Huskerpapa Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 Bugs posted this on recruiting; but I thought it deserves its on thread. Welcome N Alanna!!! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDnvP4VviNO/?igsh=MWh1ajMzengweGt1Yw== Neb Nets, mwm89, Cazzie22 and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote
huskerchode Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 Plays for the top HS team in the nation! https://www.si.com/college/nebraska/basketball/nebraska-women-basketball-lands-2025-4-star-guard-commitment-alanna-neale-cornhuskers-big-ten mwm89 and 12dozen 2 Quote
Tom Jones Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 Thanks, Bugs et.al. Seems like a step in the right direction - we need players! Maybe she can bring some of her teammates with her. Quote
redsteve Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tom Jones said: Thanks, Bugs et.al. Seems like a step in the right direction - we need players! Maybe she can bring some of her teammates with her. There's a 6-7 big on that same team as Alanna. She'll probably get her choice of school. Edited March 1 by redsteve mwm89 1 Quote
Fastbreaker Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 If she is a four star how come we got her so late and why did no one else want her? Quote
All About the Corn Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 Hopefully she was over shadowed being on a very good team. Also we do not know is she was holding out for another school and a offer did not come. We need players who will push Nissley and Hake. We really need a athletic 4-5, thinking 6'4" or 6'5" to replace AM. mwm89 1 Quote
Huskerpapa Posted March 2 Author Report Posted March 2 26 minutes ago, Fastbreaker said: If she is a four star how come we got her so late and why did no one else want her? She had offers, most notable were UNLV, Cal State Northridge and Cal Poly. Sort of interesting. We were late on her and she doesn't have any major programs after her. I have guesses; but no harden facts: * she is a starter on the #1 team in the country. Due to the strength of the program and talented roster, is she overlooked * is she not able to fully display her talent * did she play on an aau team and if not, was her talents on display in the summer * is she the weak link on an otherwise strong talented team, and is she being carried by that other talent * does she have grade or transcript issues * does she have an injury history * is she a late developer * was there an assumption that she was firmly locked in elsewhere Fact is, she looks talented. She looks the part. The video I've seen shows she can play the game. Perhaps we found a great fit to our program. We can sure hope so! All About the Corn, Cazzie22, whoopdeedoo and 1 other 1 3 Quote
HUD Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 After seeing her on videos she is very long especially in the legs. This is something we don't have outside of Britt P. On the downside she is thin with her wt listed at 125 #. WBB is becoming very physical in the Big Ten so that may have caused a bit of hesitancy by some teams. I would hope she didn't take many visits because she was very picky waiting for the right team. Look at Alexis. She didn't have many teams after her initially either as she didn't play her sophomore year in High School due to injury and then became a late bloomer. Quote
Tom Jones Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 (edited) HuskerPapa's possible explanations all are plausible - except maybe this one. "is she the weak link on an otherwise strong talented team, and is she being carried by that other talent?" I am guessing no. Any player averaging 12.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 2.4 steals per game while playing the the #1 team in the entire US has talent of her own. They may be a very unselfish team but still to some extent each player is competing for opportunities to display her skills and she apparently is earning her own opps. Seven rebounds in 48 minute games at 5-10 and with long team mates? I like it! Maybe she just has the hops (which would be ok too!) but probably she is getting those with speed, quickness, agility, and sure handedness ... which is just what we need. To the extent that steals in HS translate to steals at D1, next year's Huskers might be receiving arrest warrants. Olivia Hanlon, at maybe the 2/3rds point of her senior season, had 148 steals (!!!), and in her HS school career last i saw had 486 (and counting). In one game she was credited with 16 steals. How is that even possible? Presuming about 48 possessions (my guess) in a 32 minute game, that figures to her having stolen about a third of the opponent's possessions! Perhaps that team must didn't have a good ball handler, but still. So those two coming in ... and we have seen all season that BP is a constant steal threat. We have recruiting needs ... no doubt ... but the guard position looks solid. Edited March 3 by Tom Jones math error All About the Corn, mwm89, Cazzie22 and 1 other 2 2 Quote
All About the Corn Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 High School games are not 48 minutes. I think 32 minutes would be a fairly standard game length. Quote
Tom Jones Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 (edited) yes, that's right. what was i thinking? I got minutes confused with a guess about # of possessions. Thanks for the alert. I will correct my post Edited March 3 by Tom Jones All About the Corn 1 Quote
Bugeaters1 Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 3 hours ago, All About the Corn said: High School games are not 48 minutes. I think 32 minutes would be a fairly standard game length. Minnesota plays 20 min halfs I believe. Quote
caveman Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 Well, if your 5'10" and dunking, your a pretty good athlete and athletic defender at the guard spot is a need. mwm89 1 Quote
redsteve Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 (edited) Found a video...she's no. 22 if I have it right. There's some real talent on that team (LA, Ca,) area...the big is the real deal. https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/ontario/ontario-christian-knights/athletes/alanna-neale/media/videos/? careerid=3tcrgvu3uffcc&videoid=bd93b2e9-cd67-42e5-80d5-d10084ec67d9 Edited March 6 by redsteve Quote
HUD Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 1 hour ago, redsteve said: Found a video...she's no. 22 if I have it right. There's some real talent on that team (LA, Ca,) area...the big is the real deal. https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/ontario/ontario-christian-knights/athletes/alanna-neale/media/videos/?careerid=3tcrgvu3uffcc&videoid=bd93b2e9-cd67-42e5-80d5-d10084ec67d9 I believe the big is a freshman. Quote
B-town hoopsfan Posted March 6 Report Posted March 6 Nice looking shot and gets up and down the court well. Be nice to have another athlete in the back court too. huskerchode, mwm89 and All About the Corn 3 Quote
Tom Jones Posted 11 hours ago Report Posted 11 hours ago she is #22. you will like what you see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkKtpNbzzb0 Quote
Bugeaters1 Posted 10 hours ago Report Posted 10 hours ago Ontario chr. went into Tuesday's game @ 30-1 Quote
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