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Here is the short Prospect Nation write up on both Lanie & Rachel verballing NU. Nebraska Scores A PairJessica Shepard of Lincoln, Neb., might be the best kept secret in the country. The current No. 4 prospect in the class of 2015 ELITE 100 can do a bit of everything on the floor and on any given day even standout as possibly the best player in the class of 2015. Shepard, who is headed to Nebraska, just picked up a couple of teammates that will ensure she has enough help to assure the Cornhuskers will be major players on the national scene for years to come. No. 70 Rachel Blackburn of Easton, Kan., and No. 71 Lanie Page of Alma, Kan., both committed earlier this week. Blackburn, the No. 16 ranked forward in the class of 2015, and Page, the No. 17 ranked forward in the class, will give Nebraska quality frontcourt depth and the ability to put three impactful offensive contributors on the floor at once, making them tough to match up with for opposing teams. In scoring both Blackburn and Page, Nebraska is making a play to put together one of the best recruiting classes in the country as they have a major chess piece in Sheppard and now two high level players in Page and Blackburn. http://www.prospectsnation.com/node/17427

I'll be at the NIKE tournament of champions in Chicago in July. I'll be sure to watch all the future huskers and report back to you all

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/158/class/2015 ESPNW also shows each girls rank by position in their class which I think is cool Jess- #1 Forward Lanie- #8 Wing Rachel- #10 Post Maddie- #16 guard

Long drive? From Oklahoma? I just drove from nebraska to north carolina lol... albeit i'm not 6'10... that would not be fun in a vehicle.

Thanks, Jimmy. On the subject of academics, I heard an interesting perspective a number of years ago from Lee Roy Selmon (now deceased) when he served as athletic director at University of South Florida--as impressive a speaker as he was a football player, by the way. The essence of what he said is this: student-athletes who graduate tend to hold, in later years, a highly-positive view of their collegiate experiences; while those who do not graduate tend to hold a highly-negative view of their collegiate experiences and tend to believe that they were improperly used and abused by the system.

Really like the looks of this kid.

Heh.... "McPipe"

...you don't wanna ask me how I got the extra $10.

Wonder what it is like in Iowa City? Heavier drink than usual.

Maddie Simon, Rachel Blackburn, & Lanie Page is a great class in itself. Now add Jessica Shepard to that mix and what do you have? .........Two Nebraskans and two Kansans......And quite possibility our second top ten recruiting class in consecutive years!! Couldn't be more pleased with what we have coming in these next two years. The future of this program just took another big step into becoming a perennial top ten power.

Since it's out there on Lanie's tweet... Lanie texted Rachel on the way home from this weekend's KC basketball tournament. Lanie gave Rachel the news regarding her (Lanie's) call to coach Yori. Rachel responded with... Great news roomie.

Having a scout team that isn't going to play in a game is also huge. In college my first two years I was lucky enough to see some game time so I got to run some of our plays during practice. But the other scout team guys never got to run anything we did, so if they got into a game, or when we played a JV game we really didn't know what to do. Sometimes we just ran the stuff we did as the scout team during the week because we knew what to do. This is why sometimes garbage time in games are so bad, not because the players might be really bad but they really don't know what to do.

UCONN and Tennessee still use men to practice against on a regular basis. These girls may be talented but lets not forget that the mens practice team, if allowed to play with no restrictions, would run the floor. If they want to continue to stay at the top of the B1G they will keep the men around to make them better.

All Star Girls Report is indicating 6'4 Jordan Moore (2015) of Stoney Point High School in Round Rock, Texas has Nebraska, TCU and Utah as her finalist when it comes to picking her college. 15.5 ppg, 8.4 rpg, shooting 35% from the field, 57% from the charity stripe, almost 3 blocks per game.

Ibis is 6'2", long arms, and has a superb, athletic physique. She blocked a couple of shots in the state championship game where she really elevated to swat the ball away. Really good leaping ability. Add to that, that in spite of being a lefty (who traditionally have clumsy-looking shooting form) Kiana's jumper is a thing of beauty. She gets fantastic elevation and has a nice high release. One of the best looking jumpers I've seen in the girls' ranks. I think she is just now tapping her potential. Very high ceiling. Take a snapshot right now and those girls from Kansas might be better. But with her off-the-charts athleticism, I suspect if you come back in a couple of years, Kiana will have closed the gap and even surpassed a lot of players that would be considered better recruits right now. That, in a nutshell, is the reason why I really want Ibis in a Husker uni.

Dirk being Dirk..... The fact ratings were on a national basis is an easy win compared to ESPN3 or FSN of years prior for them. The important thing for the Jays is recruits could see them and it was a good year to be watched. Would be curious since Dirk is always doing the NU/CU comparrisons and playing the Jaysker thing why he omited the B1G network ratings??? It was a great year for both programs, both teams are trending upward. Dirks piece on the 500 mile radious of teams playing good hoops was well done. Would be nice to see that trend continue as well for all the midwest.