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      Moses Ayegba

      The 6-9" 247# graduate transfer from Georgetown has one remaining year of eligibility and will immediately be able to play during the 2014-15 season. Here is an example of the defensive presence he should bring for the Huskers

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      The Huskers have two scholarships remaining for the 2014-15 season.

    Per Adam zagoria he has committed.

    Huskers.com release

    Huskers Announce Georgetown Transfer

    Lincoln – University of Nebraska basketball coach Tim Miles announced that Moses Abraham Ayegba (pronounced EYE-eg-buh) has signed transfer papers to attend the University of Nebraska. A native of Kano, Nigeria, Ayegba will graduate from Georgetown with a degree in economics next month and will be eligible for the 2014-15 season.

    “We are excited to have Moses Ayegba join our program,” Nebraska Coach Tim Miles said. “He provides us a veteran physical presence on the interior, and he can affect the game on the defensive end with his rebounding and shot blocking. When building a defense from the inside out, you are looking for a player who can protect the rim and be an anchor, and we think Moses can do that for us. We also think he has the tools to improve on the offensive end and believe he has a chance to flourish in our system next year.”

    Ayegba played in 31 games at Georgetown last season, averaging 1.9 points on 56 percent shooting and 2.8 rebounds per game, as the Hoyas went 18-15 and reached the second round of the NIT. The 6-foot-9, 247-pound Ayegba was second the team with 23 blocked shots while averaging 13.1 minutes per game. His best game of the season was in an overtime loss to Marquette, when he had six points, five rebounds and four blocked shots in a career-high 30 minutes of work. He had five or more rebounds in seven games, including eight against both Butler and High Point and seven at Big East Tournament champion Providence.

    During his sophomore season, he returned from a knee injury to appear in 28 games, averaging 1.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game to help the Hoyas win the Big East regular-season title and reach the NCAA Tournament. He came off the bench and played at least 10 minutes in 11 contests, including 10 times in Big East play. He grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds in games at Notre Dame and at Syracuse and had eight boards in 18 minutes against Cincinnati.

    During his first three years, including a medical redshirt year, at Georgetown, he worked with current Husker assistant coach Kenta Hunter, as the Hoyas made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

    Ayegba attended Progressive Christian (Md.) Academy and averaged 15 points, 16 rebounds and 12 blocks per game in his only season at the school. He was top-100 recruit by Rivals and was among the top-20 centers in the country by both Rivals and Scout.com in the class of 2010.

    The son of Josephine Adikou, he will graduate with a degree in economics and also looked at Indiana, Boston College, Miami and Long Beach State before selecting Nebraska.

    Ayegba joins a Nebraska program that went 19-13 under Miles and reached the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The Huskers return all five starters, including All-Big Ten performers Terran Petteway and Shavon Shields, and a roster that returns 82 percent of its scoring and 86 percent of its rebounding from a year ago.




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    Imagine this scenario:  Ayegba comes to Lincoln and has a Terran-esque transformation.  Goes from minimal statistical contributions to major statistical contributions.  Boy, wouldn't that solidify Miles as a superior developer of talent.

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    My biggest first impression of him is his hands...those things are MASSIVE.

     

     

    (which is probably at least some of the reason he's not a huge scoring threat I'd imagine)

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    Imagine this scenario:  Ayegba comes to Lincoln and has a Terran-esque transformation.  Goes from minimal statistical contributions to major statistical contributions.  Boy, wouldn't that solidify Miles as a superior developer of talent.

    Yes it would but do you think Miles can do it in a matter of 7 or 8 months.

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    Imagine this scenario:  Ayegba comes to Lincoln and has a Terran-esque transformation.  Goes from minimal statistical contributions to major statistical contributions.  Boy, wouldn't that solidify Miles as a superior developer of talent.

    Yes it would but do you think Miles can do it in a matter of 7 or 8 months.

     

     

    To some people's standards, that's not very good. Moses knows someone who could do it in 7 days.

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    The good thing about this guy is that all of his effort will be going towards working on his game.  One would assume that he's not going to have much school work to attend with the minimal hours of grad classes he will be taking.

     

    I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up having a bit more offensive skill than his numbers show, but the time the season gets underway.

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    Imagine this scenario:  Ayegba comes to Lincoln and has a Terran-esque transformation.  Goes from minimal statistical contributions to major statistical contributions.  Boy, wouldn't that solidify Miles as a superior developer of talent.

    Yes it would but do you think Miles can do it in a matter of 7 or 8 months.

     

    Coaches can now spend time with players during the off-season.  If Moses gets here right after graduation and starts to work with Miles and staff over the summer, then, yes, I think a transformation could take place.  Not one that leads to him scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 boards per game.  But I could see him doubling his minutes, tripling his rebounding numbers and quadrupling his points.  If he does that, he goes from playing13 minutes, 1.9 points and 2.8 rebounds, to playing 26 minutes, scoring 8 points and snaring 8.5 rebounds.  Yeah, I could see that happening.

     

    What did Miles do with Brandon Ubel in 7-8 months?

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    Brandon Ubel Scoring:

     

    Fr.  4.4

              >  Net increase of 38.6%

    So.  6.1 

              >  Net increase of 9.8%              

    Jr.  6.7

              >  Net increase of 71.6%

    Sr.  11.5

     

    Miles arrived in the summer before Ubel's senior year.  That's quite a statistical jump at a point where you'd have expected diminishing marginal improvement.  I'd say Ayegba making significant strides under Miles is not out of the question.

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    Norm, was Ubel's increase his senior year an indication of player development, or was it because the team lost so much of their production from the year before?  He was perhaps the ONLY decent scoring option we had that year.

     

     

    Just sayin'

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    49r, I think that only explains part of it.  If Brandon had been capable of putting up 11.5 points as a junior when we sucked and had trouble scoring, I don't think we'd have sucked as badly or had as much trouble scoring.  Remember, that was the season where Diaz was out for extended stretches with his foot problems.  And still Brandon only scored 6.7 ppg.

     

    I think a bigger part of the difference was in the way Miles utilized Brandon.  He got him to dribble-drive and take defenders off the dribble to attack the rim.  That made a huge difference.  Miles talked during one of his radio shows last year about how he tried to get Walt to do what he had Brandon do, but that Brandon took to it more quickly.

     

    I think there was a night and day difference between Brandon Ubel as a junior and Brandon Ubel as a senior.  Totally different player.  And I think Miles deserves the credit for that.

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    Fair enough, Norm.  FWIW, I happen to agree with you, I just think we have to be careful with our expectations of what Ayegba will bring to the table next year...whether he's able to develop into a serviceable player or not.

     

    All I hope for is he can be the rim-protecter we desperately missed last year, and we can get 15-20 MPG.  That's worth the scholarship, IMO.

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    My biggest first impression of him is his hands...those things are MASSIVE.

     

     

    (which is probably at least some of the reason he's not a huge scoring threat I'd imagine)

    I noticed the same thing.

     

    Huge hands!

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    Imagine this scenario: Ayegba comes to Lincoln and has a Terran-esque transformation. Goes from minimal statistical contributions to major statistical contributions. Boy, wouldn't that solidify Miles as a superior developer of talent.

    If this happens, along with the further development of Pitchford, then I also believe it will be HUGE for Nebraska's recruiting of transfers...Nebraska could be the next Iowa St in that sense...

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    Imagine this scenario:  Ayegba comes to Lincoln and has a Terran-esque transformation.  Goes from minimal statistical contributions to major statistical contributions.  Boy, wouldn't that solidify Miles as a superior developer of talent.

     

    The tough part of that comparison is that Terran and Walt were both freshmen that had limited time to show what they could really do.  They then got an entire year to mature, get stronger, and ease into their roles.

     

    Ayegba has now played or been apart of 4 college seasons. He doesnt get the benefit of a redshirt year.  Hes had two major knee surgeries.  I think there could be a minimal change but expecting the type of transformation those two had I think would be unfair to Moses.  

     

    Now if it happened I think you'd see flood gates start to open for talent.

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    Honestly, If Ayegba can be a utility man, then that is all that I think Nebraska needs from him.

    Look at Rivers...He didn't stuff the stat sheets, but I think he brought something very valuable to this team that isn't found in the stats...

    If Ayegba can play with the kind of intensity that Rivers does, but do it with a 6'9", 250 lbs frame (with a 7'4" wingspan), then this team will, again, make considerable improvement.

    And again, equally as important, the addition of Ayegba allows Pitchford to play the 4-spot, rather than having to play out of position in the 5-spot.

    I think the statistical jump/development that we will see as a result of this addition will actually be on Pitchford's stat sheet...

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    Honestly, If Ayegba can be a utility man, then that is all that I think Nebraska needs from him.

    Look at Rivers...He didn't stuff the stat sheets, but I think he brought something very valuable to this team that isn't found in the stats...

    If Ayegba can play with the kind of intensity that Rivers does, but do it with a 6'9", 250 lbs frame (with a 7'4" wingspan), then this team will, again, make considerable improvement.

    And again, equally as important, the addition of Ayegba allows Pitchford to play the 4-spot, rather than having to play out of position in the 5-spot.

    I think the statistical jump/development that we will see as a result of this addition will actually be on Pitchford's stat sheet...

    Good post. If he can give us 15-20 good minutes, I think it will have a big trickle down effect on the rest of the team.

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    Here is what Tim Miles says about how Moses Ayegba fits into Nebrasketball's system and plans:

    “Moses Ayegba . . . provides us a veteran physical presence on the interior, and he can affect the game on the defensive end with his rebounding and shot blocking. When building a defense from the inside out, you are looking for a player who can protect the rim and be an anchor, and we think Moses can do that for us. We also think he has the tools to improve on the offensive end and believe he has a chance to flourish in our system next year.”

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