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Deng Deng 2014 Juco F *committed to Baylor 5.4.14*

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Cookie Belcher
Cookie Belcher

Honestly, regardless of which school he picks, Deng has handled this with a high amount of class.  He hasn't been begging for attention on twitter, he wasn't squawking about his favorites and visits a

CrazyforNUHOOPS
CrazyforNUHOOPS

If you don't think the majority of consistently successful college basketball programs are paying for players in some way, shape, or form, you're kidding yourself.

a0t0w0
a0t0w0

Last thing he needs in steel beams falling on his rehabilitated ankle

Swan88

Swan88

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I think it's gonna be hard for Deng to say no to the school and coach he committed to on the first go-round. Hope I'm wrong.

Basis for this? A hunch? Or something more?

ajb5856

ajb5856

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I think it's gonna be hard for Deng to say no to the school and coach he committed to on the first go-round. Hope I'm wrong.

Basis for this? A hunch? Or something more?

Just a feeling. Nothing more.

huskerbaseball13

huskerbaseball13

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I think it's gonna be hard for Deng to say no to the school and coach he committed to on the first go-round. Hope I'm wrong.

Basis for this? A hunch? Or something more?
We haven't had much luck recruiting against lsu in any sport. I'd feel much better about our chances if lsu didn't come into play. Hope he picks the big red.
ajb5856

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I think it's gonna be hard for Deng to say no to the school and coach he committed to on the first go-round. Hope I'm wrong.

Basis for this? A hunch? Or something more?
We haven't had much luck recruiting against lsu in any sport. I'd feel much better about our chances if lsu didn't come into play. Hope he picks the big red.

Hope so too. He certainly could but I'm not getting my hopes up. We have Harriman and the Australian connection thing, but LSU has the same with David Patrick and his relationship with Deng. Plus he committed there once already and that was solely due to that Aussie connection without even seeing the campus. Deng followed the LSU program growing up, claims they were his favorite team, and Shaq is his favorite player. I guess we just hope that now after seeing the campus that it just wasn't what he expected or something didn't live up to expectations.

Swan88

Swan88

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I'm going out on a limb and calling the Deng sweepstakes for NU. No inside information here. I get 50/50 odds on this prediction, since Baylor and Indiana appear to be also-rans. Not exactly long-odds. Here are some reasons:

1. Doc beat LSU head-to-head for Dylan Talley back in 2011--so there should be no inferiority complex on this particular battle.

2. The LSU coaching staff seems to have difficulty winning the locker room. How else do you explain this, for example:

a. This past year's results of finishing 7th in the SEC and a one NIT win (over San Francisco) with four Rivals four-stars and one Rivals five-star on the roster? Granted, two four stars and the five-star were freshmen--but those freshmen should have been performing at a higher level by NIT time.

b. One of the freshmen four-stars is considering a transfer due, apparently, to underperformance issues this season.

c. A four-star LSU junior guard did declare early for the NBA--how can a coach have three nearly-NBA-ready players on his team and achieve last season's middling results? That has got the be a dictionary definition of "underperformance." Tim Miles' achievements last year came with only one nearly-NBA-ready player.

3. Deng's 3/4 positions are packed: two four-star forwards (6-8 & 6-9) decided to forego the NBA draft and return for next year alongside 7-0 and four-star Elbert Robinson, and LSU has a commitment from a five-star 6-8 forward in the 2015 class.

4. LSU already has a one-over-signing problem, even without Deng.

Nebrasketball it is for Mr. Deng.

ajb5856

ajb5856

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I'm going out on a limb and calling the Deng sweepstakes for NU. No inside information here. I get 50/50 odds on this prediction, since Baylor and Indiana appear to be also-rans. Not exactly long-odds. Here are some reasons:

1. Doc beat LSU head-to-head for Dylan Talley back in 2011--so there should be no inferiority complex on this particular battle.

2. The LSU coaching staff seems to have difficulty winning the locker room. How else do you explain this, for example:

a. This past year's results of finishing 7th in the SEC and a one NIT win (over San Francisco) with four Rivals four-stars and one Rivals five-star on the roster? Granted, two four stars and the five-star were freshmen--but those freshmen should have been performing at a higher level by NIT time.

b. One of the freshmen four-stars is considering a transfer due, apparently, to underperformance issues this season.

c. A four-star LSU junior guard did declare early for the NBA--how can a coach have three nearly-NBA-ready players on his team and achieve last season's middling results? That has got the be a dictionary definition of "underperformance." Tim Miles' achievements last year came with only one nearly-NBA-ready player.

3. Deng's 3/4 positions are packed: two four-star forwards (6-8 & 6-9) decided to forego the NBA draft and return for next year alongside 7-0 and four-star Elbert Robinson, and LSU has a commitment from a five-star 6-8 forward in the 2015 class.

4. LSU already has a one-over-signing problem, even without Deng.

Nebrasketball it is for Mr. Deng.

I'd certainly go for this.

Cookie Belcher

Cookie Belcher

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Honestly, regardless of which school he picks, Deng has handled this with a high amount of class.  He hasn't been begging for attention on twitter, he wasn't squawking about his favorites and visits all season long.  He was all business during the season, decided which schools he wanted to visit, took all his visits.  He tweeted the same things at each school, "what up" when he got there and thanked the fans when he left.

 

This is a guy with his head on straight so I will have to respect his decision no matter what it is.

cwshuskers

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Honestly, regardless of which school he picks, Deng has handled this with a high amount of class.  He hasn't been begging for attention on twitter, he wasn't squawking about his favorites and visits all season long.  He was all business during the season, decided which schools he wanted to visit, took all his visits.  He tweeted the same things at each school, "what up" when he got there and thanked the fans when he left.

 

This is a guy with his head on straight so I will have to respect his decision no matter what it is.

True, doesn't seem like he's the type to partake in any funny business either.

throwback

throwback

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Honestly, regardless of which school he picks, Deng has handled this with a high amount of class.  He hasn't been begging for attention on twitter, he wasn't squawking about his favorites and visits all season long.  He was all business during the season, decided which schools he wanted to visit, took all his visits.  He tweeted the same things at each school, "what up" when he got there and thanked the fans when he left.

 

This is a guy with his head on straight so I will have to respect his decision no matter what it is.

Hopefully he noticed that NU has quite a few players just like this & he'd fit right in

TheKamdyMan

TheKamdyMan

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anyone have any idea when he is supposed to make his decision?

He's been the quietest recruit out there this season. I'd be willing to bet the next time you hear anything from him it will be a final decision.

doc1394

doc1394

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anyone have any idea when he is supposed to make his decision?

He's been the quietest recruit out there this season. I'd be willing to bet the next time you hear anything from him it will be a final decision.
Not a bad guess.

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