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Interview with 2014 SF Malek Harris

Published by Source on June 11th, 2012

Among the prospects visiting Indiana University this past weekend was 2014 SF Malek Harris (Sandburg HS / Orland Park, IL). I got a chance to speak with Harris about his visit and where he is at in the recruiting process.

The unofficial visit to Bloomington is the latest development for the 6’7″ Harris, who has been picking up interest from programs in the Big Ten and beyond. With offers from Miami (OH), Iowa and DePaul, the list of schools interested also includes Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Louisville, Marquette, St. John’s, Oregon State and Creighton.

“The visit went great,” he said of his trip to IU. He get to check out the team’s workout and then scrimmage with some of the current players. “It was just a great experience and I learned a lot from Indiana.”

 

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James decommits from Illini

Published by Source on May 30th, 2012

2013 point guard Jalen James has decided to reopen his recruitment after committing to Illinois last September. Though he had previously told Rivals.com that he would stick with the Illini following the hiring of John Groce, the two sides parted ways Wednesday.

Though the guard runs with the Illinois Wolves AAU team and is a native of the state, he is playing his prep ball at La Lumiere School in LaPorte, Indiana. This past season, his first at the school, he was able to team up with future B1G players Hanner Perea, Jay Simpson and Raphael Davis.

James was influential in the recruitment of Malcolm Hill (SG, Belleville East), who is now the only member of Illinois’ current 2013 class. Hill committed to the Illini just a day after James and has recently confirmed his loyalty to the school and the new coaching staff. Hill is a rising star, currently ranked #52 nationally by Rivals.

The news comes just one day after the Illini lost new assistant coach Isaac Chew to Marquette. According to Mike Mullins, James’ AAU coach, James has already been contacted by Marquette, SMU, DePaul, Nebraska and several others. SMU hired former Illini player/coach Jerrance Howard as an assistant this off-season, as they are entering their first season under Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. Expect to see Kansas State get involved, as their new head coach Bruce Weber is the man who James committed to in the first place.

James tweeted his support for the program shortly after the news was announced: “I wish Coach Groce And The Illini Staff The Best Of Luck In The Future!”

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Terran Petteway headed to Nebraska

Published by Source on May 15th, 2012

New coach Tim Miles continues to stock up on players, this time landed Texas Tech transfer Terran Petteway. The 6’6″ wing will have three seasons of eligibility remaining after sitting out next season per NCAA rules.

Petteway, from Galveston, Texas, averaged 3.1 points in 13.1 minutes per game as a freshman at Tech. The Red Raiders had a rough year, finishing just 8-23 under new head coach Billy Gillispie. In what was certainly a frustrating year for everyone in the program, Petteway became best known for this punch he threw at Kansas guard Conner Teahan.

Miles is optimistic about Petteway’s B1G future, praising him as a “very dynamic player” and noting that he “has been well coached throughout his career and his parents are great people.” Petteway built a relationship with Coach Miles and assistant Craig Smith when they were recruiting him out of high school on behalf of Colorado State. Miles has now brought in three players in the last two months, including high school senior Sergej Vucetic and JUCO transfer Deverell Biggs.

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2012 B1G/ACC Challenge Match-ups Announced

Published by Source on May 14th, 2012

The match-ups have been announced for next season’s B1G/ACC Challenge. There will be twelve games featuring all twenty-four teams in the two conferences. In what will be the 14th annual event, the B1G will attempt to win its 4th straight after losing the first 10.

ESPN’s preseason #1 Indiana Hoosiers will host the #11 North Carolina Tar Heels in one of the two headlining games of the event. The other features an up and coming #6 NC State Wolfpack team traveling to Ann Arbor to take on the #8 Michigan Wolverines in what may be an early season top-10 match-up if the preseason rankings hold. Both of those games will be on Tuesday, November 27. The following day, the headliner is surely the #5 Ohio State Buckeyes at the #15 Duke Blue Devils. Coach K’s squad will be looking for revenge after getting destroyed in Columbus this past season.

Here are all 12 match-ups:

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2102 Serbian center chooses Huskers

Published by Source on May 3rd, 2012

Tim Miles has landed a late 2012 addition in Serbian center Sergej Vucetic. The big man chose Nebraska over offers from Providence, Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Rhode Island, Charlotte and Nevada.

Vucetic, who stands 7’1″ tall, is already 19 years old. He is currently attending AIM Prep in Northville, Michigan. He visited NU’s Lincoln campus on Wednesday and liked what he saw enough to give Coach Miles his verbal pledge a day later.

The center should get some minutes in his first season as he continues to develop his skills. The Huskers have a pair of senior centers in Brandon Ubel (6’10″) and Andre Almeida (6’11″) that should provide great competition in practice for Vucetic. There is always a place for a 7-footer will some skills, especially after the two centers leave in Vucetic’s second season.

Nebraska has signed three players in the class of 2012 already: high school seniors Benny Parker and Shavon Shields and JUCO prospect Deverell Biggs.

 

 

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Nebraska gets JUCO point guard

Published by Source on April 17th, 2012

New head coach Tim Miles has landed his first Nebraska commitment since taking over the position back in March. Steward County CC (KS) point guard Deverell Biggs made his verbal pledge to the Huskers Sunday, choosing them over Oklahoma State, Southern Miss and Utah State.

Biggs is a Nebraska-native that played his prep ball at Omaha Central. He returns to his home state as a junior ready to make an immediate impact on the new look Cornhuskers.

Miles’ 2012 class is now three men deep, as Biggs joins Kansas City high school prospects Shavon Shields and Benny Parker. Before previous head coach Doc Sadler was fired, he had signed three other JUCO prospects. All three of those players have been released from their commitments to the University.

Getting the first commitment is crucial for any new head coach. It will be interesting to see if any of Miles’ recruits from Colorado State will make the switch over to Nebraska, as he still has several available scholarships. CSU has signed letters from Texas SG Jordan Mason and Chicago PG Jermaine Morgan (Whitney Young). According to HuskerOnline.com, Morgan wants out of his letter to CSU and has expressed interest in following Miles to Lincoln.

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Nebraska hires Colorado States’ Miles

Published by Source on March 25th, 2012

Nebraska athletic director Tom Osbourne has found the next Huskers men’s basketball coach: Colorado State’s Tim Miles. The 45-year old Miles comes to Lincoln to replace fired head coach Doc Sadler and will lead the Huskers into their second season of B1G competition. The first season was less than impressive, as the Huskers finished 11th out of 12 teams and lost in the first round of the conference tournament.

Miles appeared in his first career NCAA Tournament this past season, leading the Colorado State Rams to the 11-seed in the West Regional. It was the program’s first appearance since in nine years. Though the Rams fell to Murray State in their first game, the season was quite a success and launched Miles to his next career destination: Big Ten head coach.

In his five years in Fort Collins, Miles coached the Rams to an overall 71-88 (28-50) record. But those numbers would look a lot better when you take out a rough first two years in which Miles was forced to rebuild a team with just two returning players. Over the last three years Miles has proved his coaching abilities, leading the Rams to a 55-41 record and three straight postseason appearances (CBI in 2010, NIT in 2011 and NCAA in 2012).

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Revisiting My Preseason Predictions

Published by Source on March 21st, 2012

With the regular season finished and postseason tournaments in full swing, it is time to take a look back at the predictions I posted the day before this college basketball season began. I went game-by-game to predict wins and losses, tallied them up and listed the teams from 1-12. Needless to say, I did not do that well.

The first thing that jumps out is that the B1G really beat up on each other in conference play, with a lot of teams at the top of the standings losing to teams at the bottom. No team dominated the season the way that I (and many others) expected Ohio State to do.

It was not all bad, though, as I was pretty spot on with my non-conference records. For most teams, I only missed 2 or 3 non-conference games (I missed 4 for Penn State, but was perfect for Minnesota and only missed 1 each for Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin). Below, you will see a couple different lists. The first is the side-by-side of my predicted conference standings and the actual conference standings. Next, you will see a team-by-team breakdown of the records I predicted so that you can see how wrong/right I was. NOTE: I do not include conference tournament games, as those would have been impossible to predict before the season. NOTE 2: 3-way tie in actual B1G standings, but I listed the 3 teams in the order they were seeded in the conference tournament.

PREDICTED:                       ACTUAL:

1 – Ohio State                  T-1 – Michigan State

2 – Michigan                   T-1 – Michigan

3 – Wisconsin                 T-1 – Ohio State

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Bruce Weber, Doc Sadler both fired

Published by Source on March 9th, 2012

Two Big Ten head coaches were relieved of their duties on Friday, both after losing in the first round of the conference tournament on Thursday. Illinois has cut ties with Bruce Weber, the Illini head coach for the past nine seasons. Several hours later, Nebraska athletic director Tom Osbourne announced the firing of Cornhusker men’s basketball coach Doc Sadler after six seasons in Lincoln.

There was much speculation throughout the last two months that Weber would not be retained by Illinois and those suspicions became reality Friday morning. Back in February, following a disappointing home loss to Purdue, Weber admitted that he had coached “not to lose” all season and apologized to a lot of people in what seemed to be a sign that his tenure was nearing its end. The Illini started the season out hot, jumping out to a 10-0 record and eventually finding themselves in first place in the conference at 15-3 (4-1). Then the losses started happening as the Illini finished the season losing 12 of their final 14 games.

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B1G Tournament Bracket

Published by Source on March 7th, 2012

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