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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.

Yeah I can't say I noticed any contention between Chucky and Storr this year. If anything, things were a lot more difficult offensively for Chucky when Storr was not on the court. The only obvious contention the past couple years has been between Chucky and Gard. I don't know if Chucky is truly interested in playing for Nebraska but I'm pretty shocked that he's still in Madison. He has the vision and IQ to lead the Big Ten in assists but not in that offense.

Two more Minnesota departures - Braeden Carrington and Isaiah Ihnen. Pretty surprised by all this, to be honest. It seemed like those players liked playing for Johnson. They could've returned 8 of their 9 rotation guys but now 4 of them have decided to go portaling.

To me it sounds like he just got caught doing things most other freshmen in college do. Things that Juwan Gary and Derrick Walker got caught doing and we all think pretty highly of their character and leadership.

Was waiting for this. He really is a perfect fit for our offense. He got cited once for underage drinking and once for weed earlier this year, so was redshirted (suspended).

I believe we've reached out to Sean Pedulla

Pharrel Payne also in the portal now. Bummer for Ben Johnson. Two in-state guys leaving. They were looking to have tourney aspirations next year as nearly their entire rotation could've returned.

I hope we keep Uhlis also

He’s got some Derrick Walker to his game.

My guesses would be: Malique Ewin - post player who was at Ole Miss last year and is now at South Plains (they played today). And Tavion Banks who plays for NW Florida St (also played today) and is originally from Kansas City.

So far the only departure that I did have on my way too early depth chart for next year was Blaise. And that’s just because I wasn’t sure if any coach other than Hoiberg would give him a scholarship and honor it at this point, and we’re gonna need a few good locker room guys who are ok with being on the scout team.

No, it's not. So far it's all been expected departures. Just a week ago everyone wanted athletic upgrades at our guard/wing positions. There is no doubt that will happen now.

Curious as to why you think that? If the only reason is that he's a freshman, that's fair. But as far as freshmen go he seems to be pretty well developed and polished. In year 1 he could have a low ceiling, but I think the floor is relatively high. He stopped growing three years ago and does have limited length and athleticism. So he's always relied on his basketball IQ, vision, feel and skill. Those are typically the players that contribute early and stay longer. He did very well in AAU ball against top competition. If he doesn't play much as a freshman I think it'll be because portal recruiting went well and we're just not going to have a rotation that includes more than 8-9 players.

Tony Perkins and Ahron Ulis were roommates at Iowa. The dude is built like an outside linebacker, has good athleticism and diced us up for 15 assists this year. Nebraska fans have recently become enamored with the stature of Texas A&M's guards. Well, he's bigger than all of them.

Jasen Green is gonna end up being a real solid college player. Hopefully for someone other than the school he’s at now.

Reminds me of CJ McCollum. Really like his game.

I don’t know man. The coaches voted him second team all-league. Led the team in assists and steals and he was their only guard who could get into the lane consistently and create. Nebraska has already reached out to him.

Tony Perkins entered the portal. Big loss for Iowa.

Zeke Mayo entered the portal. He's a damn good guard. I'd expect Kansas to get involved. He's from Lawrence.

Is John Higgins done officiating?

+1, been saying this, Norm. The overmatched athleticism thing is true, but it's being a bit overblown. Creighton and Clemson are overmatched athletically in just about every Big East/ACC game they play, but they're really good at what they do and make teams play their game. We kinda made A&M play our game. They want to muck it up on both ends in a 40 minute rock fight. We want to increase the pace and get in a three point shooting contest with a team like that and play the efficiency game. 9 games out of 10, that A&M team is not going to make 6 of their first 7 threes in the first 10 minutes of a game. As you said, if they just miss a couple of those and we make some uncontested layups that's a completely different game. They missed 13 freaking free throws in the first 21 minutes against Houston. Sounds horrid, but that's more normal for them than what they did against Nebraska. I'm pretty sure we'll be a bit longer and more athletic next year. But we're still going to focus on just continuing to get better and better at what we do.