The 6-foot-7 senior grew up in a small Nebraska town, idolizing Pete Maravich. Now an NBA prospect, he leads the Bluejays into the NCAA tournament.
Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald.is having the season of his life, but he cannot escape one lingering question: What happened to the headband? Many brave basketball players have test-marketed the accessory, with mixed -- mostly negative -- results, but for theIt represented his penchant for flair and fun.
"There's a lot of people that tell me that if I'm on your team, you like me. If I'm not on your team, you probably hate me. That's just how I play." Maravich, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer who was known for his showmanship and creativity on offense, had an undetected heart defect and died during a pickup game in 1988 -- more than a decade before Scheierman was born. But Scheierman identified with Maravich, was drawn to his tall, skinny frame, mop-top hair and floppy wool socks. He was awed by Maravich's love of the game.
When Peterson watches him play at Creighton, he sees flashes of Scheierman's old football days: His unique grasp of spacing and where people are going to be, his ability to see it before almost anyone else does. During winters in Brookings, South Dakota State basketball is the only show, and Scheierman was the main act. He led his team in points, rebounds, assists and steals his sophomore year, and followed it up the next season with Summit League Player of the Year honors. He became a celebrity in the community of 23,000. Jackrabbits fans were"infatuated" with Scheierman's play, Henderson said, because of his flashy passes and deep 3s, but also his unselfishness.
Scheierman wanted to stay close to home and had developed a good relationship with Creighton coach Greg McDermott, whose program was coming off another NCAA tournament appearance in 2022. Scheierman picked the Bluejays that May, leaving Husker fans fuming and McDermott in an enviable, albeit odd, spot. He had coached Henderson at Wayne State College in the 1990s, and the two men were such good friends that McDermott and his wife are godparents to Henderson's oldest son Kooper.
"He does so much more than score," McDermott said."He's one of the best rebounding guards I've ever coached. Some guys go through that NBA process and are able to capture exactly what they have to do to take the next step, and he went through it two years ago. "God knows how many times he's watched," Farabello said."I was like, 'You're obsessed. You've got to stop.'"He's put up gaudy numbers this season, averaging 18.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. He became the first Division I men's player ever to record 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists and 300 3-pointers. But Farabello said that Scheierman doesn't look at his stats.
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