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Here is a Barfknecht article on Petteway: http://www.omaha.com/huskers/barfknecht-nu-s-terran-petteway-puts-nba-away-for-now/article_89e48f26-34b6-5f58-b186-ae88573e3e85.html?mode=jqm And here is a blurb from the article: Nebraska coach Tim Miles has a plan for dealing with the coming conjecture. “If Terran has a chance to get his degree and be a first-round draft pick and a chance to secure his future, I would advise him to do that,” the coach said. “But would I love to keep him and see what the team could do? Absolutely. That would be so cool.”

Any Barrett Benson sightings yet this weekend?

Here is a theory on this subject: nustudent is no longer a student (probably hasn't been for quite a while), so he no longer posts on this board or on Red Sea Scrolls under that name--but he still posts on both this board and Red Sea Scrolls under different names. Anyone know if this theory is anywhere close to accurate? Nope.Still here. Haven't been a student since the Collier era. Just unfortunate luck that a job change which keeps me pretty busy happens during a magical 18 month run. Wow! First post since April. Welcome back NU!!

According to 247 Sports: Nebraska next for four-star Benson In the middle of a trio of unofficial visits, Barret Benson will check out Nebraska this weekend. A 6-8, 237-pound post player from Darien (Ill.) Hinsdale South High School, Benson visited Kansas State last weekend and will trip to Iowa State the weekend after this weekend's visit to Nebraska. He is ranked No. 89 in the Top 247 and No. 161 in the 247Sports Composite.

Here is my promo photo:

So, finally figured out this photos posting thing. So, here is the photo mentioned in the above post from the McNeese game [hope, again, that this works]: https://twitter.com/swan888/status/516791237312258049

Here is a pic of Isaiah Roby at last night's Illinois game [hope this works]:

Regarding the last 2015 spot, we may be in for a long wait. Here's guessing that Brandon Walters is our big-man-in-waiting, with the coaching staff evaluating 2016 recruits and end-of-season transfer options before pulling the trigger on anyone.

And on a day like this, Tim Miles still finds time to speak at the Nebraska Law College for a Nebraska Entertainment and Sports Law Association lunch presentation:

As is the 30-page curse!

I'm looking for a couple season tickets--anywhere in the arena.

I gotta confess, that image of a Nebraska player on his back, far from any action, with two Hurricanes on top of him, holding him down, trying to hurt him is one of the most revolting and offensive things I've ever witnessed on a football field. Inexcusable. Indefensible. That the Miami coach and players tried to spin it positively speaks volumes about them.

Last night's Hurricane dust-ups are a reminder of one highly valuable part of the Tim Miles administration: Tim Miles is a high character person who attracts high character assistant coaches, recruits high character players, and enforces high character behavior. Take, for example, last season's dust-up between Petteway and a Bluejay. Even though the Bluejay acted as the aggressor, Petteway apologized to his team. Miles made that apology public and said something like, "That's not what we are about." By contrast, the Bluejay coach stood in public support of his aggressor-player. According to the Miami Herald, the Miami coach praised his players' effort and intensity in the dust-ups context, although he said they can't be getting those penalties. One of their players reportedly expressed pride in the team for standing together, even if that meant penalties. Such explanations are how a team obtains, and then justifies having, a reputation as "Thug U." Here is pretty close to a quote from Tim Miles on behavior issues: "In the end, you get what you tolerate." Tim Miles is a wise man. He will undoubtedly have his share of player problems in the future--that's an inevitability--but he is doing this the right way!!! That's something to be proud of!

Well, the first one that I thought was funny was one of those pictures taken at the right angle at the right moment. Someone dressed as Woody from Toy Story watching a rocket getting fired into the air and the contrail from the rocket makes it look like it was shot out of Woody's pants. I'm sorry, but I just thought that one was hilarious. Some people thought it was creepy, so I changed it to one where, in the background, there were some girls in bikinis standing on a beach and, in the foreground, a very satisfied-looking dog is turning to look toward the camera. That picture appears to have been too large. All in good fun, Norm. Just joshing with you. Your pictures were pretty funny and entertaining--thanks for the entertainment. Don't stop being funny or otherwise contributing off-subject to this board [but that dog is a little creepy too].

Yes, Norm, the video of Edward Morrow is impressive [but your Toy Story item is slightly creepy].So, what we know from the video is that Ed Morrow dunks two-handed with authority, dunks one-handed in spectacular fashion, handles the ball well in open court, is effective at creating assists off the dribble, is effective on the dribble drive, cannot be contained one-on-one, is elusive and creative underneath, changes direction quickly, is a tenacious rebounder, has high-leaping and spectacular blocks, has great body control in every circumstance, beats everyone down court with his speed, etc.

Ok. I'll try to contribute here an arguably-substantive post on a subject that relates to Edward Morrow in that he visited Iowa last weekend. Here is a theory on one factor for Tim Miles turning last season's early failures into late season successes, while the Iowa coach turned early season successes into late season failures. Consider this: 1. Tim Miles constantly emphasized that he wanted to hear from players during time outs on what they thought might work, what changes might be effective, etc. Accordingly, time out sessions involved lively discussions among players and coaches alike. Shavon Shields, for example, thrived in this situation and contributed significantly to the team's successes by his in-game input. 2. Conversely, the Iowa coach made it abundantly clear throughout the season that he did NOT want to hear from his players during time outs. Instead, he had his players sit down in their chairs during time outs and mutely watch the coaches as they huddled around the free throw circle and then descended on their players with their coaching instructions. Shavon Shields, for example, would never achieve his greatest value to a team in a situation where his coach-on-the floor input is ignored and rejected.

Presumably, all players on the roster, regardless of their star rankings, fare well under this description in Coach Harriman's tweet:

It seems pretty clear that the recruit was talking about Nebraska. Nevertheless, isn't it ironic that we, who live or grew up in the USA and sat through multiple classes in school dealing with the English language in some way, are trying to parse the phrase of a youngster who, prior to 2003, lived in Sudan, where the most used languages are: Arabic, Sudanese Arabic, Najdi and Hejazi Arabic, Chadic Arabic , Nubian, Dinka, Beja (knows as Bedawit), Tigre, Beni Amer Rotana, Fur, Kordofanian languages consisting of numerous languages like kadu, Katla, Mandi, Rashad, Lafofa and Talodi–Heiban, Nuba Mountains languages, Temein, Domari, various Niger–Congo and Chadic languages, and other tribal languages, with some people speaking English. Come to think of it, perhaps members of the Arop family would know the English language better than many of us.

Gotta tip your hat to the recruiting efforts of Tim Miles & Co. They obviously know what they are doing, have a plan for the long-haul, and are working that plan very well: filling the roster cupboard this year with high-end recruits and setting the stage with high-end recruits for years to come.

The D'Jery Baptiste sweepstakes for Nebrasketball is probably a long-shot. However, he apparently finished-up both his Vanderbilt and UCONN visits over the past couple weekends without committing. Here is an article from the SMU world of basketball that might make our wish-we-had-him meter go even higher. Consider the following blurbs from the article dated a month ago (August 5): “He had a great LeBron James camp. One scout there ranked him as the sixth best player at the LeBron James camp, which is pretty remarkable. He got a chance to go play free and see what he could do,” Derrick Shelby, Baptiste’s guardian, said. “Some players think that they’re something that they’re not. D’Jery has realized who he is and what his basketball identity is,” Shelby said. “What he is, is a rebounding, blocks everybody’s shot, runs the floor hard kind of guy. He’s the best rim-runner in the country and he just goes all out.” For a 7-foot, 250-pound center that has only been playing basketball for a few years after coming to the United States from Haiti, it’d be easy to try and be just a scorer, but Baptiste is embracing the role that colleges want to see. Shelby’s next step for Baptiste is to organize official visits, unofficial visits and home visits. Baptiste is still, “a little ways away,” from deciding on a school, but once Baptiste knows what he wants, it won’t take long for Baptiste to commit, whether it’s in the fall or spring.

IMG_0268.JPG Hope this photo posting works. If it does, anyone know who this red-headed recruit is with Coach Hunter along the sideline this morning? Hmmm. Guess it doesn't work. Sorry. As usual, the photo is apparently too large to attach.

So . . . Kamdy's point in the preceding post illustrates a problem with the current system for us fans in evaluating a recruit's quality: the system is helpful but, at its essence, unreliable. For example: 1. At the core, the system helps us make predictions on who will develop into the best college players--predictions are frequently wrong. 2. There is no accountability for inaccurate information--a recruit can stretch the truth on which school made an offer, and the school rarely corrects the error. 3. The star raters seem to be largely-anonymous folks (just like us), and no one appears to know or talk about what personal biases or agenda those individuals might have. 4. Star rankings can, apparently, be based on limited observations of one or two games by a very few people. 5. The Patton situation brings a high level of confusion because he went from little-or-no D-1 recruiting interest and no stars whatever at the end of the State Tournament in March to a four-star and top-50 player in July--that's the equivalent of 0 to 60 in 1.25 seconds. Further, no one on this board can seem to find any summer-time video to see what all the fuss is about, and no one is publicly talking about all the recruiting inquiries that are undoubtedly coming in the door that he is, apparently, rejecting out of hand. 6. The Gilmore situation also causes confusion--a four-star-type player who is now, apparently, relegated to the bench or a redshirt season at CU? How does that happen?

A couple observations: 1. The continuing interest of UCONN in Mr. Baptiste surely says something meaningful about his capability or perceived potential (Mr. Atewe had nothing remotely resembling a UCONN-level of interest); and 2. It appears that one of D'Jery's AAU teammates is a 6'10" 265 lbs four-star center (#27 National Rivals Ranking) committed to Texas A&M: Tyler Davis, who held offers from the likes of Arizona, Baylor, LSU and SMU.

I'm honored you thought that was my analysis. Thanks!

Can't find any so far online. Here is a July 29 item from Rivals on him: C Justin Patton (2015): Looking back at the month of July, there wasn't a more under utilized player than Patton. Teams have their system and his Omaha Crusaders team was very well coached and the weave they like to run is effective. However, the talented big man would have been a force if utilized more. Not saying that he will end up an NBA player, but there are a lot of guys making money the Association who looked like Patton as 16 and 17-year-olds. He can run, has tremendous size (with plenty of room to add weight) and looks to have good touch. Right now, Creighton is the clubhouse leader for biggest steal in 2015 recruiting by landing him before anybody else found out about him.