Nebraska basketball: Former Husker Tshimanga officially finds new home

Former Nebraska basketball player Jordy Tshimanga has officially found the basketball team he will finish his college career with.

Former Nebraska basketball player Jordy Tshimanga has officially transferred to his new school. The Dayton Flyers announced they had themselves a new center through their Twitter account on Tuesday.

Tshimanga decided on the Atlantic 10 team after taking a visit to Dayton with his younger brother, Emmanuel. While there isn’t word yet on whether the Flyers have managed to make it a family affair the team has gotten a much needed big man added to their roster.

Tshimanga’s signing officially ends what had become quite the soap opera in Lincoln. The center started his basketball career as one of the more hyped high school signings of the Tim Miles era.

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Miles has had some problems signing big men since he took over the Nebrasketball job. Tshimanga got extensive minutes as a freshman because of the lack of size on the Husker roster.

When the Cornhuskers changed up their lineup in the middle of the 2017 season, Jordy found himself going from being a starter to a bench player. He was uneasy enough with that role that he went so far as to ask for his letter of release over the winter last year.

In the end, Tshimanga thought better of leaving in the middle of the season and returned to his role as a reserve player. The Huskers had basically moved to a roster that didn’t need a true center.

That move appeared to make the team better, as they went on a run in the Big Ten conference that saw them on the cusp of an NCAA Tournament appearance. In the end, they missed the Big Dance and lost in the first round of the NIT.

This summer Tshimanga decided once and for all he didn’t want to be a part of Nebraska basketball any longer. Jordy will sit out the upcoming season but will have two years to play two starting in 2019.