2024 Portal Szn

The way Chucky's family has been treated, and the way Chucky has been treated at PBA, I'd say there is about .0001% chance he's heading to Lincoln.  If the team-up with former teammate FF is an option, the opportunity is in Omaha.

 
Red Five said:
Rumor is Essegian is on campus today.
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Had some injury issues I know but terribly under-utilized at Wisco this year- would be a great fit. Portal is completely insane- over the last hour 2 guys from smaller conferences joined SEC teams to fall into obscurity... I like Fred's approach. I don't think he's bringing in guys just to add bodies to the bench. They fit the system/they play.

 
DGNU said:
Had some injury issues I know but terribly under-utilized at Wisco this year- would be a great fit. Portal is completely insane- over the last hour 2 guys from smaller conferences joined SEC teams to fall into obscurity... I like Fred's approach. I don't think he's bringing in guys just to add bodies to the bench. They fit the system/they play.
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I don't follow basketball (especially non-Nebrasketball) closely enough to verify this, but the talk here is he was "under-utilized" because he doesn't play defense and the coach got frustrated with that.

 
He played 28 mins. a game when he was healthy as a frosh (also, pre-A. J. Storr), but yeah- probably a moot point- Essegian has visited everywhere/probably won't end up N. Brings up something though that was great about this past year's team- coaching staff did a nice job neutralizing guys' weaknesses on D. Esp. at the guard position- until A&M, of course- too many good ones there. Need to be able to work with guys like that because... most players are better on one side or the other, right? (And hey my Chicago Bulls made it to the second game of the play-in despite not defending anybody!)

 
Let's reformat this a bit

Players that are N

PF/C Andrew Morgan Sr NDSU

PG Rollie Worster Sr Utah

SG/SF Gavin Griffiths So Rutgers

Players we are after

SF Frankie Fidler Sr Omaha

PF William Kyle Jr South Dakota St

C Malique Ewin Jr JUCO/Ole Miss

C Igor Milicic Sr Charlotte

SG Connor Essegian Jr Wisconsin

SG Brendan Hausen Jr Villanova

Lost interest

PF/C Pharrel Payne Jr Minnesota

SF Joshua Ola-Joseph Jr Minnesota

Targets that have gone elsewhere

SG Connor Hickman Sr Bradley -> Cincinnati

PF John Hugley Sr Oklahoma -> Xavier

Former Huskers

Jamarques Lawrence Jr -> Rhode Island

Matar Diop So -> Loyola Marymount

Eli Rice So -> Penn St

CJ Wilcher

Blaise Keita

 
Word is Chucky is probably going to Michigan State or Louisville.  Louisville offered a high-six-figure NIL deal.

Fidler likely going elsewhere as well.  Not sure where, just not Nebraska.

Sounds like Kyle is a Nebraska/Wake Forest contest.

Essegian said to be an Indiana lean but getting a visit is good.

Hausen may be next in line if Essegian goes elsewhere.

 
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Red Five said:
Let's reformat this a bit

Players that are N

PF/C Andrew Morgan Sr NDSU

PG Rollie Worster Sr Utah

SG/SF Gavin Griffiths So Rutgers

Players we are after

SF Frankie Fidler Sr Omaha

PF William Kyle Jr South Dakota St

C Malique Ewin Jr JUCO/Ole Miss

C Igor Milicic Sr Charlotte

SG Connor Essegian Jr Wisconsin

SG Brendan Hausen Jr Villanova

Lost interest

PF/C Pharrel Payne Jr Minnesota

SF Joshua Ola-Joseph Jr Minnesota

Targets that have gone elsewhere

SG Connor Hickman Sr Bradley -> Cincinnati

PF John Hugley Sr Oklahoma -> Xavier

Former Huskers

Jamarques Lawrence Jr -> Rhode Island

Matar Diop So -> Loyola Marymount

Eli Rice So -> Penn St

CJ Wilcher

Blaise Keita
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If not for the group of you guys putting in the effort to keep a noob like me informed I'd be completely lost in this. Basketball and the NIL is so different from Football and oddly, seems more complexed. Thank You @Red Five

 
Mavric said:
Word is Chucky is probably going to Michigan State or Louisville.  Louisville offered a high-six-figure NIL deal.

Fidler likely going elsewhere as well.  Not sure where, just not Nebraska.

Sounds like Kyle is a Nebraska/Wake Forest contest.

Essegian said to be an Indiana lean but getting a visit is good.

Hausen may be next in line if Essegian goes elsewhere.
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Thanks for this- yeah, deductively, gotta think Fidler to Michigan State with Chucky leaving Wisconsin. And totally would prefer Hausen over Essegian! (The Kyle recruiting definitely has that feel, too... don't pull a Hunter Sallis, William!)

 
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