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UNL got a bball commit. Tarin Smith - PG - From St Anthony's in Jersey.
Kid seems like a hard worker.
After attending a workout at St. Anthony in eighth grade and seeing “a whole section of [college] coaches lined up,” Smith decided that he wanted to play for the legendary Hurley and has made a sacrifice to do so. He lives in Ocean, N.J., and travels more than an hour each morning by bus to reach St. Anthony.
“I wake up at 5, I catch a 6:30 bus to come up here,” he said. “But it’s worth it because you can’t really get that competition down there. I don’t regret coming up here at all. This is the right decision.”Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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Huskers to be challenged by Baylor's length
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14 hours ago • By BRIAN ROSENTHAL / Lincoln Journal Star
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Baylor center Isaiah Austin (21) blocks a shot by Texas forward Jonathan Holmes, front, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference men's tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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Tim Miles initially thought of giving his frontcourt scout team players broomsticks to hold during practice.
Somebody else mentioned tennis racquets.
Then Miles had another idea.
“I’m thinking about doing the foam finger thing, giving Kye two foam fingers,” Miles said at his Tuesday news conference. “Like, seriously.”
That just might make the lanky, 6-foot-11 Kye Kurkwoski, a junior walk-on, as long as some of Baylor’s players.
But it won’t be enough to emulate the impressive athleticism Nebraska's men's basketball team will see in Friday’s NCAA West Regional second-round game in San Antonio.
Baylor starts 7-foot-1 Isaiah Austin, 6-9 Cory Jefferson and 6-6 Royce O’Neale, and brings 6-8 Rico Gathers and 6-7 Taurean Prince off the bench as part of its eight-player rotation.
Austin, a sophomore center, has 114 blocked shots, the sixth-most in a season by a Big 12 Conference player, and his 18 blocked shots over four games at last week’s Big 12 Tournament set a tournament record.
Baylor also averages 14.2 offensive rebounds per game, led by Jefferson’s 104 this season.
“They block shots and they offensive rebound like mad,” said Miles, the Nebraska coach. “They really pose a lot of problems with their length and athleticism, and if we let it become a volleyball game when we’re playing defense, we’re in trouble.
"If we can keep them to one contested outside shot, I think that’s really important.”
If you’re thinking this sounds something like Nebraska’s nonconference opponent Cincinnati, well, you’re right.
The Bearcats grabbed 15 offensive rebounds, leading to 21 second-chance points, in their 74-59 victory against Nebraska on Dec. 28.
Nebraska, Miles said, complicated matters in that game by taking bad shots and fouling too often.
Patience will again be key against a Baylor zone defense Miles said reminds him of Jerry Tarkanian’s "amoeba defense,” or a 1-1-3 look where the wings are up high, making it look like a 1-3-1 and sometimes evolving into a 2-3.
“It’s really just taking your time,” NU sophomore guard Terran Petteway said. “We watched the Iowa State game, and they were patient. They didn’t rush a shot. They passed up a good shot to get a great shot almost every time down the floor.
“The way their zone is so spread out, we’re going to have to get it into the high post. If you can get it into the high post, that’s breaking down the whole zone, really.”
Austin, who’s blind in one eye, has a 7-foot-3 wingspan and is considered a possible first-round pick in this year’s NBA Draft, should he declare early.
At a mere 225 pounds, he differs from another rim protector Nebraska has faced this season, Purdue’s A.J. Hammons. Miles said Austin is quicker to the ball and longer, and not as forceful or physical as the 251-pound Hammons.
“There are things when Hammons sits on you,” Miles said, “it’s over.”
Miles said taking quick shots “will kill us,” and that Nebraska’s interior players, including 6-8 forward Leslee Smith, will need to be creative around the rim.
“That’s when you have to be crafty and use your post moves and fakes and your pivots,” Miles said, “and understand you can’t just go in and out-quick these guys, because you’re not going to out-quick their length. They’re going to be there. They’re just there already.”
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* Miles said the team watched film of Nebraska’s inability to break Ohio State’s second-half press, and that he “rubbed their face in it for an hour and a half.” Their response? “Two guys stood up and apologized for their behavior and their play to the whole team. I thought that was a good sign,” he said.
“We fell into frustration real easily. Some of the reason we were having problems with the press didn’t have anything to do with schematics.”
* Don’t forget Baylor’s guards. They’re good, said Miles, who singled out sharpshooter Brady Heslip. “He’s as good a shooter as there is,” Miles said. “There might not be a guy in our league who will get that many on you like that.” Heslip has 112 three-pointers, second on Baylor’s all-time single-season list.
* Nebraska sophomore guard Benny Parker isn’t having any major issues with his ankle he injured in Friday’s loss to Ohio State. “He practiced fine,” Miles said.
* Petteway, a Galveston, Texas, native, said he's expecting between 30 and 45 friends and family members at Friday's game. “Everybody and their mom in the state of Texas has been calling me, asking how much tickets are,” Petteway said.
* One of three team captains, Petteway seemed serious when he said players should turn in their cellphones once they arrive in San Antonio, so as to avoid distractions. “I think I’m going to have a talk with Coach Miles about that,” Petteway said.
* Nebraska will practice in Lincoln on Wednesday and then fly to San Antonio. The team will take part in a news conference Thursday before holding an open practice from noon-12:40 p.m. at AT&T Center.Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.Comment
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If you only read one article on coach Miles..... Read this one
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I'm still pissed off.
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[ame]https://twitter.com/drezac97/status/447087229387563009[/ame]
Says it all
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About Hess...
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The guy is a certified douchebag...but UNL played like shit regardless of the officiating.Shut the fuck up Donny!Comment
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We had a higher fg % ...
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And more fg's made...
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UNL started out bad.. But hit 63% in the second half.
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You can't win when you are not allowed to play d.
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