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This is probably like a 9-10 in the Miles era I think.

Played high school ball at Omaha South.

At least one guy is in town working out. Doc needs to post more videos.

Lyle Hexom signed with the Griz for the Utah league. 1 st All-American Shot 46% for 3. Averaged 20.9 points a game, 10.29 rebounds and 2.38 blocks 6-8 sharp shooter.

She's heading to Northwest Missouri State. Her name's Jayna.

I've kind of been mulling over thoughts on how to respond to this. One idea was to post a GIF of Robert De Niro saying "You talkin' to me?" And since I was the only one who had responded to this thread when you made your post, it seemed reasonable to assume I'm who you were talking about. Am I wrong? Anyway, a few things: 1. D'Andre has had a really good spring. Launched him from way under the radar to very much on the radar. From unranked to Rivals 4-star with no stops in between. Good for him; very happy for him. It's nice to have that recognition. 2. I thought from the beginning that he was a prototypical Miles zucchini recruit: long, lean and under-rated. (Which, incidentally, is why we were able to snag him in spite of Miles being hamstrung in recruiting.) In addition, he seemed to be a good fit for Miles' system in that he was a slasher who could get baskets at the rim and was respectable, though perhaps not deadly, from deep. He resembles JPJ in more than just physical appearance, though the assessment of his shooting ability might be changing for the better. I think the local sports writers had questioned whether he was a fit for Hoiberg's system but after the spring he had, I think they've answered that question in the affirmative. (Can't find the link right now, but there was a specific story about this very issue.) 3. After Hoiberg came in and revamped the roster perhaps more than most people had anticipated, he also threw out a crap ton of offers to 2020 recruits. I'm guessing about 10 new offers to players then in the Rivals 150, some of whom were very high 4-stars. We only had 2 seniors and Roby at the time. So we really didn't have room for all the offers Hoiberg was making. Most of the players taking up spots were guys Hoiberg had recruited and signed. And he'd displayed a clear willingness to make roster moves in order to bring in the kind of players he wants for his system. So, if he didn't have room for the 2020 players he was offering, why do you think he was making those offers? One reasonable, plausible and realistic guess is that he was willing to part company with unsigned recruits who didn't fit his system. But what's your guess?

Uh.... a 10 being my wife’s non-stop level of FOMO and a 1 being your buddies went to the boats in Council Bluffs but you hate gambling and the cigarettes smoke so you went home FOMO... I’d say this is like ~6

Might have a connection with this one. Yvan Ouedraogo @Yvanouedball Welcome to the fam Brodie

He is working on it, still trying to figure out who he is suppose to be defending.

We had to have gone to the moon, where would moon walking come from?

Which means the guys at Creighton should be a step up and the ladies at UCONN a step down. It wouldn't be pretty.

He did. At Montana State.

De'Andre Davis went from a few on here speculating he would be cut loose bc of all the super awesome 2020 guys we were offering to possibly turning this thing into a family affair with the offering of his little bro.

Had a St John's offer in March Otherwise... Toneari Lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies I sit, and meanwhile back In Toneari Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen He likes to keep his fire engine clean It's a clean machine

He was one of the 18 finalists for the U16 USA team (didn't make the final cut for the top 13) that Tamin Lipsey is on. https://www.usab.com/basketball/players/mens/d/dick-gradey.aspx This is a Matt A recruit and they've been on him since at least May. If you look at the USA roster I think we'll also make a run at Richard Issacs Jr. https://www.usab.com/basketball/players/mens/i/isaacs-jr-richard.aspx

Is it possible that UConn basketball could go to the Big East for basketball and then the ACC for all other sports that Notre Dame isn't in?

I finally got around to reading all of Norm's thoughts and looking at all the clips. I am now convinced that this year's team will be an enigma wrapped in a mystery inside a riddle and covered under a big dollop of poutine until the league season begins. It appears to my aging eyes that Mack and Green are the only sure starters and most of the rest will feel that they should also be starters. Who will end up being a pouter or locker room downer? Who will hit the weight room with a vengeance? Who will be the defensive stopper and sacrifice being the go-to guy on offense? Who will avoid injuries and be more concerned with team wins than individual stats? We really have no handle on how any of these players (except Thor) will mesh in a team situation. Big job for coaches, fun time for fans. I can hardly wait to see how this year plays out.

redsteve, Firstly let me state that I'm not attacking you three (redsteve, caveman & Fastbreaker) on a personal level. I'm debating the merits of your points and concerns. Which is why I quoted the parts of the post that appears to portray Cook in an unfavorable light. And while I understand that your post as well as the other two quoted are your own personal opinions, I merely offered a counterpoint with evidence. The tricky thing as always when it comes to forum postings is it's easy to misinterpret certain passages of a post. So when I read the part where you said: "May be completely wrong, but kind of doubt Cook would take second fiddle, no matter who has ...officially... the scholarship". My interpretation led me to read that as Cook being inflexible or perhaps too strongly, dictatorial. My usage of dictator is probably a bit over-the-top and perhaps I should've used a less intrusive word to highlight my point. For that I apologize. However the original point of my post still stands. And since you clarified your point regarding that 2nd fiddle quote. It's duly noted. As was already pointed out, Cook doesn't need Ware. It appears to me that Cook is helping Williams and the basketball program by being receptive to Ware's idea of potentially playing two sports. In which case it proves that Cook is all N for the team regardless which program is giving the scholarship.

@caveman The above mentioned quotes are what prompted my lengthy reply. It portrays Cook in an unflattering light. I presented some historical evidence contrary to your concerns here. Greicha was a volleyball scholarship player. Hence volleyball took precedence. So logic dictates that in Ware's case if she's a basketball scholarship player, then that'll likely take precedence. I followed that up by showing that Cook is not a dictator. He can't and won't force Ware into a situation if it's contrary to the agreement already set with Coach Williams. And as I also showed in that same post, Cook does not need Ware. She approached him. Not the other way around. He's already got his future recruits lined up through 2022. Ware is just an extra body for the practice squad. She might see some rotations in certain matches early in the season, but mostly she'll be what Cook likes to call an All-American Practice Player the same way Ally Havers was in 2017 for volleyball. If Ware was a player he really really wanted, he would've offered her early in her H.S. career. She wasn't even on his radar because there were better players he landed for 2020. At this point, none of us know what the agreement between Williams and Cook is, but whatever it is, at the very least the two coaches have an agreement that apparently works for both of them and Ware. And really that's all that matters at the end of the day. But please don't try to characterize Cook as some sort of power hungry egomaniac out to screw the basketball program. It's simply not who he is. The man loves UNL athletics. He'd be silly to risk upsetting the harmonious balance with his AD and co-workers from other sports programs.

Greichaly Cepero was a Pettit recruit. She was a true freshman when Pettit coached his final season at NU. She was also here on a Volleyball scholarship, so naturally that was going to take precedence to Basketball. Therefore comparing Ware's potential situation to Cepero's is moot. Cook already has his recruiting pieces in place through 2022. In other words, he has no scholarships available until then. Another thing to consider too is that Ware was never on his recruiting radar over the past few years. Otherwise Ware would've gotten an offer when she was a freshman or sophomore. Cook likes to offer them early when he can. That's his M.O. Cook's not the bad guy here. It sounds like Ware approached Cook about the possibility of playing both sports on a B-ball scholarship. Cook doesn't need her, but he'd take her on the condition that Coach Williams allowed it. Since the ESPN article already mentioned that "they've already mapped out her schedule" it's likely that both Williams and Cook already have a potential agreement in place, whatever that entails. So if Williams and Cook are okay with whatever agreement is in place for Ware, then that's all that really matters here. It's not worth tearing down one program to try to boost up the other. Cook's not a dictatorial type. Every player that has ever asked for a transfer from Nebraska volleyball to another school was allowed to leave and play without sitting out a year at their new school. Cook has said in the past that he doesn't believe in blocking a former player's scholarship if she wanted to leave for another school without having to sit for a year. Remember Briana Holman? LSU's coach blocked Holman's scholarship so that she had to sit out her first year when she transferred to Nebraska in 2015 when we won the national title. Russ Rose from Penn St. did the same thing to Jessica Yanz when she transferred to Nebraska from Penn St in 2008. Cook has never done this to a former Husker transfer. I can guarantee you Cook will not force Ware to play a full season of volleyball if she doesn't want to. That's certainly not his style. If anything, she'll be a terrific practice player for the volleyball team if she chooses to play a full season of basketball instead of volleyball.