All Nebraska Juco team

[hhcmatt]

By now many of you might have seen the ruling for a quarterback from Vanderbilt who won a suit that ruled that Juco seasons did not count towards his eligibility.

 

Your first instinct might be to wonder if Keisei could come back for two years but anyone can do that.

For this exercise, I'd like you to consider any Nebraska Basketball player that played JUCO ball and construct a team with them.  Feel free to bring Caleb Walker or Kimani Ffriend along.

 

[jimmykc]

Be sure not to forget Curtis Moore (one of my favorites).

[Handy Johnson]

Derrick Vick 

Henry T Buchanan 

Leslee Smith 

Tony Farmer 

Teddy Allen 

[Brick]

Bernard Day

[SkersHoops]

Ade Dagunduro 

[Art Vandalay]

Nate Johnson

[millerhusker]

Here are my 13 scholarship players who should have some eligibility left

PG - Lance Jeter

SG - Nate Johnson

W - Ade Dagunduro 

F - Tony Farmer

F - Kimani Ffriend

 

Bench:

G - Keisei Tominaga

G - Dylan Talley

G - Our friend, Steve Harley

G - Marcus Perry

G - Brennon Clemmons

W - Bernard Day

F - Steffon Bradford

F - Bernard Garner

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

A good list.  Since this team will not play anyone I would go small and put KT in for Ffriend.

[Vinny]

7 hours ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

A good list.  Since this team will not play anyone I would go small and put KT in for Ffriend.

I think I’d just swap KT for Nate, hard as that is to say. But, Ade could play any spot 3-5, so if you want to swap out Farmer or Ffriend for KT, it could pry work. It’s what Doc asked Ade to do anyway.

[Dead Dog Alley]

San Jose State may be equivalent to a junior college, but technically is a four year institution, so you have to leave Tony Farmer out.

 

Noticeably absent from mention so far:

Handy Johnson - double figure scorer in 1981

Claude Renfro - starter on NIT final four team

Lenard Johnson - Backup 6'6" C that beat Missouri and Stipanovich

Terry Smith - Starting 6'6" C that beat Missouri and Stipanovich

Stan Cloudy - two year starter, second leading scorer in 83, 84

Ronnie Smith - backup C/PF in 84, 85; became a police officer and died in a traffic accident

Chris Logan - starter at C in the first ever NCAA game

Harvey Marshall - two years in double figures, started on first NCAA team

Anthony Bailous - 6th man on first NCAA team

Derrick Chandler - the only center to start on two tournament teams

Caleb Walker - he helped make that one guy from Illinois cry

Evan Taylor - he's pretty recent to be forgotten

 

And there's also some what might have beens:

Deak Vance - a 6'8" PF/C that would have helped out tremendously with or without Hoppen for the first NCAA tournament team; but he was academically ineligible after the first semester

Jose Ramos - getting jiggy with the wrong woman was a bad career choice

BJ Walker - looked good coming off the plane

Amos Gregory - liked food

Andre Almeida - really liked food

Rishan Norwood - didn't like junior college classes so didn't get here

Shang Ping - he does have a Wikipedia page and a nickname of "The Beast"; but let's just try to forget...

Roburt Sallie - Fuck you, Big 12.  No, really.  Fuck you.

 

 

Edited December 21, 2024 by Dead Dog Alley

[hhcmatt]

11 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

San Jose State may be equivalent to a junior college, but technically is a four year institution, so you have to leave Tony Farmer out.

 

Boy I whiffed on that one

[hskr4life]

Caleb Walker is an interesting one. I really liked him even though his numbers weren’t through the roof. He’s still playing pro overseas today. I believe in France now but don’t quote me on that.

[Dead Dog Alley]

Who could forget about Bernard Garner?  The JC player of the year from Western Nebraska CC.

 

Others of note, Melvin Brooks was a starter in 95.

Chris Sallee was eligbile for 1.5 years - he had somehow played in JC or enrolled early so wasn't going to be eligible the second semester; but for some reason he came back for that year anyway.  So, he only played in 14 games (they went 11-3 with him; 5-11 in the next 16 games without him; and then 5-0 in the NIT).

Rodney Fields was a starter on Collier's first team.

Joe Holmes replaced Tyronn Lue in the lineup; but didn't exactly replace his production.

[LincecumFan]

41 minutes ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

Who could forget about Bernard Garner?  The JC player of the year from Western Nebraska CC.

 

Others of note, Melvin Brooks was a starter in 95.

Chris Sallee was eligbile for 1.5 years - he had somehow played in JC or enrolled early so wasn't going to be eligible the second semester; but for some reason he came back for that year anyway.  So, he only played in 14 games (they went 11-3 with him; 5-11 in the next 16 games without him; and then 5-0 in the NIT).

Rodney Fields was a starter on Collier's first team.

Joe Holmes replaced Tyronn Lue in the lineup; but didn't exactly replace his production.

Since you mentioned Bernard Garner, I couldn't resist posting this. He's still a legend out here in Scottsbluff. And just a good person.

 

https://wnccathletics.com/general/2021-22/releases/202201201t6wrm

[Handy Johnson]

Too bad we couldn’t have gotten Bobby Jackson from Scottsbluff to Lincoln, instead he took MN to the Final Four (& Probation)