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But to the OP of the post... My expectations are to be in NCAA tournament discussion. And honestly I'd be very disappointed to not make it. B1G loses plenty via graduation/transfer. We return enough.

Hey. A dunk's a dunk.

You have the clip of that? Couldn't find that anywhere.

My friend..... welcome to HHC.

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If Wendell comes, does Doc greet him in the tunnels below Memorial Stadium with Cookie Miller and Charles Richardson, to determine if he meets their standards?

Would going from 6'9" PG Banton to 5'9" PG Wendell Green be considered an over correction?

I made a pretty egregious mistake and error in how I worded what I said. I'll apologize for that but I'll let it up so everyone can keep dragging me. I enjoy the pain. I am a Nebrasketball fan, after all. I should have been more specific in saying that I love the basketball part and roster management aspects of the way Coach McDermott runs their program. Admittedly though, I tend to look past most illegal recruiting activity half these schools do because 1. The difference between most programs is some have gotten caught and some haven't and 2. I believe these players should be able to get market value for their skills, so I believe the system enables this poor behavior. But to the original point of the post. In my opinion, I hate this style. I hate the way college basketball is getting. And I thoroughly enjoy the programs who have guys who go through their system and stay until junior/senior years. Those are the teams I've chosen to watch and enjoy. I can't stand have to make flashcards each year to learn our roster. My favorite teams of all time are the UNC teams that brought dudes in as freshman and you knew everything about them, and watched them go from failure to National Champions. Obviously that world is gone. Doesn't mean I can't dislike it.

I'd hope we WEREN'T - because if these are the results......

God this would be amazing.

I stupidly exaggerated. You are right. But, I will say that I have first-hand experiences with this subject.

Every program in the nation does something like that. Just some got caught. If you don't think we're right there doing things like that, I've got some land in the Sandhills with an Ocean view I'd like to sell you.

I know it's the Cardinal sin of this website and Husker-Fandom to say this... But Greg McDermott runs an incredible program and does things the right way.

That's big time.

I'm part surprised by this, and part incredibly excited about this. I also basically stopped following his recruiting months ago, so maybe this isn't news to anyone. On one hand - he's a national recruit and I'm surprised he chose to go somewhere where over half your games are against mid-major competition. Also, Gonzaga is a tough find for TV, being small-conference and West Coast. However - Gonzaga does play big games in the non-con, and they are a lock for a top 3 seed in the NCAA tournament year in, year out. That being said, I am super excited about this because Mark Few does not F*** around. There's not many other coaches around with the security he has, and he will iron out all the flaws in Hunter's game and approach to the game.

Right. The days of having your 5'11" guy who doesn't look to shoot/score, but gets everyone in the right spot and holds numbers up on his fingers, are over. I think the Derrick Roses, Russell Westbrooks, of the world and analytics basically ended that idea. You want the guy who has the ball in his hands a lot getting to the paint and either scoring or directly creating the bucket. Also, everyone runs some sort of pattern, or at a minimum, a highly principled and spacing rules offense. Everyone needs to know where to be and where to move or how to react. So it's not like you need some guy walking it up and yelling, "Chicago," "Kansas," "5," or whatever, each time up the court. Most "in game" calls made are just determined reads/entries into your pattern/motion offense. Any actual "set plays," ran are discussed during dead balls.

Honestly, I think we're a lot closer than you/me/we think we are.

To answer your question - I thought we looked nice with Webster running it a bit. But who knows. I don't think I even know what "point guard" means anymore.

"I may not be tall, but I'm slow!"

I wasn't going to say anything on here.... But I might as well let the cat out of the bag. Matt A. actually contacted me the other night - It's me - I'm playing point next year! Pretty excited about it.

"Coach Matt? You serious?" "Teddy? Dammit sorry it's just a habit..."

1. It's literally not every team. If you think I'm exaggerating about contracting every transfer, you're doing the same. Which, I guarantee we have contacted more transfers than any other Power 5 conference team. Every single guy who comes in the portal has "heard from Nebraska." 4. At what point do you stop? When do you just say, "hey this guy is pretty good and he's our guy, we don't to be out contacting every one else to recruit over them."?

Nope, that one is going to actually play somewhere, probably lower level. We did get one of the twins to walk on. Not sure what the other is doing.

I've kind of become an old, "get off my lawn," type with NCAA sports. Let's absolutely find a better way to make sure they are always fed and full, can travel easily, families are taken care of when they travel to games, etc... But if you want to "make money" off your NIL, or whatever, you just don't go to college. Colleges are worried that they will stop making money because the big time players will leave. It's an unfounded worry. There won't be unlimited NBA G-League teams. And no one follows G-League/Minor league sports. PBA will still be full. Memorial Stadium will still be full. No one will passionately follow and track the "Omaha Bugeaters," the NFL farm team where a few top prep prospects ended up instead of playing for the Huskers.

I think a few things need to change: 1. Stop making NBA prospects go to college. Let them go right out of HS/Prep. 2. One free transfer out of conference, eligible immediately. Sit one year if in conference if you haven't transferred yet (but you lose your free year). 3. Have to sit a year on next transfer, two years within conference. 4. Get rid of graduate transfers. When the heck did this start anyways? At minimum, make them completely prove their school does not have the graduate program they are in. 5. I would flirt with the MLB idea of either never go, but if you do, you're there for 2-3 years. 6. Stop with the exceptions. They must be serious and completely confirmed. Make this more black and white.