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The NU Basketball Show did air in place of the NU Football Show last night, although my DirecTV Guide never updated to show that. So if you DVR the Football Show, you'll have Basketball in its place this week. Just kind of an intro to the season show. 1st & 2nd segments - They showed several minutes of the open scrimmage from Sept 27 and then Coach Miles gave breakdowns of each player while they showed several minutes of practice footage - his comments summarized below - they started to go faster once they got to Petteway, my guess is Coach Miles was too long-winded early & started to run out of time, so not as many comments on the last several players: Gallegos - Really athletic, great 3-point shooter, needs to diversify his game, find ways to get fouled & score in transition, he has worked at that, becoming more vocal & being a better leader, big things expected Peltz - Love his grit & determination & fearlessness, never know how I might use him, needs to cut his hair Rivers - Slowed by foot injury, then had a bad allergic reaction that really puffed up his face, but has been toughing it out at practice Smith - Started well, then got hurt, knee swells up on him at times, then injured hamstring maybe favoring knee, need him healthy, he's a critical guy for us Biggs - JC All-American, important to get him going, suspended for exhibition & first 2 games Shields - He's a player, he's a leader, total package, it's in the DNA, cares about NU & wants success, expect his numbers to improve & improve Petteway - Chance to be very productive (kind of skipped over him here as they spoke quite a bit about him during the scrimmage highlights & how he is a gym rat, can't get him out of the gym, even sneaks over to the rec center after they kick him out of the Hendricks center, voted team captain, big role) Pitchford - Will do some very good things, going to be very productive player Vooch - Still developing, still trying to get into the lineup Parker - So quick & aggressive on the ball defender, needs to find his way on offense, find assists, knock down open shots Webster - A lot of hype, I think he loves the attention and pressure, very mentally & physically strong player, missed 9 practices with ankle injury Hawkins - Coming back from concussion, has practiced well recently Fuller - Has a great looking shot, acclimating to the speed of the game Wagner - Dislocated ankle, gruesome injury No other walk-ons were mentioned. Then they showed a few more highlights from practices, both in Hendricks & Pinnacle Bank plus a few comments from players about the upcoming season. Then a discussion of the schedule: In basketball, coaches get to set 95% of the scheduling, other than with Cincinnati we worked with the football team to get that one scheduled Could be a Top 20-type schedule again this year Wanted our first game at Pinnacle to be very exciting, wanted it to be an opponent that could really challenge us and a game we could possibly lose, we likely will be an underdog, FGC gives us a chance to measure ourself & find out what we're made of - historic day Going to Charleston for Classic Tournament sponsored by ESPN, will stay with ESPN next 2 years for in-season tournaments, next year in Hawaii around Christmas, then in Anaheim in 2015 Finally Coach Miles' thoughts on moving from level to level as a head coach: Basketball itself doesn't change that much as you go from level to level It becomes a bit more sophisticated Defensively have had to change the most because of athleticism, don't pressure all over the court as much anymore Now recruiting worldwide, have to get good enough players to win in Big 10 & NCAA Tourney, that's why they pay me the big bucks Next NU Basketball show will be after football season wraps up

I knows how are we going to fill 40 pages?Doesn't he know how it works on this site? We need to panick before we can rejoice. Darn him he ruined everything. Yeah. It's the same thing Hammond did. Just committed right there, out of the blue...no playing around. Bastards.

Are you by chance using internet explorer? Looks like I had a rights issue. I have updated the sheet though you might have to wait for your browser to re-cache in order for it to work. Verified it works in Chrome and Firefox. Is anyone using an ipad or andriod device that they can use to verify that it works there as well? Thanks in advance. it doesn't appear to work in Safari, either. I assume that you're running a Mac or you're some sort of nihilist. You mean I have to choose one???

Are you by chance using internet explorer? Looks like I had a rights issue. I have updated the sheet though you might have to wait for your browser to re-cache in order for it to work. Verified it works in Chrome and Firefox. Is anyone using an ipad or andriod device that they can use to verify that it works there as well? Thanks in advance. it doesn't appear to work in Safari, either. I assume that you're running a Mac or you're some sort of nihilist.

...Wait... What happened to the weeks of twitter suspense? No cryptic 140 character messages? Where were his lists? And why didn't we get weekly updates to those lists?

Great news! Sounds like the kind of player who has plenty of raw potential. I like Coach Miles' chances of getting the most out of him. And good to get that verbal now with some other large programs starting to show interest.

Yes it means that there's still a spot open. He will basically do what Charles Jackson did and take a year off to get his grades in order.

The old lady in the seat next to you would probably much rather play with your kid than watch some stupid basketball game her husband dragged her to. Introduce her to your child as "Gram" and they can play pat-a-cake while you and the husband take in the game. Next thing you know, the old couple will be standby babysitters anytime you and your wife want to ditch the kids for some "us" time.

I don't see it being an issue so long as Harriman doesn't leave. He is the one who brought him to the states and placed him.

Per Washut, it sounds like he'll have to reclassify for 2015. Edit: I'm not sure how speculative that is versus what he's heard.

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