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It's hard to see this, at least initially, as anything other than "she's gonna play volleyball and get to basketball when she gets to basketball" kind of deal. That's kind of what Cepero did - played volleyball, then played the last 15-20 games in basketball each season.

Eh. Thanks Geno. If he had to take over a mid-level program tomorrow he'd hit the transfer portal like anyone else. Jaz Shelley's a heck of a player and person. Transfer portal.

I'd think you'd want Stewart and Coley back, no question. Gotta get better at guard. You have 3, need 5.

Nor I. But NU can work the portal. Nebraska's a pretty good spot to land.

I think she'll come back, but they need to add more players. Portal or wherever. Maybe Weidemann wants her COVID year back inside the state. She'd help. Pretty hard to have two roster spots taken up by two players who have effectively missed two seasons. Need to see where they are health-wise.

Sure they do. Their 2 best guards have to play like their 2 best guards. Thought Shelley got aggressive late, which was good.

There is no debate between the last 3 years and the 3 prior to that. None. Everyone knows which one was better. The point is, with all the advantages of a new arena, a new facility, a new league, and local talent, the previous coach built a good mid major program that happened to be housed in the Big Ten. If you stuck Wyoming’s roster and coach in the Big Ten, Wyoming would probably make two NCAA tournaments over 7 years, which is what Nebraska should have made. given the thread is about what Wyoming’s doing, and Nebraska is doing worse now than it did under Miles, I pointed out the advantages Miles had. Which, he did.

Nope. But none of the coaches before that had the advantage. I don’t think there’s a debate to be had about the last 3 years vs. the 3 prior.

Well, yes, in a sense. In another, that coach had a new arena, a new practice facility and legitimate local talent to recruit.

She'd make more NIL money at NU. There's a market for the kid here.

IIRC, Miles did it twice. First time, it wasn't public, in year 2, and it worked. Second time, Miles made it public, and it didn't work.

Different group. I'd expect it to happen, generally speaking. (There are a lot of freshmen.)

Hard to say with Prince. She's not deciding for 2 summers. Nebraska could be a very a different program by then. The right pieces are there now. The right attitudes. Good chemistry. Very different from, say, 18 months ago.

Keita is/will be legit.

I'm wrong. There's the WNIT.

Minnesota is just a hard team for Nebraska to play. If that program ever figures itself out - not sure it will, frankly - it’ll be pretty tough.

Last year’s team badly underachieved. This year’s team has overachieved by a bit.

Kalscheur is out. Robbins, dunno. Minnesota wasn't in a position to rest the guy Thursday, so he truly couldn't go. Not sure, after the plane ride to Lincoln, etc, that it's going to be magically better.

Minnesota's ripe. Can't throw it in the ocean half the time and Robbins may be hurt. That's a team Nebraska's defense is geared to frustrate.

Oh, kinda. Shotmaking always makes the difference. But, yeah, I thought Nebraska'd beat NW, and potentially lose to Minnesota. It's based on how the teams play and what they're good at. Doesn't help not having Cravens, of course. Minnesota doesn't get 11 offensive rebounds if she plays. Whalen has the right ideas. It's gonna be whether she gets the great players in her own state - she hasn't done real well there - and whether, after she gets them, they're gonna be able to play for her.

Since Collins took over, it really hasn't been so. NW has won 6 of the last 8 in the series. Be warned.

I could see NU beating Michigan State. I'd predict it in fact. I thought last night would be the trickiest one.

Haiby will be 2nd team I'd guess. My prediction: 1st team will be Clark, Hillmon, Guirantes, IU player 1, and Owusu. 2nd team will be Haiby, Clouden, IU player 2, Dorka Juhasz, and a NW player. Don't discount the possibility a second Maryland player gets on 2nd team.

This is absolutely something the football program is working through. (Purdue is too.) The defensive coaching, talent and toughness is probably too high, at this point, to play UCF/WKU football in the Big Ten unless you have Ohio State talent. Michigan made a move toward a spread, tempo offense in 2019 and got worse. Maryland sort of runs it, and is very hit and miss with it. I think the Hoiberg tempo/3s approach is working in the Big Ten at Iowa. Creighton and Alabama would be top 5 teams in the Big Ten, I think. Of Creighton's starting 5, one guy - Ballock - was a top 100 player. Nebraska starts 2 Top 100 guys. The difference is time playing together and shotmaking. The first may well inform the latter, eventually.

The big one - that kind of decides how it goes - might be the next one.