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[hhcmatt]

One year left for Andrew Morgan who become part of the post rotation.

The Minnesota native played 3 years at North Dakota St including a season with Sam Griesel

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[hhcmatt]

Apologize but i'm currently travelling for the eclipse so feel free to fill in any detail

[basketballjones]

On the surface, great pick-up.

However, it worries me that this might mean Reink is gone. They're very similar players but I think Reink is much better. Hope this guy came in to be a part of the rotation and no guarantees on starting or whatever. 

 

Still think we need a long/athletic big to replace (and improve upon) Allick.

[OmahaHusker]

Just now, basketballjones said:

On the surface, great pick-up.

However, it worries me that this might mean Reink is gone. They're very similar players but I think Reink is much better. Hope this guy came in to be a part of the rotation and no guarantees on starting or whatever. 

 

Still think we need a long/athletic big to replace (and improve upon) Allick.

 

Was going to say the same. Very similar to Reink. Don't think we'd play these two together. Unless he's ok splitting minutes with Reink. 

[Huskerpapa]

Nice addition.   Don't overthink it regarding Rienk...nice to build depth, especially talented depth.

[hskr4life]

I was always under the assumption that this was to compliment Mast.  Especially with losing Allick, Keita, and Diop.

[Vinny]

Yeah, given how the season played out, and how his knee is right now, I think Reink might welcome a little post help. We didn’t have a backup center last year and he had to carry more of the load than he probably should have.

 

If Reink stays now, we won’t be asking our forwards/wings to play out of position as much. That’s a nice selling point for players we’re pursuing out of the portal at those spots.

[hhcmatt]

[49r]

2 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

If we can also get Neon Boudeaux that would be cool.

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

20 minutes ago, OmahaHusker said:

 

Was going to say the same. Very similar to Reink. Don't think we'd play these two together. Unless he's ok splitting minutes with Reink. 

I think they can play together. It shouldn’t be much different than Rienk playing with Allick. The nice thing about Morgan is if Rienk is on the bench he can serve as a center better than Allick could due to his size.

 

But ideally we get one of the athletic bigs (Payne, Kyle). That way we can pretty much always have two of the three on the court at once.

[nustudent]

40 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

On the surface, great pick-up.

However, it worries me that this might mean Reink is gone. They're very similar players but I think Reink is much better. Hope this guy came in to be a part of the rotation and no guarantees on starting or whatever. 

 

Still think we need a long/athletic big to replace (and improve upon) Allick.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly.   Starting Mast and Morgan together doesn't address our need for added athleticsm.  

I hope he's content in playing 20 mpg as a backup (essentially a much better Diop).  But this feels more like Mast's replacement than anything else.

[nustudent]

19 minutes ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

I think they can play together. It shouldn’t be much different than Rienk playing with Allick. The nice thing about Morgan is if Rienk is on the bench he can serve as a center better than Allick could due to his size.

 

But ideally we get one of the athletic bigs (Payne, Kyle). That way we can pretty much always have two of the three on the court at once.

Allick was quite a bit more versatile.  Not saying he's a better player....but Morgan a 5.  If you put Mast at the 4, you're going to struggle athletically even more than last year.

 

A guy like Kyle changes the entire dynamic of our team.

Edited April 8 by nustudent

[royalfan]

Someone on here was saying that Morgan is easily athletic enough to play some 4 next to Mast. 

[B-town hoopsfan]

12 minutes ago, royalfan said:

Someone on here was saying that Morgan is easily athletic enough to play some 4 next to Mast. 

I don’t think I like the idea of him playing perimeter defense on stretch 4s but Morgan is more athletic than some on here are giving him credit for 

[Fullbacksympathy]

17 minutes ago, royalfan said:

Someone on here was saying that Morgan is easily athletic enough to play some 4 next to Mast. 

I definitely believe he is.  He might be a tad bit of a liability on defense but the mismatches he and mast would create offensively with their skill would be terrifying and we’d murder on the glass.

[nustudent]

12 minutes ago, Fullbacksympathy said:

I definitely believe he is.  He might be a tad bit of a liability on defense but the mismatches he and mast would create offensively with their skill would be terrifying and we’d murder on the glass.

I'd argue there would be fewer mismatches

[basketballjones]

44 minutes ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

I don’t think I like the idea of him playing perimeter defense on stretch 4s but Morgan is more athletic than some on here are giving him credit for 

I want to be clear I am not saying he isn't athletic. I think he's a better athlete than Reink, but not as good of a player. But being a better "athlete" than Reink isn't saying a whole lot, especially with his bum knee. 

I really think we need a Payne/Kyle to go along with these two. 

[B-town hoopsfan]

4 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

I want to be clear I am not saying he isn't athletic. I think he's a better athlete than Reink, but not as good of a player. But being a better "athlete" than Reink isn't saying a whole lot, especially with his bum knee. 

I really think we need a Payne/Kyle to go along with these two. 

I’m with you ideally Morgan is the first big off the bench. Playing 20-25 minutes a game. Reink is def more skilled and probably a better shooter, Morgan is a better athlete and hopefully a better rebounder/post defender. 
 

im all in on Kyle with the rest of you but I really struggle to see how Payne would fit into our offense 

[AuroranHusker]

With Morgan and Mast, we have a two-headed monster at the post position in 2024-25. Let's get one more to really solidify the NU BIGS!

 

[The Polish Rifle]

Why do we need to get more athletic? We don’t need to overcorrect due to one game where A&M shot out of their minds. Fred needs to stick with the same formula that got us 23 wins, 3rd place in conf and an 8 seed. 

[Vinny]

26 minutes ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

I’m with you ideally Morgan is the first big off the bench. Playing 20-25 minutes a game. Reink is def more skilled and probably a better shooter, Morgan is a better athlete and hopefully a better rebounder/post defender. 
 

im all in on Kyle with the rest of you but I really struggle to see how Payne would fit into our offense 

How did Derrick Walker fit into the offense? 

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

1 minute ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Why do we need to get more athletic? We don’t need to overcorrect due to one game where A&M shot out of their minds. Fred needs to stick with the same formula that got us 23 wins, 3rd place in conf and an 8 seed. 

This is exactly what I’ve been saying. People overreact to the last thing that happened. Suddenly we aren’t good enough to win a tournament game because we lost one game? Yeah, they beat us off the dribble and on the glass. Despite that we’d still have been in that game if they didn’t go uncharacteristically nuclear from three.

 

Also when you’re not a top five team, you’re going to have some weaknesses. Our weakness was handling extreme athleticism. Sure, in a perfect world you want to fix that weakness… but at what cost? If it takes away our strengths is it worth it?

[royalfan]

This day and age you are going to have to make slight tweaks to your offensive system based on who you get.  Hoiberg will find a way to get us good shots  in any event.  

[hskr4life]

6 minutes ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

This is exactly what I’ve been saying. People overreact to the last thing that happened. Suddenly we aren’t good enough to win a tournament game because we lost one game? Yeah, they beat us off the dribble and on the glass. Despite that we’d still have been in that game if they didn’t go uncharacteristically nuclear from three.

 

Also when you’re not a top five team, you’re going to have some weaknesses. Our weakness was handling extreme athleticism. Sure, in a perfect world you want to fix that weakness… but at what cost? If it takes away our strengths is it worth it?

One could also react the other way and say, if we didn’t get a bad matchup where our opponent shot lights out, we could have won a natty (because we beat Purdue).  That’s where I choose to go lol

Edited April 8 by hskr4life

[AuroranHusker]

12 minutes ago, royalfan said:

This day and age you are going to have to make slight tweaks to your offensive system based on who you get.  Hoiberg will find a way to get us good shots  in any event.  

 

That's the truth... defensive end is the end that concerns me more than shot selection... Go Big Fred!