Wahoo senior guard Sadie Murren will join Nebraska basketball after a coaching change at Green Bay helped changed her mind to come closer to home. Murren had offers from Illinois and Iowa State as well, but chose the Huskers.

She’ll play alongside current player Emily Cady, who played with Murren on their Cornhusker Shooting Stars team. The 5-foot-7 Murren averaged 17.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 steals in leading Wahoo to a 21-5 season. She is also the school’s career record holder in points, steals and assists.

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University of Nebraska Basketball Coach Tim Miles announced the addition of Craig Smith Gregory Eaton to the Husker basketball staff.  Smith comes to Nebraska after spending the last five seasons with Miles at Colorado State. Smith most recently served as the interim head coach at CSU after Miles was named head coach at Nebraska on March 24, and guided the Rams program until Larry Eustachy was hired on April 13.

“Craig is an outstanding coach,” Miles said. “I’ve hired him four times, and there’s a reason for that. I believe in the way he conducts himself. He’s an excellent recruiter and, schematically, he’s really a good tactician when it comes to basketball. Craig will be vital to help build our program at Nebraska.”

Eaton also comes to Nebraska from Colorado State, where he served as the video coordinator on Tim Miles’ staff at CSU during the 2011-12 season. He handled tape exchanges, breaking down video, recording practices and games and coordinating the team’s video library, playing a significant role in the Rams reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.

Tim Miles’ first recruit as head men’s basketball coach at Nebraska is from the state of Nebraska. Former Omaha Central all-stater Deverell Biggs told coach Miles of his decision on Sunday.

The last instate scholarship signees with the Huskers were for the 2002-03 season. Miles had four scholarship Nebraskans on his roster this past season at Colorado State, which reached the NCAA tournament. Biggs says he wants Central to become a pipeline to Nebraska. Read more on this story.