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This is certainly one way to look at what might be the historical low point of this program

Neutral site game.

Almost positive it does.

No, this adds to the intrigue a bit but really nothing to worry about unless he actually commits here.

We're talking about a guy who was the SEC preseason player of the year coming into 2020-21 who hasn't really played since collapsing in that Dec 2020 game vs Florida St. If he's 90% of what he was he'd probably be the best player on our roster.

Big lefty from out east. Couldn't shoot a lick. Constantly injured. Worked his way into the rotation and then got the starting spot after Thomas Allen's season ended. Was key in that big Iowa win where Thor blocked the shot at the end, which was his last game as a Husker as he was injured. Ended up at GW where it looks like he never got healthy.

Oh I certainly think MA had a lot to do with that. However then Loesner gets here and his name pops up everywhere so I don't know if Gates was out just as much on the down low or what.

Worth noting that Zeigler was recruiting him at Miss St

At the very least they're instagram buds

Givony sees a lot of international ball so this is noteworthy praise.

We have offered.

Besides Zeigler having different recruiting areas and head coaching experience, I feel like he'll have trouble duplicating Gates' 'recruiting coach who doesn't go out to recruit' vibe.

I'd say that any B1G footprint guy he was in on at Mississippi St we have a decent shot at. The only overlapping recruit I could find was Braelon Green. Not sure how much mutual interest there is atm with us already having Chase Clemmons signed.

Zieger typically has been a frontcourt coach so we'll see who coaches where this year.

I'd say there is a good chance at an announcement today.

The guy I'm hearing is Ernie Zeigler. You might remember that name from when he was the coach at Central Michigan in 2011-12 as they came to play in the Bob during Doc's last year. At the time he was coaching his son Trey. Otherwise he's been an assistant under Ben Howland in three different places, most recently Mississippi St. (Ironically, David Anwar is one assistant who replaced him) He's known as a recruiter so it's a fairly high profile grab at this point if that's the hire.

Hearing that vacation has something to do with the delay in an announcement. I guess good thing we had the Rice commitment all queued up.

Yeah, tough to know what we have here as we either caught him just having a good weekend or perhaps caught a guy just starting to reach his potential. Guy might end up turning into an impact freshman thanks to prep school or he might be the next Karrington Davis (spent an injured year playing for Monteverde Academy). 6'7" and can shoot is our type of lottery ticket though.

Can confirm that Coach Bud is sticking to volleyball https://huskers.com/staff-directory/-bud-/1575

We offered Rice on July 11th and he took an unofficial last week, which is lightning fast for a commitment in part because of prior relationships with Emmanuel Toney and Adam Howard.