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Well, yeah, when you have to choose. Fortunately, at Nebraska, we can have the quarter-million dollar treadmill AND the iPods...

Think back to the press conference introducing Tim Miles as our new coach and what he said about students standing the whole game. On the front ... have a big N in the middle with smaller letters reading Sta on one side of the N and dup! on the other. StaNd up! On the back (it needs to be on the back) it would say: I Ain't Sittin' Coach Miles told me I didn't have to. OK, you design guys get to work.

The following are some scoring stats for Brandon Ubel from Huskers.com: 1. Three point percentages: .524 (11 of 21) as a freshman; .250 (7 of 28) as a sophomore; and .250 (5 of 20) as a junior. 2. Overall percentages: .411 (46 of 112) as a freshman; .516 (63 of 122) as a sophomore; and .517 (74 of 143) as a junior. 3. Free throw percentages: .796 (39 of 49) as a freshman; .792 (61 of 77) as a sophomore, and .825 (47 of 57) as a junior. Interestingly, (i) during his freshman year, Brandon shot a higher percentage from three than from shorter range, (ii) Brandon's free throw percentage has always been around the .800 mark, (iii) his exceptional three point percentage as a freshman dipped to a consistent .250 for the two subsequent years, and (iv) his overall percentages for the last two years are a full percentage point higher than his first year.

Agreed with all. Ubel is listed at 6' 10", I believe, and would be the tallest of all listed. The shortest two would be Thomas and Bradford (both probably around 6' 6"), but they PLAYED like a prototypical PF. I would call a prototypical power forward someone in the 6' 7" - 6' 10" range. Weight could range anywhere from 215 and athletic to 250 and built. My point was/is, we've had plenty of prototypical PFs, just no difference makers at the position.

Another new guy here. I have been reading this website for years but the Recruiting forum for members only got me to join. I have been a fan since Cipriano and a season ticket holder since Moe. Looking forward to continuing to follow all of your insights and opinions!

How are you defining prototypical? Size? Because Drevo isn't what I would consider a prototypical PF... Ubel is probably a few lbs shy, but not far off of prototypical. Hankins-Cole was about as prototypical PF as you get (in my eyes). As was Chris Balham, Alonzo Edwards, Shang Ping, Jeremy Barr, Kyle Marks (a little less so), Jim Ledsome, BJ Walker, John Turek, Wilson Thomas, Steffon Bradford, Andy Markowski... The problem is that we haven't had any difference makers at the position for quite some time. For the record, from the list above, Markowski and Bradford are the two that I would consider most prototypical (at least that we really got to see play much at all).

That kid really could have done some special things if he stuck around. And remember Holley? That was a duo I would have liked to see more of.

In the for-what-it's-worth department, here is a picture taken on my Blackberry along the sidelines around 20 minutes prior to the start of the Wisconsin football game--if anyone can figure out how to increase the size of this picture on this post, please do so. Anyway, of the two people in white t-shirts, the one on the left is Akoy and the one on the right is, I believe, Tre'Shawn. Immediately to Akoy's left is Coach Miles, who is chatting up a storm with Akoy--just as he was doing nearly the entire time I could see him at this event. In the picture, Akoy is shaking hands with someone unknown to me--and Coach Miles seemed to make sure that Akoy shook hands with a number of people along the sidelines, including Hawkins and Fuller.