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Tai Webster ruled eligible at Nebraska

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Tim Miles

Nebraska’s chances of making a run to finish in the top half of the Big Ten are slim this season and there isn’t much beyond Andrew Wiggins transferring that could change that fact, but on Tuesday evening, Tim Miles got some big news for the future of his program.

Tai Webster has been ruled eligible by the NCAA, according to multiple reports. (These guys broke it, I saw it first here.) Webster has been on campus and taking classes for a couple of weeks, but he didn’t get word that he had made his way through the NCAA’s Eligibility Center until Tuesday.

The hold-up was reportedly his transcript, as Webster is from New Zealand, where he averaged 18.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists with the Waikato Pistons. He also played for New Zealand in qualifying rounds for the 2012 Olympics.

A 6-foot-3 combo-guard, Webster was rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN, but there are folks that believe he would be a top 100 recruit had he played his high school ball in the states. Per Rivals, Pitt, St. Mary’s, Virginia and LSU had all offered Webster a scholarship.

“If Tai Webster were in Chicago or Detroit or Los Angeles, I’m not sure a youngster like this would have considered Nebraska at the top of his list,” ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla, an international basketball expert, said. “He’s a kid who would have been a Top 50 high school player in the United States, if not even better.”

It will be interesting to see the immediate impact that Webster has, but at the very least he should help the program through the graduation of leading scorer Dylan Talley.

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