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Every Husker sports program has improved under Trev's leadership. Every one.

Here's C.J. Wilcher's line from last night--not too shabby, except for the 3 turnovers: 22:51 minutes; 13 points on 4-8 (50%) from the field, 3-5 (60%) from three, and 2-2 (100%) from the line; 5 rebounds; 2 fouls; 1 assist; 3 turnovers; and +/- +13.

Juan Gary will add a spark of quickness between getting the ball in the paint and scoring. He doesn't get bottled up while gathering the ball and getting set to leap, as defenders close in around him. That should help.

Latrell had a good game for Alabama: 28 minutes, 3-5 shooting (2-2 from 3), 0-1 from the line, for 8 points; 4 rebounds, 3 fouls, 4 assists, 1 turnover and 2 steals. Grant: 28 minutes, 4-11 shooting (2-5 from 3), 1-1 from the line, for 11 points; 3 rebounds, 5 fouls, 1 assist, 3 turnovers. And he finished with a +/- of -16. Also, Wake Forest had 4 players with >30 minutes, while Alabama had none: other than Latrell and Grant at 28 minutes each, only one other Alabama player had >25 minutes.

Hunter was 11 of 20 (3 of 8 from three) and 2 of 4 from the line, in 39 minutes, with 4 fouls, 2 assists, 3 turnovers and 4 rebounds. The other volume scorer had 18 shots. Frederickson was 2 of 7–all from three, 1 assist, 2 turnovers, in 31 minutes.

Maybe in years to come we’ll all be amazed at this season, with the injuries and youngsters stepping up:

WHAT ARE EXHIBIT 9 AND EXHIBIT 10 CONTRACTS? Exhibit 9 and Exhibit 10 contracts are commonly referred to as “summer contracts” or “training camp contracts”. These players are being brought in to provide competition in training camp, to give coaches some extra bodies for drills and scrimmages, and sometimes to prove they are worthy of a regular season roster spot. Both Exhibit 9 and Exhibit 10 contracts are one-year, fully non-guaranteed contracts. (A team could technically sign a player who was from another team, or from outside of the NBA, to a four-year, maximum contract on a summer contract (not an Exhibit 9 or Exhibit 10 deal), but that’s never happened and will likely never happen for many reasons.) In addition, they do not count against the salary cap or the luxury tax. They are very much “make good” deals in every sense of the word. If a player proves worthy of sticking around, teams have a few options. We’ll cover the uniqueness of an Exhibit 10 contract in a moment, because it has some different parameters around it. . . . WHAT IS SPECIFIC ABOUT AN EXHIBIT 10 CONTRACT? An Exhibit 10 contract is unique in that it has ties to the G League. Everything works the same as laid out above, with a few key differences.

What’s an Exhibit 10 Contract!

Sheesh. Here's the problem with social media: I intended my measurements post about Okeke to be lighthearted banter about a guy being not as tall as suggested (according to one publication) with a slightly different wingspan from what others had (what's an inch or two once we're beyond 7 feet?)--in a context where measurables are always fluid and mostly ballpark ranges. And then posters are clarifying and apologizing--and making me feel like a jerk when no clarification or apology is needed or expected. So . . . my bad.

You are correct: “The 6-foot-8, 230-pound Nigeria native with the 7-4 wingspan holds the Winthrop record for career blocked shots with 165 in three seasons.” From Ómaha World-Herald, April 23, 2017. Apr 23, 2017 Apr 23, 2017

Here’s the quote, from someone newly-arrived in Lincoln: “You have to almost blindly trust your teammate next to you, and that comes with time,” Mast said. “So I hope that we scrimmage as much as possible, not too much obviously, but scrimmage a lot so that we can start trusting each other blindly, and that will definitely help us going into the season.”

Very cool!

Here's the punch-paragraph of the article According to NCAA guidelines, the punishment for athletes who wager on their own sport at another school is a loss of 50% of their remaining eligibility. Those who bet on their own teams or other sports at their own schools — as Ulis allegedly did by gambling on Iowa football — “will potentially face permanent loss of collegiate eligibility in all sports.”