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      The 6'8" shooting guard from Australia is currently at the Australian Institute of Sport, a National organization where Aleks Maric once spent time. McVeigh is currently the captain of the Under 19 Australian National team and plans to compete in the World Championships this July in Greece. This commitment puts Nebraska on track to use all 13 scholarships next season.

    Per his Twitter account @JackMcVeigh1, he has committed to Nebraska. "Ecstatic to join the family with @CoachMiles @chrisharriman24 and the team!"




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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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"

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    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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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?

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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