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Coach Hoiberg on last night - had some highlights from Italy trip, as well as him breaking down each player who's eligible this season. Here are some quick paraphrased notes with only one semicolon: Mack – As fast anyone with ball in his hands, team speed is our advantage and he leads the way, can get downhill as a great play maker, great feel for the game, he’s key to us playing up tempo Green – Very versatile player, with Mack & Green both can play off the ball or with ball in their hands, need good spacing to allow them to play downhill and take advantage of speed, Green is good defender, strong, explosive & athletic Burke – Every time he steps on floor he leaves it all out there, plays with passion, good defender who will disrupt offenses, one thing on his mind is scoring the ball and we need that, improved his shot form, we worked a lot on his footwork stepping into his shot, also can go downhill well Curtis – Can play with ball in his hands or off the ball, one of our better shooters, fortunate to have gotten him, can really score, he has a learning curve especially on defense, but he’s constantly improving Thor – I love Thor, has as high of an IQ as anyone on our team, on our offense all spots are interchangeable and Thor can play any of those spots, great cutter, worked very hard on his shot this offseason and it’s paying off, sees the floor well, going to have a great year Cheatham – Rock solid, fits nicely with interchangeable parts of our offense, has been well coached in his career, most capable leader of the group, a lot of versatility Kavas – Can really shoot it, been one of the top 3-pt shooters in country last couple of seasons, been through a lot, so we’ll rely on him for leadership Yvan – World-class kid, very young and should be in the 2020 recruiting class, fortunate to have him, great size and strength even though never really has done strength conditioning, we’re going to need his big body in league play, going to continue to improve Cross – Great versatility, which attracted us to him, can shoot it, good pick and pop guy, great passer and it's his most impressive skill, getting in better shape with 15 pounds lost already Arop – Great kid, as good an athlete as we have on the roster, as a frosh he must adjust, but he’s making steady progress, shooting it better, improving constantly Stevenson – When you look at bodies in Big Ten ("and that’s one thing that scared me when I went to the Media Day in Chicago") we need bodies that can compete with that size and strength and physicality, Stevenson has that type of body at 6-6/245, very athletic, can knock down shots (no talk of whether they think he’ll be eligible earlier than semester; Sharpe mentioned he might be eligible early, but coach did not take the bait and just ignored the comment) Easley – Played great in Italy, can just shoot it, but also good footwork defensively, finds the open spot, always has great spacing, can make a play with the ball in his hands Piatkowski & Porter – Been great for us, just know how to play, how to fill a role No talk of Walker or Banton ITALY TRIP Liked seeing the guys get more comfortable with each other during Italy trip, getting to know each other, great benefit. So many cool experiences off the floor for these guys Whole experience was unforgettable Good learning opportunity on the court, some good moments, some teaching moments Just to have the teachable moments we did was good, was able to use the film to do some corrections once we got back Great trip from bonding side and learned a lot about our team FRIDAY EVENT A lot of fun Important for players to get in front of the fans in the building, good for fans to be able to put faces to the names Scrimmage was more like an all-star game Ross was only 1.5 hours late, but he put on a good show I had go back underneath because it was so loud, thought my pacemaker might explode Really needed to get out there and feel the energy in the building with the fans there, so that was good Closed door scrimmage coming up is a good opportunity too, as you can set your own rules, but nothing quite the same as having the fans there Our guys are tired of going against each other, so looking forward to exhibitions Season opener vs UC-Riverside, has good shooters, skilled 7-footer We know we're going to be undersized all year, even in the first game, so it'll be a good challenge out of the box

expands coverage: Oct 21st-25th husker schedules: (times have been corrected to central time) Oct 22nd: interview with coach williams 12:30pm Oct 23rd: student profile Taylor Kissinger 12:30pm Instagram (@bigten) live fan Q&A with Sam Haiby 1:50pm Oct 24th video interview with Nicea Eliely 1:30pm full schedule here: https://bigten.org/sports/2019/10/15/201920WBBWeek.aspx

Love the moxie of dudes like Thor and a guy like Benny Parker before him. Takes a strong man to buck up & get better when it looks like you're the odd man out.

I believe that is a reflection of how much the speed of the game has increased since Hoiberg last coached. The shot clock went from 35 to 30 starting at the 2015-16 season and that has sped up the game.

I am not going to say you are wrong, because I have seen Williams play a number of times, and he is very talented. But with all due respect, how many times have you seen Davis and Williams play in order to judge who fits the Hoiberg system, which oh by the way, we have not yet witnessed at Nebraska yet. Meaning, what tweaks and twists will take place with his move to the Big Ten and with the addition of Doc and others? Just saying... Seeing who immediately jumped on Davis when he decommitted from us tells me that he is a very talented kid who can fit into various systems.

TOP 20 PACE, BABY !

Check out the projected Tempo of the team and contrast it with the last 20+ years of Nebraska Basketball. Computers are projecting baseline to baseline!

Looks like Thor & Cross are both trying to cheat :)

Thor makes things happen in a good way. He's a very heads-up kind of player. Always have thought that about him. His lack of a jumper was what made me think he would a) not be suited to the Hoiberg system and, therefore, b) probably figure into the "roster attrition" thread. But if he's made strides with his jumper, he's a pretty decent player otherwise, and can obviously do some things we'd want and need. Happy for Thor if this pans out. By all indications, he's a great kid and a great teammate.

Let the discussion of camera angles and standing on tip-toes commence:

Committed recruits are constantly being contacted and recruited by other schools up until the day they sign their LOI. There’s no doubt that coaches were trying to flip Davis after they saw him this summer. He just wasn’t going to put it out there on social media until he officially de-committed.

Word going around the internet today is Pat Chambers got ejected during Penn State's scrimmage against West Virginia, LOL.

Given how quickly he recommitted, it makes me wonder if someone was in his ear. He turned heads this summer. Someone made it known that he could do better than Nebraska. I have a feeling it wasn't simply how well he fit into our system. I have a feeling he was poached.

The narrative that Hoiberg somehow didn’t want a kid that ended up at Louisville and was also offered by Xavier and Purdue almost immediately after he left is extremely faulty to me.

And here's another one for you. The probability that I will be confused by this explanation=100%. But thanks for trying.

It projects us as 5-15, not 1-19. But we are actually favored only in one game. The probability to win in each game predicts 4 upsets somewhere along the line. To clarify how it works: if by some chance you are given a 49% chance to win every single conference game, then if you went game by game it would tell you 0-20, but you would be expected to go 9-11 or 10-10. If you are given a 51% chance in every single game, then game by game results would predict 20-0, but you'd be expected to go 10-10 or 11-9.

You should get a card. the email with the bar will let you park, until you get your card.

Omaha Central grad Tre'shawn Thurman signed with the Pistons. Still scratching my head over why UNO was his best offer out of high school.