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I wonder what compelled robin to tweet this? We basically control the flow of Nebrasketball news with this site. We want news? We just ask questions and answers get tweeted out. We have news and just like magic, BR tweets it out to make it official.

gotta lock this dude down I'm all in on a guy that is described as Andre Almeida and comes with the probable nickname of "Fat Elbert"

I think all 4 coaches are pretty secure. Now, ask me that two years from now and the answer might change. But unless something drastically bad happens with men's hoops, Miles will have at least 5 if not 6 years. Goes back to trajectory. Remember Doc's 3rd season when we were the shortest D1 team in the nation and had only Chris Balham and his part-time knees over 6'7"? Weeeeell, think about what we're looking at in year 3 of Tim Miles. It'll be Leslee Smith's 2nd year in the program, Pitchford's 3rd, Vucetic's 3rd, Shields's 3rd and Rivers's 4th. That would be 4 guys in line for regular playing time who would be taller than any of the guys Doc regularly played his 3rd season. And there's always a possibility that we sub in another big in the '14 class. Tim's 3rd season will likely also feature Webster's 2nd year, Hawkins' 2nd year, Fuller's 2nd year, Parker's 3rd year and Biggs's 3rd year. So, we should have plenty of seasoned depth as we go along the next couple of years, compared to Doc who basically started over in year 4. I think Tim is going to have to hit a homerun with that '15 recruiting class to keep that upward trajectory, but I think he has plenty of time and I think he's set to solidify some security over the next at least couple of seasons.

Id be scared too

gotta lock this dude down I'm all in on a guy that is described as Andre Almeida and comes with the probable nickname of "Fat Elbert" i understand your hesitation but for every Andre, there is a Roy Hibbert, who when he first arrived at GTOWN couldnt go up and down the court or do 5 pushups. I trust the new coach to coach him up and get him in shape, i dont think Nebraska can say we dont want a 7 footer who has legit size and is being courted by several other name schools, yet or any time soon. Id rather be wrong and have a space eater like a andre, than say no and watch this dude blossom into the next Shaq or something I don't think it's a 1:1 ratio... more like for every 100 (add as many 0's as you see fit) Andre's, there is a future NBA all-star.

they will be forever be my boys after i picked them to beat georgetown

UMass is another school that we've never played before. I like it.

Love it. This is yet another game that should help Nebraska's RPI next season. Last season, UMass finished 6th place in the A10 and 4 games behind 1st in the standings. With Butler and Xavier leaving for the new Big East, Umass should have a legit chance to contend for a conference championship and will probably finish in the top 3-4 in the standings. That means they should be able to rack up alot of wins. Again, more good news for the Nebrasketball schedule. Last season: UMass: 21-11 overall (9-7 conference)

Yori worries me slightly. After that Kelsey Griffin run, you'd have thought they'd be getting their foot in the door with top shelf recruits and landing some of them. But this most recent recruiting class, outside of Allie Havers, seems a little less than wowzer. And they've missed on a couple of recent in-state girls including Chatrice White and Bri Craig. I give enormous props to Connie for building the program to where it's risen, but what is the trajectory? That's the way I understand the poll question. What is the trajectory? I voted before Erstad was an option but that wouldn't change my vote. If you look at trajectory, Miles seems to be doing all the right things right now. Who woulda thought, looking at their stats from their freshman years at Florida and Texas Tech, that Pitchford and Petteway would be receiving the kind of glowing praise they've been getting from the sports journalists who have watched them in practice? All the Husker beat writers I've read have Petteway basically as a lock to start. And, universally, I've seen glowing praise of Pitchford's athleticism. I haven't seen anyone describe either one as raw or unskilled. So, Petteway, Pitchford and Biggs have been developing in the background, generally sight-unseen by the average fan, ready to step onto the court this season with a full year of development under Miles under their belts. In this way, Miles has managed to hedge against the loss of the departing seniors from last year. And, in retrospect, it seems pretty brilliant to have been able to identify those guys, get them on campus, get them in Husker uniforms and have them available and ready to step onto the floor this year more ready to hit the ground running than your typical first-year player. Second thing I'd like to point out is that we didn't whiff on big man recruits this spring. I can remember years under Doc where it seemed like that happened. Like going into Ade's senior year. Was that the year we missed out on Colton Iverson and the 7 footer who went to Wichita State and the juco PF who went to Okie State? And probably some others as well. Leslee Smith is going to help us. Now. Whether he starts over Pitchford or starts alongside Pitchford or comes off the bench to sub in for Pitchford, he's a beefy kid who can body up in the paint. Miles needed a big guy in the '13 class and he not only found one but found one who, by all accounts I've seen, is a guy who can help us. Like Quincy Hankins-Cole, except one who can and will play. To use a baseball analogy, Smith is like a clutch single. Miles needed a hit in order to keep the rally alive and he got it. And the final thing relating to trajectory is that the recruits arrived. Too often in the past, the one guy who would have made the class never made it to campus or had some other eligibility issue that derailed things. We didn't slide anyone out the back door to make room for some questionable/doubtful new guy, and the guys we did sign are in town with one slight, final hurdle for the last guy to clear, which, by all indications, shouldn't be a worry. And, again, with respect to those recruits, from what all we've heard, they do better than just pass the eyeball test. Fuller, in particular, has appeared to impress. And I suspect we'll soon be hearing about Webster. So. If the question is about trajectory, my answer is Miles. I like the trajectory of this basketball team right now. I can't remember vibe and energy like this surrounding the hoops team since the summer before Strickland, Woolridge and Boone arrived in town. And that's saying something.

Straight from the "Most interesting poster on HHC"

Why do I check this place? All I do is get excited only to realize how long we have to wait.

Your post would take on a whole new meaning if it had come from Kidney.