, but something is likely to occur.  The last time we had every scholarship player return was going into 2014 (Shields, Gallegos, Parker, Rivers, Vucetic, Petteway-RS, Pitchford-RS, Biggs-RS).

Edited November 26, 2019 by Dead Dog Alley

[Norm Peterson]

You mention Thor, we all have mentioned Thor. Thing about Thor is he has some intangibles that Hoiberg really likes and no player has benefited more from the new coaching staff than Thor. My guess is he likes it here and there's no reason at this point for him to go anywhere else. He's going to help us make history in year 2 when we get that damn monkey off our backs. Why would he want to not be here for that?

[Dead Dog Alley]

2 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

You mention Thor, we all have mentioned Thor. Thing about Thor is he has some intangibles that Hoiberg really likes and no player has benefited more from the new coaching staff than Thor. My guess is he likes it here and there's no reason at this point for him to go anywhere else. He's going to help us make history in year 2 when we get that damn monkey off our backs. Why would he want to not be here for that?

 

Agreed.

[Red Don]

17 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

 

More than likely they won't need to ask, the chances of any roster returning intact these days is quite low.  Thor could graduate and go overseas, Arop could go somewhere looking for playing time, Curtis could get tired of waiting for playing time, Burke could get tired of splitting minutes and grad transfer, Cross could decide the Big Ten isn't for him, Ouedraogo could get homesick, Green or Mack could go play overseas, who knows what could happen.  All of those things might have a low probability by themselves, but something is likely to occur.  The last time we had every scholarship player return was going into 2014 (Shields, Gallegos, Parker, Rivers, Vucetic, Petteway-RS, Pitchford-RS, Biggs-RS).

 

Man;  You're just full of Happy Thoughts this Thanksgiving (ha, ha).  But here's one;  This is the first time we have Fred Hoiberg as a 'draw."

 

(Jus kidding ya!)

[Jacob Padilla]

On 11/26/2019 at 3:28 PM, Norm Peterson said:

You mention Thor, we all have mentioned Thor. Thing about Thor is he has some intangibles that Hoiberg really likes and no player has benefited more from the new coaching staff than Thor. My guess is he likes it here and there's no reason at this point for him to go anywhere else. He's going to help us make history in year 2 when we get that damn monkey off our backs. Why would he want to not be here for that?

Obviously things can always change, but I talked to Thor at media day about this. He said he probably thought about going home when Miles first got fired (he didn't have any interest in transferring elsewhere and redshirting) but that went away after he talked with Hoiberg.

 

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“I liked everything they had to say right from the bat. They were planning on doing something that I wanted to be a part of. It was an easy decision for me. And also, I kind of wanted to stay here at Nebraska, whatever had happened. I’m halfway through my degree and I think there are a lot of things to consider in this decision process, but ultimately I think I made the right decision.”

 

How important is the school part?

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“It is a big part of it for me, and especially for my parents as well — you’ve got to please them. As the cliche goes, one day the ball will stop bouncing so you have to do something else, and it’s always good to have something to fall back on.”

 

[Norm Peterson]

Thor's a good kid. I'm glad he's a Husker.