Last 12 minutes: Walk-ons and freshmen

[49r]

One theory: he takes the minutes of whoever is in foul trouble. Based on what happened in the exhibition game, he might get a lot of those minutes.

 

Agree on this.  A platoon at the 5 may be necessary, at least early on in the season.

[Norm Peterson]

Swan, I am on my phone right now so I will have to wait to apply for an aero you tomorrow. Don't let me forget.

[Norm Peterson]

Stupid phone. That was supposed to say up-arrow.

[Swan88]

Oh, no!!! I meant to hit a up-arrow but hit down instead. Sorry!!!

[AuroranHusker]

Oh, no!!! I meant to hit a up-arrow but hit down instead. Sorry!!!

 

Got your back, Swan (and Normy)!

[Swan88]

My recollection from reading the NCAA Bylaws on this subject a year or two ago is that Tanner can keep his Regents Scholarship, even if he plays this year, without it counting against the 13 scholarship limit because:

1. He achieved that Scholarship without regard to athletics in any respect--he came to the University as a regular student on an academic scholarship and did not join the team until tryouts occurred well into the academic year; but

2. Had he come to the University as a preferred walk on, then his Regents Scholarship would probably have counted toward the 13 limit as soon as he steps on the floor--the real issue, I believe, is whether the awarding of the scholarship has anything to do with athletics, which the Regents Scholarship does not.

So . . . Never mind-- he isn't on a Regents Scholarship:

https://twitter.com/huskerextrabr/status/665010341831557120

[Donkey]

We all know the opponent was weak, but I saw enough from Borchardt to feel that he can help us. If Andre Almeida can help us, then so can Tanner Borchardt. He offers a weight/strength profile that no one else on the roster has, and I feel there will be times this year when we're not able to keep bigs from muscling our front-court defenders in the paint. Borchardt may be the answer there, and he's more athletic than you'd think. The guy didn't get FBS football offers because he was a stiff. Post players aren't just going to back him into the basket like he's not there. They'll know he's there.

 

As far as I'm concerned, this has the potential to be a huge steal for us given that he's only on the team due to open try-outs for walk-ons. Anything we get from him in terms of quality minutes would be a total unexpected steal. Trueblood falls into the same category, though his skill set is not unique on the team like Borchardt's is.

 

Give Borchardt a year of S&C with Wilson, and some re-distribution of his body mass, and we could have something very interesting there.

From what I hear, S&C is the biggest issue for Borchardt. He is three months behind the other freshmen unfortunately. His PT will come out of Hammond's minutes.

[Dead Dog Alley]

 

My recollection from reading the NCAA Bylaws on this subject a year or two ago is that Tanner can keep his Regents Scholarship, even if he plays this year, without it counting against the 13 scholarship limit because:

1. He achieved that Scholarship without regard to athletics in any respect--he came to the University as a regular student on an academic scholarship and did not join the team until tryouts occurred well into the academic year; but

2. Had he come to the University as a preferred walk on, then his Regents Scholarship would probably have counted toward the 13 limit as soon as he steps on the floor--the real issue, I believe, is whether the awarding of the scholarship has anything to do with athletics, which the Regents Scholarship does not.

So . . . Never mind-- he isn't on a Regents Scholarship:

https://twitter.com/huskerextrabr/status/665010341831557120

 

 

Going back to the rule, I think either Bronson Schliep or Tony Wilbrand (or maybe both) went on a Regents and did not count against the limit, but I may be mistaken on if they were.  I do remember that Jeff Hemje was on the football team in the late 90s as a backup cornerback, was on a Regents, and could play and not count against the limit because he wasn't recruited in any sense by the football team or even invited to walk on, but showed up and asked for a tryout.

[Dead Dog Alley]

 

My recollection from reading the NCAA Bylaws on this subject a year or two ago is that Tanner can keep his Regents Scholarship, even if he plays this year, without it counting against the 13 scholarship limit because:

1. He achieved that Scholarship without regard to athletics in any respect--he came to the University as a regular student on an academic scholarship and did not join the team until tryouts occurred well into the academic year; but

2. Had he come to the University as a preferred walk on, then his Regents Scholarship would probably have counted toward the 13 limit as soon as he steps on the floor--the real issue, I believe, is whether the awarding of the scholarship has anything to do with athletics, which the Regents Scholarship does not.

So . . . Never mind-- he isn't on a Regents Scholarship:

https://twitter.com/huskerextrabr/status/665010341831557120

 

 

 

Earlier reports did say that he was:

 

https://nebraska.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1770843

 

The 6-foot-8, 270-lb. Gothenburg product is a two-time All-Nebraska champion in the shot put and has a number of Division I offers, including Wyoming, Ohio and Colorado State. But Borchardt has chosen to decline those offers and is instead heading to Nebraska as a student on a Regent's scholarship.