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42 minutes ago, HuscurAdam said:

 

He probably has a better shot to play at Penn State. Look at it this way...how likely would he have been to start or get significant minutes here based on who we are bringing in? He'd probably have been no better than the 4th option for 2 wing spots. I'm assuming Fred was just honest with him about his likely role and he decided to seek out more PT.

I have no idea what Penn State's situation is, but I can't imagine he was truly promised starting time, or else they're gonna be real bad next year. 

Eli Rice to Penn State...

Which is a big... "Uhmmmm, ok?" to me. Makes me feel like he was pushed out here or something. Feel like any opportunity he'll have at Penn State he would have had here. Is he closer to home now or something? 

12 hours ago, Cazzie22 said:

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

Are you building a time machine?!?!? If so I have some stock picks...

I am basing this off the rumors and vibe I'm getting that Reink is not back, or at a minimum sitting out this year due to injury/surgery.

1. Kyle or Payne don't care

2. Igor

3. A violently athletic guard who can get to the hoop and guard like a psycho

4. Young guy, another hs'er or transfer who understands their role or is sitting. 

I really like his potential 

5 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

 

None have committed anywhere yet

 

 

That's crazy. Tells me he either desperately wanted to get back home, and/or, he got shown the door (or, at a minimum, was told he wasn't directly a part of the starting/major minutes plans). 

I have completely lost track of what’s going on and at this point I think I’m just afraid to ask. Come November I’ll check out the roster.

5 hours ago, Vinny said:

How did Derrick Walker fit into the offense? 

Incredibly well?

44 minutes ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

I don’t think I like the idea of him playing perimeter defense on stretch 4s but Morgan is more athletic than some on here are giving him credit for 

I want to be clear I am not saying he isn't athletic. I think he's a better athlete than Reink, but not as good of a player. But being a better "athlete" than Reink isn't saying a whole lot, especially with his bum knee. 

I really think we need a Payne/Kyle to go along with these two. 

On the surface, great pick-up.

However, it worries me that this might mean Reink is gone. They're very similar players but I think Reink is much better. Hope this guy came in to be a part of the rotation and no guarantees on starting or whatever. 

Still think we need a long/athletic big to replace (and improve upon) Allick.

4 hours ago, nustudent said:

Billiew didn’t do enough to warrant a starting spot.  Fidler I can see.  
but this is cloud 9 thread.  Not even money thread 

I would love to see 3, ~6’7” dudes (Williams, Fidler, Gary), with Mast and a firecracker ball handler.

2 hours ago, nustudent said:

I'll be on cloud nine if we can add Kyle, Billew and Morgan for the front court.  Then add a legit PG.

 

Rotation of:

 

PG

Williams

Gary

Kyle

Mast

 

Ulis

Janowski

Fidler

Billiew 

Morgan

 

Hoiberg, Frager, Other Random Xfer, Jacobson (Give him a spot).

I highly doubt Fidler has intention of transferring and not starting, potentially same for Billiew. 

This probably belonged in this threat, not the JL specific one. 

My take on the transfer portal, is that most teams are basically saying, "we're going to fight to keep (pay, promise starting position) anyone who has shown above replacement value production." We really only have 3 of those guys on the roster. Gary, Mast, and Williams. Everyone else is very replaceable from a statistical perspective. 

JL (who I love and think still has massive potential) averaged 6.9ppg this year on 42% shooting from the field. On paper, you should pretty easily be able to replace a 6.9ppg guy. Btw, major props on JL for 6.9 on .420 shooting - HEY-O. 

Essentially, if you aren't promised to start and/or given a massive NIL deal, you're considered replaceable. Unfortunately, this really sucks as a fan, as we tend to get attached to these guys. But from a strictly "on paper" perspective, they're just numbers, and you should pretty easily be able to replace a guy who only gets > 8ppg. 

Losing guys like CJ and JL really sucks because as fans we've learned to love and appreciate them - but statistically speaking - we should very easily be able to replace them with non-tweener athletes with similar or better production. In theory at least. 

My take on the transfer portal, is that most teams are basically saying, "we're going to fight to keep (pay, promise starting position) anyone who has shown above replacement value production." We really only have 3 of those guys on the roster. Gary, Mast, and Williams. Everyone else is very replaceable from a statistical perspective. 

JL (who I love and think still has massive potential) averaged 6.9ppg this year on 42% shooting from the field. On paper, you should pretty easily be able to replace a 6.9ppg guy. Btw, major props on JL for 6.9 on .420 shooting - HEY-O. 

Essentially, if you aren't promised to start and/or given a massive NIL deal, you're considered replaceable. Unfortunately, this really sucks as a fan, as we tend to get attached to these guys. But from a strictly "on paper" perspective, they're just numbers, and you should pretty easily be able to replace a guy who only gets > 8ppg. 

Losing guys like CJ and JL really sucks because as fans we've learned to love and appreciate them - but statistically speaking - we should very easily be able to replace them with non-tweener athletes with similar or better production. In theory at least. 

Can I just say how blown away (in a good way) that at a P5, men's athletics program - that one of our culture values is "Be Kind"? 

Call me soft, I really don't care. 

Just now, RedEyedFanatic said:

But why?!?

 

https://twitter.com/RobinWashut/status/1774918929879605464?t=Zo8QPYoApiuYVMSR2-RGMg&s=19

Yuck. This sucks. 

The more I watch this ncaa tournament the more I feel like we just got the worst possible draw. There’s countless teams in the 6-10 seed range I feel we’re better than. 

13 hours ago, cipsucks said:

I'm guessing St. John's is a possibility.

I love CJ and appreciate him so much. 

But I'm not sure CJ could guard me - so I highly doubt we'll be seeing him play for Pitino. 

2 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

It'll be interesting to see how he turns out. I think I kept pretty quiet about my thought on Rice. I liked his shooting. I thought he was the kind of guy who didn't seem to be phased at all if others on the team were struggling. But what jason said about him above has been my take, too. He just lacks that fluid athleticism. He  might be straight-line fast, but he's not change-of-direction quick. I don't see him doing spin dribbles into the lane to get to the rack like some of the aTm players did  against us. But he's a good shooter. I think he's solid. I think he could have had a role here. But I think he has a ceiling that isn't much higher than CJ Wilcher's of it's higher at all.

A lot of people on this board are over analyzing one loss to a red-hot Texas A&M team. 

1 hour ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Time will tell... I will say that during the team send-off from the Sheraton, only Ahron Ulis & Ramel Lloyd Jr. slipped out the side... and Eli Rice left way before the key cogs, a documentary was essentially being filmed if history had, indeed, been made that night at FedEx Forum. I suppose the writing was on the wall, btw, C.J. Wilcher left soon thereafter (after Eli Rice). He had less of a smile on his mug than Blaise Keita, for instance. None of this is trustworthy 'scoop'-like info, it's just my very uneducated opinion... just to be clear. It was an noticeable difference in how they left the hotel between rotational stalwarts and the others, that's all I'm saying...

 

I fully expect (and expected) to lose Keita, CJ, and Lloyd. 

I think anyone in here starting to downplay Rice's potential is just sour grapes. Kid had loads of potential. 

This is really disappointing. 

He's either going to end up somewhere with less chance for success, or he will be at a much smaller school. 

On 3/23/2024 at 12:09 PM, jayschool said:

And that's where we are in this rebuild. In Fred's first three years, we had a smidgen of inexperienced basketball talent and low- to mid-level athleticism. Last year and this, we added experience and basketball talent. For next year, we need to add more athleticism without sacrificing basketball IQ and experience.

 

That's a tough needle to thread at a place like Nebraska.

Nail, meet hammer head. 

Finally home and had some time to reflect…

The second I saw A&M line-up for the tip I immediately said, “oh no this is a baaaad match for us.” They were just too big, too “man strong,” and too physical for us. I knew in my head they were good offensive rebounders, but when I saw them I understood it wasn’t an accident. Mast and Allick are great players but they’re simply not big/long/athletic enough to rebounds against them. Our guys worked hard, but they simply couldn’t high-point rebounds high enough that tips didn’t happen. 
 

Oh and then of course they shoot 60% from 3.

Deep sigh 

I’m here - it’s like 100% husker fans