Nebraska basketball pursuing South Dakota grad transfer
The Nebraska basketball team is going after a grad transfer player from South Dakota that has averaged 18 points per game the last two years.
With the possibility of Nebraska basketball needing to reload its talent base, it appears the Huskers are looking at graduate transfers. Among the top targets that are grad transfers, South Dakota’s Matt Mooney might be at the top of the list.
The Cornhuskers are reportedly in on Mooney, who has spent the last two years at South Dakota after beginning his career with Air Force. In his two years with the Summit League team, he averaged over 18 points a game.
That could come in quite handy for the Huskers if they lose James Palmer or Isaac Copeland or Isaiah Roby, or all three. Nebraska isn’t the only team going after the talented guard.
South Dakota's Matt Mooney has had Arizona State, Oregon, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Missouri, Northwestern, Memphis, TCU, Creighton, Nebraska, Indiana, Virginia and Arizona reach out to him as a potential grad transfer.
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) April 6, 2018
18.7 PPG this past season.
One report has 12 other teams going after Mooney. In addition to the Cornhuskers, Arizona State, Oregon, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Missouri, Northwestern, Memphis, TCU, Creighton, Indiana, Virginia and Arizona have all reached out to the grad transfer.
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Things could get really interesting indeed if Mooney narrows down his choices to the Cornhuskers and Creighton. The in-state rivalry could take another turn should that be the case.
Mooney is an attractive candidate because not only did he average over 18 points a game, but he shot over 50 percent from the field and over 35 percent from three-point land last season.
The guard also averaged 3.0 assists and over two steals per game. Huskers’ head coach Tim Miles has built his program in Lincoln by going after transfers and Mooney isn’t the only one he’s supposedly after this spring.
The Nebraska basketball team is reportedly also going after an Evansville transfer who is also a big-time scorer in Dru Smith. The difference is that Smith has been considering transferring but hasn’t officially announced yet. Mooney will be going elsewhere and now it’s just a matter of where.