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  2. That would be very cool if he did eventually come to Nebraska...but I trust those predictions like I trust midwestern spring weather.
  3. That’s exactly right, as the saying goes, you don’t get a “little bit” pregnant.
  4. On3 is showing Fidler 100% to Nebraska. Anyone know anything?
  5. Three o'clock this afternoon and one o'clock on saturday and one o'clock on sunday Sent from my SM-S911U using Tapatalk
  6. That’s True, I took the question to mean what one player would you add to our Roster today.
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  8. They actually outperformed their seeds. SDSU was a 5, shouldn't have made it to the SS. Utah State was an 8, won one game. Other seeds were 10, 10 , 11, 11 and lost first round.
  9. I remember when we beat them on the road but the refs stole it from us
  10. We will never be able to go back to pretending these athletes are amateurs and eventually some system will be worked out. Perhaps some sort of division grouping the institutions able to "spend big" and ones with smaller budgets with a final tournament which includes a few of the smaller budget schools might work sort of like football now does. Who knows-we just have to compete in the present system until that happens.
  11. Need more big's and length. After the NCAA tourney it would seem evident we need more length, if we want to keep up. Vey few teams in the sweet 16 don't have a couple of long 4's and 5's. The B1G is going to see more of it soon as the west coast teams come to town. it just is what it is.
  12. Alabama is in the Elite 8 with 5 of their top 6 scorers starting their careers at a mid-major school. Mid-majors are basically the new JUCO. Coaches should expect if they find/develop a diamond in the rough, they'll only have him for 2 years max.
  13. One of my favorite, and least appreciated, sports movies is the 1996 Bruce Dern/James Wood classic,"Diggstown" in which he plays a retired boxing champion. Check it out some time and appreciate his work.
  14. I personally had no problem cheering my butt off for Brice Williams, Rienk Mast and Josiah Allick. Just about 12 months ago I had no idea who Brice Williams or Rienk Mast were. It didn't matter to me. If you choose to come play for Nebraska at any point, then welcome. So in that sense the roster turnover doesn't bother me too much. But I would say that this changing teams every year is ridiculous and needs to stop. Professional athletes are not even allowed to do that. You can't just have a great year and then declare yourself a free agent and go play for the highest bidder the following year. There are things called contracts in the real world, and the TEAM owns your rights to play. We need to fix this system because it is outrageous.
  15. NIL was good in theory but was rolled out too quickly and with no real direction. That’s led to where we are today and it’s too tough to dial something like that back. So now it’ll be about adapting where we are to what probably needs to happen. Someone mentioned contracts and I think that’s a fair way to go with where we are at. Making players sign multi-year contracts and having a penalty for breaking that contract would be fair for all parties. You could still offer one year contracts if you wanted to, but could also off more lucrative multi-year deals to ensure you keep someone around.
  16. Grant Nelson (Summit League) for Alabama, Baylor Scheierman (Summit League) and Dalton Knecht (Big Sky League) for Tennessee have been stars for their NCAA teams after transferring. I have to wonder whether they would have been able to develop their present skills as fully sitting on the bench for a couple of years at their present schools had they started there originally. It seems that the way to success in today's system is being able to spot the upcoming Mid and lower major talent early and harvesting them first. Are coaches able to approach this potential well of talent before they declare for the portal, i.e. poach them, or is it breaking some rule?
  17. Some of how the portal works this year: There is a 45 day period for entering the transfer portal which closes May 1st. An exception is that when a coach is fired there is a 30 day window for that team, regardless of the time. NIL collectives can directly communicate with transfers in accordance with state law. (Unsure about the laws in Nebraska). An issue in the past is that all of this was verbal contracts so you could either have NIL groups not doing what they promised or kids and their families could make up numbers.
  18. For as strong and good as the MW was this year… having 1 team in the S16 and all teams eliminated before E8 isn’t exactly crushing it. Seeing Brad Underwood shirtless and shooting a water gun isn’t something I had in my March Madness bingo card but….
  19. I'm usually not to worried about the starting 5 being good. It's the next 4 off the bench that determine how good of team you will have. In the past, we have had a great starting lineup until you have to sub in and then it as a pretty big drop-off. This year, we were fortunate that wasn't the case.
  20. That’s very true. And thinking about it, that serves to protect coaches and schools as well as players. Players can leave if they don’t like it. Coaches can encourage hitting the portal when a player isn’t working out. At least there isn’t currently a big in-season form of a trade deadline. Could you imagine trying to hold onto players or add players in late January?
  21. The only counter point I'd make, because I agree with you, is in professional sports EVERY contract isn't up EVERY year.
  22. A Starting 5 of: Watson Lawrence Williams Gary Mast Looks Pretty Salty
  23. I was listening to sports nightly and Jessica Coody said that she had talked to the wbb coaches. And they said that they are looking at adding some transfers.
  24. If our NU has any aspirations of hosting an NCAA regional, this is a series that the Huskers must sweep. . .
  25. Semi-pro ball, that's what I've called it....
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