Bryce McGowens is N

3 minutes ago, royalfan said:

Anyone know the story about their cousin?  I thought I saw a while ago they have a highly touted cousin.  Wonder if we are working on him at all now?  If anyone has the name, I would appreciate it.  

Chase Clemmons

On 11/13/2020 at 12:06 PM, Norm Peterson said:

 

Iowa barely made the top 100 with only 1 3-star commit. Apparently, Fran ran out of kids.

 There's another, but he's only an 8th grader right now.

First three games with his new team are in the books. 
Game 1: 20 pts, 3 assists, 3 blocks 

Game 2: 15 pts, 9 assists 

Game 3: 28 pts 

5 hours ago, millerhusker said:

First three games with his new team are in the books. 
Game 1: 20 pts, 3 assists, 3 blocks 

Game 2: 15 pts, 9 assists 

Game 3: 28 pts 

Perry Smith Jr on that team is also a 2022 PF being recruited by Nebraska. Led the team with 7 rebounds.

Washut putting a little sunshine into the day:

3 hours ago, 49r said:

Washut putting a little sunshine into the day:

 

 

Has any team with a top 20, 5-star NOT made it to the NCAA Tournament?

Ben Simmons at LSU? 

10 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

Has any team with a top 20, 5-star NOT made it to the NCAA Tournament?

Ben Simmons at LSU? 

All the time. Probably every single year. Not only were Markelle Fultz, Ben Simmons and Anthony Edwards 5 star recruits, but they were the #1 overall picks in the NBA draft and their teams didn't make the tournament. In basketball, unlike football, 5 stars don't all go to blue blood programs. 

12 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

Has any team with a top 20, 5-star NOT made it to the NCAA Tournament?

Ben Simmons at LSU? 

If they built a system that tracked this it would be called the Lorenzo Romar

1 minute ago, millerhusker said:

All the time. Probably every single year. Not only were Markelle Fultz, Ben Simmons and Anthony Edwards 5 star recruits, but they were the #1 overall picks in the NBA draft and their teams didn't make the tournament. In basketball, unlike football, 5 stars don't all go to blue blood programs. 

It's gotta be a short list though, right? 

7 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

It's gotta be a short list though, right? 

Honestly, no. Off the top of my head, for just this year, Arizona State has Josh Christopher (5 star and future first round pick), and they're below .500.  I'll fact check this later, but I'd guess every year there are multiple teams with 5 star recruits who don't make the tournament. 

Edit: Last year, Washington had three 5-stars on their team and went below .500 

The first ones I thought of were Mitchell Robinson and Charles Bassey in consecutive years at W. Ky. Robinson's with the Knicks, Bassey's still with the Hilltoppers, so he could still make the tournament this year as a junior. Delano played with him.

49 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

 In basketball, unlike football, 5 stars don't all go to blue blood programs. 

AJ Epenesa went to Iowa, but, yes, your statement is mostly accurate.

13 minutes ago, jayschool said:

AJ Epenesa went to Iowa, but, yes, your statement is mostly accurate.

That's one thing I love about college basketball recruiting. Every year you'll see some random schools (like Nebraska) with an elite signee. 

3 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

That's one thing I love about college basketball recruiting. Every year you'll see some random schools (like Nebraska) with an elite signee. 

My favorite until now has always been Chauncey Billups at CU.

On edit: The "REAL" CU.

I think if anyone can get elite talent to perform at a high level, coach Hoiberg can.  At least I hope so.

10 hours ago, millerhusker said:

That's one thing I love about college basketball recruiting. Every year you'll see some random schools (like Nebraska) with an elite signee. 

Nebraska is an elite program bud

On 11/13/2020 at 2:47 PM, hhcmatt said:

Any chance McGowens ends up on the McDonalds All-American team?

With the recent bump to #19 on Rivals, that's got me wondering about this question.

Should be announcing the rosters soon for this no?

Had 23 pts against the #1 team in the country yesterday. 

Looks like he's starting to put some muscle on or am I imagining things?   He not only can shoot he can create, some really nice drives to the hoops in this game.  

2 hours ago, REDitus said:

Looks like he's starting to put some muscle on or am I imagining things?   He not only can shoot he can create, some really nice drives to the hoops in this game.  

I thought he looked stronger, as well. He had said that he didn’t start lifting weights until last year. 

Not to be a “nattering nabob of negativism,” but Bryce is only a “verbal” commit.

14 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Not to be a “nattering nabob of negativism,” but Bryce is only a “verbal” commit.

No, he signed a letter of intent.

8 minutes ago, Vinny said:

No, he signed a letter of intent.

This is correct.  It's as official as can be.  Here is the Husker Hoops tweet from signing day:

51 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Not to be a “nattering nabob of negativism,” but Bryce is only a “verbal” commit.

Upvote for the Spiro Agnew shout-out.

Kid is a freakshow.  He and Trey are going to be a blast to watch together.