To keep White's name in the national spotlight, you maybe scratch the backs of Rothstein and Jeff Goodman and other national basketball writers. A dozen Journal Star pieces on what a wonderful human being and three-point savior White is, well, don’t carry weight coast-to-coast.

Remember when we were debating the late timing of White's transfer decision? Notice how it came after the conclusion of the NBA playoffs, and during a slow national news cycle?

A very trusted source with ties to White told me in mid-June, or roughly 10 days before the transfer news, that it wasn’t a matter of if White was transferring, but where. His mind had been long, long set, yet the charade and mind-reading continued.

That’s when my phone calls to White began, and they obviously didn't cease the night his father apparently leaked the transfer news.

White had ample opportunity to get ahead of the story and provide his side, even if it wasn’t how he wanted it handled. Instead, his silence — not a news leak — fostered any misunderstanding, confusion and “hostility,” as White labeled it, between him and Nebraska fans.

In the end, we still don’t know why White is leaving.