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SHARK Retweeted Dustin Bleiweis @Dueycbb Mongolian Mike is such an athletic versatile player he would be a unicorn like addition to Pitt, would start immediately and has NBA potential, seems like Nebraska is recruiting him very hard and he is their number 1 target 11:10 AM · Jun 3, 2023 https://twitter.com/Dueycbb/status/1665028137543950342?s=20

Washut seems to think we are on the outside looking in on this one.

At least the tax payers voted for the bond. But even a 2.0% interest rate on $50 million is a million dollars every year on top of paying back the entire $50 million—that’s real money for any town. At least they managed a $13 million break—and that’s real money too. It’s sort of like student loans: they are painless to take out, but paying them back can be a real bear, if not impossible.

Here's from a public report on Illinois athletics dated January 5, 2022: The median accumulated debt for Big Ten schools grew from $133.3 million in 2014 to $164.5 million in 2019. Illinois’ debt problem is much worse. Our athletic department paid interest on facilities debt of $11.2 million (2014), $16.7 million (2015), $26.1 million (2016), $20.0 million (2017), $21.3 million (2018), and $22.7 million in 2019. Illinois’ 2020 NCAA financial statement reported total athletics-related debt of $315,822,286. Our athletically related facilities annual debt service was $21,564,413. Simply put, Illinois’ athletic program has been deeply mired in debt since 2014.

That’s impressive for NU!! No debt is a solid base for continuing the Trev-era redevelopment that is already underway in football, basketball and other teams. Can’t believe that Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Ohio State have that much debt—looks like some poor leadership got them in deep waters.

It’s better than living the dream: he never dreamed this.

Sam Griesel --> Ivan Drago:

Very cool!!

I don't get it. We may be kicking the tires on this guy . . . but why would he ever choose the Huskers? Last year, he started only one game, averaged 12.8 minutes per game, and has only one year left to play. He'd ride the bench at NU--just like he did at Mississippi State. Why would he transfer to do that? He can do that next season at Mississippi State just fine. It looks like the type of player who might be interested in the Huskers, with its current roster (assuming Keisei comes back), would be someone needing to redshirt: e.g., a development project with years of eligibility left or an injured player who needs time to heal.

Rivals is now showing a 100% prediction to Texas Tech.

The answer is, "Yes."

Yeah. If Sam is the main guy, the team is probably in trouble. But in a support role with great players on the court, he shines brightly.

It felt awkward to me as well: the strongest focus on Raiola came during a time-out toward the end of the game, and even basketball players in the huddle were looking around for what the disruption was all about; and with a basketball recruit of Bol's stature in the house, who received no attention at all, it felt like a little shade in Bol's direction--after all, this is a basketball game and he's a basketball recruit. Now that it didn't work out with the football player either, perhaps there should have been a stronger focus on basketball recruiting that night?

https://twitter.com/eemeliyalaho/status/1657960

Do the eyeballs pointing to Texas Tech mean anything?

Is this genuine or a joke? Does Norm have to jump in with some name calling?

So . . . no late entrants into the portal from Nebrasketball? And the roster remains intact?!

Remember when Delano Banton made that list only because someone scratched. Without him making that list, we would have had Delano Banton as our point guard the following season, instead of Alonzo Verge.

Here are two football players the Huskers passed-on, knowingly, intentionally, and with no malice aforethought: Danny Woodhead (not big enough for NU and Frank Solich but good enough for the NFL); and Barry Sanders (Osborne figured we could take only one small running back that year and opted for Johnny Rodgers's son, instead, who promptly had a career-ending knee injury). The old adage says: "Making predictions is hard, especially about the future." There will always be prediction mistakes in choosing among high school seniors. You can never know who will suffer injury? Whose skill and physical capabilities will develop most? Etc. Identifying those mistakes in retrospect, and agonizing or casting blame over them, is a meaningless exercise in futility. These days, the better question is this: How can we identify the late bloomers, find them in the portal, and get them to be Huskers?

So . . . how does Nebrasketball's pitch to him go? "We've got lots of people at your position, but we think you are a great fit"? "If you redshirt, you will be in a great position to fight for lots of playing time"? "No one can have enough depth at your position"? "You could be a rich-man version of Derrick Walker . . . doing everything he did in his unique role, but with a three-point threat added"?

On the other hand, I'm sure the Hawkeyes would have been just-fine with him staying in Iowa City--even stipulating that he isn't a one-and-done prospect. Playing in 85 games for them over three years and, over those years: starting 22 games; averaging 15.6 minutes per game; and producing a 2 to 1 assist to turnover ratio as a point guard. That's serviceable for what Nebrasketball needs. As with all transfers, only time will tell where the new scenery will lead for him. Each of the transfers considered before him had some baggage: (i) erratic and emotive play for one, and (ii) small size for another. Perhaps the third one is the charm?