NamelessHusker Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 From CbsSportsLine.com Aug. 15, 2005 By Gregg Doyel CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer The United States didn't win a team medal or put a single player on the all-tournament team last week at the Under-21 World Championships. That's bad. This being a patriotic website, however, we've got good news. Several international players enrolled at U.S. colleges played well. Aleks Maric, Nebraska: The 6-11, 265-pound Australian might have been the most productive big man in the field, averaging 10.6 points and 9.4 rebounds. He was second in the tournament in rebounds and put up three huge games -- 21 points and eight rebounds vs. Slovenia, 16 and 12 vs. Israel, and 16 and 9 vs. Canada. (Australia never played the U.S.) Maric and sophomore classmate Joe McCray are two reasons not to sleep on Nebraska this season. They combined to average 23.5 points and 11.3 rebounds last season. Link Quote Link to comment
hoyamannn Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 This may be the 1st year in over a decade that I'm somewhat EXCITED about NU bball. We should field a pretty decent team, and if we can get some offense we should be a nice team to watch. The one down side is that we'll still probably run the boring and mostly inefficient Princeton offense. Quote Link to comment
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