Nebraska lands New Zealand PG Webster 
Such is the case for New Zealand native and recent Nebraska commit Tai Webster.
The 6-foot-3 point guard was helping his New Zealand team, Tall Blacks, qualify for the Olympics -- he led his team in scoring (14 points per game) and shot over 55 percent from 3 -- when all of a sudden he was "bombarded on Facebook, by email, with texts and calls." Webster, whose dad played at Hawaii and professionally in New Zealand, called it overwhelming.
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