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Undrafted Japanese guard Keisei Tominaga has agreed to join the Pacers on an Exhibit 10 contract, reports Jonathan Givony of ESPN. Tominaga, who initially declared for the draft in 2023 before returning to Nebraska for his “super-senior” season, averaged 15.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 26.1 minutes per game across 32 outings (all starts) for the Cornhuskers in 2023/24.
Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations & General Manager Mitch Kupchak announced today that the team has signed guard/forward Bryce McGowens to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. A native of Pendleton, South Carolina, McGowens averaged 16.8 points and 5.2 rebounds in 33.3 minutes per game as a freshman at Nebraska in 2021-22, starting all 31 games in which he appeared. The 6-7 guard/forward earned All-Big Ten Third Team honors and was named Big Ten Newcomer of the Year by the media. McGowens led the Cornhuskers in scoring and ranked ninth in the Big Ten, while also ranking third in the conference in free-throw percentage (83.1%).
Bryce McGowens, the Huskers' standout freshman, is declaring for the 2022 NBA draft and will sign with an agent, the Nebraska basketball program announced Monday. McGowens, who averaged a team-high 16.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, earned All-Big Ten third-team honors and the Big Ten newcomer of the year award from The Associated Press.
The memories that flash first are happy. Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg remembers Chicago for the day his twin sons were born, for the two seasons he spent establishing himself as an NBA rotation player on the Bulls, and for the playoff series he almost won as Chicago's coach in 2017. But as the Huskers travel to Northwestern, located 14 miles north of Hoiberg’s old life, on Tuesday, the more painful recollections return. The mounting losses, the speculation surrounding his job, and the stress he shouldered in Chicago are resurfacing in Lincoln four years later.
Several NBA scouts and multiple GMs were in Atlanta on Saturday to watch Auburn’s Jabari Smith Jr. against Nebraska, and they had to come away impressed after his 21 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in just 23 minutes led the Tigers to a 99-68 thrashing of the Huskers.
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Actress Gabrielle Union and NBA icon Dwyane Wade once again flocked to Nebraska to take in a Cornhuskers football game. Union, a Nebraska native who grew up in Omaha, attended the Nebraska-Rutgers game last season, too.
The Nebraska men's basketball team is hoping an intimate connection with an NBA star pays off on the recruiting trail. The Huskers Tuesday extended a scholarship offer to 2020 point guard Zaire Wade, the son of Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade and stepson of Omaha native, actress, and massive Cornhusker fan Gabrielle Union. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Zaire Wade attends American Heritage School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
James Palmer, Nebraska’s first-team All-Big Ten guard, will return to the Huskers for his senior season, he confirmed by text to The World-Herald on Friday evening. Palmer declared for the NBA draft but didn’t hire an agent, leaving him eligible to return as long as he withdrew by next Wednesday. The 6-foot-6 senior from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, had workouts with three franchises : Boston, Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Clippers.
Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue will be heading back to Nebraska Thursday night, being honored with a jersey retirement ceremony when the Huskers host Michigan State at Pinnacle Bank Arena. "It's a great accomplishment," Lue said Wednesday night, prior to the Cavaliers' game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. "Leaving Mexico, Missouri then going to Kansas City where I played high school basketball, then going to Nebraska where I think I became a man, who I am today -- leaving your family and going off to college by yourself."
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