Coaches name James Palmer Jr to All B1G squad

Agree with coaches. Would put Happ over Bridges if he could shoot free throws.

Palmer should've been 1st team in both but we shouldn't be surprised he's not in the media because they've been discounting Nebraska's success all year.

5 minutes ago, No Place Like the Vault said:

Palmer should've been 1st team in both but we shouldn't be surprised he's not in the media because they've been discounting Nebraska's success all year.

Exactly.  The people who have to game-plan for us aren't discounting us.

Refresh my memory...

What was the expectation for Palmer coming into the year? Was he expected to be really good?

with all the love Roby's been getting on broadcasts a little surprised he didn't make the honorable mention list. 

2 hours ago, GATA said:

Refresh my memory...

 

What was the expectation for Palmer coming into the year? Was he expected to be really good?

not first team all conference good, no. 

4 minutes ago, tcp said:

with all the love Roby's been getting on broadcasts a little surprised he didn't make the honorable mention list. 

It's just because he doesn't know how good he really is yet!

Just now, 49r said:

 

It's just because he doesn't know how good he really is yet!

hahaha. apparently, neither do the coaches or media. 

A huge congratulations.  James, please come back next year and be player of the year!!!

That honorable mention group is damn good.  A team with Mason, Mathias, Stevens, Cook and Watkins would be pretty salty and there is dang good depth in the rest of that group. Unfortunately none of those guys listed are any good since the Big 10 is so down. 

10 hours ago, tcp said:

 

not first team all conference good, no. 

Yeah, I know that. Was he projected to be our top scorer or possibly our best player?

1 minute ago, GATA said:

 

Yeah, I know that. Was he projected to be our top scorer or possibly our best player?

He was projected to be a starter but most people thought Copeland and Watson would contribute more. There was one media member who was very high on Palmer and I can't remember who that was right now. That person deserves props.

Just now, HuskerActuary said:

He was projected to be a starter but most people thought Copeland and Watson would contribute more. There was one media member who was very high on Palmer and I can't remember who that was right now. That person deserves props.

I believe @Jacob Padilla said it on this board. Was really high on him. 

I’d like to see how close Roby got to the all-defense. 

2 hours ago, HuskerActuary said:

He was projected to be a starter but most people thought Copeland and Watson would contribute more. There was one media member who was very high on Palmer and I can't remember who that was right now. That person deserves props.

Robin Washut tweeted that Palmer would be our leading scorer.  

2 hours ago, GATA said:

 

Yeah, I know that. Was he projected to be our top scorer or possibly our best player?

I don't get too many things right but I said he would be our top scorer after watching the open practice.

Congratulations to the real Jim Palmer

7 hours ago, Dean Smith said:

I don't get too many things right but I said he would be our top scorer after watching the open practice.

I got that impression too after Palmer scored 17 and the next highest scoring player in the scrimmage had 10.

Of course, prior to that, he also had 17 against Mississippi State and our next highest scoring player had 11.

Pre open scrimmages amd exhibitions, I had him pegged around 8 or 9 pts. After getting more info he was either my leading scorer or second, cant remember. But it would have been closer to 15 points than 17.

1 hour ago, khoock said:

Pre open scrimmages amd exhibitions, I had him pegged around 8 or 9 pts. After getting more info he was either my leading scorer or second, cant remember. But it would have been closer to 15 points than 17.

Mississippi State was an eye-opener for sure.  He showed a lot of what he could do right off the bat.

That's the only game I can remember clearly where he started hot and cooled off.  Otherwise, it seems like he's hit stride more in the second half of games.  He puts up a lot of points that you just don't notice because he's not calling for the ball all the time.

Now, second half, holding a lead, we usually run a little weave until we get it into his hands and let him create, but I'm just talking in the timeframe of the normal flow of a game where he seems to get harder to stop later in the action.  Or he just rises to the occasion and starts making things happen when we get closer to crunch time.

11 hours ago, HuskerActuary said:

He was projected to be a starter but most people thought Copeland and Watson would contribute more. There was one media member who was very high on Palmer and I can't remember who that was right now. That person deserves props.

All I ever heard is people saying Palmer wasn’t qualifying and that his shooting percentage at Miami was terrible.

3 hours ago, northwillriseagain said:

All I ever heard is people saying Palmer wasn’t qualifying and that his shooting percentage at Miami was terrible.

That is the nice thing about college basketball, if a kid is will willing to work, they get better.

As a person who religiously follows football recruiting and rankings...basketball recruiting fascinate me. They tend to be pretty accurate. Check it out...Rivals ratings added:

2017-18 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team
As selected by Big Ten coaches

FIRST TEAM
MILES BRIDGES, MICHIGAN STATE - 5-stars, #10 in R150 (2016)
James Palmer Jr., Nebraska - 4-stars, #99 in R150 (2014)
KEITA BATES-DIOP, OHIO STATE - 4-stars, #26 in R150 (2014)
Tony Carr, Penn State - 4-stars, #46 in R150 (2016)
Carsen Edwards, Purdue - 4-stars, #91 in R150 (2016)

SECOND TEAM
Juwan Morgan, Indiana - 3-stars, #109 in R150 (2015)
Moritz Wagner, Michigan - 4-stars (2015)
Jae'Sean Tate, Ohio State - 4-stars, #79 in R150 (2014)
Vincent Edwards, Purdue - 3-stars, #124 in R150 (2014)
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin - 3-stars, #123 in R150 (2014)

THIRD TEAM
Anthony Cowan Jr., Maryland - 4-stars, #45 in R150 (2016)
Jaren Jackson Jr., Michigan State - 5-stars, #6 in R150 (2017)
Cassius Winston, Michigan State - 4-stars, #29 in R150 (2016)
Jordan Murphy, Minnesota - 3-stars, #113 in R150 (2015)
Isaac Haas, Purdue - 4-stars, #71 in R150 (2014)

HONORABLE MENTION
Leron Black, Illinois - 4-stars, #38 in R150 (2014)
Robert Johnson, Indiana - 4-stars, #48 in R150 (2014)
Tyler Cook, Iowa - 4-stars, #74 in R150 (2016)
Kevin Huerter, Maryland - 4-stars, #59 in R150 (2016)
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Michigan - 3-stars (2014)
Nick Ward, Michigan State - 4-stars, #41 in R150 (2016)
Nate Mason, Minnesota - 3-stars (2014)
Isaac Copeland Jr., Nebraska - 5-stars, #23 in R150 (2014)
Lamar Stevens, Penn State - 4-stars, #96 in R150 (2016)
Mike Watkins, Penn State - 3-stars, #126 in R150 (2015)
Dakota Mathias, Purdue - 3-stars, #147 in R150 (2014)


So...of the 26 players that made the All-Big Ten teams, 23 were listed as Rivals150 players coming out of high school, and another one was a 4-star international player. The 1st team contains four 4-star players, and one 5-star.

Discuss.