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Whitt is going to be a good player and we don't require everyone to be a shooter but it's somewhat surprising to me when we target PGs who aren't known for shooting. I have the same sort of thoughts about the PF out of Texas we're recruiting. Feels like the play here is to see/hope that Elijah Wood is a serviceable PG and concentrate on 2022 for that position. If Wood doesn't work out, which often happens with the last guy recruited, then we can fill that with someone for 2021. (We have an offer out for a JUCO guy) At this point should probably concentrate on one of the post players we've offered for 2021

Live look at Robin Washut’s recruiting predictions these past few months

Get a grip man. They have only been here a little over a year and wanted to start from scratch. Miracles don’t happen overnight. If we are still striking out in a couple years we can talk.

Hearing about how difficult Nebraska's football is? Being a Nebraska basketball fan, this really gets old. You play in a weak Big Ten west and think you get screwed because you have to play OSU and Penn State. They are in your conference, play them. Every team in the East has to play OSU, Penn State and Michigan(and Michigan State when they were pretty salty) Football is all about having a favorable schedule. Thank goodness basketball makes you earn it.

I guess this is what one could call a "Loser Mentality." We never have won a NCAA Tournament Game, ergo, we never will! Once we start winning, (maybe even a Tournament Game) recruiting will be easier, especially for talented HS recruits with great promise. Realistically, I doubt we would have much of a chance with Sallis once his recruiting blew-up and all the 'blue-bloods' came calling, regardless of his relationship with Tim Miles. Even if we did have a chance, what kind of supporting cast would he have to help propel him to the next level?

Someday he will be married with 4 kids, MBA in hand, running his own international business...and we will still call him "that 17 year old kid"

If he had signed here the first thing I would have wondered was who was getting cut which while it might make your team better it also could tear it apart.

Not sure if there was another plan in place, but 4-5 star recruits are not coming to Nebraska without a scholarship in place from day one.

Banton Lat Teddy Trey Thor ... I'm interested as hell to see this lineup rolled out. 5 out offense and all 5 guys can shoot it and bring it up the court, not to mention switch on picks. Yeesh.

Father went to Wake Forest and it was a no-go with Danny Manning there. Enter Steve Forbes. Between that change and having an available schollie that's all she wrote.

No issue with being 14th after last year id also be surprised if we finish there

Nebraska football fans are the whiniest people on the face of the planet. I've never heard anyone complain about hard their schedule is more than NU fans do. The teams in the East Division has to play way more difficult schedule. Who cares if you have to play Ohio State first, last, or ever, just shut up and play. As a player, you love a schedule like this but the NU fans want a cupcake schedule to try and finally get more wins. Don't want to earn it by getting better, want to have it handed to you by playing easier opponents. It's not the job of other teams on the conference to get worse, it's your job to get better. Fans make it sound like the Big 10 sits around all day and just try to think of ways to screw Nebraska. If you are one of the people that actually believe that, I can't help you.

Agree with Colhusker. The Hoiberg admin. seems to be commensurate with the historical performance from NU. It is beginning to seem insurmountable. So many (myself included) thought the combination of Hoiberg and Abdelmassih would reverse the hopelessness of the previous century-plus. Even "insiders" thought we would land Sanogo and Whitt. The initial buzz from the hiring of Hoiberg is now rapidly diminishing. Last year's historically bad team now gives way to this team which is pre-season last-place by the sports writers. There are very few impact players considering NU in this recruiting cycle (unless I am missing something), and we just whiffed on the highest ranked player in the state's history (Sallis, who many thought Miles would land)! They shit the bed with Hepburn, Murrell and Williams (though the case w/ Williams may have extenuating factors). My guess is Traudt and Breidenbach will choose a good school to play for and the futility will persist. This doesn't mean I don't love Hoiberg and staff but I don't have any reason to think the pundits will be wrong this year either. What kind of recruits will NU be attracting after another laughable season? Perhaps Covid and the impending ecological catastrophe we are seeing will scuttle the season and we won't have to endure any further humiliations. And before anyone lashes out without considering my position, tell me where there might be reason for optimism- and I don't think because ISU was pretty good in his second season is a reason. Are there reasonable reasons to hold out any optimism? Happy Autumn!