Nebraska Cornhuskers news: Mixed basketball results, Zane Flores player of the year, more
The Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball program had what can only be described as a mixed Saturday. One team scored a big win while the other had a rather bad defeat.
Hoiberg’s Heroes continued to show that while they are far from perfect, they are better than any team he’s had since arriving in Lincoln. On Saturday afternoon, the outlasted the Golden Gophers for the program’s first Big 10 overtime road win. Also, the first conference road win since the Nebraska Cornhuskers were in the Big 12.
Meanwhile, Amy Williams’ squad is struggling mightily. They lost to Rutgers (who was 0-4 entering the day) 45-57 and played particularly terrible to do it.
In particular, the Huskers women’s hoopsters just eight (8!) percent from beyond the arc. They were an astoundingly bad 2-for-25 on the day. Considering they were one of the better three-point shooting teams in the Big Ten entering Saturday, that’s especially notable. The now 3-game losing streak the Huskers are on is also notable.
Other Nebraska Cornhuskers news
- There’s been a lot of talk about how badly Scott Frost and his staff messed up not recruiting Zane Flores harder. That was demonstrated again this weekend as Flores was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Nebraska
Blessed to be named the Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year! @Gatorade pic.twitter.com/zq1zpERCix
— Zane Flores (@ZaneFlores12) January 6, 2023
- Matt Rhule has been working hard since he came to the Nebraska Cornhuskers to try and reverse the bad recruiting trend. His latest move is to make sure that he’s well known by high school coaches in the state.
Welcome to Nebraska @CoachMattRhule & family.
— NE Coaches Assoc. (@NebraskaCoach) January 7, 2023
Get ready Nebraska high school coaches for an engaging & empowering relationship. 💪 💯 #AllN pic.twitter.com/17qHqXkWSZ
- When the Nebraska Baseball season gets rolling next month (yes, it’s coming quickly), there might be even more incentive to get to the playoffs. The NCAA has changed up how seedings will work in college baseball. The home team will always be the higher-seeded squad.
Some postseason news that fans will really like: The @NCAA announced that moving forward the home team in every level of the postseason will be higher seeded team. @NCAABaseball
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) January 6, 2023
Other sports news
- The biggest and best news of the day was when it was clear that Damar Hamlin is awake and alert and happy. He spoke to his team in a surprise video meeting and some images of his smiling face soon started circulating social media.
Our first visual of Damar Hamlin since the injury. Smiling. #ForDamar pic.twitter.com/KQS95n20ab
— Nick Veronica (@NickVeronica) January 7, 2023
- When the College Football Championship airs on Monday, it’s going to have a moving theme. John Williams has even composed a score.
John Williams has composed a new score for the College Football National Championship
— Lights, Camera, Barstool (@LightsCameraPod) January 7, 2023
(via @Variety) pic.twitter.com/LaK1eU3r5v