Swan88

Derrick Walker is a coach on Bynum's EYBL team this summer 

I like all that, as long as the motor revs as high as Josiah's. GBR Always.
 

That was my exact same thought. And now two hours later I won't be able to live without him! 😂

He shoots better than Allick: Amos went .385 last season on 104 three-point shots--many from Tominaga range.

Amen.  As of right this second, we are hurting for bigs.  We may have been rejected by a couple bigs that we were publicly chasing (although that door is not yet fully closed); but I am guessing that Fred still has a few cards up his sleeves.   It is likely worth it for us to wait and see.
 

And then there’s this kid too:

Sam Griesel, Josh Allick, S. Hoiberg, Teggy Allen, Akoy Arop . . . are among the “best.”

Sam Griesel, Josh Allick, S. Hoiberg, Teggy Allen, Akoy Arop . . . are among the “best.”

We now have 6 players who have averaged double figure ppg in their careers. I'm guessing we'll add at least one more. Kyle and Igor would both be in that category. Plus Sam, Ulis and Griffiths have all been contributors. 
Don't think Nebraska has ever had that much previous year(s) production on the roster going into a season. 

Offensively Keisei could do so much more than shoot threes. Standing in the corner waiting for kick outs is the opposite of what Keisei did. I understand your point, but he’s an  Admiral now. He deserves the corresponding respect. 

Schrödinger’s roster

-We're trying hard to get William Kyle, who would be one of if not the best athletes on the team.  
 
-If you watch Milicic tape, he's got a lot more to his game than Allick did and he is not unathletic in the least. Based on his frame and shooting numbers you might assume he's Brian Conklin, but that he is not. He blocked 35 shots last year. Our highest on the team was 21 (Brice and Juwan). We haven't had a player with 35 blocks since 2018-19 (Roby had 66). 
 
Those two guys would be instant, huge upgrades and impact players. Now looking at what we already have: 
 
-Griffiths is more athletic and 6-8 compared to  Keisei's "6-2" and, try as he might, was a big liability on defense. Griffiths blocked 13 shots in 571 minutes last year. For comparison, Allick blocked 12 shots in 785 minutes. Keisei and Lawrence each blocked 1 shot in 800+ minutes. 
 
-Eli Rice and CJ Wilcher were not athletic. Essegian isn't Lebron James but he's no stiff out there. 
 
-Morgan is more athletic than Mast, especially if Mast is hobbling out there. 
 
-Ulis and Worster will give us way more at the PG spot than Lawrence did. 

We haven't added any high fliers or anything but I think sneakily we've gotten more athletic, and if we can get Kyle and Milicic (please!!!), I will be expecting us to be a Top 25 type of team throughout the year. 

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According to Washut on visits:
Payne's visit is off; and Hausen from Villanova will probably be visiting.

Great pickup. 5* kid who needed a year to put his game together at the B1G level. This is one of those situations where you’re happy to be the player’s second stop rather than the school he chose out of high school. Rutgers got him when he was pure potential. We got him for the year(s) he will be productive. 

So . . . Washut seems to think Tennessee is the favorite.
But Igor is visiting Tennessee today (and Baylor tomorrow).
It’s been suggested that listing a top three (including Nebrasketball) during his visit to Tennessee is odd—and gives us hope.

Think about this.  We now have two legit point guards that are penetraters, pass first, and strong defenders.  And oh yeah, Brice has shown he can play point guard; and then there is that kid named Sam.

Good luck to Lawrence.  I enjoyed watching him play for the Huskers.

So . . . Washut seems to think Tennessee is the favorite.
But Igor is visiting Tennessee today (and Baylor tomorrow).
It’s been suggested that listing a top three (including Nebrasketball) during his visit to Tennessee is odd—and gives us hope.

Here's a link to the prediction on Griffiths.
And this is a description of him from the Rutgers official bio (he was a freshman last season).
 
Gavin Griffiths, a 6-foot-8, 193-pound guard joins the Knightood for his first season in Piscataway. Griifiths is from the Kingswood-Oxford High School in West Hartford, Conn.,

Griffiths was ranked the No. 20 recruit in the country (247 Sports), marking the highest-ranked player landed in the Steve Pikiell-era and the second-highest recruit to attend RU in the modern era. Only former Rutgers guard Mike Rosario was ranked higher at the time of his recruitment (2008). Griffiths is also ranked No. 1 in the state of Connecticut by 247 Sports. Griffiths was upgraded from a four-star recruit to a five-star recruit in January of 2023.

I wouldn't be surprised if we turned him down rather than vice-versa...just saying!

https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1780300659394302014

Ullis at 6'3 and Worster at 6'4" is decent height at the PG spot.

Definitely could’ve used that perimeter defense in our tournament game