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That sounds good. What's the competition level look like in VT? He plays for a school that mostly plays against other prep schools that are essentially basketball feeder programs. They play in the Hoop Hall every year and then play against schools in NH, MA, CT, etc that each have at least 2-3 top 150 players each year.

I have talked to some people who have transferred their child out of Mount Michael because they felt it was poor academically. I've also talked to some Creighton Prep instructors personally and was not impressed. In Nebraska anyway, I'll take the public school over the private every day of the week.

Looks like there is a chance.... http://www.onlygators.com/08/17/2014/pf-noah-dickerson-commits-to-florida-gators-billy-donovan/

The Bench: LaFester Rhodes - Iowa St. Askia Jones - Kansas St. Billy Law - Colorado Scooter McCray - Louisville Yogi Ferrell - Indiana

Thank you for rinsing off the lollipops. Girl, I'm power washing the Lollicoaster right now.

It will happen. We will poach coaches and big men. We will scrape and manipulate our way to the top (within the rules) We will win.

Now, Norm. You can't come on here and bust out the sunshine and lollipops and then just whip out yer dingy and piss all over the lollipops.

With birdonthebat down-arrowing me all over the place, that's like asking me if I want to draw a Mohammed cartoon. Thanks, but ...

While NU has it's Handy Johnson and Cookies (Belcher & Miller) the world of College Basketball is littered with great names that go from the absurd to the unusual. Here is the starting 5 for my All-NAME team. Feel free to come up with your own. Baskerville Holmes - Memphis Fennis Dembo - Wyoming God Shamgod - Providence Smokey McCovery - Oklahoma Skeeter Henry - Oklahoma

The only question is whether he's bald or not. (Is that cryptic enough? ) Edited to add: Apparently not bald. Maybe balding, though. Depends on the light.

You know, Miami won 25 games last season & they ended up the N.I.T. runners-up to Stanford. IIRC, I think the finals of the N.I.T. went to OT... "Canes have Angel Rodriquez at PG, they're pretty good. NU will have their hands full on December 1st.

I have talked to some people who have transferred their child out of Mount Michael because they felt it was poor academically. I've also talked to some Creighton Prep instructors personally and was not impressed. In Nebraska anyway, I'll take the public school over the private every day of the week. As a product of public schools, I will tell you that some of my teachers were awesome and others sucked badly. Horribly badly. I would imagine you get the same variation in private and parochial schools. The one that would be different would be Omaha Brownell-Talbot. With what those families pay for tuition, the faculty better all have graduate degrees from Harvard. I would be shocked -- SHOCKED -- if Elkhorn could match the educating going on at Brownell-Talbot.

That's a deep random thought. Is it also a cryptic deep random thought? Like, both Florida bailees want a spot here and we only have one current opening? Cryptic? I read every single post in this forum and honestly I'm not actually sure of the origin of this latest inside joke........ I think 'Cryptic' goes back to Miles Press Conference, about the time when Harriman announced he was leaving. If you recall, near the end of the presser Miles put out a random line that no one was sure how to interpret; something about there could be a lot more turnover in the office staff? Seems like some of the habitués around here have taken a 'fancy' to 'cryptic.'

...us Royals fans will be able to move seamlessly from baseball season into basketball...

ACC-B1G Challenge matchups. 1. Maryland at North Carolina 2. Indiana at Duke. 3. Louisville at Michigan State 4. Virginia at Ohio State 5. Wisconsin at Syracuse 6. Michigan at NC State 7. Florida State at Iowa 8. Notre Dame at Illinois 9. Purdue at Pittsburgh 10. Miami at Nebraska 11. Northwestern at Virginia Tech 12. Clemson at Minnesota 13. Penn State at Boston College 14. Wake Forest at Rutgers http://espn.go.com/b...challenge-games

That wasn't hard to do. Sez the guy from Incarnate Word.

That wasn't hard to do.

These guys don't have funny names, but the were sweet ball players for ISU. The first ever Husker game I attended was against ISU when their STAR was Barry Stevens, which led to Jeff Grayer, to a portly Victor Alexander and then some kid from Ames they called "the Mayor" All true but they did have a kid named Lafestor Rhodes that dropped 50+ on Iowa in the late 80's. I had a roommate from Iowa that year. And one from Wyoming, and the two always argued who was better Lafestor or Fennis Dembo. Dembo was the one who played in the league.

These guys don't have funny names, but the were sweet ball players for ISU. The first ever Husker game I attended was against ISU when their STAR was Barry Stevens, which led to Jeff Grayer, to a portly Victor Alexander and then some kid from Ames they called "the Mayor"

I still have faith that Hammond contributes a solid role next year. I'm hanging on!

Random place to put this random though: the line between us not being able to find enough players and finding too many players is a narrow one.

But, I bet you'd really pound the glass... Saw your eye-popping video from the Omaha Zoo, silverback! Based on what he said, I am guessing he would be the guy doing the little things like getting on the floor (and grabbing his chest)

Go out and Google this guy. He has had a tough life and ended up making lemonade out of lemons. Obviously this could still fall through. But this appears to be a great hire.

Thank you for rinsing off the lollipops.

Florida has a 6'8", 245# 4-star power forward for the '15 class who has reportedly asked for his release. Don't know if that means we have a shot, but you never know.

I see this as a homerun hire. What is the B1G recruiting footprint? This guy is from Jersey City and played for Bob Hurley. He went to college in Chicago. He coached at Manhattan and was hired by Billy Donovan to be an assistant at Florida. His stomping grounds are rich with prospects. And there's a good bet he knows offense.

Birds, You can rest assured that social media stuff that is relevant to Husker Hoops will be posted here pretty much at the same time it appears on twitter, Facebook, etc. etc. No need to be savvy, your fellow Husker fans here will keep you up to date. Norm didn't have access to any special stuff on social media or anything, he was just privy to some insider info (possibly word of mouth even) and didn't want to "scoop" Brian Rosenthal who we pretty much defer to around here to break big news. It's also kind of a running inside joke around here from back when the Doc firing was imminent...nothing is official until Brian Rosenthal tweets it.

I'm sorry, I don't like being "that guy" who has the secret. It's just that I was excited about the news but not necessarily in a position to divulge all the details. I figured letting people know that a candidate has been selected to fill the vacancy might have others joining me in the excitement. And I figured an announcement would be forthcoming soon enough so that I didn't need to play "I have a secret" for very long. Plus, we've been having fun with the whole "cryptic" thing and this played into that. Sorry. Let's just pretend we don't have anyone hired. Certainly no one from a Power 5 conference school. And I'll just let Bryan Rosenthal have all the thunder.

Washut says Molinari coached his HS coach in college.

Bob Hurley? I have no clue. I really doubt it'd be him.

come on. just give us the name please. For those of us not on twitter, or any other social media for that matter, we are at a disadvantage. Just stop playing the kindergarten games of "I know something you don't know." It is just plain childish.

Well, I didn't post it on the recruiting board, so that might be an indication. Meanwhile, I'm content to be cryptic.

Maaaaayyyyyybe. You're supposed to BURN kudzu, not water it FIFY

Maaaaayyyyyybe.

Is this why I'm seeing white smoke coming from the PBA?

Bak Bak from Cal Deng Deng from Baylor There was a JoJo at KU, but that was his 1st name? I can think of 4 Bak Bak Duany Duany Deng Deng Longar Longar

Are you thinking that Mr. McVeigh and Mr. Jacobson ought not be counted out of the SL just yet? I think Shavon and AW3 are the only starting locks and everything else is up for grabs.

But, I bet you'd really pound the glass... Saw your eye-popping video from the Omaha Zoo, silverback!

I would be a one and done, once down the court and my heart rate would be above my target range so... I would be done.

Played his first year at Auburn. If you're Miles, you go after this guy immediately With his 4.6 pts and 5.0 rebounds in 20 minutes of playing time per game? For Kennesaw State? Ugh. Do we have to? Better than nothing That's what we thought about Moses as well and look how that turned out. Sometimes nothing is better While Abraham didn't live up to the Georgetown transfer hype generated here and elsewhere, I would prefer a large body that could give you some minutes and also gives you 5 more fouls to distribute. The self imposed scholarship sanctions need to end. If we could get a one and done that is serviceable go for it.

Abraham was much better than nothing.

Duany Duany (Wisconsin) Just-in’love Smith (Siena) Indiana Faithfull (Wofford) God’sgift Achiuwa (St. John’s) Baskerville Holmes (Memphis) Goodluck Okonoboh (UNLV) Sir`Dominic Pointer (St. John's)

I'm with you on the first two. But how can you forget Justus Thigpen from ISU? Or Chief Kickingstallionsims from Stetson?