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It's really hard to argue with who made the Freshman teams...

Thought Talley would have snuck onto that third team.

And probably this one last year or next... Hopefully we get a guy on there next year.

Hard to argue with that list, frankly...

So, I was doing some poking around looking at some stats of freshmen in the Big Ten. And Shields rebounding numbers stuck out to me. He had 133 boards, which by itself puts him fourth in the conference for freshmen. But, consider that he missed five of the first six this season and think where he could be! After the Oregon game, where he only had 2 rebounds, he had no fewer than 3 the rest of the way, averaging 5.86/gm after that game in Eugene. Even with the outlier of 13 vs. Michigan St, he averaged 5.5/gm. If he had been able to play all season at that pace, he would have had been in the 170 rebound range for the season. If you include the MSU game, it jumps to 180 ish. That'd put him right around Deshaun Thomas and Glenn Robinson III on the conference charts, not just freshmen. I know you can't cleanly extrapolate stats like that, but consider what he did in the last 22 games of the season is pretty impressive. I'm not sure how that compares with other PF's in Husker history, but it rates fairly favorably with other big men of the past 15ish years. As freshmen go in Husker history: Maric - 169/6.3 (27 gms) Turek - 162/6.2 (26) Hamilton - 161/5 (32) I'm sure I should include some others on this list...

Curious to see what happens if he can get his grades up. sounds like he wants to play basketball, not football. Kinda sounds like JUCO might be first for him.

Tre-deon Hollins on 1620 talking about playing in college. Said he needs to get his ACT score up and just needs someone to take a chance on him. Also said he would love to "play in red" next year. Also said he could lock up Trey Burke if he got the chance. Kid doesn't lack for confidence.

Does Kansas count?

We're all related if you go back far enough.

I'd include Kelly Pfeifer and Mike Sanzere in that list as well.

Probably true, but I'm not entirely convinced of that, especially if we have some roster turnover (which I hope doesn't happen).

BS. They're Iowa. I'll rip them whenever I want.

He leads the team in rebounds and is second in blocked shots. And frankly, that's what we'd be looking for next year, doesn't need to be a huge offensive threat. Even if we do bring in Atewe, it'd be nice if he and Pitchford weren't our only post players.

Looks like Coach Miles paid him a visit. http://sports.omaha.com/2013/03/09/husker-coach-eyeballs-recruit/

That's not a fair comparison. Miles never had an opportunity to recruit those guys, so they weren't replacements in the class.

I actually think Woodbury has a chance to be pretty good by the time he's done.

Dang it. - When Nebraska jumped to the Big Ten, I expected this rivalry to flare up on the football end of things. That hasn't happened. It's been on the basketball end. - I maintain that Andre could be a really significant contributor for this team if he wouldn't get called for being 100 lbs bigger than the guy with the ball. Really frustrating, the kid really does have some skill. - Iowa's got some nice pieces, but they're better with Gesell. They've got a shot to make a run in Chicago. - The more I see of Adam Woodbury, the more I dislike him. - That stretch where NU got back in the game early in the second half and the emotions were at their highest, might have been the most fun in-game stretch of the season. - That said, I think NU got caught up in the moment and Iowa maintained their composure a bit better as they went on the decisive run. - Gallegos really likes playing on the road, doesn't he. Seems to have all his best games away from home. - If only Gallegos had hit that three after the Woodbury flagrant. Could have been as big a turning point as the one on Andre was. - Huskers kinda got killed in the paint and on the glass today. - Dang, Gallegos has a quick release. - Iowa will be a team to watch next year. Could be a top 4 team. - Congrats to Menke getting his first field goal of his career. That's it for me, for now. This post has been promoted to an article

So, as I understand it, if OSU beats Illinois tomorrow, Purdue will be the 7, right?

Ah, no worries.

Cookie, any chance your doc is shareable? A google doc or something?

Purdue putting the hurt on Minnesota right now.

Not yet. I believe Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Purdue are all possibilities.

To stick with the illiteration thing, how about going from the Devaney Dungeon to the Pinnacle Palace?

I don't really see any need to change it.