Nebrasketballer

It looks like his preference to play in the B1G was the deciding factor. Good pickup for NU. I wish he would have waited to make a decision until after he visited Creighton's campus. NU solidly won this recruiting battle.There. Is that inflammatory enough for your caricature of the average CU fan? Just the 'average douchebag CU' fans that start an account to troll on a husker message board...They somehow seem to rarely stop by when Nebraska gets great news like this.

I'm wondering when we will see any response from bleujay or Central on this news...

#BOOOOOOOOM Nebraska landing White and Watson within 2 weeks of eachother is HUGE for the future of this program! I would think these last 2 weeks would show that Tim Miles and staff can recruit! That will be even further emphasized if/when Morrow commits 2 weeks from now during his visit for the Miami game! #BOOOOOOOM

We're not simply discussing whether or not a D1 player would dominate Nebraska basketball (which I think in most cases they would...). But unarguably, a legit top100 national player would dominate high school ball in Nebraska.Also, when ridiculously comparing Patton to Agau...if you are trying to argue that they are the same (or even comparable), then how about comparing each of their offer lists... Agau: Louisville, Baylor, Cincinnati, Clemson, Colorado St, UCONN, Creighton, DePaul, Drake, Florida, Georgetown, Georgia, Indiana St, Iowa, Jacksonville, KState, Marquette, Memphis, Minnesota, Mississippi St, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Oregon, Penn St, Providence, Rice, San Fran, Tennessee, Tulsa, USC, West Virginia, Western Kentucky, Wichita St, Xavier. Patton: Creighton

you lost me here. North will not be a power in Class A hoops.As for spotting him, I hope they were able to spot him AT THEIR OWN CAMP. If they couldnt do that Id question them. Yes you did catch crap, some from me, but dont deny the FACT that anyone that saw any game or film on him from his junior year didnt justify that claim. I agree. Also, consider that if a player actually did deserve a ranking this high, they would be dominating high school basketball in Nebraska. I mean, can you imagine what Morrow would be like if he transferred to a school in Omaha for his senior season after dominating like he has on a consistent basis with Mac Irvin Fire? He would embarrass opponents on a nightly basis. The same could be said about Glynn Watson.But Patton hasn't managed to dominate Nebraska high school basketball at that level. And regardless of what the recruiting sites rank these players...I would still take D'Jery Baptiste 10 times out of 10 over Patton. No question.

I believe Nebraska currently has 3 spots open for the 2015 class, now that Jacobson and White have committed. I expect Nebraska to ideally fill those spots with: -Morrow -Watson -JUCO Center like Brandon Walters

Between the Gameday atmosphere for that game along with the stuff with his dad for that game...it would be very hard for a high school kid to not get caught up in all of that. I would actually be surprised if he didn't commit on the visit, or very shortly after.

What signs point to us being the team to beat to get Morrow? Pretty much every sign that there is

Has anyone heard anything about which schools are recruiting Dominic Woodson?

This article is about football, but these changes will undoubtedly extend to basketball programs too.

If Petteway stays for his senior season, then I would love to see this as the starting lineup: 1- Petteway (6' 6") 2- White (6' 7") 3- Shields (6' 7") 4- Pitchford (6' 10") 5- JUCO or Grad Transfer rim protector (like Ayegba) That puts 2 guys on the floor that can get to the rim (Petteway and Shields) and 2 guys that can shoot well from outside (White and Pitchford), so Petteway and Shields can kick it back out to them. Then a Grad Transfer rim protector that they can all dish the ball off to for easy baskets. This would be a wicked defensive unit as well. With all of that length on the floor, they could switch virtually all screens without getting caught in a mismatch and with all of that length they could really affect passing lanes. If Nebraska can't land a Grad Transfer or JUCO rim protector like Ayegba, then this would also be an interesting starting lineup (although it would be ideal to have Pitchford playing the 4-spot, which is his most natural fit): 1- Webster 2- Petteway 3- Shields 4- White 5- Pitchford

Dominic Woodson rivals recruiting profile: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Dominic-Woodson-121961

https://twitter.com/therecruitscoop/status/500043109666160640

Just thought this was interesting. "This development is interesting because Ole Miss was omitted despite the fact that Rebels coach Andy Kennedy had made it known that Labissiere's guardian, Gerald Hamilton, could join the Ole Miss staff as a third assistant if that's what it took to secure a commitment from Labissiere"

Or...maybe you can just keep your bluejay/BigLeast/mid-major koolaid drinking sentiment on your Creighton board, rather than going out of your way to create an account and bring those delusions to a Nebraska/BigTen/Power5Conference board...There was a reason for the ESPN documentary "Requiem For The Big East" and it's not because the future of the league is bright. Like I said, your denial is the 1st of 5 stages... Are you incapable of addressing the points that I've brought up? I feel as if I've been objective and reasonable in what I've said in this thread. I do not wish to foster an inferiority complex between CU and NU. If you want to that's fine but keep me out of it. All I'm asking you is to respond to my criticisms of the main premise of your article - that is, stipends for athletic players will be so high that only schools with football revenue will remain competitive. Please I have addressed your points, but the bluejay blinders on your eyes have kept you from realizing that. The issue is not whether or not mid-major schools like Creighton will be able to afford the additional $5,000 initial stipend. I believe they could afford $5,000. That's obvious. It is a waste of my time to continue this, because you naively believe that this is going to stop with the initial $5,000 stipend. I do not believe that will be the case. My belief is based on everything that I have witnessed in reguards to these power 5 conferences and their unwillingness to do anything other than to push the limit and continue to keep gaining a competitive advantage, because that will help to increase revenue. I believe, based on many comments made by "experts", that in the future this will then extend to a stipend larger that $5,000, future medical care after college, trusts, paying for parents and other family members of players to fly to campus for games, paying for parents and other family members to fly to campus for official recruiting visits, will all be pushed for by the power 5 conferences. There has also been much discussion of the power 5 conferences teaming up and only scheduling other power 5 conference opponents for their nonconference schedules... These additional benefits (beyond the initial $5,000 stipend), among many other benefits, are what I believe will be the downfall for the athletic teams of mid-major schools like Creighton. As far as your argument that the NCAA, or other Division I schools would keep this from happening...it doesn't hold water. Again, the whole reason for this vote was that the power 5 conferences basically said "agree give us what we want and let us govern ourselves, or we will leave and we will take what we want"...so the NCAA and these other schools set the precedent of giving these power 5 institutions what they want. If the NCAA or other schools try to stop the power 5 conference schools, then they will just break away from the NCAA or start their own Division 4 league.

Or...maybe you can just keep your bluejay/BigLeast/mid-major koolaid drinking sentiment on your Creighton board, rather than going out of your way to create an account and bring those delusions to a Nebraska/BigTen/Power5Conference board...There was a reason for the ESPN documentary "Requiem For The Big East" and it's not because the future of the league is bright. Like I said, your denial is the 1st of 5 stages...

From a business standpoint, it would make very little sense for the power 5 conferences not to do everything within their power to give themselves the greatest advantage possible. This will be achieved by investing so much money into their programs/facilities/athletes/etc that the non-power 5 conferences have no chance of keeping up. Schools that do not have football revenue will not be able to keep up. Until now, the NCAA has stopped the power 5 conference schools from spending as much money as they can afford to spend...now those restrictions are lifted, so these schools will spend the money.The NCAA has the right to intervene if they feel the Power 5 has crossed a line. AND the guidelines that the Power 5 creates are still going to have to be voted on by all Div 1 schools. I'm sorry but I disagree that big football schools are going to take over. You said that schools w/out fb revenue wouldn't be able to 'keep up'. Assuming that the cap on spending per recruit was so high that only schools with large, profitable football programs could max out their recruiting needs each year in both major sports without a significant financial burden... that is a TON of cash you're talking about. It would be a ridiculous amount and there's no way the NCAA lets that fly. There's also no way the mid-tier BCS schools (Kstate, Oregon St, Wash St, Gtech types) would let that type of legislation through as well. That would be a system where maybe 15 schools basically become pro factories with athletes living in mansions off campus. Congress would most likely get involvedYou're failing to take into account that one of the main reasons that this passed is because the power 5 conferences said that if they weren't given the right to make their own rules, then they were going to break away from the NCAA and/or form their own Division 4 league. The NCAA may, in theory, have some legislation power here, but, in reality, their power is now far less than you believe it to be. You are also failing to consider that the new TV contracts, which will soon be negotiated...there is about to be another substantial boost in revenue in 2016 for the power 5 conferences which are football revenue schools...these schools have to spend the money on "expenses" for tax purposes.Also, as far as the bottom-tier teams in the power 5 conferences not being able to keep up...there are 2 possibilities: 1.) Conference-wide revenue sharing, which would help the bottom tier teams Or 2.) There will be another split inside the Power 5 conferences down the road because the bottom of the Power 5 won't be able to support the changes. (Gerry DiNardo's theory) Also, if congress were to get involved...I highly doubt it would be to handcuff these schools, so all of the mid-midmajor programs without football revenue can keep up...it would more likely be to challenge their nonprofit status. Again, Denial is the 1st of 5 stages... Alright, so assuming the Power Five acts with absolutely no restraint regarding spending limits to benefit only the top schools in each conference (a move which would be a huge PR blow and, imo, cause significant public backlash), what spending is going to increase? The giant programs can already spend as much as they want on new facilities, head coach salaries etc. The ONLY additional cost to schools that these changes bring are stipends given to athletes per year. And you're saying that one singular cost increase is going to be so large that no schools without massive fb revenue will remain relevant. That is what you are saying? Please clarify because, if that's what you're actually trying to say, then I wholeheartedly disagree with you because that's just way too much money. Way too much. Most experts are putting the stipend limit around 5k per year. Those stipends would easily be 5 digits annually. State government would get involved with public schools. They wouldn't allow that sort of thing to happen at a public institution of higher educationPR blow? Are you kidding? Keep reaching.I would think that consistantly cheating would be a "PR" blow, but the $EC is content to deal with that and content to deal with the consistent slap on the wrist, because they care about winning and increasing revenue. Also, you are absolutely crazy if you think this is going to stop at the initial $5,000 stipend. There have also been "experts" that have speculated that things like future medical care after college, trusts, paying for parents and other family members of players to fly to campus for games, paying for parents and other family members to fly to campus for official recruiting visits, etc...(among many other things) will be provided. There has also been much discussion of these power 5 conferences teaming up and only scheduling other power 5 conference opponents for the nonconference schedules... You tell me, how do you think that will effect the TV deals of the mid-major conference schools if instead of playing games vs power 5 conference opponents, they are playing games vs Evansville, Western Michigan, Ohio, etc? Not exactly a sexy slate of games for these mid-major conferences to take to TV networks when renegotiating future TV contracts.. And with those matchups, good luck getting your games on TV in prime time...and good luck to these mid-major schools getting high level recruits, when these recruits can't see them on TV, but rather constantly see matchups between power 5 conference schools... As far as "State government would get involved with public schools. They wouldn't allow that sort of thing to happen at a public institution of higher education" Haha. Is this the same state government that hasn't stepped in when these schools started paying football coaches $2 Million, $3 Million, $4 Million, $5 Million, $6 Million, $7 Million, $8 Million, etc...(which in many cases makes a football coach one of the highest paid state employees)...While these power 5 conference schools spend hundreds of millions of dollars on athletic facilities? Again, theoretically, the state government could step in, but these institutions generate a ton of money for these states and a ton of jobs for these states. The state governments aren't going to jeopardize that as readily as you think.