Nebraska Bison White

[Norm Peterson]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Nebraska having bad basketball and being an unrecruitable state, we sure are kicking some rear end this summer of the AAU circuit. At a minimum, we're very competitive.

Guys who aren't being heavily recruited might have a greater desire just to win and, therefore, more of a tendency to play defense on the AAU circuit. Just a guess.

I can just imagine some 4-star kid from Cleveland telling one of the Bison guys, "C'mon, man, this is AAU. Why're you guarding me like that?"

Probably true as Nebraska kids likely play for 'team' over me, myself & I.

Yeah, that must be why the amount of Nebraska AAU teams about doubles every summer. Nebraska kids have just as selfish motives for hopefully playing in college as kids do from any other state.

Don't recall calling players from other states selfish, so not sure where that came from, honestly. "Team ball" is harder to accomplish in an AAU setting, IMHO; Nebraskans seem to have that part figured out better than many... obviously it's a generalization on my part. And, on that note, many others are not as adept at 'team ball' also does not imply that they're patently selfish on the basketball court by joining/organizing/playing-for an AAU squad.

I'm not saying all kids playing AAU ball are selfish and play selfish, I am saying that every kid who is playing AAU ball (and paying to do so), is doing so to explore their own college basketball options, an inherently selfish desire. It's not wrong for them to do that, it just is that way.

To say that, "Nebraska kids likely play for 'team' over me, myself, and I," is just entirely inaccurate and a gross-generalization of a "state's attitude." Which is not a thing. Each kid who goes and plays for an OSA team (for example), has the same intentions and wants than some kid from California who also joined a team to play AAU ball over the summer. There's no difference in how they are playing the game. One kid isn't screening harder for a teammate because he's from Nebraska, and one team isn't playing any less defense because they're from New Jersey.

You couldn't be more wrong when it comes to many kids from this great state as many are from small towns & villages and are more adept at teamwork as they likely work on their family farm. So, quite frankly, not every kid playing AAU does so for selfish reasons (which were your words, not mine). Also, I noticed that the entire point I was making has been taken completely out of contest for the scenario I presented. As it were, it appears that "jones" is the one who has taken gross generalizations to a whole new level. Way to go, you could have left mine as as a stand-alone comment, and then you totally blew it!

So, in conclusion, 'team ball' = good. Conversely, not playing 'team ball' = not good. Nebraska good.

Those comments seem to have racist undertones. Also, the O in OSA stands for Omaha...

 

I take offense at the suggestion that farm kids aren't as good at basketball because of their race.

[Navin R. Johnson]

Strong showing by a couple of Nebraska teams in the Kansas City Hardwood tournament. Omaha Elite (Arop' s team) won the 60 team 16U division. Norfolk went 3-1 and was in the final 16. Nebraska coaches were watching some of the games.

[AuroranHusker]