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Bingo! This is from Iowa's schedule for last year: DEC 22 (FRI) 8:07 P.M. VS COLORADO SIOUX FALLS, SD TV: BTN W, 80-73 BOX SCORE RECAP GAME NOTES PHOTO GALLERY BOX SCORE HIGHLIGHTS

Wouldn’t it be ironic if Dedoch Chan were to have better stats this coming season than his highly-ranked teammate from high school—Michael Hurt at Minnesota? Check out the linked article in this tweet:

Here’s the article: http://www.mgcccbulldogs.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/releases/20180809r6529p

But that would happen only last year. Future Selection Committees are unlikely to return to last year’s fiasco of creativity. What happened in 61 years of prior history is likely to prevail again.

Yeah. The dickens is this: Nebrasketball’s best years are when its pre-season rankings are in the bottom two of the Conference.

Apparently my, we should recruit more like the ones we already have:

He’s coming off of surgery—again. Probably figures a redshirt year and some fresh faces would be good for him. it will be interesting to see if the coaches saw this coming and have a back-up plan.

All the foregoing is irrelevant, if he can’t stay healthy. It looks like his power and explosiveness are too great for his feet and core to endure. Had he stayed healthy both years at Nebraska, both he and the Huskers would be worlds ahead of where both are now.

Right now, Iceland is playing Italy, and Italy looks dominant. But that shouldn’t be surprising, I suppose: online sources say Italy has 60 million people, while Iceland has less than 400,000 people.

Just finished reading The Sports Gene—a fascinating read. Thanks for the excellent recommendation, khoock.

Cool! Thanks for posting. At a 500,000 population cutoff, every city in Nebraska is within the “relatively small city” classification. The comparison is between Omaha and Chicago, not between Omaha and Grand Island. Using that standard, the conclusion makes a lot of sense—especially about the “chance of rising to the top.”