Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook said last week that at least 19 games were expected to be televised. We now may know the first weekend. The schedule at BTNPlus.com has the Huskers at Indiana schedule for 5 pm CT both Friday and Saturday. The Friday game is slated for BTN and the Saturday for BTN+. Currently,…… Read more »
A look at what’s happened in Huskers athletics over the past week. Nebraska men’s basketball paused all team activities last Monday due to COVID-19 positives among Tier 1 personnel. Sunday, the program announced that 12 individuals, including coach Fred Hoiberg and seven players, are in isolation or quarantine due to positive test results. The current…… Read more »
The Nebraska women’s basketball team upset nationally ranked, and previously unbeaten, Ohio State 63-55 Saturday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Senior center Kate Cain nearly recorded a triple-double, finishing with 22 points, 12 rebounds and nine blocked shots. The Husker women will host Minnesota tomorrow afternoon at 3:00. The 6th ranked Nebraska wrestling team fell to…… Read more »
Coach John Cook isn’t backing down from high expectations. “The last two times they ranked us fifth, we won national championships,” Cook told media during a preseason zoom conference Wednesday. Nebraska volleyball is ranked No. 5 in the preseason AVCA poll. That’s on par for a team that fell a game short of the national…… Read more »
The Nebraska Volleyball team is ranked No. 5 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll released released Tuesday. Wisconsin will open the season as the preseason No. 1, followed by Texas, Stanford and Kentucky. Other Big Ten teams ranked in the preseason poll include Minnesota (#7), Penn State (#9), Purdue (#13) and Michigan (#24).…… Read more »
Two Nebraska programs are highly ranked with their seasons just around the corner. Husker volleyball is preseason No. 5 from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Nebraska was ranked fifth in the final 2019 poll after going 28-5 and reaching an NCAA regional final. All six starters and libero are back for coach John Cook. The…… Read more »
With the recent decision to move the entire NCAA men’s basketball tournament to the Indianapolis area, could the same be happening for other events? The women’s basketball tournament is expected to be in the San Antonio area, and with the volleyball finals set for Omaha, it makes sense to host the entire tournament between Omaha…… Read more »
Less than a month before the delayed season can officially get underway, Nebraska volleyball has a schedule. Big Ten Conference teams will play a 22-game schedule within the league over 11 weeks with two games each week against the same opponent.. The Huskers open their season at Indiana January 22 and 23. The first home…… Read more »
More than 100 fall sport athletes for Nebraska were honored by the Big Ten Thursday. That should ready STUDENT-athletes, which is something the 114 Huskers take seriously, as is evident by being named Academic All-Big Ten. The sports included in the total are football (62), men’s cross country (10), women’s cross country (17), women’s soccer(15),…… Read more »
The Nebraska football team will be looking for a second straight win this Saturday when they host the Fighting Illini of Illinois. Husker head coach Scottt Frost said he hopes his team can build on the momentum gained from last Saturday’s win over Penn State. Frost added he’d also like to see more big plays…… Read more »