Latest Nebraska football recruiting buzz, plus Nebraska vs. Ohio State predictions

Hey folks, welcome back to the Husker Big Red YouTube channel. I'm Chris Peterson and

joining me as always is my co-host Danny Gillette and we're back here on a Thursday morning

It's another big day for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The men's basketball team will be on the road

tonight against Ohio State and the Nebraska football team is setting up official visits

left and right. So we're going to cover all that. Before we do, please make sure that

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It definitely helps us out. So Danny, before we get to the Huskers, man, how are you doing

this morning? Good. Good. I'm excited for the game tonight, the basketball game. It's

not going to be an easy one. No big time basketball game is, but other than that, I'm doing pretty

good. Spring is coming. I'm feeling a lot of warmer weather, so I'm optimistic about

that and just one month closer to football, so I'm always happy and even closer to spring

practice, believe it or not. So things are looking up. Yeah, things definitely are looking

up. As we talk about Nebraska and Ohio State, yeah, definitely not going to be an easy matchup

tonight. The Huskers are a three point underdog. That game will be on Fox Sports 1. It's going

to tip off 5.30 p.m. Central time, so we're going to get into that in just a moment. Talk

some Nebraska basketball, but we're going to get off the show started with some of the

football recruiting stuff going on because, man, if you haven't been following, it's been hard to keep track of all the visits. It seems like there's like five or six guys a day setting

up not just unofficial visits, but official visits in April and June. So a lot of big

time recruits and you can really see the board kind of stacking up for Nebraska. What are

some of the, who I guess, who are some of the names or what are some of the visits that

are kind of sticking out to you so far, Danny? Jalen Williams, because I know the defensive

lineman, four star defensive lineman out of Palatine. He visited Nebraska once before

already. He liked Nebraska when he was offered in January. And then also, I mean, I've talked

about it before, wide receiver, Cortez Mills. He's coming in on June 14th, I believe it

is. And he is a highly sought after wide receiver. You know, it seems like every program wants

him and as always is the case with Florida wide receivers, you got to watch out for

you know, Miami and Florida State and the like. And so I guess I said I had a question

I wanted to ask you before we got on here. Michigan also seems to be a player for Jalen

Williams. And how much do you think Michigan is involved in his recruitment? I still think

Michigan is definitely involved. It did. They lost Mike Elston, who was kind of the primary

their defensive line coach. And Jalen Williams kind of tweeted about that. He actually put out

a tweet when Mike Elston went to the Chargers. So I do think that that did shake up the recruitment

a little bit. They have hired a new defensive line coach. It hasn't been announced yet

but it's Greg Scruggs from Wisconsin. And he was at Cincinnati for a while with the Jets

So he's a pretty good recruiter. So I wouldn't say that, you know, it's necessarily a slam dunk

but it definitely that, you know, the departure of Elston, you know, definitely reset this

recruitment. And, you know, even though I think the on three prediction machine still has Michigan

as the leader, but I wouldn't buy that at all. I think this is definitely more of a 50, 50 thing

And Nebraska, they got Jalen Williams on campus in late January, and that seemed to go really

well. Now he's got an official visit set up. So I would say that Nebraska is right there with

Michigan, if not in the lead for Jalen Williams, who's 6'5", 238, you know, out of Illinois

just a really good player that I would be very excited about getting. And then another guy

on that June 21st weekend that I wanted to bring up, Jamarian Parker. We've talked about him before

the Arkansas running back commit at a Cardinal Ritter prep in St. Louis, Missouri. And this is

one I really, I really think Nebraska can flip. You know, not only I think this might be his first

visit, but if you look at Arkansas right now, you know, Sam Pittman barely avoided getting fired

last year. Like everybody, a lot of people thought he was going to get fired. And so, I mean, we've

seen that, you know, with Scott Frost and just other, other coaches, it's hard to, you know

sometimes get those recruits to stay in your class when, you know, you know, the coach is

going to get fired. And so if things don't start well for Arkansas this year, especially, I think

that, you know, Jamarian Parker is just begging to be flipped. And the fact that he's taking

you know, you don't always see guys that are committed to take official visits elsewhere

I mean, you do see it sometimes, but more often than not, it feels like when that happens

they end up flipping. I mean, an official visit is one thing, you know, sometimes guys will go for

like a, you know, a junior day or like a camp thing or, you know, and so then you kind of get

a little bit worried, but some programs do not allow their commits to, you know, take official

visits elsewhere. That's because when that happens, it's pretty serious. And so I don't know, I don't

know that Jamarian Parker's visiting anywhere else, but the fact that he's committed to Arkansas

and coming to Nebraska in June, I think it's a pretty good sign for the Huskers. And then another date that kind of caught my attention on the recruiting calendar, so to speak

is April 26th. They have a bunch of visitors coming in that day, headlined by

athlete Michael Terry, a four-star athlete, again, on three recruiting prediction machine. I like to

use it just to see what other teams are in play in terms of recruiting. It seems like Texas and

Nebraska are kind of, you know, the two top teams in his recruitment. I like Nebraska's chance here

because of their success in Texas. It's not going to be an easy recruitment for Nebraska to win

because of Texas's recent, you know, resurgence and, you know, kind of, you know, national

spotlight type of season that they had last year. Jack Lang is also coming in on the 26th of April

Notre Dame is thought to be a contender for him. And with the way they develop offensive linemen

that's one that Nebraska's going to have to really work at as well. And then two other names that

really kind of interested me, T.J. Lateef, the quarterback from Lutheran High School in Orange

County, and Emmanuel Choice, the wide receiver from Lancaster, Texas. I kind of like where we

stand with Lateef and Choice because it seems as though Arizona's the other big player in his

recruitment. Not that there aren't more because he's a very good quarterback, but I like where

Nebraska stands with Lateef. And given how Nebraska's been able to recruit and develop

wide receivers, I really kind of like where we stand with Choice as well. USC is obviously

you know, no program to sleep on when it comes to a recruiting battle, of course, but I'm not

counting us out there either. And then I guess I know I said two, but one other guy, Keelan Abrams

from DeSoto. I believe Mario Buford went to DeSoto, if I'm not mistaken, and TCU is the other

player in his recruitment. But I also like where Nebraska stands there as well. So I guess I like

pretty much everybody that Nebraska has on that day, but I'm looking at April 26 as a day

not necessarily for commitments, but one that they could really make some inroads in with some

big-time recruits. And it'll be interesting to see who else they get that weekend because that

is the weekend of the spring game for Nebraska football. So, you know, they made that a big

you know, a big visit weekend last weekend. Yeah, Jack Lang is interesting because he also

according to On3, is going to be visiting unofficially on March 24th. So, man, if you

get that guy on campus, you know, twice within a month, I think that that's a pretty good sign

He's supposed to visit the same day Chase Lofton, who's going to be taking an unofficial visit that

day. And yeah, Michael Terry, you mentioned him, but yeah, you know, 6'3", 210 pounds. This guy's

ranked, On3 has him 29th overall in their industry rankings. The 24-7 composite has him 52, but he's

as highly ranked probably as anybody, you know, Nebraska is going to be seriously involved with

this cycle. So that's a name I definitely would keep my eye on. And Emmanuel Choice

you know, out of Lancaster, that's where Q1 Lacey was from. Obviously, I know he ended up going to

Alabama, but Garrett McGuire, I feel like has a good chance to get him. And I just like the

receivers, man. I really, you know, if I could choose one wide receiver in this class, it would

be Cortez Mills. I said that before. I absolutely love his game. And 6'1", 170, but it's going to be

a very tough pull for him. But I am excited that they've got him in for an official visit

And the fact that, you know, this is a receiver that, from Florida, that maybe I wouldn't give

Nebraska a great chance at landing maybe in the past, but you've got Dylan Raiola now. So that

opens up, you know, entirely new worlds of players for you. So, and then Nebraska has done well in

Florida. Of course they did lose Phil Simpson, but I don't think that that's going to make a huge

difference. I am interested to see though, if he can kind of get Florida State more involved in

that Cortez Mills recruitment, because it's been mostly dominated by Miami and South Florida

But, and yeah, I think that's pretty much all the guys that I was really, you know, kind of looking

at. Isaiah West, another guy running back out of, you know, Philadelphia. So two running backs that

have official visits, Isaiah West and Jermarian Parker. Wisconsin and Penn State also very much

in the mix there. So just kind of interesting because you can see how things are, you know

developing as far as the board goes, who's getting these official visits and you can see

who Nebraska football is prioritizing. And I think they've got a pretty, you know, impressive list of

recruits for official visits so far. I'm interested in the Keelan Abrams commitment, because if they

can land another player from DeSoto, I'd say that's a school that they really, really start

you know, kind of making a priority in recruiting. And, you know, DeSoto is known for producing

quality players, so I'd be perfectly fine with that. And then one other name that kind of caught

my eye as if all these don't catch my eye, because I love recruiting, is they're hosting

Dawson Merritt, the linebacker on April 13th. Kansas and Nebraska seem to be the top two in

his recruitment so far, according to the prediction machine. So you never know with that, but I like

our chances here. Four-star linebacker, 18th overall at the position, fourth overall in the

state, and you can never have too many linebackers, especially in this Tony White defense. And so

he's a guy that I'm kind of interested in, 6'3", 205 pounds, you know, ranked 128th overall

nationally. I mean, I think that's a recruitment worth keeping an eye on as well, especially if

Kansas State is really kind of one of the other schools that are really, really in the mix

because I feel like we can win a recruitment there. Yeah, right now Nebraska is the only team

with an official visit. They've had three visits actually, because he's coming in April too

April and June, and he did visit last September. So he hasn't, he's only ever visited, at least

according to on three, and this might not always be updated, but Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas

It'll be interesting to see if other programs do get in the mix. Florida State has offered this

guy scholarship. I'm sure a bunch of others have too, but I, you know, Nebraska's done a really

great job of getting these guys, you know, the top players in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

and Iowa, really that cluster of kind of Midwest schools. Nebraska's done a great job of at least

getting in the mix with almost all of those, the best players in those areas. So, I mean

those are the types of recruiting battles Nebraska should be able to win. They should be able to beat

Iowa and Kansas State and Kansas out for recruits. I mean, that's, I mean, traditionally

they've been able to do that, and like, you know, the last few years, maybe it's been a struggle

because the on-field results haven't been as good, but, you know, this program is starting to

you know, recruit like it should, and that's a top 20 class every year. I think that that's what

Nebraska can do on the recruiting trail, and I think, you know, Matt rules pretty much, I mean

he pretty much got us there day one. He signed a top 25 class his first year with very limited time

Top 20 class. Signed a top 20 class last cycle and closed really strong again, and they're off

to a very positive start right now. I know they've only got a few commitments, but

and they've really, they're doing a good job with in-state recruits too. A couple of names that

you know, outside of Chase Lofton and Christian Jones, but guys, I think that we'll be deciding

fairly soon. Jackson Carpenter is one of those guys. He's been down to Nebraska and Kansas. He's

got, you know, crystal balls for Nebraska. I believe he's going to be a Nebraska, you know

commit in the end, but that's another one to watch. You know, Pierce Mueberry is another guy that has

visited recently. Linebacker, athlete. So, those are two guys that are basically top eight players

in the state according to 24-7, and Nebraska's in a good spot to land both of those guys too, so

So, how do you think the recruitment of Cortez Mills affects the recruitment of Isaiah Mosey

Because he was another guy that I really liked and, you know, he could still be a

I don't want to say backup plan because that's unfair to, that's unfair to him, but

do you think Nebraska pushes as hard for Isaiah Mosey still? I think they will. I, you know, I haven't heard as much about him lately

I haven't either, that's why I asked. Yeah, let's see, and he's also ranked very high. I, you know, if I look at 24-7, his teams that

are listed as more, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, I feel like maybe, yeah, he's got

official visits to Missouri. Let's see, he's taking a visit to Tennessee. I mean, I think that he

would still have a chance. It does seem like that they, I don't know, for some reason aren't, you

know, recruiting him as much. You know, they've shifted to some of these other, you know, some of

these receivers in Texas. So, I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if they came back to him, but it does

seem like, you know, Cortez Mills has kind of been the top priority and maybe, I don't know, maybe

they don't feel like they can land both guys. I'm not really sure. I don't necessarily think

that's their thinking because they are going after, you know, some other highly ranked receivers

but yeah, I'm not sure why there's been a drop off with Mosey. Maybe they just didn't, maybe

they just didn't feel it and, you know, didn't feel any positive momentum going forward. But it

is interesting that he hasn't, you know, taken an official visit or, you know, been scheduled for

an official one either. And it's important to remember, just generally speaking, that recruiting

is now a year-round thing. It's no longer just, you know, February, December and done. It is now a

round-the-clock 365, or if you're counting today, 366-day job. And so, I used to be a lot more

worried about where classes stand at this point in the year. Now, with the transfer portal and

everything, I'm not really that worried. But I do think Nebraska has a solid base for the

25 class, and I've been really impressed with how aggressive they've been. And I think it's

going to kind of really, you know, they kind of did this last year, you know, get all their

recruiting done by, say, you know, July, kind of sit back, play the season, get everybody signed

and, you know, kind of round out the class very early, which I liked, and it wasn't something that

we were used to. But, you know, I saw something the other day, and I'm not sure if you've seen

this, where the NCAA was kind of considering a third signing day. What do you think about that

I don't know if I like that, but... Yeah, I was going to mention that. I mean, that is

interesting. It's kind of a, they're talking about revamping the recruiting calendar a little bit

so they would add the proposal, or at least some of the talk, I don't think it's a proposal yet

is for having a third signing day in June, and then you would have a signing day in December

but it would be the Wednesday after the, the Wednesday before the conference championship

game, so it wouldn't be... Which I don't like, but... Yeah, I mean, I can see it, I guess I can

see it both ways, you know, for coaches, but yeah, it is a little bit different. So that would be

earlier, and then the rest of December, I guess, would be a dead period, and so you would be

somewhat separating. I think you would have high school recruiting done before you would have the

transfer portal opening, I think is the idea. So, and I think part of the reason, you know

I do think, at least in what I was reading, some of the things is that they're trying to

you know, maybe give teams a chance to focus on those high school recruits, and so you'd have

kids, give kids a chance to sign in June and some in December. Now, I don't know how many would sign

in June. I mean, Nebraska's got like, what, five or six commits now, so I mean, you could get some

I'm sure there would be a push to sign more if that happened, but I do think you'd have to change

the calendar a little bit, too, because if you have guys signing before, you know, they go into

their senior season, it would make sense to allow them to take, you know, official visits as juniors

and game day visits, because they can't take those until they're seniors, really. So that would be

you know, I think they need to change some of that stuff, and then the normal February period would

be the same, but I don't know, June does seem a little weird, does seem a little early to me

like maybe, I don't know why they don't, why they don't do it in August, because it seems like by

August, there's a good, you know, you have a pretty good idea of like, at least some of the top players

where they're going. They've taken their visits in June, and that late period in July, that's not a

dead period. So I feel like, probably like 80 or 90 percent of the kids that want to, you know, make

their decisions could sign in August, and then you'd have a few left in December and February

but it'll be interesting to follow. I don't know how much it's going to, you know, impact things

from a Nebraska, you know, perspective. I don't think it's going to dramatically change things

It's just, it would just be a lot different calendar, and it would just move things up

even more, which the early signing period, that kind of moves up decisions even farther

so it's just going to, you know, advance decision-making processes for kids even more, I think

I feel like having early signing day, the week of the conference changing game

is a little bit hectic. I don't know if I like that

If you're playing that week, yeah. Yeah, I don't know if I, true, yeah. I don't know if I like that. It's just a lot all at once

I mean, but, you know, and it also, all like the June signing period allows more tampering

and I don't know. I don't know if I like that. To me, it just seems, like I get why the NCAA

wants to do it, but to me it seems like classic NCAA try to fix a problem where there is none

Well, meanwhile, like NIL and everything is going crazy, and they're doing nothing about it

and I don't know. Just seems kind of, I don't like it, but if it happens, it happens. I mean

college football is now radically different than what it was even five years ago

Yeah, that would be a pretty big change. Yeah, I'm not, the June, the summer period is surprising to

me, but I guess the only thing is, you know, if you're going to make December like a true dead

period, then coaches wouldn't really be recruiting, I guess, going into that conference

championship. It would pretty much, I mean, they'd be doing phone calls, but because you can talk to

you can use text. I don't know if you can call. I know you can text. You probably can, but who calls people anymore? Everybody texts, so they probably don't even want

They're probably like, who the hell is this coach calling me, man? I'm not going there, but, you know, and then, so, I mean, and then pretty much on that Wednesday, you just be

collecting your letters of intent, but, but yeah, it would be, it would be a hectic week

although it would be, you know, if you weren't playing in that championship game, I guess it wouldn't matter as much, but you do team, do what you would have teams, excuse me, that

are going to be preparing for, you know, the 12 team playoff and whatnot. So at any rate

And Nebraska will be one of them. So Matt Ruhl is going to have a hectic week ahead of him

hopefully. Yeah. When we get weeks of this passes. When we go 10 and two this year, which I do think is possible

I saw nine and three projections the other day. So. Very, it's possible. But at any rate, we do have, you know, this Nebraska basketball team

has been on a roll four straight wins of over by 15 points or more. They're playing an Ohio

state team tonight that they beat in January in Lincoln, 83 69. Like we mentioned at the top of

the show, though, they're a three point underdog and this, this Ohio state team, since they fired

their head coach and hired or not hired, but installed Jake Diebler as the interim head coach

they beat Purdue at home. They beat Michigan state on the road. So they

they have kind of turned things around. There's still a like 58th of the Ken Palm, and

they're going to be going to the NIT. The NIT is kind of different now where the top, the top

I think two teams like in the big 10 conference that aren't selected to the NCAA tournament

get automatic births. So I think last year probably would have helped Nebraska because they

basically there was rumors of like, you know, the big 10 and some of these other teams starting their own postseason tournament. So the NIT kind of, you know, got away from, you know

we're going to, we're going to auto bid the small conference champions. But at any rate

long story short, Ohio state is going to be playing like in the NIT and, you know, they're

they have a strong run going into the postseason. Nebraska obviously is a been, they're basically

off the bubble in terms of the projections. They're up to an eight seed right now, according

to Jill and Artie, but things can change quickly. And this game is huge for them because as we

mentioned you know, Wisconsin lost earlier. So earlier this week, so Nebraska is in fourth place

right now in the big 10. If they win out they will get the double buy and they will get a double

buy into the quarterfinals of the big 10 tournament. So this is a huge game for the Nebraska Cornhuskers tonight. What are your thoughts about it? My thoughts is that the last name

Diebler sounded familiar. And then I realized that Jake Diebler was the younger brother of

John Diebler, who I remember playing at Ohio state. So those are my thoughts, but you know, I think

this is going to be another big game. This is going to be another big game where defense is

going to be crucial once again. And I thought Sunday against Minnesota, they did a good job

of not only guarding, but rotating. And they did a good job of diving for loose balls, making the

hustle plays. I thought over the past couple of games, they've paid a lot more attention to detail

in terms of rebounding the basketball as well. And they've also done a better job of involving

everybody in the offense. And I feel like that, you know, they've been able to move the basketball

and they've been able to rebound at a better level. And so those are two things that have

really keyed their success over the past couple weeks. And then, you know, the play of Casey

Tominaga along with Bryce Williams have really, have really been solid over the past couple games

And so I'd love to see them, you know, contribute at a high level tonight. And it's not just the way

it's not just the fact that, you know, Casey's scoring points, it's how he's scoring them. He's

been a lot more efficient. He's been a lot more smart when it comes to his shots. Sure. He'll

you know, chuck up a three that just barely grazes the rim, but overall, by and large

he's done a much better job of moving without the basketball. And then Williams is a nice kind

of throwback player a little bit, right? He loves those mid-range shots and that's been his bread

and butter. So it's been really good to see him, really good to see him kind of step up over the

past couple of weeks. I'd say it started in particular in the overtime loss against Illinois

at the beginning of this month and, you know, just, and then I'll toss it over to you. An overall

point here, just what a difference a healthy Juan Gary makes. Nebraska didn't have him last year

healthy and, you know, he was sorely missed and now that he's healthy, he's probably been, you

know, one of their best players over the past couple of weeks or so. So he's really been able

to provide, you know, a solid, a solid consistent score every night. And it's given Nebraska kind

of a triple threat, almost a quadruple threat in terms of offense. And so everything's clicking

right now, you know, it's kind of, you know, if it's not broken, don't fix it. And Nebraska's

found a formula right now between the rebounding, the scoring from everybody and, you know, limiting

the turnovers and overall perimeter defense. That's really kind of helped keep their success

over the past couple of weeks. Yeah. Defense has been the key. And I think that's going to be a key

again tonight. And when I look at Ohio state, they're a very talented team, you know, overall

And then, I mean, they've got, they've got six guys that were top 100 recruits on their roster

And they actually not, none of them are ranked outside of the top 69. And three of those guys

are in the rotation tonight. Now, some of them don't play a ton, but, you know, Bruce Thornton

is, you know, a dynamic score. He's one of the best scores in the big 10, 16 points a game

Jameson Battle, who transferred from Minnesota. You know, he, I think he's been battling some

injuries, so I'm not a hundred percent sure. I think he did miss a game recently. No pun intended

Yeah. Zed Key is a guy that didn't play in the first matchup on the 6'8 forward. And he's just

kind of a glue guy. He doesn't put up huge numbers, but is important on the boards. And then

Roddy Gale, another 6'4 guard. And I'm just, you know, looking at this lineup that they have

been playing with kind of Tominaga at the one per se, even though he's, you know, not doing all the

point guard duties. You know, I'm just wondering how they're going to, you know, that probably means Tominaga is going to have to guard, you know, Bruce Thornton for some of this game. And

then, you know, Roddy Gale, 6'4, you know, that would either be, you know, probably Gary or Bryce

Williams. I mean, obviously Sam Hoiberg is going to come in. Jamarcus Lawrence, those guys are going

to check those guys a lot too. So this is going to be interesting to see how they, you know

adjust their personnel because the guards are going to be, you know, a big factor in this game

Ohio State does have size. Felix Okpara inside, a 6'11 big guy. And they average about almost

4.5 blocks a game. So 4.7 blocks per game. So that's one thing that Ohio State does do well in

terms of, you know, their defense. And then, but one, another thing is they don't really force a

lot of turnovers. They don't force a lot of turnovers and they don't want teams to shoot a

lot of three-pointers, which is understandable because their three-point defense percentage-wise ranks 320th in college basketball. The caveat though, is that they only allow teams to shoot

19 threes a game, which is 48. So that's kind of where you get into this matchup of like Ohio

State wants you to, you know, shoot the tough twos and Nebraska wants to shoot the open threes. So

that's where, you know, it's offense versus defense, but Fred Hoiberg's offense is very good

And he's always run very good stuff. I think he runs as good of stuff as any coach in the Big 10

to be honest with you, just in terms of, you know, play sets. I mean, the way that he's been

able to utilize rink mass this year, like he did Derek Walker and, you know, finding stuff for KSA

And he just, he's just such a smart coach offensively that I'm not worried about. I think

Nebraska will get the shots that it wants. It always does. It's just about hitting those threes

basically hitting the three-pointers, not turning the ball over a ton. And then, you know, just

playing solid defense. And one thing that is really interesting, I know that a lot of Nebraska

fans don't want to, you know, they get, they hate the hype, right? Because we're so sick of hearing

the off-season championship stuff and blah, blah, blah. And I know this team has never won an NCAA

tournament game, but I just want to point this out that, you know, if you look at teams that have

won national championships in college basketball, basically since the era of the Ken Palm rankings

no team has done it that, I mean, or every team that's won a national championship has had a top

40 adjusted offense and a top 25 adjusted defense. So Nebraska, their adjusted offense

already in the top 40 is 39. Their adjusted defense is 30 seconds. So Nebraska's defense

is actually ranked higher than its offense. So if that number got a little bit farther down

seven, seven more rankings down, Nebraska would be in that formula of a team that according to the

Ken Palm rankings can win a national championship. So this is a legitimate team. This might be the

best team Nebraska's ever had, at least dating back to like 1991 or the 93 team that won the

big 12 tournament. But so this is, we're seeing levels of Nebraska basketball that we literally

haven't seen in about three decades. And, you know, you have to think that this helps recruiting

as well. I mean, Fred's always been a good recruiter and now I think that's going to even

really be more the case as, you know, teams take stock of what Nebraska's doing and, you know

they get more praise, you know, on these network shows and on the TV. I mean, John

Beeline had a ton of praise for Nebraska on Sunday. And so I saw this poll on, on Twitter

or X or whatever you want to call it. And I said, which would you want more a big 10 tournament win

or an NCAA tournament game win? And for me, I think you would have to be an NCAA tournament game

win. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. So it would definitely have to be the NCAA tournament

winning a tournament game, which, you know, Nebraska's has not done one of the few teams

you know, and I think probably the only team in power five college basketball that hasn't won

an NCAA tournament game. I could be wrong about that, but there's not many. So, and you look at

this matchup tonight to Ohio state and the NET rankings 65th. So this would be a quad one victory

for Nebraska tonight. So you look at their number eight seed right now, you go in and win this game

You got a chance to jump up another seed liners. I mean, this, this team could be, you know, a six

or seven seed by the time that they get to the NCAA tournament, if they keep winning, but they

also could lose very easily. I mean, this is a tough game. You know, Michigan has been terrible

this year, but they, they almost beat Purdue at home last Saturday. So going to Ann Arbor is not

going to be a guaranteed win. I do feel pretty good about the Rutgers game at home, but I could

easily see Nebraska losing two of these next three games. It's very possible. So, you know

it's nothing, nothing is a guarantee in this conference. You got to come out every night

play well, especially on the road. We've seen that. So what, what's your prediction tonight

Let's get to the prediction time. Nebraska at Ohio state 5 30 PM central time Fox sports one

Huskers are a three point underdog. Who you got, Danny? I have, let's see, Nebraska 75 Ohio state 67

Going with the Huskers. I agree. I think it's going to be, I'm going to say, um, yeah, I'm going to say Nebraska 78, Ohio state 72. Um, very similar to what you got. I

think Nebraska is going to win the game at the three point line. I think they're going to win

the game with their defense. Um, obviously 72 points is more than we've seen them give up

against some other teams, but you know, Bruce Thornton, those guys are very good offensively

Um, I think the defense is still going to be good enough and, and yeah, I think it's going to be

tight, but I'm going to go with the Huskers and if they get this twin, then I'm going to be

I definitely think, uh, a win tonight clinches their spot in the NCAA tournament. Like there is

no, there is no worry if they win this game. I think they are, honestly, in my opinion. Um

I think they are, but I guess my worry is like, you, what if you lose these three games and then

lose the big 10 tournament game? Like you lose four in a row. Maybe you're like a first 14 in

but yeah, as long as, as long as they don't do that, I feel like they're guaranteed in

And if they can win this one, then there is no, there is no concern on, uh

on selection Sunday. The only worry will be how, how high does the C go? So, um, that'll be a

different place for Nebraska basketball to be as, as a looking forward to their seating instead of

you know, are we going to make the tournament or the NIT? And you talk about a full program

rebuild from the bottom up coach Whiteberg has, has really, you know, gone from a terrible

program to making a program that's now in the NCAA tournament talk. I mean, you want to

you want to kind of find a picture in the dictionary for, uh, for a term rebuild

This is the program that you would find, I think. Yeah. And it's just, yeah. I mean

getting to 20 wins, I mean, two years ago when they won like nine games, like this did not look

like it was going to work. And, uh, I mean, it's just, so you had to go from, I mean, seven wins

seven wins his first two years, you know, 24 wins his first three seasons. He, and he's

they could surpass that this year. I mean, they could surpass their wind total of his first three

seasons this year. So, I mean, I feel like Nebraska, I've said this before, but I feel like

we're like about to embark on a Danny need level of Nebraska basketball, you know, where he got this

team to the tournament, a bunch in the early nineties, late eighties. And I feel like we're

about to have, you know, a bunch of 21 seasons in a row under Fred Hoiberg. So I'm, I think the

future is extremely bright for Nebraska basketball, for Nebraska women's basketball, who's also going

to be in the tournament and Nebraska football. So yeah, I feel like we're entering a golden age

here, a new golden age of Husker athletics. So we can finally all stop talking about the nineties

Yeah, I know. Right. Yeah. I know you're sick of it. That's all we got right now is the nineties

Yeah. Yeah. I, I feel like we're turning the corner and a shout out to Trev Alberts for

making a tough decision to put his support behind coach Hoiberg when, when, you know

things were not going so well, shout out to Trev Alberts for hiring Matt rule. And I know some

people were kind of apprehensive about the Alberts extension. I loved it. And I still do. I think

I think this is the right guy to lead us into the future. And, you know, I think the future

overall for many of the athletic programs is very bright. Yeah. I mean, you know, volleyball is

killing it. You look at wrestling is the number three team. So, I mean, those are like, you look at volleyball, women's basketball, wrestling, football. I mean, those are, you know, probably

the five biggest sports. And then you got baseball and softball right there too. And got a nice win a couple. Yeah. And I mean, softball is, they just be a top 25 team. Obviously it would

be, they'd be, I think a contender for the national title if they had Geordie ball, at least

as one of the teams in the mix, probably a top 15 team. So, I mean, yeah, you look at every

you know, every probably top program in Nebraska really truly invests in they're pretty good at

And I feel like, yeah, Trev Alberts is doing a spectacular job and Nebraska fans just need

to be thankful for him. I mean, look at, I mean, the, the hundred, the volleyball game outside

and he just, she did just so many great things for these athletes. And I just think he gets it

he gets what it takes to be Nebraska. He understand what it means and how important it is

And he's, he's the right guy to lead the athletic department and he's put the right people in place

to lead all of our top programs. So feel good about where the Huskers are and thanks everybody

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