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Don’t underestimate the power of Nebraska’s academic success when it comes to recruiting.

The men’s basketball team landed a prized player, one of its top targets in the Huskers’ 2015 recruiting class, in part because Nebraska boasts a nation-leading 314 Academic All-Americans.

Ed Morrow Jr., a four-star recruit according to ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports, and ranked by ESPN as high as the No. 62 recruit in the nation, committed to Nebraska after his official visit over the weekend.

Tim Miles and his staff, including Kenya Hunter, the lead recruiter on Morrow, won a very close battle with Big Ten Conference foe Iowa, a school Morrow officially visited Sept. 13.

What separated the only two schools on Morrow’s final list?

“For me, personally, I feel like I could get more out of the Nebraska program,” Morrow said Monday in a phone interview.

“One of the things that really sold me was the academic program and the support they give the players, and the strength-and-conditioning program. When in comparison with Iowa, it was probably 10 times better, for me, personally, based on what I was trying to achieve in college.”