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Is "the vast majority" >>> "a whole bunch"? High school basketball is without a question the best it has ever been in this state. Can we agree on that? I do not see the same positive correlation in our state's support of the sport. This is based on attending high school games myself, and speaking to other Nebraskans in both metro and rural areas. A lot of Nebraskans do not even know who Bryce is, let alone Hunter Sallis, Chucky Hepburn, Isaac Traudt, Jasen Green, etc.

My comment was referencing that most lifelong Nebraskans don't care about local high school basketball. Or at least do not care nearly as much about it as Bryce does. Suffice to say, the only problem here is a reading comprehension problem.

Reading some of these comments, I'm much less worried about Bryce and Trey's legacy here at Nebraska -- they will be held in the highest esteem by anyone that had the pleasure to associate with them -- and more concerned about the reputation of Nebraska's basketball fans. I'm incredibly appreciative that our first five star basketball recruit was emotionally mature and grounded, not some headcase with unrealistic expectations and demands from the program. Our fanbase is better suited to serve that role. This guy was transported halfway across the country for what everyone knew would be an incredibly short stay. And he embraced and dove head-first into a community that historically has been cold to outsiders. He made every attempt to elevate our college and high school athletics to a higher stage. And it actually seemed authentic, not like he was only focused on personal gains. Meanwhile, the vast majority of Nebraskans who were born, raised, and will likely die in this state have zero f***s to give about high school basketball. Maybe it's normal for a fanbase that has never won to be so preoccupied with immediate wins and losses? Lue never got his roses when he was in Lincoln, and I know a lot of Husker fans thought he didn't belong in the NBA initially. Hell, Danny Nee said he didn't believe Jerry West should draft him. He proved us wrong with a lengthy career, then made us look more foolish by becoming one of the top basketball minds in the game. I'm incredibly proud when I hear Nebraska even remotely associated with him now. I really hope Bryce can settle into a good situation in the NBA because I think he has the capacity to do great things on and off the court.

Lamont Simpson was such a terrible WNBA official that the league attempted to augment his vision with a camera system before they canned him You may detect some lies here

Did not expect to see so many Nittany Lion tears tonight. I am okay with this. Man, would've been fun to watch the team play like this all year

For sure, tons of opportunities. And also all the three-point shooting means longer rebounds and thus, more boards for guards. Hard to compare stats from these two eras.

The benefits of a low team FG%

Hoppen averaged 13.9 ppg. I believe Bryce was averaging 16.8 ppg coming into tonight's game. Bryce also averaging more rebounds per game than Hoppen

I just noticed that Tulane recently (2017) reverted back to their old logo. Admittedly, most my experience with Tulane at this time was as the answer to a college sports trivia question (name the schools with a mascot that doesn't end in the letter "s") and when Nebraska beat them in the NIT Semifinals. But I do vaguely recall this lazily designed logo. Soon after they decided to up the logo effort and add-in their pelican mascot, Riptide. Much like the efforts of their New Orleans NBA counterparts, these efforts were poorly received. So a mere seven years later they again went back to form of the T-logo, but this time with a much more pronounced wave that did not look like a blue highlighter running out of ink. A decade later this logo was further refined to make the wave actually look green. But in 2017, some one at Tulane had an epiphany. They looked back into the archives and saw that the answer they'd been desperately searching for had been right their in front of their eyes the entire time, menacingly shaking an angry fist at them: This gem was used by Tulane from 1964-1986. And it is absolutely terrible. If it wasn't holding a pennant that generically displays the school's name, no one would have any idea what the hell this is. It looks more like a green starfish or snowcapped pine tree. But it is ironically bad. I'm not sure anyone could've devised a worse logo if they tried, and because of that it's actually kind of great. The other logos are the kind of bland bullshit that is derived from a university's cumbersome bureaucratic selection process. So in 2017, Tulane brought back the angry wave logo. Only this time they made the top of the wave blue, so that maybe someone would think it was water. And they removed the generic Tulane pennant and added a generic Tulane megaphone. Because shouting is more aggressive. And thankfully they left the shaking fist. Apologies for the long, off-topic post. Watching my Clippers lose by 20 to the T'wolves so really just trying to occupy my mind. This all does kinda reminds me of our love affair with the old Basketball Herbie and script Huskers logo sets.

I will not stand for any Tulane slander when they produced this roundball legend:

tl;dr Yeezy isn't giving Nebraska (or anyone else) anything Yeezy functions much more like an independent brand than Jordan. Yeezy has a very minimal marketing budget and it is largely Kanye's choice what it is spent on. He chose to spend the vast majority of last year's budget on his Sunday Service touring operations. He outfits those around them in the Yeezy brand and relies on their status as social media influencers for more grassroots promotion. Also at this point Yeezy is a lifestyle brand, not a sports brand. They've made one pair of football cleats that were absolutely terrible and have produced one model of basketball-focused sneaker but those have largely been ignored by the sports world and have minimal resell value. The latter was released during NBA ASW in Chicago but little has come of it since then. I would expect this to change very soon though given that Kanye has recently purchased the former Stoneridge Prep in Simi Valley, CA and opened-up The Donda Academy, a tuition-free school that is seeking to teach K-12. They've already signed several 3 and 4-star basketball recruits and they are of course outfitted by Yeezy. Currently, there is a dearth of Yeezy products on the bodies of student-athletes and coaches at Adidas schools. Back when he was still at Louisville, Rick Pitino would sometimes wear Yeezy 350s when scouting recruits. Immediately after signing-on as coach of Nebraska, Scott Frost was seen wearing some Copper Yeezy 350 V2s. These were clearly purchased by him personally to try to stunt at his press conference and I've never seen him wearing any other Yeezy products. His Lincoln home was robbed shortly afterwards and his sneaker collection was stolen so that may have contributed to his lower profile lol Similarly, if you ever see any of our basketball players in the real world you will rarely see them wearing Yeezy. Most actually wear Jordan sneakers, even at Husker sports events. The only player I've ever spotted rocking Yeezy was Thor once when I saw him show up to a football game at Memorial wearing some Blue Tint Yeezy 350 V2s. Everyone that has been at the football games this season have been wearing Jordans or Nikes. Trey McGowens has a pair of Off-White Nike Dunks he likes to wear, but so far the undisputed sneaker king of the team has been Lat Mayen who showed-up in some Off-White Sail Jordan 4 that resell for $3,000+ in larger sizes. NIL money, baby!

As HHC's resident sneakerhead, I must say that we're a bit disadvantaged when UNC can gift a player a pair of kicks that bring $10k on the resell market https://www.stadiumgoods.com/en-us/shopping/air-jordan-1-high-unc-pe-16781948

It seems like national media are discounting all the crap this team had to endure last season, being locked-down and not able to practice, then having to struggle through the compressed schedule. Last season's record is pretty meaningless. Going through something like that could break a lot of teams but it feels like our guys have been galvanized by it. In every interview, Bryce like the most humble 5-star player in the country. We have a lot of high-character guys and everyone sounds bought-in to a team-first mentality. I look forward to surprising a lot of people who've been on the outside looking in.

I was going to end my post with something along those lines. I think our fanbase would be ecstatic if we made it to the tournament. If we win a game and get that monkey off our shoulder that would be the icing on the cake. But given the level of talent we've been attracting, I think we are going to have lots of opportunities to get that first tournament win.

In five of six consecutive seasons, the Huskies had two players taken in the draft. https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/conferences/Pacific-12-Conference/7/Washington/163/nba-draft During this time they advanced to a single NCAA tournament and won a single tournament game, beating Utah State in a 9-8 match-up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–19_Washington_Huskies_men's_basketball_team They've got a pretty bad reputation for squandering one-and-done talent.

That's a whole lotta and-1 opportunities. Suffice to say he's physical enough for B1G play!

His instagram story has photos of a countdown timer. Not sure if it was set correctly though because it would mean he's announcing at 3AM CST

This article makes it sound like he's the one that's been recruiting Nebraska Family Ties Make NU Visit Special for 2023 SG Parker Friedrichsen

I checked-out a couple of the UVA boards. I can see why he drifted over here. As a Cavalier, he's already established that he's a traitor. But honestly, I also expected a higher level of interest in their team from their fanbase. Maybe they just go to the games because they serve beer there? From the Wiki entry: "While there is no evidence that the nickname stems from the wahoo fish, it is often claimed by students that a "wahoo is a type of bass fish that is capable [of] drinking twice its weight" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoos

Playing at Sunrise next season

A treasonous Confederate stain should probably think twice before venturing into the Land of Lincoln...

Live look at OSU Coach Mike Boynton promising Donovan Williams more playing time next year...

In a few years, perhaps "Brandin Podziemski" will be the title of a hot new rap track charting on the Hot 100...

This kid wants to be Tyler Herro so badly it almost hurts to watch.

Roby is one rebound shy of a double-double at the start of the 4th quarter. In only 21 minutes of play. Here's a free stream link if anyone wants to view: http://liveonscore.tv/nba-stream/los-angeles-clippers-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder/