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Nebrasketball: Former Xavier guard, 4-star prospect joining Huskers as transfer

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Fred Hoiberg is adding talent to Nebraska’s basketball program through the transfer portal.

On Friday, Sam McKewon of the Omaha World-Herald reported that former Xavier guard CJ Wilcher has committed to Nebraska. He entered the NCAA transfer portal after the 2020-21 season, spending just one year with the Musketeers.

Wilcher is a 6-foot-5 shooting guard who was a 4-star prospect in the 2020 recruiting class. He will have four years of eligibility remaining, as the NCAA granted a blanket waiver for all winter student-athletes this year.

In his lone season with Xavier, Wilcher played in 15 games and made 1 start. He averaged 3.3 points and 1.1 rebounds in 10.1 minutes of action per contest. He scored a career-high 10 points and played 32 minutes in a March game against Marquette.

Xavier ended the season 13-8.

Nebraska just concluded its second season under Hoiberg. The Huskers ended the year with a 7-20 record and went 3-16 in B1G play. With multiple players entering the portal, including leading scorer Teddy Allen, Nebraska is in need of adding talented players to the roster for next season.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB