millerhusker

Let's go!! Awesome to have two super seniors decide to come back for a 6th year of college basketball. And still possibly a third with Mast.

His high school film is about as good as it gets. Unlike many players who are labeled 5 stars just because of their length and athleticism, he actually looks natural and fluid with the ball.

Joe Tipton says Nebraska is a potential landing spot for Omaha Biliew. Along with Kansas State.

But if he chooses Minnesota, he kinda sucks imo

Payne is really just an interior defender. Kyle has more wiggle, would be much more versatile defensively so you could easily play him next to Mast. That said, I’d take either or both.

This one makes me wonder if Mast has decided to go play professionally. We’ll need post depth regardless.

Yep. If the Debbie downers viewed other programs with the same watchful eye as we do Nebraska, they would not be so down in the dumps. We’re in good shape and it will get much better in the next month or so.

Hickman would be a good addition. However, he’s from Bloomington and all his family is there. Indiana did an in-home with him and he’s planning to go visit IU. I don’t like that he wouldn’t visit Lincoln until after the dead period now.

Think all this just means we’ll be hearing good news pretty soon. Also can almost guarantee we’ll bring in another Diop-like high school recruit. It’s a lot easier keeping a freshman happy on the scout team than a sophomore. And a 6’10” guy with long arms is a necessity on the scout team.

Javian McCollum in the portal again. Interesting.

I’d guess >50% for sure. The successful transfers get all the attention, but seems like for every successful one there are 4 players who aren’t in the rotation at their new school. Everything goes in cycles and I do believe the newness of the portal will wear off and the negative side of it will come to light eventually. Pretty soon the “new thing” that wins out for both players and coaches will be consistent player retention.

He did play out of position for much of the year, but I'd argue he was allowed to showcase his skillset more so at Nebraska than he would just about anywhere else with our style of play and the freedom he was given. I just imagine him at another school in the same (or lower) tier as Nebraska. Where he'd probably get on the court because of his defense and effort, but may be a stand in the corner, yellow-to-red light off-ball guy on offense. At many other programs if you aren't "the guy", or one of the two "guys", you aren't allowed to play the way Hoiberg coaches his guards to play. Villanova would be a good fit. If he doesn't find an offense that fits him, might as well just stay here.

If it is true that the staff didn't expect or want JL to leave, I wonder if this is a case where the door will be left open for him to "re-commit" to Nebraska if he doesn't get the offers or attention he wants out of portal. I can think of quite a few players at other schools that happened with last year.

I’m not sure about that. I don’t think that lineup would finish 6th-8th in the old Big 12, which is what Collier’s and Sadler’s teams tended to do.

Really a bummer. JL was one of my favorites and I hope he does well. But I'm afraid he'll be one that realizes the grass isn't always greener. There aren't too many coaches out there that will give him the long leash and ultimate green light that he had here.

I'm hoping they want Omoruyi more.

Damn. I did not expect that. Maybe just trying to inject some optimism here but Chucky's dad's tone on twitter has changed from recruiting the BW players to Wisconsin to "Fortunately for Husker fans I don't make the decision, he does."

Please elaborate

Yikes. Why do you say the Houston players are thugs in sneakers? Shead is by all accounts one of the good guys in college basketball. Great player too. They have a tough, blue collar culture in place there. Duke typically has at least a few players who behave like entitled, whiny little brats on the court.

He comes off the bench like a bat outta hell. Plays fast, shoots with CJ confidence and can put a lot of pressure on the defense. He’s long and decently athletic. His shooting splits this year shouldn’t be a worry. He’s got a pure stroke. Was a bad fit with a Rutgers team that wanted to muck it up and keep games in the 50s. He’d flourish in a system like ours.

He’s good. Really good. Basically Mast but taller and longer.

Summit League players who’ve transferred up a level have done very well the past few years

Some Creighton fans legitimately thought he was going to transfer to Creighton. Said it was his dream school...

The future looks bright for the Spurs though!

Oh yeah I got what you were saying. Poorly worded post on my part, but we're on the same page and I was just kind of adding to your point.