Jack McVeigh is N

I don't really know much about the kid but welcome aboard.

PS My idiot brain finally broke the code. I saw Coach Harriman tweet "Boom! #GBR" and I immediately logged on here. Sorry, I'm slow.

We sill need a big.  A big big.  An athletic big big.  An athletic big big with some skill.  An athletic big big with some skill who can score even just a little bit with his back to the basket.  And rebound.  A lot.  And play defense.

Agree with Norm - we do not have a true big man, and I'm guessing we won't next year.  24 hours ago, I figured it likely that Akoy would be N, but does this change the situation for him?  This means we would over-sign if we got a commit from AA.  Not the first time that's happened though.

I think we lose at least one player in the offseason.

Welcome to the Nebrasketball family young man!  We're glad to have you.  

Welcome to the fold young man...your commitment is much appreciated.

http://nebraska.247sports.com/Bolt/McVeigh-commits-to-Nebraska-34506142?utm_source=247Sports+Newsletter&utm_campaign=30ec2fc8a3-150106_Nebraska+Cornhuskers&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5300ae947-30ec2fc8a3-222682225

Anyone aware of his leg hair situation? Could he somehow develop into a combo forward?

Any idea what his basement looks like?

Are we second fiddle?

If he's truly the best Australian in this class, it's a good day to be NU with this Down Under commit! GBR

I think the plan is to advise Tai Webster to transfer after the season and maybe Jacob Hammond. And Then go after hard a Center Senior transfer or hit the JUCO route for a Center.

Other than Watson, it seems like all of Miles' current recruits are rather uniform (not sure if this is good or not)

Watson     5'11"

White        6'7"

Marrow     6'7"

McVeigh   6'7"

Jacobson  6'8"

Agua???   6'8"

2016

Roby        6'8"

Pinder      6'8"

I think the plan is to advise Tai Webster to transfer after the season and maybe Jacob Hammond. And Then go after hard a Center Senior transfer or hit the JUCO route for a Center.

no...please no... Lets continue to Let Tai and Hammond Develop the senior transfer route is terrible and not a best route, and if you've been following the Recruiting board you know whats in the juco field..ITS NOT GOOD

I'd hate to see Hammond go. While he's clearly not ready, he looks like he has pretty good movement skills for a big, so that's something to build off of.

As for Tai, if he left I don't think it'd bother me at all. Hopefully he turns it around and makes me eat crow.

Here's a video Kamdy posted over on the recruiting thread of McVeigh against Jonah Bolden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY4HPATI3eI

For comparison purposes, here's a HS mixtape of Jarrod Uthoff.  About the same size and build.  Uthoff might have been older when the video of him was filmed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQFhc2y75ew

I'd hate to see Hammond go. While he's clearly not ready, he looks like he has pretty good movement skills for a big, so that's something to build off of.

As for Tai, if he left I don't think it'd bother me at all. Hopefully he turns it around and makes me eat crow.

Yup.

I wish Hammond could have redshirted.  Him redshirting means Leslee Smith doesn't get hurt, which would be great by itself.  But it also would have given him a bit of time to add some weight and bulk before hitting the floor and being judged as a failure by someone casting an early ballot on here.  Way way waaaay to early to write off Hammond.

Hammond, by the way, had a nice block last night in three minutes of work. He stuffed one of Iowa's bigs on a drive to the basket, and the Iowa player carried the blocked shot out of bounds--turnover to the good guys.

Redirecting this back to Jack McVeigh ...

Where is he now?  Is he going to school in Australia?  Or, since this is summer down there, is he out of school waiting for college to start?

I wish there was some way in heck we could get him to the states now, place him in a prep school for 2nd semester, and get him started playing American basketball.  He needs to play for some kind of American team soon.  Squeeze a little of the foreign style of play out of him.  He also needs to experience upper level competition.  Even just as a practice player. 

Do they have any room at Sunrise Christian?

Also, is he academically good to go?  Pinder had to go juco b/c his academics weren't in order.  Is McVeigh OK?

He's already graduated HS Norm.  Hes working out at the Australian Insititute of Sports until the FIBA summer games and then enrolling in summer school here.

If he's truly the best Australian in this class, it's a good day to be NU with this Down Under commit! GBR

He's not the best Australian in the class. Ben Simmons is

 

If he's truly the best Australian in this class, it's a good day to be NU with this Down Under commit! GBR

 

He's not the best Australian in the class. Ben Simmons is

 

I think people mean hes the best thats not playing in the US currently.

Dont we already have the best from down under in the 2013 class, Tai Webster.

I just dont think the talent is that good or other colleges would of offered him to and only LSU has shown interest but I dont think he had a offer from them

Dont we already have the best from down under in the 2013 class, Tai Webster.

 

I just dont think the talent is that good or other colleges would of offered him to and only LSU has shown interest but I dont think he had a offer from them

Kids without geography skills.  Webster is NOT from Australia.  He is from New Zealand.  The competition is not even close.

 

Dont we already have the best from down under in the 2013 class, Tai Webster.

 

I just dont think the talent is that good or other colleges would of offered him to and only LSU has shown interest but I dont think he had a offer from them

Kids without geography skills.  Webster is NOT from Australia.  He is from New Zealand.  The competition is not even close.

 

He didn't say Australia, he said down under.  If you don't think New Zealand is "down under" maybe you need the geography lesson.

On a side note, a poster at rivals said Akoy Agau no longer has an offer.

Dont we already have the best from down under in the 2013 class, Tai Webster.

 

I just dont think the talent is that good or other colleges would of offered him to and only LSU has shown interest but I dont think he had a offer from them

Tai was not the best player from down under.  He was a 3 star recruit on ESPN and 247 just like Josiah Moore, Corey Hilliard, Nate Hawkins etc.  How are those guys doing for NU this year.......

One guy said Tai was amazing and we took it as gospel because we wanted to believe it so badly.  

He had MANY other offers than LSU and NU, they were just the final 2 because of the Aussie coach connection.