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If we truly want to honor our history, the secret scrimmage every year should be in Mabel Lee with towels on the windows.

Come to think of it, It would also be 'perfect' for a "Secret Scrimmage!"

I get why they wouldn't play a regular season game at the Coliseum, but why not their exhibition game? Those game never have a full house. Could be a lot of fun.

Devaney 1, Moos 2, TO 3. Each one of them have done, are doing, good things. Devaney was forward thinking enough to hire TO and took a chance on Nee and it paid off. He was also very fiscally sound. He kept the AD in the black and devoted the most resources to the most important things. Think of the weight room and the building named after him that is still in use today. He also contributed important intangibles. He will always be #1 in my book no matter what anybody who follows him does. Moos is at 2 because the book is still out on his hires although from purely a perception and fan base unification standpoint they are important. Our fan base has been extremely divided for a very long time. His hires had to be home runs. They had to check all of the boxes and for Football and Basketball they have certainly done that. He has taken a page out of the BD model and allocated the most resources to where they need to be allocated. Despite what people think he is not ego driven. If he was he would not have made the hires that made knowing that some people would view those hires as a no-brainer, that anybody could have made. I can promise you that neither Frost nor Hoiberg would have come here if we had a typical empty suit as an AD i.e Byrne, Pedersen, Eichorst. TO is very important, because from a financial perspective he brought us back into the black. Pedersen had cooked the books and we were in a financial mess when TO took over. Many people don't realize how bad it was. Most importantly, his name, and his name alone got us into the BIG. If as the AD, he was't involved, we would not have been asked into the BIG, which has set us up financially for a long time into the future. Don't think there is a PBA without TO either. He made some very strategic moves along with his backing of the PBA being financed with public/private money, and in Lincoln people know how difficult it is to convince people to do something like that. His hires, while not program changing set us up well for what we have now. Pelini, like him or hate won games. Miles got us to an NCAA tournament which somewhat reinvigorated interest in the program. Nothing that follows would be possible if not for TO, similar to if we don't have The Bob nothing that follows is possible.

They appear on target Jimmy

How did our bowling and rifle shooting teams do? As I recall these were staples of the Byrne years.

Don't forget Devaney hired Danny Nee too.

Devaney hired Osborne, Francis Allen, Gary Pepin and most importantly Terry Petit. If the Bill Moos hires pan out that well then an argument for #1 could be made.

Cheatham got an exemption to play right away last year, just like Copeland did. But - he was a senior in eligibility last year. He did not get to claim his third year of 5 games played at Marquette as a redshirt year (unlike Copeland, who got a medical redshirt at Georgetown his junior year.) Last year was what counted as his redshirt year, getting a medical redshirt after playing in 10 games. So if Stevenson is treated similarly - and it gets complicated because he transferred to Nevada in between, and Cheatham might have gotten immediate eligibility since he was going to a school two hours from where he was from in Fort Lauderdale - then Stevenson would be eligible immediately, but as a junior.

Updated thread with a little player bio for each kid.

Dalano Banton, 6-8 195# Guard/Forward, Redshirting Sophomore-to-be, Rivals 4-star #80 player in Class of 2018 Norm's take: Will join this year's freshman class as a sophomore next year. Long guard with good handles and solid to very solid passing ability. Decent athlete. Smooth, gliding athleticism. Slight build. His freshman year 3-point percentage is slightly better than Isaiah Roby's was, just for some perspective. Jump shot is fundamentally sound. Appears to excel in transition and taking defender off the dribble. Good at attacking the rim and finishing. On defense, disrupts passing lanes with his length. Averaged 1.3 steals/40 minutes as a freshman at WKU. Shooting percentages need to improve. Season Averages season Team 2018-19 WKU GP GS MIN FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% OR DR REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS 31 12 15.1 1.3-3.1 40.2 0.3-1.2 21.6 0.6-1.1 55.9 0.5 2.5 3.0 2.1 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.7 3.4

Samari Curtis, 6-4 190# Fr. Guard Norm's take: Last member of what's looking like a really solid and very underrated freshman class. Strong player with good length at the guard position. Can play either point or 2. Appears to have pretty good range, but somewhat unconventional shooting technique. But can score the darn ball. Draws fouls attacking the basket; doesn't shy from contact; but in video below doesn't finish through contact. I would rather see an And-1 than 2-shot foul. As others have mentioned, goes about his business. Hits a shot and heads back to play defense rather than jawing; let's his play do the talking, which I'm happy to see. Extremely, EXTREMELY good late pickup. Maybe the best late pickup of a HS player I've ever seen for Husker hoops. Not currently in the Rivals 150, which appears to me to have been an oversight on Rivals' part.

Kevin Cross, 6-8 240# Fr. Forward Norm's take: I love this kid (love his mom, too). Big body, kind of a dough-boy, needs to hit the weight room and work off some of that baby fat. But this kid has good hands. Maybe even great hands. Solid ball-handling skills, especially for a guy his size, and a pretty good shooter, too. Solid threat for pick-and-pop threes. But also knows how to juke and jive to get himself some space inside to get a ball off, which is really important if you're a bit undersized at the 5 at the next level. Projects such a great attitude and humble kid. I just wish he was a bit more of a junk yard dawg. I like bigs with a little bit of nasty to them. A Rivals miss? To my eye, he has everything Rivals #122 Jeriah Horne had but with a little more size and a little more athleticism.

Yvan Ouedraogo, 6-9 260# Fr. Forward Norm's take: Talk about under-the-radar. This kid's date of birth is 3/22/2002, which means he just turned 17 two months ago. That's young. But holy moly. He measured in at 6-9 and 260#. And he's a beast. He's strong and active and in 7 games at the U16 Euro Champs, he averaged nearly a double-double. Love his on-court demeanor. He's fiery, kind of like what I remember of Bruno Fernando when he was coming out of high school. I like bigs who play with a bit of an attitude. They generally rebound the ball well because they want it and, by gawd, they're gonna take it. And that's kind of what I see from this kid. Huge HUGE plus, when he comes in here, that he's 6-9 and 260 and just ripped, rather than the 6-7 230 kid we thought was coming for a visit. And, based on his age, it's entirely possible he's not done growing. Small sample size, but the FT% ain't bad for a young, big guy. The FG% is a bit concerning. He's getting his points in the paint and I'd want to see that number north of 50%. A little raw on the skills end, but that size is huge. Literally. FIBA Junior Team Events Stats SORT:YEAR ↑Year ↑Year ↓Event (A-Z)Event (Z-A)GP ↑GP ↓MIN ↑MIN ↓FGM ↑FGM ↓FGA ↑FGA ↓FG% ↑FG% ↓3PM ↑3PM ↓3PA ↑3PA ↓3P% ↑3P% ↓FTM ↑FTM ↓FTA ↑FTA ↓FT% ↑FT% ↓TRB ↑TRB ↓AST ↑AST ↓STL ↑STL ↓BLK ↑BLK ↓PF ↑PF ↓TOV ↑TOV ↓PTS ↑PTS ↓Place ↑Place ↓ COLUMNS:SWIPEStackSwipe Year Event GP MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK PF TOV PTS Place 2018 U16 Euro Championship A 7 24:20 4.1 9.4 .439 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 7.3 .608 9.7 1.1 0.9 0.4 2.0 1.4 12.7 4th AVERAGES 7 24:20 4.1 9.4 .439 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 7.3 .608 9.7 1.1 0.9 0.4 2.0 1.4 12.7 - TOTAL 7 170:23 29 66 .439 0 1 .000 31 51 .608 68 8 6 3 14 10 89 -

Akol Arop, 6-6 190# Fr. Forward Norm's take: Local kid whom I never saw play live in HS, and I wish I would have. From what I've seen of him on TV highlights and whatever YouTube videos I can find, he has fairly typical size for a HS PF headed to play D1 ball. Wish he was a bit taller, but the 190# weight is not concerning to me. You go through the Rivals 150, and you'll see all kinds of guys who project as D1 PFs who aren't any heavier than that. His biggest draw is he's a dynamic leaper with some explosive athleticism. From what I've seen, he has fairly solid shooting form. I'd say he has a high ceiling but he's got some work to do on the skills end. He could end up being a career bench warmer or he could wind up being a superstar and it depends on whether he develops a jumper at least in the high 30s if not low 40s and develops some handles. From what I understand, he can guard any position on the floor except maybe the 5, and he's a pretty motivated and active defender. I think there's a lot of potential here and I have a sense he's willing to work to reach it.

Cam Mack, 6-2 175# So. Guard Norm's take: Game changing speed and quickness. Not the best shooting stroke, but effective enough that, if you leave him alone, he can make you pay, but if you guard him tight, well, you'll be looking at his backside as he blows by you. And he's a pass-first point. A real floor general. A facilitator. Very high assist numbers. Striking stats are scoring vs. assists in games won vs. games lost. When his team won, he scored 6 fewer points but dished 5 more assists. That's crazy. More than double the assists in the games his team won. But consistently more points in the games they lost. He'll have more help playing with us and won't need to do it all himself. But this kid is blazing fast and we're lucky to have landed him. GP GS MIN/G FG/G PCT 3PT/G PCT FT/G PCT PPG Total 28 27 31.6 6.7-14.7 45.6 2.0-5.9 33.7 3.6-5.6 64.6 19.1 Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - - Home 14 13 30.3 6.0-11.9 50.3 2.0-4.9 40.6 3.2-5.6 57.7 17.2 Away 7 7 33.3 6.7-15.1 44.3 1.6-5.4 28.9 3.3-5.0 65.7 18.3 Neutral 7 7 32.6 8.1-19.9 41.0 2.4-8.4 28.8 4.9-6.4 75.6 23.6 Wins 19 18 30.9 6.0-12.6 47.5 1.8-5.4 34.3 3.3-4.8 68.5 17.2 Losses 9 9 33.0 8.2-19.1 43.0 2.3-7.1 32.8 4.3-7.3 59.1 23.1 GP GS MPG OFF/G DEF/G REB/G PF/G DQ/G AST/G TO/G A/TO STL/G BLK/G Total 28 27 31.6 0.9 5.0 5.9 2.2 0.0 7.6 2.7 2.8 2.4 0.6 Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - Home 14 13 30.3 0.9 4.6 5.5 2.1 0.0 7.7 2.9 2.7 2.4 0.5 Away 7 7 33.3 0.7 5.0 5.7 1.7 0.0 8.0 2.3 3.5 2.3 0.6 Neutral 7 7 32.6 1.0 5.9 6.9 2.9 0.0 7.1 2.9 2.5 2.3 0.7 Wins 19 18 30.9 0.9 4.9 5.8 1.8 0.0 8.9 2.7 3.3 2.4 0.7 Losses 9 9 33.0 0.9 5.1 6.0 2.9 0.0 4.9 2.7 1.8 2.2 0.3

Dachon Burke, 6-4 180# Jr. Guard Norm's take: I'm impressed with what I see in his highlight film below and I'm impressed with what I saw at the open scrimmage last fall. This kid is cat-quick. Very fast first step and can explode past defenders on the bounce. Finishes well at the rim and a decent shooter to boot, which is kind of a theme with Hoiberg's guard recruits. So, even though this was a Miles kid, it's pretty apparent why Hoiberg wanted to keep him. It would be ideal if his 3-point percentage was in the high 30s (or better, even). Hitting 34% from deep is fine in Miles' system where you're supposed to like the 3 and love the rim, but Fred runs a system that loves the 3 like Christian Standhardinger loves Linkin Park. (Or is that Lincoln Parks?). I think there's a good chance he'd have better shooting numbers at a place like Nebraska where he won't be the first and best scoring option as a true freshman like he was at Robert Morris. SEASON TEAM 2016-17 RMU 2017-18 RMU GP GS MIN FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% OR DR REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS 33 17 22.9 2.9-6.8 42.0 0.4-1.3 31.8 1.4-1.9 73.4 1.5 2.4 3.9 0.7 0.3 1.5 2.2 1.8 7.6 32 32 32.6 6.6-14.3 45.9 1.4-4.1 33.8 3.1-4.9 62.8 1.8 3.9 5.8 2.5 0.5 2.1 2.5 2.7 17.6

Matty Kavas, 6-8 200# Sr. Guard/Forward Norm's take: Tough to know what to think about this guy. His long range shooting is brilliant, but he's just so skinny. Can he guard the 4? Let alone the 5? I don't know. We can spot him up in the corner or let him play the pick-and-pop and he'd be an absolute assassin. But after he hits a trey on one end of the floor, he'd have to go play D on the other. Now, end of game situations where we're substituting on every made basket? Yeah. He gets in there, for sure. But you don't want him coming in cold and expect him to be in game rhythm to hit those jumpers for you. It'll be interesting to see what happens, because his shooting is such an intriguing weapon to play with. It's just how do you get him out on the floor unless he can defend the other team's bigs? Season Averages SEASON TEAM 2016-17 SEA 2017-18 SEA 2018-19 SEA GP GS MIN FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% OR DR REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS 27 0 20.3 3.0-6.9 43.8 1.6-3.9 40.4 1.1-1.6 69.0 0.4 2.5 2.9 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.9 0.9 8.6 33 31 31.5 5.2-10.9 47.4 2.8-5.9 46.4 2.1-2.6 79.1 1.2 4.0 5.1 1.2 0.2 0.4 3.0 2.0 15.2 24 16 23.1 3.4-7.5 45.8 1.8-4.0 45.8 1.6-2.0 79.2 0.6 4.0 4.6 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.4 0.8 10.3

Haanif Cheatham, 6-6 195# Sr Guard, Rivals 4-star #76 player in Class of 2015 Norm's take: Probably the best senior transfer we've ever had. He has the reputation as a lock-down defender, so he can take away the other team's best offensive weapon. But he can also score. Look at those shooting numbers. Across 4 other seasons, with the exception of his sophomore slump, he's consistently been in the high 30s from deep. But he also gets to the rim and is strong enough to finish against contact. Question mark is his health. I know he had a shoulder issue at FGCU with his shooting arm. Is he healthy? If so, and if he can avoid the high number of turnovers (which is the biggest concern I see on paper), then he's an impact player who has the versatility to contribute at a number of different positions. Of note -- and of interest for the Shamiel Stevenson situation -- he has a full year of eligibility left, but he also has played in parts of 4 seasons already. He played 5 games his junior year at Marquette, similar to the 4 games that Shamiel played as a sophomore at Pitt. So ... Season Averages SEASON TEAM 2015-16 MARQ 2016-17 MARQ 2017-18 MARQ 2018-19 FGCU GP GS MIN FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% OR DR REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS 33 33 29.5 4.0-8.1 48.9 0.9-2.3 38.7 3.0-3.7 82.0 0.4 3.0 3.4 2.2 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.7 11.8 32 25 25.4 2.9-6.3 45.8 0.4-1.3 32.5 2.5-3.2 76.7 0.7 3.2 3.8 2.2 0.1 0.7 1.5 1.6 8.7 5 5 26.2 3.2-7.4 43.2 1.0-2.6 38.5 0.8-1.4 57.1 0.4 2.4 2.8 1.4 0.0 1.0 1.4 1.6 8.2 10 10 27.3 4.9-10.8 45.4 0.8-2.2 36.4 2.6-4.0 65.0 0.4 4.4 4.8 1.9 0.2 1.2 1.2 2.4 13.2