Ok, I read your original post. When was Iowa State “Thug U”? I think the point of that former Hoiberg assistant is that they may look at guys with questionable pasts, but they do their research to get a full understanding of the player’s situation. I don’t think there is any issue with taking players who made mistakes in high school or early in college, and have learned from those mistakes and changed from the better. Of course, there are risks, but at a school like Nebraska with zero basketball tradition, sometimes risks are required to create a winning program. Shoot, Danny Nee took risks with Tony Farmer and Jose Ramos for the 90-91 season. No one was complaining when they helped NU to a #3 seed in the NCAA tournament.