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LINCOLN — Omaha South standout Aguek Arop, Nebraska’s longest-standing men’s basketball commitment, decided Tuesday afternoon to reopen his recruitment.

South coach Bruce Chubick Sr. told The World-Herald that NU coach Tim Miles asked Arop, a 6-foot-6 senior wing, to spend a postgraduate year at a prep school and then join the Huskers for the 2018-19 season.

After taking a week to consider, Chubick said, Arop decided not to wait an extra year to begin college.

“He doesn’t need prep school,” Chubick said. “I don’t see where Nebraska had a plan for Aguek. But Tim has to do what he has to do.

“Aguek is going to land on his feet. He’s a hell of a player and a great kid.”

Two years ago this week, as Arop entered his sophomore year at South, he committed to Nebraska. That made him the youngest player ever to say yes to NU for basketball.

Arop suffered a serious knee injury as a sophomore. But he returned last season to help Omaha South to a 28-1 record and the Class A state championship. He averaged 15.9 points a game.