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WHO IS THIS AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH THE REAL NORM?!?!?!

Im calling it now. Will go to Rice or UH to still play D1 but be about 90 minutes from Yagirl Kelly.

It is never a bad thing to have 2 PG types on the floor at once, either. Wisconsin has multiple guards who can play point in they starting lineup, UConn is similar, etc. Plus, this kid can shoot.

He is graduating this spring. That's what I thought but that still doesn't explain why he's transferring if he has another year of eligibility left? This seems to be a good take - http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865600006/Brad-Rock-BYUs-Carlino-unpredictable-to-the-end.html

Nate also has a longtime gf in Texas. Im sure he thought being away wouldnt be so hard but if you watch his tweeting habits he talks about her quite often.

nooooooooooooooooooo, they were my favorite worker. Always just the right amount of ice, and no foam on my Diet Pepsi. I'm crushed. I'm sure no matter what the true story is that Ricky will be all over it and probably blame it all on Bo.

nooooooooooooooooooo, they were my favorite worker. Always just the right amount of ice, and no foam on my Diet Pepsi. I'm crushed.

I heard a rumor that one of the people from the far right concession stand on the top floor at the PBA might be transferring to the middle one on the 2nd floor. Not sure when the LJS will be confirming this....hopefully before the start of the next season.

Creighton is losing to Altman again.

Kent, Have you gotten trapped in Assembly Hall and can't find your way out??? THE EXIT DOOR IS TO YOUR RIGHT...GO THAT WAY AND THEN WHEN YOU GET OUTSIDE START HEADING WEST, MAN!!! We'll pray for you.

Is Standhardinger still going to be around? Only if he is doing the Grant Gibbs plan for college.

I think the natural urge in order to make us feel good about someone leaving the program, is to attempt to knock the player. It somehow makes us feel better about the exit. Nate indeed had some flaws to his game. But he had a lot of upside as well. I believe with the right coaching (and yes, we have that right coaching) he could have/would have developed into a good player for us. It is now all speculation. I hope he lands with another team that we will never have to face, and I hope he graduates. The marriage between our program and Nate seems to have been rocky throughout. Perhaps not visually rocky, but the fit seemed a bit askew. Hope it works out for young Mr. Newton...I wish him the best.

Sorry to see Hawkins go but he might be better off at a smaller school.

I assume that the Cougars have an unlimited texting plan

He definitely has value. He's able to generate contact and make it to the FT line. He would play minutes here. He is shot 61% on free throws last year. Not exactly the guy you want going to the line. Look at the sample size...11/18. None of his stats from last year are going to be that impressive...he was injured most of the year. He was a 69.2% FT shooter his last full year.

Again, like I said above, this extra attrition comes with a hidden advantage and that is that it affords us the luxury of having the room to bring in another transfer who could sit this year and not be expected to contribute until the year after next. It's not always a good time to bring in a guy who has to redshirt. In Miles' case, year one carried low expectations. He didn't have to win at all in year one so he could tie up spots with kids who had to sit out. This year, he needs to find another piece or two to contribute right away so that year 3 can be better than year 2 was. But when you look at the spots we had available, we didn't have enough room to bring in a traditional transfer a la the Iowa State route. Now we have that room.

I definitely did. Knowing what we know now and knowing what I know about twitter, i would still doubt it was about transferring unless Hawkins confirmed it. I understand what you're saying. But I'm pointing out that Doc1394 said what he said well before the Hawkins news became public. He's either very prescient or he knew something. My guess is he knew something. Doc1394, did you know something? Haha, like I said, I just had a friend who was his lab partner in biology and a trainer on the basketball team, so they talked a lot about Nebrasketball. I'm certainly not an insider. However, the entire team (minus Hawkins, Fuller, and Shields - plus Biggs, Tyrance, Talley, Toney McCray) was at the the rec center a couple of days ago and played for a couple hours. Petteway almost dunked right over me. Thats about as insider as I can get.

Here's Doc1394's post from back in December:

Mean while Fuller thought it was a very mild winter.

Hawk hit his 3 against Indiana. It was a big 'un too, critical part of the game. But he never adjusted to the cold winter weather here, and he never was able to get over being away from his girlfriend. (And for what it's worth, this was one of the worst winters I can recall for a long time, I can see how someone from Texas might think Nebraska is akin to Siberia if this was their first exposure to a Nebraska winter.) I don't think it was so much that he wasn't given a chance at Nebraska as much as he never gave himself enough of a chance here. Que Sera, it's too bad he won't be a Husker anymore, and I wish him luck, but life goes on and so will we without Nathan. Now we have plenty of room for the transfer from BYU. I really hope coach is working that angle.

I'd say this actually presents somewhat of an opportunity. Let me explain why. I felt like it was very shrewd of Miles to bring in the transfers he brought in. And, it occurred to me that it's the kind of thing you can maybe get away with in your first year with a program at which people aren't expecting much. Bring in some transfers who have to sit a year and you tie up that many scholarships that don't offer you any productivity for a year. After that first year, though, and certainly we saw it here, but you have to start looking for guys who can help right now or guys who will be freshmen whom you'll develop over the next several year. Looking at available spots for next year, I'd been thinking about finding guys who could help right away. I wasn't thinking about guys who might have to sit a year. But with Hawkins taking his leave and now Vooch officially taking his leave, this gives us the flexibility to bring in a couple of transfers who would have to sit like Petteway and Pitchford did. Yeah, we still need to find another immediate contributor or two. But we have those spots available. We also, though, now have room for a transfer who would have to sit out a year. I wasn't expecting Hawkins to leave but I had wondered whether he was really a legit B1G level player. For a guard, he's not quite quick enough, not quite explosive enough, and not quite good enough of a perimeter shooter. Now, let's go out and find a kid who is, let him sit a year as a transfer (because, face it, Hawkins probably wouldn't have seen a ton of minutes next year either) and let that guy be the junior Hawkins would have been in two years' time.

I am hoping that our new assistant will have a player or two in his travel bag when he arrives in Lincoln

It's completely possible that they found that information here last week. Message boards! What we all know is that SV hasn't played a meaningful minute his entire career at Nebraska and potentially never will. He'll sit down with Miles, like every single player will and does, and they'll go over roles and expectations for next year. Given his lack of playing time it would be the least shocking transfer of any scholarship player. He also might be on the cusp of starting next year. It's this lack of shock that makes it easy for guys to turn "I think SV might transfer" into "I hear SV might transfer". BTW, nothing is officially official until you see it come from the University. When something does happen that eventually will be official, you'll see tweets from Rosenthal and Washut followed by those tweets being posted on here 5 seconds later. If you're a person who hears something directly, be smart about posting it. sooooo..... I guess it's official now?

Of course, like CWG said, there's so much unknown right now. Might wanna wait and see.

It may be too early to explore the depth chart. With the departures there will be some interesting movement...

You jerks! I got my hopes up because it wasn't April 1st!

Holy crap! Look at all the schollys we have open for the 2017-2018 season! The coaches had better get busy. On a serious note, you have Hammond listed as a verbal commit. Has he not signed yet?

With Hawkins leaving...would LOVE this guard.

We can now add: NU: Hawkins, Serj, Wagner

I would be very surprised if he ended up at A&M.

there was a rumor a month ago that said hawkins was going to leave this program after the season to be with his girlfriend in texas a&m. i didn't want to start another rumor thread though. it was pretty obvious when he changed his twitter bio a while ago to. it used to say something like "University of Nebraska basketball player" which was removed

Hawkins' father (@CoachRobHawkins) tweeted during the NCAA game against Baylor a few remarks about Nate not playing and alluding to Nate being a good match up against the Baylor zone. I wonder if playing time was an issue with Nate.

He tweeted yesterday that he has decomitted from Marquette.....anybody know if NU is looking at him? He was teammates with Fuller so maybe Nick can work some magic

For APR purposes, as long as a student athlete leaves in good academic standing, playing pro ball in Europe is the same as if a student athlete went to the NBA. Either way, we wouldn't have to worry about taking a hit if Serj decided to move on.

nooooooooooooooooooo, they were my favorite worker. Always just the right amount of ice, and no foam on my Diet Pepsi. I'm crushed. I hear they're replacing him with a real up and comer...big hotshot from the east coast. Lots of arenas were recruiting him but we got him. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with your Diet Pepsis next year.

No more rumors!

They have reached out. she is not interested. she is a husker through and through.

From viewing these on the tube...it appears these tournaments are made for TV sparsely attended events...entrance does not appear to be a problem. Perhaps somebody that has been to a Hawaiian event on XMAS can confirm. If you can get the wife to go without paying for the whole dang family...good job! Me...I'll be with the grandkids...yelling at the TV.

Oh nooooooo he can't do this.... wait my left arm has gone numb... do I taste metal?... I ahhhm...xxftgujrrcvm__________________________________________________________________________________

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Oh, man!!!! You meant that I won't be able to apply? Just head down to the Final Four and stand outside the coaches convention room with a resume in hand and you'll fit right in.

Wouldn't that make it difficult to play defense?

I will say this about huskerpower1988...the offseason is going to be a whole lot more interesting with him around!

here is the ks list with offers that I can find. I just cut and paste off rivals the names. Not my opinion re: first team/second team etc. I added in the school locations myself: 2013-14 girls First Team: Jaylyn Agnew, Andover, 6-1, Jr. (Missouri valley conf/mid major offers) *Sam Bachrodt, Kapaun 5-9, Jr. (Drake) *Kendrian Elliott, Wichita South, 6-2 So (bcs offers) Tyler Johnson, Leavenworth, 6-2, Jr. (bcs offers including NU) Toshia Jones, Leavenworth, 6-2, Jr. (Missouri valley conf/mid major offers) Kylee Kopatich, Olathe South, 5-10, Jr. (KSU committed) Jacee Kramer, Jefferson North, 5-7 Sr. (Emporia State top 20 d2 school) Shaelyn Martin, Salina Central, 6-0 Sr. (Kansas State) *Kaylee Page, Wamego, 6-1, Sr. (Nebraska) *Lannie Page, Wamego, 6-2, Jr (bcs offers including NU) *Keiryn Swenson, Maize, 6-1 Jr. (Tulsa) Kirea Rogers, Wichita South, 6-0, Jr. (Missouri valley conf/mid major offers) Second Team: Rachel Blackburn, Leavenworth, Jr. (bcs offers including NU) Marleah Campbell, SM West (Wyoming) Sydney Kuhn, Kapaun (Missouri valley conf. and mid major offers but declined for volleyball at notre dame) Ericka Mattingly, Wichita South (Missouri valley offers possible bcs) Lauren Mertz, Blue Valley Northwest - KSU Shelbe Piggie, Bishop Miege, So. (bcs level) Caylee Richardson, Hesston, Jr. (high d2 and mid major offers) Sklyer Snodgrass, Andover Central (Wyoming) Jessica Steffen, Buhler, So (will have high d2 and mid major offers) Bryna Vogel, Clearwater will play volleyball at Kansas state Tia Weledji, St. Thomas Aquinas (Princeton) Emily Wood, Salina Central -- walk on Nebraska Honorable Mention Cassidy Barnard, Madison Jayme Bembeck Garden City Breanna Bluma, Burlington Megan Bonar, Desoto (south Dakota) Jordan Christensen, Golden Plains Kierra Collier, BV North (will have bcs offers) Kylah Comley, Sterling Devin Cosper, Coffeyville Shelby Dahl, Santa Fe Trail Laura Dennis, Oakley Morgan Ediger, Cimarron Kristina Farber, Hoxie Elena Flott, Olpe (pitt state high d2) Daley Handy, Maize (high d2 and mid major offers) Morgan Harwood Great Bend Carly Heim, Hoxie Haylea Hessman, Argonia Anna Hignight, Independence Morgan Hood, Bucklin (Fort Hays high level d2) Arielle Jackson, SM Northwest, Jr. Megan James, Concordia Brittany Kramer, Marais des Cygnes Addie Lackey, Hillsboro (Emporia State high level d2) Tatyana Legette, Seaman Shelby Lopez, Carroll (high level d2 offers) Shelby Makovec, Centre Jenson Maydew, Pratt Aleis McAfee, Sabetha Brenna McClure, Lyons Brittany Meyer, Andale Jordyn Miller, Carroll Kyrstie Miller, Holton (emporia state high level d2) Brynn Minor, Eisenhower Jamie Navinsky, Jefferson North Madison Northcutt, Wichita South Abby Pedersen, McPherson Reagan Phelan, Central Plains Madison Piper, Free State, Fr. (mid major to bcs level) Laykyn Preisner, Northern Heights Katren Reinbolt, Fort Scott Bailey Rinehart, Olathe South Sierra Roberts, SM South Brandi Jo Roepke, Valley Heights Brenni Rose, SM Northwest, So. Leslie Speer, Dighton Regan Stone, Olathe East Mariah Suchan, Maize South (buffalo university -- former home of turner gill) Jaura Sudbeck, Baileyville. Laykin Suderman, Moundridge Taryn Tempel Garden City Clare Thomas, St. Marys (high level d2) Jordyn Tuck, St. Paul Madison Vargo, Riley County (washburn high level d2) Lexie Villegas, Bishop Miege Scout Wiebe, Free State Emma Zeck, Leavenworth

Try being a Royals and Cubs fan. Brutal. Just brutal Dude, we're Nebrasketball fans... POTW!

Try being a Royals and Cubs fan. Brutal. Just brutal Dude, we're Nebrasketball fans...

Just positive and negative reinforcement. It might tend to modify someone's posting behavior if they keep getting red down arrows every time they post. Up and down votes on a post are purely arbitrary decisions by each users. That's why there isn't a page highlighting who has the most and least votes...because it's more about being a barometer than a measuring stick. For most people if you can downvoted on occasion because someone didn't like what you had to say on that thread or if it was a fat finger deal, overall it doesn't really matter. For me, I use the votes on an account or thread as a sanity check if I'm looking at an account that is having trouble fitting in...I want to make sure it's not just me.