Dead Dog Alley

There was another class we had that produced a first round NBA draft pick, a Big 12 player of the year, a four year starter and thousand point scorer, and a JC transfer who averaged double figures for two years. The class of 1996 was not too bad - Lue, Hamilton, Florence, Garner, Troy Piatkowski, Alvin Mitchell. (Florence, Piatkowski, and Mitchell weren't eligible their first year). They only made one NCAA tournament, but if Lue hadn't gone to the NBA early we wouldn't be sitting here waiting for Nebraska's first NCAA tournament win.

To be exact, it doesn't say that he put on 20 lbs overall, but put on 20 lbs of muscle while losing maybe 10 lbs of fat. I don't remember what he first checked in at but it was more like 218 than 208.

If we see lots of Tai this year, and he doesn't end the season with a new career high for field goals in a game vs. a Big Ten opponent, it will be a very long season. Because his current career high for field goals in a game against a conference opponent is 2. I hope it's a case that offensively last year Terran Petteway more or less crowded out the fourth and fifth options on the floor, and that Benny and Tai will show a lot of offensive improvement this year - they are both very good defensively, appear to be good guys and good teammates but they are going to have to do something so that other teams at least have to guard them.

Logan Strom from Norfolk is on the sideline.

Sorry to be Mr. Cold Shower here, but Walter McCarty was listed at 6'10" or 6'11" during his career. Antoine Walker was listed at 6'8" or 6'9". Kentucky had three on the roster who were 6'10" or 6'11" who played in the NBA (McCarty, Mark Pope, Nazr Mohammed).

I think the Jorge comparison pertained only to the opening tip off, which was not Jorge's strong suit.

I would think that the top seven, as far as minutes played, will be Shields, White, Watson, Morrow, McVeigh, Webster, and Parker. That leaves Jake fighting with Jacobson and Fuller for the remaining minutes up front with Evelyn in the backcourt. So, between Hammond and Jacobson at getting minutes at the five, what does Hammond provide that Jacobson doesn't? He'll challenge a few more shots at the rim and maybe get a few more second shots off of offensive rebounds. As far as overall rebounding/post defense/post offense, I can't see one having an advantage over the other right now. But Jacobson could provide more of a mismatch on offense, he should be able to shoot from outside well enough to draw the opponent's five away from the basket, and Jacobson is probably better at passing and handling the ball.

Borchardt was invited to walk on for football but declined. If I remember correctly he turned down football offers from CSU & Ohio to go to UNL on a Regent's Scholarship. He was invited to walk on for football but chose not to.

Nebraska is 25-47 to date in Big Ten regular season play, which includes the 10-2 stretch run in 2014. How exactly do you decline from that point?

I think being less demanding of the ball than Petteway goes without saying. For almost everybody this side of World B Free and Pistol Pete.

Ahem. His father Jerrell Horne was listed at 6'9" when he was at Memphis. Another son of Jerrell Horne is Octavious Ellis, who is listed at 6'10" and was Cincinnati's leading scorer last season. So maybe he's not done growing? (Note that almost every other time that someone talks the possibility of a recruit still growing, he is not.)

I don't know enough about this team to pick them straight up vs. anybody, especially on the road. I think NW and Indiana will be pretty good this year. I'd take 9-9 right now, though, if I could. Indiana has a great backcourt, pretty good wings, and might be ok up front if Thomas Bryant doesn't get suspended and pans out. That's a tough one. Purdue is huge up front (Hammons, Swanigan, Haas), and has decent wings. If they get decent PG out of their grad transfer play they'll be tough in Lincoln, a toss-up at best. NU doesn't match up with them well (but they might not match up well with NU either, with big guys having to guard Morrow, Shields, McVeigh.) Minnesota should be a win at home, but maybe not an easy one. Northwestern has good guards and some legitimate size up front with a decent 7-footer. They won five of the last eight last year. It will be a pretty big upset if we beat them on the road. In Lincoln Nebraska might be a slight favorite. Rutgers and Penn State should be wins at home. On the road: both teams will be desperate for any wins they can get in conference, so when they get Nebraska at home those are must win games for them. I'd say they are both toss-ups.

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy The same condition that resulted in the death of Hank Gathers. As a result of that condition he redshirted his freshman year at Toledo, then went to JC for a year, then two years at Buffalo - so without a waiver to either play immediately or else get sixth year he can't transfer to a Division 1 school and have any eligibility left.

BYU hit 20 three pointers in the first two games. I would say that is probably the biggest difference between the two teams at this point. We just don't have very many deep threats. Agreed - I also am confident White won't be 3-for-17 on 3s at any stretch during the season like he was in Spain. It's a matter of finding a couple of other deep threats to add to White, whether that's new guys like McVeigh and Jacobson or guys like Shields finding his stroke or Benny and Watson stepping up and hitting 1 or 2 a game, just to keep teams more honest & open up those driving lanes. Regardless it was a rough performance from the longer 3-pt stripe in Spain all around & represents the primary area of concern coming out of the trip for me. I figured rebounding would be our biggest problem before the trip, but I clanged that prediction off the iron and over the backboard. Here's Andrew White's stats with respect to minutes played and 3 point shooting at Kansas in 2013 and 2014, split into the beginning of the season and the rest of the year. Minutes 3PM-3PA 3P% 2013 1st 8 games 39 7-15 46.7% 2013 Last 27 games 86 3-21 14.2% 2014 1st 4 games 45 7-12 58.3% 2014 Last 31 games 68 1-13 7.7% Hopefully it's a case of him worrying about getting playing time with all the talent at KU, and pressuring himself to make an impact when he got in a game.

Maybe, or maybe not, it's the case where Tai (and perhaps also Benny) will benefit offensively from not having all of the offense go through TP. Or maybe Tai is just finally getting adjusted to the American game. But hopefully he will be good this year or it will be a long season.

So far, minimal minutes have been logged at the 2 by White, Shields, or McVeigh - this suggests that they are not comfortable with White at the 2 as far as handling the ball or creating his own shot. And since having Watson and Parker out there at the same time might not be a viable option as far as size, that means unless Bakari is ready to play, we will see a lot of Tai Webster. It also means that Shields plays the majority of time at the 4 (if White and Shields are both going 30+ minutes as expected, and White is at the 3, Shields would be the 4) and Morrow at the 5. So they go 6'7" all the way across the front, and with guards that haven't proven the ability to hit three pointers.

Nah, just when he's hanging out in the city parks after hours. He wears nothing in the city parks. Hampton only has one park, and there's not many places to hide in it...

If Tim Wilson ever looks for another S & C job, I think he will emphasize what he did with guys like Andrew White and not make any mention of Mr. Pitchford. But when 95% of your energy is spent on things that initiate in the Rail Yard it doesn't leave much else for strength & conditioning.

Don't recall where I read this but he is the 'all time leader in dunks for his school' So, this brings a career stat bet.Will this dude have more or fewer career dunks for Nebraska than Brian Diaz did? Well at least he had more dunks in high school than Ethan Wragge or Jay Foreman. And that's about all the Eden a Prairie grads I can name.

Thik Bol was Benson's fourth leading scorer (on the same team with Khiry Thomas), was listed at 6'9" & 175 in high school, is listed at 6'7" at Iowa Western. He averaged just under 10 ppg as a freshman in JC but also averaged 5 blocked shots a game.

If instead of those seven scheduled wins you throw in three or four more toss up games, RPI wouldn't matter because you're under .500 again.

Serious question, who would you take if you had one roster spot left, Ade or TP?

He only attempted ten three pointers in two years! He is no Walter P for 3.

If we are still willing to spend 250K on an assistant...and I have no reason to believe we will not, then I don't think it will be too difficult for Miles to find a solid replacement. Solid replacement or not, the Bruno hiring was a complete disaster, because of what Burno just did. He did us no good by being here, no recruits that he had contacts with are coming, and he completely screwed us by leaving - Harriman left 2 1/2 months ago and it will be another month probably to get the next replacement, so NU is basically an assistant short for an entire summer of recruiting. Plus it feeds a perception that assistants won't stay here - why would a recruit sign because of a relationship with an assistant if he thinks that assistant won't stay?

What a dick. Hurley, that is.