thebigabd
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Friends with a Nebraska fan and was discussing how they now have two of the most interesting coaches in the country, between Scott Frost in football and Fred Hoiberg in basketball...
Hoibergs first Nebraska team will be like an NFL expansion team... practically none of these guys have played together at Nebraska before. Got transfers from junior colleges, Pitt, Robert Morris, Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Marquette, and Seattle University already. The entire starting 5 is first year players. Some of the transfers are sitting out and others are eligible.
14 of the 16 players on roster are new, including walkons of course.
He did this at ISU as well.... How does he do it? If it was so easy to recruit transfers from all over the country, wouldn't more coaches be doing it?
PG: Cam Mack (6'2'' 175 - Junior) * FIRST YEAR PLAYER
- No. 3 overall JUCO recruit from Salt Lake CC, and top junior college point guard in the nation according to JUCORecruiting.com.. Mack averaged a team-high 19.1 points per game. He topped the Bruins in assists (7.6 apg), steals (2.4 spg) and blocked shots (0.6 bpg) while also grabbing 5.9 rebounds per game from his point guard spot. He ranked fifth nationally in assists per game while finishing 24th nationally in steals
SG: Jervay Green (6'3'' 210 - Junior) * FIRST YEAR PLAYER
-Transferred from Western Nebraska CC. Garnered second-team NJCAA All-America honors, averaging 23.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Green shot 55 percent from the field, including 39 percent from 3-point range, while knocking down 2.7 3-pointers per game. He ranked eighth nationally in scoring as Western Nebraska CC finished with a 24-8 record. For his efforts, he was the South Region IX Player of the Year and was Co-Player of the Year in all of Region IX as a sophomore.
SG: Dachon Burke (6'4'' 180) - Junior *FIRST YEAR PLAYER
-Transferred from Robert Morris University. He earned second-team All-Northeast Conference recognition for Coach Andrew Toole, averaging a team-high 17.6 points per game while also adding 5.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game as a sophomore
PF: Shamiel Stevenson (6'6'' 245) - Junior *FIRST YEAR PLAYER
-Transferred from Pitt. As a freshman at Pitt he averaged 8.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game for the Panthers. He shot a team-high 50.5 percent from the field and was second on the team in rebounding. He also shot 37.5 percent from 3-point range and got to the foul line team-high 112 times.
PF: Yvan Ouedraogo (6'9'' 260) - Freshman *FIRST YEAR PLAYER
-Ouedraogo, a 6-foot-9, 260-pound forward from Bordeaux, France, attended the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP)... Ouedraogo was also selected for the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in the U18 Division, averaging 5.3 points and 4.3 rebounds against some of Europe’s top youth competition. He has also represented France in international competition, including the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championships, when he averaged 12.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. He finished second on the team in both scoring and rebounding to help France to a fourth-place finish.
Hoibergs first Nebraska team will be like an NFL expansion team... practically none of these guys have played together at Nebraska before. Got transfers from junior colleges, Pitt, Robert Morris, Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Marquette, and Seattle University already. The entire starting 5 is first year players. Some of the transfers are sitting out and others are eligible.
14 of the 16 players on roster are new, including walkons of course.
He did this at ISU as well.... How does he do it? If it was so easy to recruit transfers from all over the country, wouldn't more coaches be doing it?
PG: Cam Mack (6'2'' 175 - Junior) * FIRST YEAR PLAYER
- No. 3 overall JUCO recruit from Salt Lake CC, and top junior college point guard in the nation according to JUCORecruiting.com.. Mack averaged a team-high 19.1 points per game. He topped the Bruins in assists (7.6 apg), steals (2.4 spg) and blocked shots (0.6 bpg) while also grabbing 5.9 rebounds per game from his point guard spot. He ranked fifth nationally in assists per game while finishing 24th nationally in steals
SG: Jervay Green (6'3'' 210 - Junior) * FIRST YEAR PLAYER
-Transferred from Western Nebraska CC. Garnered second-team NJCAA All-America honors, averaging 23.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Green shot 55 percent from the field, including 39 percent from 3-point range, while knocking down 2.7 3-pointers per game. He ranked eighth nationally in scoring as Western Nebraska CC finished with a 24-8 record. For his efforts, he was the South Region IX Player of the Year and was Co-Player of the Year in all of Region IX as a sophomore.
SG: Dachon Burke (6'4'' 180) - Junior *FIRST YEAR PLAYER
-Transferred from Robert Morris University. He earned second-team All-Northeast Conference recognition for Coach Andrew Toole, averaging a team-high 17.6 points per game while also adding 5.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game as a sophomore
PF: Shamiel Stevenson (6'6'' 245) - Junior *FIRST YEAR PLAYER
-Transferred from Pitt. As a freshman at Pitt he averaged 8.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game for the Panthers. He shot a team-high 50.5 percent from the field and was second on the team in rebounding. He also shot 37.5 percent from 3-point range and got to the foul line team-high 112 times.
PF: Yvan Ouedraogo (6'9'' 260) - Freshman *FIRST YEAR PLAYER
-Ouedraogo, a 6-foot-9, 260-pound forward from Bordeaux, France, attended the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP)... Ouedraogo was also selected for the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in the U18 Division, averaging 5.3 points and 4.3 rebounds against some of Europe’s top youth competition. He has also represented France in international competition, including the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championships, when he averaged 12.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. He finished second on the team in both scoring and rebounding to help France to a fourth-place finish.
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