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My Top 5 (in chronological order) 16-17 Creighton 17-18 @ Creighton 18-19 Creighton 19-20 @ Creighton 19-20 vs. Creighton in NCAA Tournament

You know who was Best? Tom.

How about just his in conference play? I'm not sure exactly the breakdown between his midrange shot and takes the rim but his 2pt shooting percentage has significantly increased in conference play. His 3pt, not so much though he's taking less of them. He's already adjusted based on how he was shooting over the non-con....the kid is smart and/or listens to the coaches. He's certainly been more selective on the offensive end and doesn't need to shoot for the rest of his game to be effective. He's one of the few guys on the team that can get a shot whenever he wants...I have zero issues with him shooting at the end of the game regardless of how many shots he's made or missed previously.

That might be a generally accurate statement, but it's not a factual one. Iowa is currently playing a red shirt walk-on freshman significant minutes while currently in the lead for the conference championship and a high NCAA tournament team. Kids get overlooked. Borchardt, much like Jacobson, was recruited to play Div 1 football. He's an athlete. Is it so painful to fathom that he might see some playing time as he matures, especially for a team that currently doesn't have anyone locked up who weighs over 240#?

You had to bring facts to the table....I was content living in a world where 17-18 wins guaranteed us a NIT bid.

McVeigh all day. He's the only one just scratching the surface in my opinion. Glynn is extremely talented but I think we have all seen what he can do its just a matter of having it consistently. Jacobson and Morrow will both be hard working lunch pail guys but neither of them will ever be prolific scorers and both will have limits based on their size for the position unless MJ can get moved to the 4 then he gets a better option than Morrow. That leaves McVeigh of the power 4. I go with him because we are only seeing the beginning of what he can do. Jack is an extremely heady team player that plays within himself and is doing what is asked of him. With some more seasoning to the American game and another year in the weight room he will start to show the other aspects of his game. He will take over the position Shavon is leaving and have seen him capable of driving the ball well to the hole. Then factor in his long range game. I still don't think we see him at his best until his junior season but he has been and will be my guy.

I thought about pulling the trigger on him also. Really, can't go wrong with any of the 5. I think he is going to regret not using a redshirt this year. He would be a redshirt freshman backing up Watson at point next year. I hope he sticks it out like Benny and becomes that defensive stopper.

One other thing is that the Big 10 tournament does not scare me as much this year as it has in previous years. We have shown that we can play on the road... in a neutral site... really some of our worst have come at home. There are some wins to be had in the B1G tourney come march if we play like we can.

Your list is nonsense. Creighton isn't going to make the NCAA Tournament in '19-'20. Everyone knows that. Sheesh.

If I'm not mistaken, every year up to now that we've beaten Michigan State on the road, we've made the NCAA tournament. Every time. I'm sorry, but we HAVE to keep that streak going.

I guess I don't get it. On one hand, people complain about the troll, then they beg him to come back?

Whoever ends up winning needs to be sculpted at halftime of Senior night.

Assistant Tyronn Lue has agreed to a multi-year deal to be the new Cleveland Cavaliers head coach, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

I'd call Pike the best ever. 1st round pick, 13-year NBA career as a .400 3pt shooter.

How are we/he going to finish up this year? To me he's more Ryan Anderson than he is Piatkowski. I'm not entirely sure he's ever been the best player on any of the 4 teams he's been on. He's a very good player but Mount Rushmore discussion? Not so sure. He's quite a bit more than Ryan Anderson. He's, barring injury, going to be one of the top 5 scorers in school history. If he never scored another point, he'd be #10. I love RA, but he and Shields shouldn't be in the same conversation.

I'm going to have to go with Jack. As others mentioned, he's just scratching the surface of what he can do. Aside from his shooting just getting more consistent, I feel his dribble-drive and post game will continue to evolve by leaps and bounds, in addition to his strength and physical presence overall. Jack's arms are so long that he's able to be really crafty around the basket. That layup he made against MSU, when he appeared to be trapped on the boundary with nowhere to go, is just a glimpse of what he can become. The way he was able to extend to get that layup off cleanly is something that a lot of guys wouldn't have been able to do. A 7' wingspan is very useful. Ed would be my second choice. His offensive game is only at a bare foundational level right now. Imagine a guy two years from now who could consistently hit an 8-10' jumper, or who had a legit dribble-drive and post game. Using his explosive athleticism to put in garbage around the basket or catch a pass and dunk the ball are nice tools to build from, but he's capable of much more. There's a ton of untapped potential there, but he's a PF, not a center. There are no busts in this recruiting class, and the amount of unrealized potential in that group is pretty exciting to think about.

I would listen to this on repeat if I could.

Like more undue expectations than the scholarship guys who don't play? Relatively speaking there are little to no expectations for our walkon players to see minutes. I can't remember a Nebraska team that has won a NCAA tournament game. I'm not saying this. No one is saying this at all. Truthfully we need players than we have now. I don't think anyone here is thinking that Tanner is playing 30 minutes a game as a Senior. Could he play 5 minutes in a critical conference game when our post players are in foul trouble in a few years? That's what I'm talking about. Is it the use of the phrase "significant minutes"? Would it come across more clearly if I used "Minutes of signifcance"? I'm saying that I could see one of these guys at some point in their career playing a few minutes in a part of the game that isn't garbage time. That's it.

He's a tool that thinks he is as good as Faux Pelini or somethin' My sources say he's turning pro at the end of this twitter season.

I'll put this bluntly. Anyone that believes that this guy is serious is a moron. If you spend 2 minutes reading his tweets, it's blatantly obvious that it's nothing but parody/sarcasm tweets.

Certainly of the past 20 years. Great work by Miles & Co. Just need to keep the recruiting momentum going & snag that 'big'! GBR

No matter who has the most upside in this class, I'd like to repeat something I said back in probably August: The talent upgrade that this recruiting class represents just blows me away. I think I called it the most significant recruiting class in program history. And I include Andrew White within the recruiting class because he committed roughly the same time as and became eligible to play along with these freshmen. The talent upgrade is clear and undeniable.

It's probably the same guy who said Tommy Armstrong was going to turn pro after the bowl game.

I personally think it's great because to me the issue (pediatric cancer) is more important than the game. You know during the telecast that the shirts will be brought up & maybe more so because of their color. If it get's more people to maybe help become registered, I say go for it.

But the question was "Who will improve the most" Not "Who will improve and CONTRIBUTE the most." So people saying Johnny Trueblood could improve the most is fair. Doesn't mean he ever contributes a ton, but say he goes from bench warmer to playing 4-5 spot minutes a game because he does enough little things to give the starters a break? I understand your point that you don't want to be building a program around the hope that a walk-on has to play a ton of minutes. But it doesn't mean they can't improve the most. I believe a few years back when we were in the B12 Texas Tech had a player (Jackson I believe?) that by the time he was a senior had earned a scholarship and I want to even say lead the team in scoring? Not saying Johnny Trueblood is all of as sudden going to be putting up 15 PPG, but who knows, maybe by his senior season he does improve a lot and comes in from time to time and knocks down a couple 3 balls, ala Drake Beranek, Paul Verlander. If he never contributes, how will you know if he's improved the most? I agree with Dean. It's nice to think about walk-ons developing into players down the road, especially at Nebraska where our success in football involved some very famous walk-ons over the years, some of whom went on to pro careers. But, in basketball, it's different. In football, you could easily see 50 or more players take the field during a game. The two-deep, alone, would comprise 44 players. Our rotations in basketball this year have been 8-10 players. That's a totally different animal than football. And I cannot remember a successful Nebraska basketball team that saw any sort of significant contribution from a walk-on. Rare, indeed, would be the basketball walk-on who commands minutes. And if we're hoping that some walk-on ends up being the most-improved of all the freshmen in some meaningful, measurable way, we're probably hoping for a Husker team that doesn't retain its coach. It's an opinion, and there are plenty of examples of teams that have a contributing walk-on (see Iowa, 2015-16). It's "found money," why be so quick to discard the notion that a walk-on could have the "most improvement" on the team. It's actually a very fine compliment that the already contributing FROSH are 'ready-made' players! Think about it from the reverse angle, it's a VERY GOOD THING for Nebrasketball that the 1st-year rotation players don't have a ton of room for improvement! Sign of a very good team, in fact. GBR

But the question was "Who will improve the most" Not "Who will improve and CONTRIBUTE the most." So people saying Johnny Trueblood could improve the most is fair. Doesn't mean he ever contributes a ton, but say he goes from bench warmer to playing 4-5 spot minutes a game because he does enough little things to give the starters a break? I understand your point that you don't want to be building a program around the hope that a walk-on has to play a ton of minutes. But it doesn't mean they can't improve the most. I believe a few years back when we were in the B12 Texas Tech had a player (Jackson I believe?) that by the time he was a senior had earned a scholarship and I want to even say lead the team in scoring? Not saying Johnny Trueblood is all of as sudden going to be putting up 15 PPG, but who knows, maybe by his senior season he does improve a lot and comes in from time to time and knocks down a couple 3 balls, ala Drake Beranek, Paul Verlander. If he never contributes, how will you know if he's improved the most? I agree with Dean. It's nice to think about walk-ons developing into players down the road, especially at Nebraska where our success in football involved some very famous walk-ons over the years, some of whom went on to pro careers. But, in basketball, it's different. In football, you could easily see 50 or more players take the field during a game. The two-deep, alone, would comprise 44 players. Our rotations in basketball this year have been 8-10 players. That's a totally different animal than football. And I cannot remember a successful Nebraska basketball team that saw any sort of significant contribution from a walk-on. Rare, indeed, would be the basketball walk-on who commands minutes. And if we're hoping that some walk-on ends up being the most-improved of all the freshmen in some meaningful, measurable way, we're probably hoping for a Husker team that doesn't retain its coach.

Yeah, while watching a little of the Wisco/PSU game last night, and thinking to myself how bad NU would probably wax either team (especially seeing how terrible they were both playing) I remember hearing the ESPN announcer talking about how bright the future for PSU was going to be because they are bringing a "top 70 guy" in with their recruiting class next year. I thought to myself, "man we got like 4 of those guys on our team already, and another one who is pretty close coming in next year". This really is an overall level of talent we haven't seen around here in a long, LONG time!

Moe will return when they put the paper over the windows of Mabel Lee again.

But the question was "Who will improve the most" Not "Who will improve and CONTRIBUTE the most." So people saying Johnny Trueblood could improve the most is fair. Doesn't mean he ever contributes a ton, but say he goes from bench warmer to playing 4-5 spot minutes a game because he does enough little things to give the starters a break? I understand your point that you don't want to be building a program around the hope that a walk-on has to play a ton of minutes. But it doesn't mean they can't improve the most. I believe a few years back when we were in the B12 Texas Tech had a player (Jackson I believe?) that by the time he was a senior had earned a scholarship and I want to even say lead the team in scoring? Not saying Johnny Trueblood is all of as sudden going to be putting up 15 PPG, but who knows, maybe by his senior season he does improve a lot and comes in from time to time and knocks down a couple 3 balls, ala Drake Beranek, Paul Verlander.

Wow. He's up to 6'11" and 270#. Not all that long ago, he was listed at 6'9" and 230#. Growth spurt?!? No hair on his legs

Well then isn't the "lottery tickets" that we are talking about free? Technically we didn't buy the tickets, we got them for free. So therefore shouldn't we at least look at the numbers when they are drawn to see if we hit the lottery? That doesn't mean we have to become an avid player of the lottery, but is it really in our best interests to just throw away the ticket we received for free without giving it a shot at some chance that we might win. Also when you play the lottery, its not go big or go home. Shoot... I would be happy with just winning a million bucks. This kid doesn't have to be a jackpot. Shoot... maybe he is a losing ticket, but he was a free ticket and there is no sense in at least checking the numbers to see if ya hit something because that something could just be a million bucks.

The winner of this game is in 5th place alone.

I think if miles had a "big" he would play morrow abs Jacobson at the 4 more. He would be able to play 2 "bigs" at one time and be able to play match ups better, hence aw3 vs msu. It'd give him so many more options to have a "big" and replace it with someone who can't crack rotation. Vacant ship would work as well.

It is right up there. An overlooked game was winning at Indiana a couple years ago to set up that Wisconsin game. Went in there on senior night as 6 point dogs and came out of there with a HUGE win.

Well, it's coffee talk, Bugs, so you might prepare to get roasted, milled and brewed if someone doesn't like your answer.

Why does Miles always wait until about a quarter of the way through conference play to start making waves? Doesn't he know if he starts a winning streak earlier, he might end with a better record?

Oh, God, no! It's short for journalism school. I teach at the other CU, in Boulder. Maybe if we ask dimes real nice he can change the "Senior" above your avatar to "Not A Creighton Fan" or something.

Oh, God, no! It's short for journalism school. I teach at the other CU, in Boulder.

Good talk about Arop on Sharpe & Benning this morning. Sipple was on for Sharpe. Sipple said Arop is a lock down defender and loves playing defense He compared him offensively to Shavon Shooting could improve He is going to play some AAU on a Chauncey Billups team so he can play with taller guys and thus play the 2 I found this interesting since I haven't read specifics about his game. Also, Mike Sautter was on and said while Arop and Chang are very close, he thinks if Chang keeps on improving he could become a blue-blood recruit.

The best win is yet to come: Big Dance, anyone?

When was it ever NOT fun to be a Husker??? Nebraska. There IS no place like it!!!

One was a weird double-dribble from Glynn. Don't recall the other, maybe a travel down low...Another weird call was Benny being called for palming 40 feet from the hoop. Pretty sure the rule is to keep players from gaining an advantage (Benny palms because his hands are so small...). The other freshman turnover was a fumbled pass by Morrow under the basket Thanks, Mich; I knew it was something simple like that. How was the game atmosphere there at Breslin last night?!? It was decent, but not great. Wasn't too loud except for the clock timeout and the off balance 3. Other than that I wasn't overly impressed. Now if it was a Saturday game or something it might have been better.

Husker video highlights with more of post game celebration and with Kent's calls included ... if I can link it correctly.

Mom gets in on the act, too. GBR

We owe the wolverines one for ruining our perfect home record 2 years ago.

Apparently not a super effective one

Don't worry about golfer's chain. Dimes put it to use with a lock.

They were also lucky to shoot 11-18 from 3, including the last make which was ridiculous. I'll bet that was the "shit" Forde was talking about.

"Nebraska Nice" should have gotten someone fired.

Wouldn't disagree, but where do we get the scholarships? TBD. We've seen attrition every year, I'd imagine we'll see it again. I have no doubt we'll see it again this year. Miles isn't going to keep a player not contributing and lose out on a player that can contribute. It's probably never a fun conversation but this is Big Boy basketball. Unless kids like Hammond can magically get a lot better in the off-season, he is going to find more pine time than court time. Miles isn't going to kick a kid out of the program. He'll be painfully honest with them, but he won't force them out. He could have done that a handful of times and hasn't. Sometimes the kid gets the message and moves on and sometimes they decide to stick it out (Benny). He'll have a couple of those conversations after the season. We'll see what the result ends up being.