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Sunday, June 17, 2007

NU Basketball

Nebraska has had its 2007 recruiting class rated by some as 10th in the Big 12. Some good players are coming in but there are no Kevin Durants. Maybe no Alex Marics. Hopefully a Charles Richardson because we will miss him dearly. NU should be improved this year but even with Doc Sadler at the helm, don't get your sights set too high yet.

According to Rivals.com, NU has no four star players coming in 2007. They are laced with three and two star players. At point guard, we have three star players Steve Harley and Josh Miller. Two star player Josh Richardson is also a two star point guard. This is such an important position to get a key person to step forward. Charles Richardson was so consistant last year and very underrated. Point guard is where it all starts and NU found out a few years ago that losing your quarterback on the basketball floor messes up your chemistry and players don't produce to their ability when this position is not strong. We need one of these player to step up or we will need to look at a JR Stowbridge or one of our other guards to play this position.

Steve Harley is a JUCO player from Maryland and played for Temple Hills College in Texas. He is 5'11" and 170 lbs. His only offer came from Nebraska. He was looked at by Utah also. He made the NJCAA All-Star game in Texas.

Josh Miller comes to us from Cincinnati Ohio. Miller looks like our most promising point guard recruit. He was offered six scholarships with one being from Rhode Island. He is small at 5'8" and only 160 lbs. He was rated at the 12th best player in Ohio. He is small but quick and can handle the ball. He will be a project or Doc Sadler and staff to get him ready for the Big 12.

Brandon Richardson is from California. He is the tallest of the PG recruits at 6'1".

Nebraska also has three shooting guard recruits and two are all rated three star rated and one is a two star by Rivals.com. The shooting guard position is also key as NU needs scorers. Besides Ryan Anderson at forward last year, we didn't have any great shooters from the outside.

Ola Dagunduro's brother Adeola comes to us from California also. Adeola will get playing time this season. He was offered eight scholarships with it coming down to Penn State and NU. Miami Fla., UNLV, and Pepperdine were also some of the college teams he received offers from. He is a JUCO player from Lancaster Antelope Valley College in California. He is 6'5" but needs to put on some weight. Odd after seeing how big Ola is. Adeola scored 18.1 points a game and averaged nine rebounds last year. He will need to work on his free throw shooting (65%) and his three point shooting (26%).

Our other three shooting guard recruit is Toney McCray. He had five offers. Three of those offers came from Washington St., Georgia, and Baylor. Toney is 6'6" and is from Missouri City, Texas High School. He averaged 16 points per game and six rebounds.

Our two star recruit at shooting guard is Rishawn Norwood. He is 6'3" and comes to NU as a JUCO player from San Antonio Junior College. NU gave him his only offer for a scholarship.

NU had one recruit sign at small forward. He is Alonzo Edwards out of a high school from Houston, Texas. He had some impressive offers. Bobby Knight at Texas Tech made an offer. USC, who recruited the top high school player in America, O.J.Mayo, tried to get Alonzo. Wyoming also made an offer. Alonz is 6'7" and 215 lbs. Pretty big for a small forward.

At power forward, Nu recruited a three star and a two star player as rated by Rivals.com.

NU's three star recruit at power forward has been called a "project". He is Shang Ping. He should get some playing time this fall. He is 6'9" and weighs 225 lbs. He is a JUCO player from East Peoria Illinois Central College. He was offered three scholarships by Butler, Pacific, and NU. Oklahoma St also showed interest. His mother and father both played for the Chinese national team.

The ninth and final recruit is a two star power forward coming from the Sheridan JUCO College in Wyoming. He received his only offer from NU although there was some interest from Texas A & M.

Nine players coming in, if they all qualify academically, and it looks like two players will have their scholarships taken away on the previous roster. That will be interesting.

Look to Josh Miller, Adeola Dagunduro, Toney McCray, Alonzo Edwards, and Shang Ping getting some early playing time. It is uncertain as to who, if any, will get redshirts. Possibly some of the two star recruits. Steve Harley may be a surprise.

This writer is extremely excited for the upcoming season. Doc Sadler will put the pieces of the puzzle together. Give him time and Don't Expect Too Much Too Soon!!

Major Source of Information comes from Rivals.com

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