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  1. Handy Johnson

    Talent

    Obviously Fred has a longer leash, shorter tenure, lower expectations, BUT he should be in the neighborhood of .500 this year & moving forward. As far as Scott, I’m worried about Buffalo being ugly...
    2 points
  2. cornfed24-7

    Talent

    This is what really excites me. I think that's exactly what's gonna happen. I'm giddy . We'll see what the ceiling is. But this is fun.
    2 points
  3. millerhusker

    Talent

    I remember being really excited about Ade because he had an offer from Penn State. Seriously. Same with Toney McCray and Sek Henry because they had some power 5 offers. We were so used to beating out the likes of Weber State and Old Dominion for recruits in the days of Collier and Doc. We still played some dang good ball in those years though, enjoyable to watch and were almost always competitive. Underappreciated coaches, IMO. Collier teams finished 6th, 7th (twice), 8th and 9th in the conference. Doc finished 7th (three times) and 8th. Some people will blindly claim the Big Ten has been a much better conference than the Big 12 was back then, but I'm not buying it. Those were the days of players like Durant, Aldridge, Beasley, Griffin, Hinrich, Collison, Gooden and tons of other All-Americans. Also coaches like Eddie Sutton, Roy Williams, Bill Self, Bobby Knight, Quinn Snyder, Larry Eustachy, Rick Barnes, Kelvin Sampson, etc. Fred's a great basketball mind and he now has the talent that we maybe haven't had since Danny Nee. You're right, time to coach 'em up.
    2 points
  4. atskooc

    Talent

    The football program is proving your final statement incorrect.
    2 points
  5. No inside info here, but from everything I've read and heard Verge will be the primary ball handler, so I can't see him not being in the starting line up. I agree with others that the starters will more than likely be: Verge McGowens McGowens Mayen Walker Others that I see getting significant playing time are: Webster Wilcher Edwards Breidenbach Andre I think Tominaga will have a role this season, but not sure how many minutes he will get. I know that most think Fred will whittle down the rotation as the season goes along and that may be the case, but it's hard for me to see who doesn't see the floor if the newcomers mentioned above live up to the hype.
    1 point
  6. whoopdeedoo

    2021-2022 Schedule

    Big Ten schedule released: https://huskers.com/news/2021/9/8/womens-basketball-huskers-set-for-strong-big-ten-schedule.aspx
    1 point
  7. Norm Peterson

    Talent

    About talent, I recall having a brief argument on Twitter a couple of years ago with a guy who was unimpressed with the job Hoiberg had done putting together a roster in his first few months on the job. I challenged the guy about that statement and pointed out that Hoiberg had basically filled an entire roster in roughly 30 days. His response was there was no star power. No impact players. And so I took another look at the roster and, by gum, he was right. Oh, but c'mon, we have a couple of the best juco transfers in the nation along with a guy who was a double-figure scorer at Marquette. Yeah, OK, good luck with that was kind of the reply. Two years ago we started a 17-year-old French kid at center because we had no alternatives other than Kevin Cross. Our 3-point sniper didn't pan out. The juco kids were underwhelming at best. And the Marquette transfer (by way of some Florida school) was really pretty good but didn't have a lot of help. Last year, we upgraded the talent in some areas, but still had some huge, gaping deficiencies in skillsets. This year, we've upgraded talent again. And we've closed some of those gaping deficiencies. I don't, for example, see a guard on the roster this year who is likely inept at shooting. Last year, we hardly had any guards who were *ept* at shooting. We haven't lost ground in any area compared to a year ago. Both of our best bigs, for instance, have returned. I expect both will have improved over their Covid-year selves. And we've added some depth. I'm not yet prepared to say how much progress this will mean in W/L record, but I am prepared to think we should be headed in the right direction.
    1 point
  8. whoopdeedoo

    2023.....

    according to a post on volley talk, MM was in Lincoln for her official visit.
    1 point
  9. I like it, but there’s no chance Walker isn’t starting game 1.
    1 point
  10. Shelly will play on the 2021 Aussie National Team in the Asia Cup late this month and early Oct. She was of course already on the Aussie teams since 2015, and she was on the gold medal team that upset the USA team at the 2016 FIBA under 17 team. She had 23 pts in a upset semi final game against the USA. Really looking forward to her playing for the Big Red...she may well be a difference maker this season. Just get her on the court and let her play...she knows the game. ....and she's only a sophomore... :)
    1 point
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