Mikael Herbert - PF - Visiting Nebraska

[TheKamdyMan]

https://twitter.com/robinwashut/status/331068120502501376

????

Hmmmm.

Me confused. No offer? Why'd we bring him in on an official then?

12 officials a year to blow. Why not.

[Norm Peterson]

How many do we have left? 

 

Fuller

Hawkins

Agau

Vitto Brown

Webster

Atewe

Smith

Tummala

Herbert

 

I could be missing a few (for all I know) and we're still looking to fill a spot.  I can't imagine we have too many officials left to host for the 2013 class.

[FredsSlacks]

How many do we have left? 

 

Fuller

Hawkins

Agau

Vitto Brown

Webster

Atewe

Smith

Tummala

Herbert

 

I could be missing a few (for all I know) and we're still looking to fill a spot.  I can't imagine we have too many officials left to host for the 2013 class.

if it's 12 per year, only the bottom 4 were in 2013 i think

[bobcat402]

so now that Ubi (i dont want to attempt at spelling his name right now) is gone, any chance we go back after Mikael now, or is there someone else.

[TheKamdyMan]

 

How many do we have left? 

 

Fuller

Hawkins

Agau

Vitto Brown

Webster

Atewe

Smith

Tummala

Herbert

 

I could be missing a few (for all I know) and we're still looking to fill a spot.  I can't imagine we have too many officials left to host for the 2013 class.

if it's 12 per year, only the bottom 4 were in 2013 i think

 

 

per school year not calendar year.

[Norm Peterson]

Yeah, what Kamdy said.  I think it's per recruiting class.  So most of your official visits will take place in the summer and fall leading up to the November signing period.  Then, if you still have spots to fill (like, oh, y'know, us maybe) you may have some more visits in the spring.  But the limit of official visits applies to the class and not to the year in which the visit occurs.  In other words, we're not burning official visits with these guys for the 2013 class that we won't have available in the fall.  Rather, whatever officials happened last fall count against our limit for the 2013 class for which we're still trying to fill at least one spot.  And the 2014 class will start over with a brand new set of downs, so to speak.

 

Obviously, a team with fewer open spots will use fewer official visits.  Teams with a lot of open spots for a particular class (like, oh, y'know, us maybe) have to be more judicious with their officials.  Which is why I raised the question.  There might not be too many more guys out there we'd want to bring in for visits, but if we do want to bring them in, we need to have the visists available.

[a0t0w0]

Melvyn Oliver-esque move

[imnothipp]

How many do we have left? 

 

Fuller

Hawkins

Agau

Vitto Brown

Webster

Atewe

Smith

Tummala

Herbert

 

I could be missing a few (for all I know) and we're still looking to fill a spot.  I can't imagine we have too many officials left to host for the 2013 class.

I don't think Agau took an official visit.

[Nebrasketballer]

I am surprised that Herbert left Lincoln without an offer.  I thought for sure that the only reason for that could be that Miles had an ace up his sleeve (like Uchebo or Jeter).  Now that Uchebo is a no-go, and Jeter doesn't look much more promising, I am a little more confused about Herbert not getting an offer.  I really hope that Miles does have that last second commit sitting in his back pocket ready to make it official.  There's only a few days left for guys to pop up onto the Nebrasketball radar before it will be too late.

[MandRHusker]

I wonder if the fact that Herbert just had shoulder surgery and would more than likely have to redshirt next year had anything to do with not recieving an offer?

[FredsSlacks]

I am surprised that Herbert left Lincoln without an offer.  I thought for sure that the only reason for that could be that Miles had an ace up his sleeve (like Uchebo or Jeter).  Now that Uchebo is a no-go, and Jeter doesn't look much more promising, I am a little more confused about Herbert not getting an offer.  I really hope that Miles does have that last second commit sitting in his back pocket ready to make it official.  There's only a few days left for guys to pop up onto the Nebrasketball radar before it will be too late.

Same with Kevin Thomas, but we never used an OV on him. I have to think we would of looked harder at Thomas if we knew the position we would be in right now. Thomas is 6'9 and put up 10 and 10 on a juco team with multiple d1 players.

[ajb5856]

I am surprised that Herbert left Lincoln without an offer. I thought for sure that the only reason for that could be that Miles had an ace up his sleeve (like Uchebo or Jeter). Now that Uchebo is a no-go, and Jeter doesn't look much more promising, I am a little more confused about Herbert not getting an offer. I really hope that Miles does have that last second commit sitting in his back pocket ready to make it official. There's only a few days left for guys to pop up onto the Nebrasketball radar before it will be too late.

Same with Kevin Thomas, but we never used an OV on him. I have to think we would of looked harder at Thomas if we knew the position we would be in right now. Thomas is 6'9 and put up 10 and 10 on a juco team with multiple d1 players.

Where did Kevin Thomas end up? I thought all of the high major teams backed off Thomas because he wasn't going to qualify. He had legit teams hard after him and then all of a sudden he was choosing between St Bonaventure and Marshall as his only options.

[ajb5856]

This is the last I heard about Kevin Thomas.

From 4/16:

@Tariq_NPH: Kevin Thomas, Canadian 6'8 Forward (Palm Beach State) has trimmed list to St Bonaventure, North Texas, Troy & Western Kentucky. #JUCO #NCAA

[golfer3]

Wouldn't NU  know Herbert had surgery before they brought him in for an offical visit?

 

Don't know Herbert, obviously, but can't believe he wouldn't mention the shoulder surgery.

[ShortDust]

This is the last I heard about Kevin Thomas.

From 4/16:

@Tariq_NPH: Kevin Thomas, Canadian 6'8 Forward (Palm Beach State) has trimmed list to St Bonaventure, North Texas, Troy & Western Kentucky. #JUCO #NCAA

I thought he was going north Texas.

[ajb5856]

This is the last I heard about Kevin Thomas.

From 4/16:

@Tariq_NPH: Kevin Thomas, Canadian 6'8 Forward (Palm Beach State) has trimmed list to St Bonaventure, North Texas, Troy & Western Kentucky. #JUCO #NCAA

I thought he was going north Texas.

Well maybe he is. I couldn't remember what he decided. My point being that his recruitment fell off the face of the earth after us, Minnesota, KState, Memphis were all after him. All of those schools knew something more about him to all just stop recruiting him all at once.

This article says some more about Thomas including his desire to play the 3 position because of his ability to slash from the wing. We have those. We need a big body that wants to play inside.

http://northpolehoops.com/2013/04/17/kevin-thomas-mentally-tough-ready-for-the-next-level/

[Cookie Belcher]

I was never a fan of Kevin Thomas