The Nebraska basketball team has had quite a bit of success when it comes to transfers under Tim Miles. Their next target is Evansville guard Dru Smith.
If there is one area where Nebraska basketball head coach Tim Miles has had great success, it’s luring transfers to the program that turn out to be big-time contributors.
Most of those transfers are guys that were backups and bench players on their previous teams. James Palmer Jr. is one of those. So was Terran Petteway.
Miles was able to turn those players into go-to scorers. If he could somehow lure Dru Smith, a guard from Evansville, he’d be getting a player that is already a developed scorer.
Evansville sophomore guard Dru Smith told ESPN he has heard from Nebraska, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Ball State, Northeastern, Richmond and VCU. Averaged 14 points per game this past season for the Aces.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 24, 2018
Smith, and several other Evansville players have met with the Aces administration about possible transfers after the school fired its head coach. If the guard were to transfer he might be one of the more sought-after players in the country, even if he had to sit out a year.
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Smith averaged nearly14 points a game in 2017, his sophomore season. That’s not the only reason the Huskers would love to land him.
Not only is Smith a heck of a scorer, but he’s also a pure shooter. On the season he shot 57.8 percent from the field and drained nearly 50 percent of his three-point attempts.
The guard wasn’t just an offensive weapon. The Evansville player also averaged 2 steals a game, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists.
The most recent reports show that the Huskers are not alone in going after the guard. Virginia Tech, Missouri, Ball State, Northeastern, Richmond and VCU have all made contact with Evansville.
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As of now, there doesn’t appear to be any indication of when Dru Smith is going to be making a decision, either about leaving the Aces or where he might go. It’s safe to say that if the Nebraska basketball team could land him, it would be quite a coup for Tim Miles.