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If he's been playing basketball for 4 seasons and he started playing basketball when he was 15, that would make him 19 now, or a year OLDER than Yvan Ouedraogo.
 
I can't find his DOB to confirm this, but I found highlights from the 16-17 season, which is 4 seasons ago. And he doesn't look in that video like he *just* started learning the game.
 
So, is it possible our freshman center will be a year older than our sophomore center?

This is the most exciting get of the class for me given the situation and team needs. If he is actually 6'10" (which he either is or is pretty athletic) this guy is a rare find and his other offers prove it. Finally someone who can play an nba style offense like Hoiberg wants. I want to see him in the pick and roll 10 times a game next year I'm just disappointed he won't be able to do it with Cam at point guard. And hopefully we can do away with the post ups as well. I don't know what the stats are like in college but I know post ups for anyone expect Joel Embiid are pretty inefficient in today's NBA. And I don't think Ivan or Walker are going to have elite ability in that department by next year. I'm hoping his game is similar to Clint Capela though for that to work well we will still need to have success shooting 3s which I'm still worried about. Watching the 16-17 video he keeps the ball high almost every time and gets the shot off quickly. Also as far as I've seen he has no injury history right? Another thing that often plagues big men.

He's like an in-shape Jordy, and that's a good thing.
 
He looks limited offensively, but he already looks fantastic in terms of his ability to help on pick and roll, and he handles the ball pretty well.  
 
He can really, really run at 220lbs.  I'm guessing he can remain comfortable at 235-240lbs.  
 
I'm not sure if he can help us next year, and I don't see him playing the 4, but his speed and skill in transition is an element we don't currently have at the 5.  
 
I like it.  

I like this pickup we need shooting badly on this team though if he doesn’t play til 2021 how would I know we’ll have 8 new guys anyway. But there’s got to be a reason he’s still in DII if he were a great athlete everyone would be looking at him. I would guess he will be similar to Kavas on defense. If he’s a little better that’d be great. 
I know it’s not a total one for one trade because of eligibility but I’d take what I’ve seen this guy over Cross any day. At this point in the process I wasn’t sure who we could possibly have left to get so I’ll take it.
 
Just seeing the post above His block shots are encouraging though that maybe more a reflection of the level he was playing at or system he played in. If he played the 5 in the middle of a 2 3 zone it’d be much easier to get blocks than if you are a wing defender. 

I'm not sure Kavas would have figured out where to be on defense with 4 years here.

Big jump from D2 to D1 though...

Based on this

 
I figure this is what he should look like when he's ready to play in 2 years
 

That’s totally true. I have gotten the feeling that this is more about attitude than on court play though. Again if he is shooting to much Hoiberg can always take him out of the game. And if he doesn’t like it he can leave. But for us to just assume that because the best player in the state was a bit of a ball hog in high school he will always make any team he is on worse seems like a stretch. 

LOL Cam Mack? Teddy Allen? If anyone can explain to me how Allen or Mack have a better track record of being a “high character” guy than Williams I’d love to hear it. 
You know Lebron likes to play 1 on 5 and even disobey his coach too. Did it hurt the team sometimes of course it did but that doesn’t mean Cleveland was going to be better off without him? No. Yes Donovan is like Lebron in a Nebraska highschool game and honestly I’d rather have watched him develop and play 5 on 1 at Nebraska all season compared to what we watched all season. All Hoiberg had to do was act like he wanted this guy and honestly if it didn’t work out WHO CARES we have plenty of spots to fill after all the super high character guys Hoiberg brought in last year are transferring after 1 season. 

I really don't like the concept of "guilty until proven innocent" . Let's reserve judgement on Allen's character until he is on the team for awhile. And on any other social platform someone would undoubtedly label me as a supporter for domestic violence. I think we are more mature on this board. 

This is what the victim said,  “The events that occurred early Thursday morning were a miscommunication. Alcohol was involved and we both made a series of poor decisions that led to even bigger poor decisions. I am not injured, battered, nor was I harmed. This is an unfortunate situation. I have no further comment on what I will do moving forward.” - The Wichita police department also said she wasn't injured in the incident. I have no tolerance for domestic abuse - but I think that's an unfair label in this situation. 

I'd say the best comparison to a recent former Husker is to Roby's classmate, Jeriah Horne. That's who Cross most resembles.

I'm not debating that Cross is more aggressive than frosh Roby was.  Cross clearly is more aggressive.  But in my opinion the gap in athleticism, length, defense and shooting are all much more pronounced, and all favor freshman Roby.  I mean, Kevin can't even make a free throw at this point.  To say that aggression is the trait that most separates them seems like a bit of revisionist history to me.  Zay screamed "potential NBA player" as a freshman.  I'd be surprised to see Kevin make our rotation next year.

Dang Teddy im sorry!!! I didnt mean to hijack your entire thread. Lets get this bad boy back on track!

I hope Blanton ends up being good because if he's not we do not have enough size to really compete.
 
Wish we could've given Brady a chance. Would be a junior next year and could've been a realistic version of this. And he would have been someone who would have stuck around even if he didn't play much for a year. That whole 8 man philosophy will be interesting in a day when people transfer immediately. Even coach Calipari played a 10 man rotation when he had that dream team a few years ago. Not saying its bad idea. I actually kind of like it. But there's hardly even a point of filling all the scholarships. We've already seen a early season transfer caused by this. 

I hope Blanton ends up being good because if he's not we do not have enough size to really compete.
 
Wish we could've given Brady a chance. Would be a junior next year and could've been a realistic version of this. And he would have been someone who would have stuck around even if he didn't play much for a year. That whole 8 man philosophy will be interesting in a day when people transfer immediately. Even coach Calipari played a 10 man rotation when he had that dream team a few years ago. Not saying its bad idea. I actually kind of like it. But there's hardly even a point of filling all the scholarships. We've already seen a early season transfer caused by this. 

That's great but none of the bigger guys are the guys you want starting. If your semi big guys can shoot that really puts stress on the defense chasing you around but I don't see any great stretch 4's or 5's in who we have. I mean just compare Cross, Walker, and Yvan to Copeland or Roby. If we still had the latter two I'd be on board but there is a huge difference in those two sets of players. To me they aren't even close to being close.
 
And also you can't take everything from one game Purdue has an RPI of 70 we beat them at home (like every single conference game so far) and there big man got hurt. They aren't that good and neither is Indiana. We are still getting absolutely destroyed on the boards this year. Are we improving, yes. Are we improving from losing to two rpi 250+ teams, also yes. 

I hope Blanton ends up being good because if he's not we do not have enough size to really compete.
 
Wish we could've given Brady a chance. Would be a junior next year and could've been a realistic version of this. And he would have been someone who would have stuck around even if he didn't play much for a year. That whole 8 man philosophy will be interesting in a day when people transfer immediately. Even coach Calipari played a 10 man rotation when he had that dream team a few years ago. Not saying its bad idea. I actually kind of like it. But there's hardly even a point of filling all the scholarships. We've already seen a early season transfer caused by this. 

To me that sounds a bit like both Gordon and Tucker for the Houston Rockets.

My bad then that's just what I remembered hearing. Either way super nice facility and very good program.

Good catch, I was going off of memory from an article I had read... I'll change the post. Thanks.

Basnett reports that he avg'd 7.3 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 2.4 steals, shot 51% overall, 77% on FTs, and 33% from distance during his SR year. He had nine 40pt games and his season low was 19pts.
 
He's a walking bucket, but looks like he can stuff the statsheet.

I think it’s 5.8 assists per game. Or did he happen to get the same number of rebounds too?

Based on his sophomore numbers, he is a dead-eye three point shooter.  Perfect for our system.
 
In all seriousness, VERY intriguing prospect.  

As Ed progresses to a shooting guard this year it will leave less competition.