Big Ten coaches believe Nebraska has a pretty good team this season. League coaches voted the Huskers third in the preseason poll, behind Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Badgers and Gophers both made the national semifinals last season, while Nebraska fell to Wisconsin in the regional finals. Wisconsin is the defending Big Ten champion and NCAA…… Read more »
Over a solid stretch of the past five games, Nebraska (7-5, 5-4 Big Ten) stayed fresh by controlling tempo. Tuesday afternoon saw the game get sped up at times, leading to a shorthanded group getting gassed and going cold late in a 76-71 loss to Minnesota (3-7, 2-6 Big Ten) at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The…… Read more »
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 pause for Nebraska men’s basketball will last a bit longer. The program announced that a total of 12 individuals, including coach Fred Hoiberg and seven players, are in isolation or quarantine due to positive test results. The pause on all team activities will last at least seven more days. Hoiberg announced on social media…… Read more »
Nebraska coach Amy Williams continues to do more with less. Down to eight players for much of the season due to injuries, the Huskers (7-4, 5-3 Big Ten) won three out of four games, including wins over No. 15 Northwestern and No. 23 Michigan State. Down to just seven players Saturday, Nebraska did it again…… Read more »
The final defensive domino fell Friday, and it fell in Nebraska’s favor. Senior defensive end Ben Still announced on social media he will play an extra season in Lincoln. In his announcement, Stille says he is “Blessed to take advantage of another year to compete with my brothers, coaches, and for the best fans in…… Read more »
Nebraska’s defense continues to receive good news this offseason. The latest is from linebacker Will Honas. The senior announced on social media Thursday that he will be returning. In the post, Honas says he is “Ready to go to work with this team for one more year!” Ready to go to work with this team…… 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 »
Nebraska football needed at least one of the senior safeties to return for 2021 to avoid serious depth and experience issues. Just two hours after Deontai Williams announced he’ll back back for another season, Marquel Dismuke did the same. Dismuke made his announcement on social media simple with a short highlight video captioned “I’m coming…… Read more »