Brice Williams: Player of the week

Some notes on this

• Brice finished the game vs Indiana with 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Those all led the Huskers.
• Brice not only was name B1G player of the week, he was the first Husker ever to win the national player of the week award
• Brice has previously won the national player of the week award when he played for Charlotte
• Williams is the first Husker to earn the Big Ten’s Weekly Award since Alonzo Verge Jr. on March 7, 2022.
• Brice is only the second player since Nebraska joined the B1G to record at least 30 points and 5 assists in a single game. The other was Alonzo Verge.

When Brice took over at point guard for a stretch in the Indiana game, I thought he ran the point as well or better than our two natural point guards have been so far this season. While still being our primary scoring option. That's not a knock on those two other guys. Just a testament to how good Brice has become during his time here. In December of last year, I never would've thought that was possible. He often dribbled into "small spaces", as Hoiberg says. And seemed like he couldn't take more than 3 consecutive dribbles without falling down and/or turning it over. His style of play seemed like it was going to have to be similar to Andrew White's - spot up threes and occasional straight line drives. Now he's got that ball on a string and shows good court vision when he's in that distributor role. Big credit to Brice, and the coaching staff, for turning him into an NBA prospect. 

Here's to hoping Quentin Rhymes, Janowski and Frager stick for a few years. They will get developed under this coaching staff. Case studies include: Brice, Keisei, Derrick Walker, Juwan Gary, CJ Wilcher. Could arguably add Berke to the list, but he has plenty more developing to do.