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Miles, Huskers pick up two recruits
By Sam McKewon WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
Posted:  08/10/2012 5:32 PM
  

LINCOLN - Nebraska basketball's summer open house found a couple of buyers.

New coach Tim Miles spent a chunk of his first four months on the job inviting high school prospects to see NU's facilities and his blueprint for upgrading a culture of mediocrity.

Friday, two of those prospects - both three-star perimeter players - committed to the Huskers for the 2013 recruiting class. And Nick Fuller and Nate Hawkins plan to make their next priority persuading a top front-court target - Omaha Central star Akoy Agau - to join them.

Hawkins - a 6-foot-5, 190-pound combo guard from suburban Dallas - and Fuller - a 6-foot-7, 195-pound small forward from Sun Prairie, Wis. - both cited high-energy meetings with Miles as their reasons for committing.

"Coach Miles has a passion for the game and a drive to win," Fuller said. "And he has a drive to turn around the program ... he's showed me what his plans are for this program and my role in it.

  
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