Jacob Padilla

That was a different Donovan Williams, and I don't see anything about Nebraska actually offering today.

Needs to work on that part.

Most talented player in the 2020 class. Hs a lot of maturing to do in terms of the way he plays the game. He's playing with the Iowa Barnstormers this summer.

I think Palmer has a chance to put himself in the mix if he improves his shooting significantly. I don't think Copeland has any shot. Roby is still probably the best NBA prospect on the team.

It didn't really change all that much. Oklahoma didn't make it in because of its strong SOS; its strong SOS gave it more chances to rack up quality wins which propped up its resume down the stretch as it stopped winning conference games. No matter the exact way you classify what those quality wins are, you still have to beat good teams to make the tournament.

When I asked about it, I was told the biggest reasons they haven't participated in recent years are the drive and gas money.

That is Jaren Marshall, the son of Creighton Prep and NC State alumnus Curtis Marshall. He's at Omaha Burke and will start for them at the point next season. He's probably the third best guard prospect in that class at this stage behind Hepburn and Preston Murphy Jr. He's got a ways to go but the upside is very real. H's played alongside Chucky and Jasen for years. This 2021 class is loaded with quality point/combo-guards. They won't all be D-I guys, but they're going to have really good high school careers.

Here are some highlights from the spring of Jasen playing up at the 15U level. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/10861096/5b24e9593453040c90554420

I don't think it was that so much as he was pretty much going to end up at SDSU no matter what.

These are all top-100 guys that I've seen play in high school over the last handful of years (that I can remember). I coach an AAU team for OSA so I get to do a bit of traveling for tournaments plus I've been in grand Island the last few years when Oak Hill and Sunrise Christian have come to Nebraska. 2015: Henry Ellenson, Dwayne Bacon, Glynn Watson Jr., Justin Patton, Shake Milton, Marcus LoVett 2016: De'Ron Davis 2017: Michael Porter Jr., Mohamed Bamba, Gary Trent Jr., Trae Young, Jontay Porter, Jordan Goodwin, Mitchell Ballock 2018: Bol Bol, Tre Jones, Keldon Johnson, David McCormack, Will Richardson, Joey Hauser, Daniel Oturu, Joe Wieskamp, Keyontae Johnson, Carte'Are Gordon, AJ Green 2019: Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Zach Harvey, Patrick McCaffrey, Chandler Lawson, Malik Hall

I watched Chucky lead Bellevue West to the Bryan Shootout title this weekend and wrote about him at Hail Varsity in case anyone is interested.

But how can you create such a system when there are so many teams and schedules are so very different? Every season is unique and the bar to clear moves based on that season's results.

Nebraska missing the tournament wasn't an analytics vs. eye test thing. Choose whatever method you wish to evaluate Nebraska's schedule; there simply weren't enough good teams under the win column. Part of that is bad luck and part of it is on Nebraska for missing out on most of the opportunities they did have. If you believe Nebraska should have been in the tournament, then you're basically throwing out the entire discussion about resumes, and if you choose to discount analytics" then I don't understand what criteria is left. If you say Nebraska simply "looks like an NCAA Tournament team" and that should be enough, how many others could you say that about? There are only so many spots available. Nebraska is giving itself more opportunities to make the tournament next season.

Yeah, being paired with Clemson IS a sign of respect. They were a Sweet 16 team last year and bring back their top scorer and four of their top 6.

You named two players. Everybody else on the team was average to bad and it doesn't look like they have any recruits coming in that one would expect to make a big impact right away. Getting Trice and King back will help, but unless a bunch of guys make a big leap (which is what didn't happen last year and why I expected them to finish about where they did) I don't see them making a huge leap.

This. There wasn't a good reason for them to be as bad as they were last year, and they're bringing back basically the same team. Dead last in the league in points allowed. They have to figure that side of the ball out.

Maryland has a top-10 recruiting class plus Cowan and Fernando returning. Huerter would have pushed them over the top but they still have plenty of talent. I took a look at what the draft decisions made for all the teams impacted if anyone is interested.

His dad is 6'7" or 6'8". I don't know about him getting to 6'10". Yes, he's a Millard North kid. His sister is a pretty good player there right now. He's a pretty good athlete; can dunk pretty effortlessly. Shooting touch (that one jumper in a highlight reel aside) still has a ways to go, especially from the free-throw line.

I'm going to disagree on the lateral quickness part. Defense was definitely his biggest weakness in high school. He struggles to stay in front of guys. He's strong though and actually does have pretty good explosion with a lane to the basket. He's a guy who can hit tough shots and is pretty good running off screens and elevating for jumpers.

Simply going after offensive rebounds doesn't mean you're going to get them. You still have to actually be good at it. And it's not like all of Jacobson's offensive boards came on his own misses nor is it like he just planted himself near the rim all day waiting for boards. He still played away from the basket and shot jumpers as well. Jacobson has been significantly more productive on the offensive glass and a little more productive on the defensive glass. Overall, it seems like Jacobson has been a better rebounder. But dimes is right; this is a strange topic to have an extended debate about.

He probably has as much upside as anyone in that 2020 class outside of Donovan Williams (Bryson Williams' brother). 6'7" or 6'8", long arms, good athleticism, outstanding shot-blocking instincts and a soft touch with the ability to step out to the 3-point line and knock down shots. Drawbacks are he's super-skinny, still a bit raw and his knees are somewhat questionable. You left out Bret Porter and Hunter Sallis in that MN core. That's probably their starting five for next season, assuming Rueschhoff can stay healthy. Sallis is a 2021 wing player who picked up on offer from Darian DeVries at Drake recently (he plays with DeVries' son Tucker for OSA). That's a really nice core to build around, but then again, I thought MN would be a top 5-10 team this year with everything they brought back and they finished .500.

Rebound percentage is just that - a percentage of the rebounds available that a particular player grabs. It's not based on totals. We have three full years of Copeland and two of Jacobson to go off of. Isaac Copeland is unquestionably a better player than Michael Jacobson; it's OK to admit Jacobson is the better rebounder.

I covered him in basketball. Haven't followed his track career, so I'm not sure about that.

Jacobson and Copeland were fairly comparable as defensive rebounders (slight edge to MJ) but Jacbson's offensive rebounding rate was twice what Copeland's was this year. Jacobson averaged 3 more boards per 40 minutes than Copeland did.

I covered him throughout high school.