In state kids?

Art Vandalay · February 26, 2022

3 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said:

I just noticed that Luke Jungers of Creighton Prep is shooting .467 on 3s this year. He's a 6-9 commit to UNO.

Sounds like he took it to Jasen Green a little bit last time they played. Didn’t see it in person though. Him and Frankie will make a good foundation for Omaha

Chuck Taylor · March 9, 2022

A few observations from the state tournament yesterday:

I like Josiah Dotzler a lot. Really smooth, smart player and pretty quick. Has an offer from Drake, I think he'll pick up more during the summer.

Jungers from Prep is a UNO commit, but I wasn't that impressed. Good high school player, but I wonder what will happen when they hire a new coach.

Hard pass on Tate Odvody of Westside.

Jasen Green is good. Ugh.

Devries from Drake was watching Cale Jacobsen of Ashland-Greenwood. I think he was out last year and got way behind in his recruiting, so pretty impressive that Drake is looking at him.

Didn't get to see Jayden Dawson of Central. (Loyola commit)

OmahaHusker · March 9, 2022

42 minutes ago, Chuck Taylor said:

A few observations from the state tournament yesterday:

I like Josiah Dotzler a lot. Really smooth, smart player and pretty quick. Has an offer from Drake, I think he'll pick up more during the summer.

Jungers from Prep is a UNO commit, but I wasn't that impressed. Good high school player, but I wonder what will happen when they hire a new coach.

Hard pass on Tate Odvody of Westside.

Jasen Green is good. Ugh.

Devries from Drake was watching Cale Jacobsen of Ashland-Greenwood. I think he was out last year and got way behind in his recruiting, so pretty impressive that Drake is looking at him.

Didn't get to see Jayden Dawson of Central. (Loyola commit)

Saw Green's stat line from yesterday. Goodness.

Navin R. Johnson · March 9, 2022

The Gretna v Central game was a fun one. Gretna's guards are very good and young. (not really D-1 type of bodies though) Green is very athletic but will have to work a lot harder on D to see the floor at Creighton. (same thing you can say about 90% of D-1 Frosh)

OmahaHusker · March 9, 2022

16 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

The Gretna v Central game was a fun one. Gretna's guards are very good and young. (not really D-1 type of bodies though) Green is very athletic but will have to work a lot harder on D to see the floor at Creighton. (same thing you can say about 90% of D-1 Frosh)

Noticed that as well. He was getting beat off the dribble quite a bit. But he also has a natural gift for timing blocks.

Art Vandalay · March 9, 2022

5 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said:

A few observations from the state tournament yesterday:

I like Josiah Dotzler a lot. Really smooth, smart player and pretty quick. Has an offer from Drake, I think he'll pick up more during the summer.

Jungers from Prep is a UNO commit, but I wasn't that impressed. Good high school player, but I wonder what will happen when they hire a new coach.

Hard pass on Tate Odvody of Westside.

Jasen Green is good. Ugh.

Devries from Drake was watching Cale Jacobsen of Ashland-Greenwood. I think he was out last year and got way behind in his recruiting, so pretty impressive that Drake is looking at him.

Didn't get to see Jayden Dawson of Central. (Loyola commit)

Agree on Dotzler and I don’t think his teammate Kyle gets nearly enough love. He will be good at SDS.

I disagree on Junger, definitely needs more strength but has good skill for UNO.

Green has skill and although I don’t see him as a big star he will be a nice role player and will embrace that I think. Wanted him at NU.

Think Dawson is legit, thought he might get a little higher level offer but who knows.

Great year for Nebraska HS talent again

basketballjones · March 9, 2022

5 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said:

Devries from Drake was watching Cale Jacobsen of Ashland-Greenwood. I think he was out last year and got way behind in his recruiting, so pretty impressive that Drake is looking at him.

Ok.... So... I'm glad to see someone else bring up this kid's name. I didn't want to be the guy. But I do not see what people are not seeing.

Is it the injury last year? He's nearly fully recovered, doesn't wear any brace, moves with complete confidence.
Is it stats? If you watch one game you can clearly see that he could (and does) take over whenever he wants to. He's highly unselfish and is more interested in distributing the ball. He doesn't hesitate every to kick or just reverse to open men. But when he wants to get to the hoop he does it at will.

Is it the "athleticism?" He dunks easily. Finishes at the rim all the time in the half-court. More than you can say for some current Husker players.

3-Point Shooting? See the stats. He doesn't care about getting his. If you watch him in pre-game he absolutely splashes, and makes free throws easily. The shot is more than there if he wants it.

To me - you can't have 3-4 Cale Jacobsen's in your rotation. But you can absolutely have 1-2, and we haven't had a player like Cale in years. To me he's a true 4 year point guard.

Art Vandalay · March 10, 2022

21 hours ago, basketballjones said:

Ok.... So... I'm glad to see someone else bring up this kid's name. I didn't want to be the guy. But I do not see what people are not seeing.

Is it the injury last year? He's nearly fully recovered, doesn't wear any brace, moves with complete confidence.
Is it stats? If you watch one game you can clearly see that he could (and does) take over whenever he wants to. He's highly unselfish and is more interested in distributing the ball. He doesn't hesitate every to kick or just reverse to open men. But when he wants to get to the hoop he does it at will.

Is it the "athleticism?" He dunks easily. Finishes at the rim all the time in the half-court. More than you can say for some current Husker players.

3-Point Shooting? See the stats. He doesn't care about getting his. If you watch him in pre-game he absolutely splashes, and makes free throws easily. The shot is more than there if he wants it.

To me - you can't have 3-4 Cale Jacobsen's in your rotation. But you can absolutely have 1-2, and we haven't had a player like Cale in years. To me he's a true 4 year point guard.

Good call, kid just dropped 43 to set a record

basketballjones · March 10, 2022

14 minutes ago, Art Vandalay said:

Good call, kid just dropped 43 to set a record

Huskerpapa · March 11, 2022

On 3/9/2022 at 3:24 PM, basketballjones said:

Ok.... So... I'm glad to see someone else bring up this kid's name. I didn't want to be the guy. But I do not see what people are not seeing.

Is it the injury last year? He's nearly fully recovered, doesn't wear any brace, moves with complete confidence.
Is it stats? If you watch one game you can clearly see that he could (and does) take over whenever he wants to. He's highly unselfish and is more interested in distributing the ball. He doesn't hesitate every to kick or just reverse to open men. But when he wants to get to the hoop he does it at will.

Is it the "athleticism?" He dunks easily. Finishes at the rim all the time in the half-court. More than you can say for some current Husker players.

3-Point Shooting? See the stats. He doesn't care about getting his. If you watch him in pre-game he absolutely splashes, and makes free throws easily. The shot is more than there if he wants it.

To me - you can't have 3-4 Cale Jacobsen's in your rotation. But you can absolutely have 1-2, and we haven't had a player like Cale in years. To me he's a true 4 year point guard.

A husker coach was there today watching

Swan88 · March 11, 2022

jason2486 · March 11, 2022

15 hours ago, Swan88 said:

Sign him

uneblinstu · March 13, 2022

Fun game in class A. Couple players I wouldn’t mind seeing end up in Lincoln someday…