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What about a team with two point guards?

The connection to note for Eli Rice to Penn St is that Rice was heavily recruited by VCU who at the time was coached by now Penn St coach Mike Rhodes.

Tominaga shouldn't be listed as he is out of eligibility, whereas Rice made a choice and I wish him the best of luck at PSU. As for Rice over Griffiths, I have to disagree there as GG's ceiling is a lot higher than ER's IMO. He has a better overall skill set, can defend multiple positions and has better length. He was pretty impressive at times in our game at home against Rutgers, especially when he was matched up with Gary. Blocked Gary's shot twice when he tried to take him to the bucket, rebounded over Williams down low and drew a foul and scored over a taller defender taking the ball to the basket making a difficult finish look easy. I think we really got a good one.

I wouldn’t necessarily call a multiple year starting PG at Utah, a former top 25 SG, and a big man who we beat another B1G team (who was closer to home than us) underwhelming. Especially when we’ve basically upgraded/equaled out each position we’ve lost. Lawrence - Woosley Diop/Keita - Morgan Rice/Tominaga - Griffiths and we still have 3 ships to fill.

If Frankie and Chucky both play at UNO next year they might win a tournament game before we do

If you can get PGs that can hit 3s or post players that can hit threes, great. However at some point it's important to value defending and rebounding as well given they're factors to winning. As long as Fred has self-starting guys, he's more than capable of adjusting his gameplan.

Griffiths reminds me of former Terp Kevin Huerter. And that's meant as a compliment.

I want player(s) who fit our system, who is/are unselfish and place team accomplishments above their own.

Wouldn't think so until we dot our i's and grapheme our c's

We're still very active. Believe a couple of guys are visiting today. Shooting guard and big post player. Somehow the post player has been under the radar.

Dude is an absolute legend and his fame continues to grow!

Nick Kern and Zach Hicks are both similar in stature to Eli but they are tenacious defenders and they play exactly the way Mike Rhoades wants to play. I wouldn't be surprised if we see Eli in the portal again next year.

With all due respect to Fansided and this author, they will let any moron print anything on that site.

I like tying it to academic standing, just to keep it loosely related to being a college sport still.

My father played on the 1956-57 freshman basketball team at NWU. Plainsmen forever.

1. William Kyle III 2. William Kyle III 3. William Kyle III 4. William Kyle III If saying the same name 3 times doesn't improve the odds of landing him, then I'll go with this: 1. William Kyle III 2. Igor Milicic (I'm assuming Mast is out next year) 3. A big time shooter who knows his role. 4. Matar Diop . . . more specifically a big athletic project who doesn't expect minutes and can give you a good look on the scout team. (I'm assuming this player will transfer out no matter what unless you catch lightning in a bottle) * I thought about getting a lock-down defender, but I'm thinking our defense will take a big jump just because we are adding a lot more length and athleticism to the scheme.

Not sure if #30 will be in the rafters, but I can't wait for the day when he comes back to be recognized 20 years from now and we get to all go bananas again.

How would you feel if we got Milicic?

Or we could just sign another PG and hope he can take a hint?

Kind of curious if fiddler was about to commit to Wisconsin and then heard this… or maybe MSU is making a play for both. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

IT’S EITHER GREAT NEWS OR THEY ARE ALL GOING TO CREIGHTON THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN. PREPARE TO GET YOUR HEARTS RIPPED OUT.

Please not Creighton.

I suppose we know this for sure if Mast is actually here, able to play. But it's doubtful he'll play. The knee is a big problem and wasn't fixed by the December procedure. Props to him for persisting and finishing the season. I doubt we make the dance if he would have ended it mid-season. I think the plan is for surgery, and the type that has him out 10-12 months. He has a great doc, through Fred's connections. But barring a surprise, you won't see him on court next fall.

Seems like a good fit for Diop. Smaller conference. Bigger minutes.

Looks like a moot point but you change what you do a little bit for guys like him. You don’t turn down physical monsters just because he doesn’t space the court great.

Biggest Fear #204748- We get torched by a former player in a game that matters. Best of luck to Eli. Hope he finds a solid role and scores 15 PPG except against us.

Hahaha it's funny because in any other food I agree completely. But for some reason in Runzas it works for me.

The cost of bling! Great players come at a great monetary cost. But there can also be a cost relating to team commraderie and chemistry. Player A may have a lot of talent and wants to be the main dude and get the highest number of shots; but it could isolate that player from the remainder of the team...and what you get, is what we had, the first couple years under Fred. So it becomes a high pressure, highly important balancing act when we are building the team via the portal. We seem to be getting the right type of players as we build our roster. But if certain players want certain $$$ or guarantees, I assume they are advised to move on. So when I see a player we seemed to want, move on to greener pastures, my initial reaction is angst. It then dawns on me that perhaps the coaches and administration likely are fully vetting the potential roster invitee, and perhaps decided independently or mutually, that Player A best play elsewhere.

We're interested but probably not interested in paying what it will take to land Payne.

Not joking, Runza in general (and Temperature Tuesday in particular) is one of the things I miss the most after moving out of state.

Russian Germans have quite a history in Lincoln. Runza, anyone?

Helpful to reference who we have G Ahron Ulis - 6'3" - SR G Rollie Worster - 6'4" - SR G Brice Williams - 6'7" - SR G Sam Hoiberg - 6'0" - JR G Gavin Griffiths - 6'8" Soph G Nick Janowski - 6'3" FR F Juwan Gary - 6'6" - SR F Rienk Mast - 6'10" - SR F Andrew Morgan 6'10" - SR F Braden Frager 6'6" - FR ------------------------------ Gary, Juwan Ahron Ulis Williams, Brice Mast, Rienk Worster, Rollie Morgan, Andrew Griffiths, Gavin Janowski, Nick Frager, Braden Seems like prioritizing guys who might be here past next season should be highly considered.

I hope NU can still snag an athletic wing player as well as another big... maybe Milicic and/or WK-III would fit, even both of 'em, as NU needs to shore up the interior and athleticism factors going into a 18-team Big Ten. It will be BRUTAL to face, so as many big dawgs will help the cause at securing that elusive M.M. victory, hopefully in Wichita, KS, in 2025 !!

Both Hausen and essegian would be filling a movement shooter role that departed with CJ and Keisei. Very comparable and honestly it's a toothpick difference. Personally like Hausen quite a bit. He has some *shit* to his game I think. And I mean good shit. As far as janowskis role, beat one of those two OR ulis out for minutes. Ie, be rollies sub and trade off initiating offensive sets with Brice. He's going to be hard to keep out of the rotation though. I've said that for a while, and I'll continue to say that.

It's been very quiet on the Creighton front as far as portal news and what Kalk and Alexander are doing. I'm concerned CH Fidler and Kyle might be replacing those guys.

It's 100% Craytin in my books. Living in Omaha around Craytin fans is bad enough. I hate the fact they've been able to rub in our faces the last couple years how many "Nebraska guys" they have on their roster. This would be sickening. I'm hoping Josiah Dotzler told them how it's not so much fun on Coach McD's "farm". (Except we all know McD uses a different word for "farm".)

https://journalstar.com/cutting-programs-merging-campuses-nebraska-university-leaders-ponder-bold-changes-to-compete/article_4aaa4013-bd96-5524-bd83-05a8a5b8e251.html Well perhaps but it is being discussed

Y'all probably thought I was being hyperbolic when I posted this:

Seems highly doubtful that a team with a PG is going to outspend Wisconsin

I was the guy going blind about a decade ago.... and, miracles do happen, after a slew of seven eye surgeries, I can see clearly now. The marvels of modern medical treatment and the capable hands of Dr. Lance Kugler, and no, I don't get paid to promote his wares. lol.

Chucky Hepburn has entered the portal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

NCAA already ruled on this in November. I don't think there is any doubt that Ulis is eligible to play this upcoming season. “Effective immediately, reinstatement guidelines for student-athletes who wager on teams at their school — excluding their own team — will start at requiring one season of ineligibility and a loss of one year of eligibility…” the DI council stated in a press release. “Previous guidelines, as approved in June, prescribed permanent ineligibility for those cases. The adjusted guidelines may be applied to cases in which student-athletes are currently serving suspensions related to wagering on a different team at their own school that were reported on or after May 2, 2023.”

Im shocked by that move... Really odd. He is from Nashville so doesnt seem much closer to home to me. Don't believe Fred pushed him out after constantly praising him throughout the season last year.

Every couple of years I order them and have them shipped to me. It's STEEP but I don't make it back to Nebraska. And like you it's one of the things I miss the most. https://runzashop.com/products/order-runza-sandwiches

Unless this is Brice's brother, I'm assuming you meant to write William Kyle III.... droppin' dimes, @hhcmatt?

I think Elvis Costello must be an uncle.

Plus, he likely will find 10 to 20 lbs of muscle within the next 6 to 24 months.

Igor Kyle After those two, I am pretty flexible. I would maybe flex towards youth/projects/specialists.

Malique Ewin. We're still in the mix

Ulis isn’t leaving. And the staff loves him