But if I'm a NU fan I might be ticked.
Sadler announced after two exhibition games that Richardson, a 6-foot point guard, and Alex Chapman, a sophomore transfer forward, would redshirt. The decisions to redshirt McCray, a 6-foot-6 wing player, and Alonzo Edwards, a freshman forward, came Sunday.
The redshirt decisions are better for the program’s long term, Sadler said. When it’s not likely Nebraska will recruit a Kevin Durant-type, freshman-to-NBA player, it’s best to build for the future. He referenced Purdue and Gonzaga, schools that have built programs with fifth-year players.
“I’m hoping our fourth and fifth-year players are going to be better than North Carolina’s freshmen,” he said, “and the experience of four or five years will overcome that freshman phenom that we’re going to play against.”
But when Sadler sees players in street clothes who could probably give his team an immediate boost ...
“No question that Brandon and Toney would be in the top eight,” he said. “Those two guys can really shoot the basketball.”
Edwards was a player with offers from USC and Texas Tech. McCray had offers from Washington State, Baylor, and Georgia. So you've got two 3-star players you left on the bench on a 7-9 Big 12 team and had 4 single digit league losses.
