Jordy Tshimanga
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We will have 8 Top 150 recruits on the roster next year. No more excuses.
3
White
Gill
Palmer
6 that are not
Roby
Horne
Morrow
Watson
Tshimanga (4* on Scout)
Fuller (Espn Top 150) 24/7 composite for him was 172
If nothing else he's gonna eat space and not get pushed around. He is a large large lad. Hammonds just wasn't strong enough to hold his ground in the post. The place he benefits us most immediately is on defense.
We hope there are 8. Remember one can't play due to having to sit out due to transfer rules. One we hope (and really need) will be back.
Hi haters.
This is a huge pickup for Miles and the program in more ways than one....but wins need to follow. And that starts with locking up White again. Jordy and White are two important pieces. One down, one to go.
If White comes back I'll be a lot more optimistic going into next season and we may even have a legit shot at the NCAA tournament if wins fall into place.
The problem with White is that we're recruiting against a paycheck. He's got the degree and he can get paid even if it's only in the D league. The question is is he sure he'll get a D league contract? I really think NU fans over estimate his game. There are dozens of spot up shooters that graduate every year and not all that many of them get a D league contract.
There's no doubt the expectations will be through the rough. That's what fans do and NU fans are no exception. If nothing else, he will eat serious space in the middle, keep us from getting eaten alive on the boards and allow Morrow to not have to constantly play out of position. In his first year, anything else is gravy.
I'm also encouraged by this excerpt from the OWH:
Tshimanga left a French-speaking school in Canada to play at MacDuffie. This season, he averaged 18 points and 14 rebounds a game. But it was in January at the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Massachusetts, where Tshimanga opened eyes nationwide.
Going against Kentucky five-star recruit Wenyen Gabriel, a 6-10 forward, Tshimanga led MacDuffie to an overtime win with 13 points, 19 rebounds and three blocks to Gabriel’s 18, 13 and eight.
Scholarship offers from Power Five schools poured in. Arizona, Pittsburgh, Oregon, Oklahoma State, Minnesota, UNLV, SMU, Virginia Tech and Arizona State all wanted in.
Nebraska, however, had a secret weapon in assistant coach Kenya Hunter.
Hunter also recruited White and Gill as transfers. He's basically the hoops version of Bray.