2019-20 Husker Sports Properties Winter Sports Guide

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PREPARATION. STRATEGY. PRACTICE.

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he same things that lead to athletic success lead to student success— and to life success. Preparation.

Strategy. Practice. These are the precursors to outcomes. To winning.

To growing our team, our university, and our state. What happens in athletic competition translates to the classroom, the lab, and the community.

Nebraskans can be proud that their University is focused on life skills that last beyond a student’s time with us. We graduate more than 11,000 students each year, and we’re not just equipping them with an education—we’re building the character, work ethic, and resolve they’ll

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need to succeed as parents, business owners, and community leaders.

Nebraska’s best asset is its people.

That’s how we’re going to build our university. That’s how we’re going to build our team. That’s how we’re going to build our workforce.

Thank you for your support of the Huskers and the University of Nebraska.

Here’s to the future!

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WINTER ON-AIR TALENT

KENT PAVELKA

Kent Pavelka broadcasts his 34th season of Nebraska men’s basketball in 2019-20, adding to one of the most legendary careers in broadcasting in the state of Nebraska.

Pavelka began broadcasting Husker sports in 1974, when he was hired by KFAB of Omaha to call Nebraska men’s basketball and serve as color commentator to Lyell Bremser on broadcasts of Husker football. In 1984, Pavelka was elevated to the playby-play job for Husker football while still calling Nebraska basketball, in an 11-year tenure as voice of the Huskers that included two football national championships.

After an 11-year absence, Pavelka returned as a Husker broadcaster for the 200607 men’s basketball season and was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2019.

Former Husker point guard Jake Muhleisen is in his third season as the analyst for Nebraska men’s basketball on the Husker Sports Network. A Lincoln native, Muhleisen was a four-year starter and three-year team captain for the Huskers under Barry Collier from 2001 through 2005. Muhleisen averaged 9.1 points and 2.8 assists per game for the Huskers. His 98 career starts ranks in the top 10 in school history.

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MATT COATNEY

JEFF GRIESCH

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The man who made “You Betcha!” a catchphrase around Nebraska women’s basketball, Matt Coatney is in his 21st year broadcasting Nebraska women’s basketball and his 19th as the play-by-play voice of the team. In addition, Coatney is preparing for his seventh season as a pregame and postgame host for the Husker Sports Network’s football coverage. Coatney began broadcasting Nebraska women’s basketball in the 1999-2000 season, taking over on a full-time basis two years later. In 2012, he added pregame and postgame duties on the football broadcasts, including hosting Big Red Reaction, hosting the 5th Quarter Show and serving as studio host during the play-by-play. Coatney has also filled in on broadcasts of Husker volleyball, men’s basketball and softball.

Jeff Griesch enters his 22nd season as the color commentator for Nebraska women’s basketball on the Husker Sports Network. Griesch has served as a media relations contact over that same time period, currently the senior associate director in charge of operations in the Nebraska Athletic Communications Office. Griesch came to Nebraska and started working in the communications office as a student, serving as a wrestling and soccer contact, also working as an analyst for broadcasts of Husker soccer. Griesch has also filled in on play-by-play of women’s basketball for the Husker Sports Network.

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JOSH BANDERAS

JOHN BAYLOR

LAUREN COOK WEST

MATT DAVISON

NICK HANDLEY

A Lincoln native and former Husker linebacker, Josh Banderas is in his third season as a pregame and postgame analyst for the Husker Sports Network. Banderas closed his Husker career by leading the team with 93 tackles and earning honorable mention All-Big Ten honors while serving as team captain. In all, Banderas made 232 tackles in his 47 career games as a Husker. Banderas’ father, Tom, is a former Husker tight end and has served as postgame analyst on the Husker Sports Network.

The soundtrack to five volleyball national championships, John Baylor is in his 26th season as the play-by-play voice of Nebraska volleyball on the Husker Sports Network. Baylor became the broadcaster for Husker volleyball in 1994 and has called 16 conference championship teams, 25 NCAA tournaments, and 11 NCAA regional championship teams, along with the five national titles. Baylor has also broadcasted Nebraska women’s basketball (two years) and Husker baseball (seven years), while also calling the first five seasons of Lincoln Saltdogs baseball and the first two seasons of Lincoln Stars hockey.

Lauren Cook West is in her third season as Husker Sports Network’s volleyball analyst. A 2012 first-team All-American, Cook West was a setter for Nebraska from 2010 to 2012. She ranks seventh in school history in career set assists with 3,198.

In her All-American senior season, West averaged 11.15 assists per set and had 17 double-doubles. West played professional volleyball for two years in Puerto Rico and Switzerland before returning to Lincoln.

Second-year Associate Athletic Director for Football, Matt Davison is in his 13th season as the analyst on the Husker Sports Network’s football broadcasts and 16th year on the HSN’s football broadcasts overall. Davison was a standout wide receiver at Nebraska from 1997 to 2000. His catch on the final play of regulation at Missouri in 1997 saved Nebraska’s chance to win the national championship. He joined the Husker Sports Network’s football broadcasts in 2004 as a sideline reporter and pregame and postgame analyst, before moving into the analyst chair for the 2007 season. Davison also worked as the analyst for HSN’s Husker basketball broadcasts for 15 years, before his hiring into athletic administration.

Nick Handley is in his fifth year as a part of Nebraska’s baseball broadcast team.

Handley, who hosts The Nick Handley Show on KXSP-AM was hired in 2016 to the Husker Sports Network baseball broadcast team. Handley joined KXSP in 2013 after a six-year stint in Columbus as the sports director for Three Eagles Radio in Columbus.

A Nebraska-Omaha alum, Handley has also served as the public-address announcer for UNO hockey for the past 13 years and Mavs men’s basketball for the past seven.

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BEN McLAUGHLIN

NATE ROHR

GREG SHARPE

BRENDEN STAI

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Ben McLaughlin is in his fourth season as the sideline reporter for the Husker Sports Network’s football broadcasts and his 11th season as a member of the Husker Sports Network team on football gameday. McLaughlin is also a play-by-play voice for Husker baseball and a co-host on Sports Nightly. McLaughlin joined the Husker Sports Network as a UNL student in July 2008, working as a producer for Sports Nightly and Husker sporting events. In addition to his work during the game on the Husker sidelines, McLaughlin has hosted Husker Gameday the past four seasons and also hosts the Locker Room Show.

Nate Rohr is in his 13th season as part of the football broadcast crew and his 16th season as the broadcaster for Nebraska softball, while also in his fourth season as the public-address announcer for Husker Football games at Memorial Stadium.

Rohr began his career with the Husker Sports Network filling in on play-by-play for Nebraska softball in 2004, then took over as the primary broadcaster for Husker Softball the following season. He joined the football crew as a spotter and statistician in 2007, then added on-air duties as host of the Locker Room Show in 2016.

Winner of the 2017 Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year award, Greg Sharpe is in his 12th football season as the Voice of the Huskers. Sharpe is also the lead broadcaster for Husker baseball and hosts Sports Nightly. Sharpe began broadcasting Husker sporting events in the winter of 2003, when he was tabbed to do play-by-play on Fox Sports Midwest’s broadcasts of Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball. After filling in on the last three football broadcasts in 2007, he was named the full-time voice of the Huskers in February 2008. Sharpe came to the Husker Sports Network after a successful 21-year run at WIBW Radio and TV in Topeka, Kan, including six years as voice of the K-State Wildcats. Sharpe won two Kansas Sportscaster of the Year awards at WIBW. An All-American offensive lineman for Nebraska and an eight-year NFL veteran, Brenden Stai is in his eigth season contributing to the Husker Sports Network’s coverage of Nebraska Football on pregame and postgame. Stai was a consensus first-team All-American at right guard as a part of the vaunted Pipeline that paved the way for Tom Osborne’s first national championship as NU head coach. After Nebraska, Stai began his career as the starting right guard for the Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

A first-team All-American quarterback for the Huskers, Steve Taylor is in his eigth season on the Husker Sports Network’s broadcast team. Taylor is a pregame and postgame analyst this season, after working on Countdown to Kickoff and Big Red Reaction, as well as working as sideline reporter, in past seasons. A three-year starter at quarterback, Taylor closed his Husker career with a 31-6 record as starting quarterback, leading NU to three 10-win seasons. Taylor was an All-American in 1987 throwing for 13 touchdowns and 902 yards and rushing for eight touchdowns while guiding NU to a 10-2 record and a No. 6 national ranking. After his time at NU, Taylor played in the CFL for eight years and helped Calgary to the 1992 Grey Cup.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

BY BEN McLAUGHLIN

NEW FACES EVERYWHERE Expectations were sky high for the Nebraska men’s basketball program a year ago, with three key seniors in Glynn Watson Jr., James Palmer Jr., Isaac Copeland Jr. and the program’s first NBA draft pick since 1999 – Isaiah Roby (2nd round, 45th overall pick, Detroit Pistons). However, injuries and inconsistent play led to a 19-17 record. The Huskers made it to the second round of the NIT, beating Butler 80-76 before having their season end with an 88-72 loss at TCU, marking the end of NU head coach Tim Miles’ seven-year tenure with the Cornhuskers.

The 2019-2020 NU team can be summarized in one word - new.

This season, Nebraska will usher in a new staff, including Head Coach Fred Hoiberg. From 1995-2005, Hoiberg played in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers, the Chicago Bulls and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Upon retirement, Minnesota hired Hoiberg to a front-office position before he began his coaching career at Iowa State. In his five seasons, Hoiberg led Iowa State to four NCAA Tournament appearances and

back-to-back Big 12 Tournament titles in 2014 and 2015. The Chicago Bulls hired Hoiberg as head coach in June of 2015.

He spent three seasons there, taking the Bulls to the playoffs in 2017.

Hoiberg brought back former Nebraska Head Coach Doc Sadler as an assistant coach. Following his tenure at NU, Sadler spent a brief time as an assistant at Iowa State before becoming a head coach at Southern Mississippi

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for five years. Armon Gates also returns to Lincoln for his second season as the only remaining coach from last year’s staff. Additionally, after spending the last four seasons as an assistant coach at St. John’s, Matt Abdelmassih joined Hoiberg’s staff in Lincoln.

The roster has had just as much turnover as the staff. There is only one player on the current squad who appeared in a game for Nebraska last season. Thorir Thorbjarnarson played in 25 games for the Cornhuskers last year, making seven starts. After the injury to Isaac Copeland Jr., Thorbjarnarson played in 16 of Nebraska’s last 17 games.

Dachon Burke Jr. was the only other player who was on the 2018-19 roster but had to sit out due to NCAA transfer rules. The new coaching staff used every avenue to compile the new roster. They brought in graduate transfers (Haanif Cheatham - Florida Gulf Coast and Matej

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Kavas - Seattle), junior college transfers (Jervay Green - Western Nebraska CC and Cam Mack - Salt Lake CC), regular four-year university transfers (Shamiel Stevenson - Nevada; Derrick Walker - Tennessee; and Dalano Banton - Western Kentucky) and a sizeable freshman class; Akol Arop, Kevin Cross, Samari Curtis, Yvan Ouedraogo, Charlie Easley, Jace Piatkowski and Bret Porter.

In early August, the team was able to spend 10 days abroad, touring and playing in Italy. The team went 4-0 on the trip in the cities of Rome, Florence and Como. While in Rome, the team visited coveted sights such as the Coliseum, Vatican City and the Pantheon. Nebraska defeated Stella Azzurra Academy 87-56, led by Jervay Green’s 15 points. The team then bussed to Florence for two matchups with BC Silute, a Lithuanian pro team. The Huskers came out on top in

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game one, 83-58. Dachon Burke and Haanif Cheatham each finished with a team-high 20 points. The rematch was much closer, with Nebraska holding on for a 73-70 win the following evening.

Freshman Samari Curtis led the Huskers with 13 points. The final stop for the team was Lake Como, where they enjoyed a tour of the lake, as well as a tour of Lugano, Switzerland. In the final game of the trip, Nebraska took care of Italian Select 84-62. Freshman walk-on Charlie Easley scored 15 points to lead the way for the Cornhuskers.

The Huskers open their season with an exhibition game on Wednesday, Oct. 30, against Doane University at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The official start to the season will come about a week later

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in Lincoln against UC Riverside. Other features of the non-conference schedule include a trip to the Cayman Islands for a tournament in late November. The Huskers will open up with Washington State, with chances to play George Mason, Old Dominion, New Mexico State, Colorado State, Loyola-Chicago and South Florida. Nebraska will also have road games at Georgia Tech (Big Ten-ACC Challenge) and at Creighton.

Big Ten Conference play begins Friday, Dec.13, in Bloomington against Indiana, before NU returns to PBA for a home contest against Purdue. Other key conference games in Lincoln include Iowa (Jan. 7), Indiana (Jan. 18), Michigan (Jan. 28), Wisconsin (Feb. 15) and Michigan State (Feb. 20).

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SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT

LOCATION

TV TIME

Oct. 30

Doane (exhibition)

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN+

7 p.m.

Nov. 5

UC Riverside

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

8 p.m.

Nov. 9

Southern Utah

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN+

1 p.m.

Nov. 15

South Dakota State

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

8 p.m.

Nov. 22

Southern

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN+

7 p.m.

Nov. 25

vs. Washington State (Cayman Islands Classic)

George Town, Grand Cayman

TBA

6:30 p.m.

Nov. 26

vs. Old Dominion/George Mason (Cayman Islands Classic)

George Town, Grand Cayman

TBA

4 or 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 27

vs. TBD (Cayman Islands Classic)

George Town, Grand Cayman

TBA

TBA

Dec. 4

at Georgia Tech (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)

Atlanta, Ga.

ESPNU

6:15 p.m.

Dec. 7

at Creighton

Omaha, Neb.

FS1

1:30 p.m.

Dec. 13

at Indiana *

Bloomington, Ind.

BTN

7 p.m.

Dec. 15

Purdue *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

3 p.m.

Dec. 21

North Dakota

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN+

5 p.m.

Dec. 29

TAMU-Corpus Christi

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

1 or 3 p.m.

Jan. 3

Rutgers *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

7 p.m.

Jan. 7

Iowa *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

8 p.m.

Jan. 11

at Northwestern *

Evanston, Ill.

BTN

TBA

Jan. 14

at Ohio State *

Columbus, Ohio

FS1

5:30 p.m.

Jan. 18

Indiana *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

6 p.m.

Jan. 21

at Wisconsin *

Madison, Wis.

BTN

8 p.m.

Jan. 25

at Rutgers *

Piscataway, N.J.

BTN

1 p.m.

Jan. 28

Michigan *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

ESPN/2/U 6 p.m.

Feb. 1

Penn State *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

6 p.m.

Feb. 8

at Iowa *

Iowa City, Iowa

BTN

5 p.m.

Feb. 11

at Maryland *

College Park, Md.

BTN

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 15

Wisconsin *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

1:15 p.m.

Feb. 20

Michigan State *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

FS1

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 24

at Illinois *

Champaign, Ill.

BTN

7 p.m.

Feb. 27

Ohio State *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

ESPN/2

8 p.m.

March 1

Northwestern *

Pinnacle Bank Arena

BTN

3:15 p.m.

March 5

at Michigan *

Ann Arbor, Mich.

FS1

5:30 p.m.

March 8

at Minnesota *

Minneapolis, Minn.

BTN

Noon

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ASSISTANTS MATT ABDELMASSIH

Matt Abdelmassih joins Nebraska’s staff after four years at St. John’s University, where the Red Storm improved from eight to 21 wins and an NCAA Tournament appearance. Prior to his time at St. John’s, Abdelmassih was part of Hoiberg’s staff at Iowa State for five seasons, making the NCAA Tournament in the final four. ESPN has tabbed him as the top transfer recruiter in the country.

ARMON GATES

Armon Gates is entering his second season with the Huskers after a brief stint with the Florida Gators. A native of Chicago, Gates has also spent time coaching with Northwestern, Loyola-Chicago, TCU, Kent State and Western Kentucky. In his five seasons at Northwestern, he helped Chris Collins lead the Wildcats to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history.

DOC SADLER

Doc Sadler returns to Lincoln as an assistant coach after five seasons as the head coach at Southern Miss where the Golden Eagles were one of three teams to improve their win total each season since 2014-15. Sadler spent one season as part of Hoiberg’s staff at Iowa State after his time as the head coach at Nebraska from 2006 to 2012.

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ROSTER #

Name

Pos Ht

Wt

Yr

Hometown (Previous school)

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Akol Arop

F

6-6

190

Fr.

Omaha, Neb. / Creighton Prep

1

Kevin Cross

F

6-8

240

Fr.

Little Rock, Ark. / Mills University Studies

3

Cam Mack

G

6-2

175

So.

Austin, Texas/SF Austin/Salt Lake CC/Christian Life Prep

4

Shamiel Stevenson

G

6-6

245

Jr.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada / Pitt/Nevada/Hillcrest Prep (Ariz.)

11

Dachon Burke Jr.

G

6-4

180

Jr.

Orange, N.J. / Robert Morris/Coastal Academy

13

Derrick Walker

F

6-8

235

Jr.

Kansas City, Mo. / Tennessee/Sunrise Christian Academy

15

Samari Curtis

G

6-4

190

Fr.

Xenia, Ohio / Xenia

21

Jace Piatkowski

G

6-4

175

Fr.

Omaha, Neb. / Elkhorn South

22

Haanif Cheatham

G

6-6

195

Sr.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Marquette/Florida GC/Pembroke Pines

23

Jervay Green

G

6-3

210

Jr.

Denver, Colo./Western Nebraska CC/George Washington

24

Yvan Ouedraogo

F

6-9

260

Fr.

Bordeaux, France/National Institute of Sport

25

Matej Kavas

G

6-8

200

Sr.

Ljubljana, Slovenia/Seattle/Gimnazija Bezigrad

30

Charlie Easley

G

6-2

190

Fr.

Lincoln, Neb./Pius X

34

Thorir Thorbjarnarson G

6-6

206

Jr.

Reykjavik, Iceland/Menntaskólinn i Reykjavik

44

Bret Porter

F

6-6

215

Fr.

Omaha, Neb./Millard North

45

Dalano Banton

G

6-8

195

So.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Western Kentucky/Redemption

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PLAYERS TO WATCH HAANIF CHEATHAM 6-6 // SENIOR // GUARD FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. Haanif Cheatham is a versatile 6’6 senior who hails from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As a consensus top-100 player out of Pembroke Pines, Cheatham began his college career at Marquette.

Cheatham started in 58 of his 65 career games as an Eagle before transferring closer to home to play for Florida Gulf Coast last year. In his one season, Cheatham averaged over 13 points per game in his 10 contests before a season-ending injury.

Although a newcomer himself, Cheatham will be counted on as one of the leaders on and off the floor for Head Coach Fred Hoiberg.

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MATEJ KAVAS 6-8 // SENIOR // GUARD LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA Nebraska’s roster will feature five international players this season. One of them is graduate transfer Matej Kavas.

Kavas comes to Lincoln from Ljubljana, Slovenia, after spending three seasons at Seattle University. Kavas totaled nearly 1,000 points in his 84 games with the Redhawks. The 6-8 sharpshooter will instantly become Nebraska’s biggest three-point weapon this season.

Kavas enters the season with the 6th best three-point shooting percentage in the country at 44.7%.

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PLAYERS TO WATCH DACHON BURKE JR. 6-4 // JUNIOR // GUARD ORANGE, N.J. Dachon Burke is one of just two players on the roster from last season. Although Burke had to sit out due to the NCAA transfer rules, he will be a key cog in the Husker backcourt in 2019-2020. Burke spent two seasons at Robert Morris University before making his way to Lincoln. As a sophomore, “DB” led the Colonials in scoring with 17.6 ppg, and added nearly 6 rebounds, three assists and two steals per game. Burke is an electric player who plays with great energy, and will be one of the vocal leaders on Nebraska’s new team.

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CAM MACK 6-2 // SOPHOMORE // GUARD AUSTIN, TEXAS One of the highlights of the offseason for Nebraska was a commitment from the No. 3-rated junior college player in the country. 6’2 guard Cam Mack, once a St. John’s commit, said yes to the Huskers to help replace 4-year starter Glynn Watson Jr. at point guard. Mack began his career at Stephen F. Austin before transferring to Salt Lake CC last season. Last season for the Bruins, Mack had five 30-point games and one 40-point game in which he buried 6 three-pointers.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL Greg Sharpe: Let’s start with Italy. How was that trip and did it kind of accomplish what you hoped that it would?

Fred Hoiberg: Well, Italy was a great trip for us, and the biggest reason why is the fact that all of our new players got to spend quality time together. We’ve got 14 guys who’ve never really played with each other, and the only two guys who have really been in the Big Ten are Thor Thorbjarnarson and Dachon Burke, and that was from the sideline with the sit-out year, so there’s so many new faces, so many unknowns with this group. I think we left Italy as a team, and that was the most important part to me.

GS: With Italy and with the practice time you’ve had with this group, what have you learned about them?

FH: Well I do think it’s a group that goes out there and competes. We’re still trying to teach how to play and how to fight through adversity. It’s one of those things, especially when you have so many new faces, sometimes you revert back to old habits, especially when you don’t have the trust level with the guy next to you at this point.

So those are the big things that we’re trying to get across to our guys. Not just when things are going well. That can’t be the only time we’re out there performing. You have to be able to deal with adversity. You know it’s still a work in progress with that and probably will be even into the season, but we’ve got to find a way to go out there and battle through adversity better.

GS: When you got here, there wasn’t much of a non-conference schedule put together, so I don’t know how much choice you really had in piecing this together, but what do you want to accomplish during the month of November?

FH: Well, obviously it’s an important part of the season, for everybody. You want to go out there and set the tone for when you start the conference games, which you play 20, so you’re going to be grinding it out 20 times once the conference season starts so I like our schedule. We’re going to be playing at Creighton, which will be a top 20 team, playing at Georgia Tech in the ACC on the road. We’re playing three quality games in the Cayman Islands, and we’ve got some other teams that will come in here and give us a big challenge, so for us it’s about going out there and hopefully setting the tone for what we need to do to have a successful conference season.

GS: You haven’t been through this before in the Big 12, but you’ll have some conference games in December, and it breaks it up a little bit. Any thoughts on that?

FH: In the schedule that we got, it’s tough.

We play at Indiana on a Friday night, then we have to turn around and play Purdue, who runs more sets than anybody in the league, on a Sunday afternoon. So that’s an NBA type thing right there, where you have very little prep time going into your conference season. But, you know, we all play 20, and it’s the schedule that we got, so we have to go out there and prepare the best we can, but we have two really difficult challenges. Indiana’s going to have a very good team this year to go out and start on the road, which I kind of like going out there and starting on the road, seeing what you’re made of.

GS: Cam Mack didn’t get a chance to go to Italy with you, but by all accounts this is a young guy that can be pretty helpful to this team, don’t you think?

FH: We want to play with great pace with everything we do, and Cam certainly fits

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that. So for Cam, it’s hard, not getting the reps that the rest of the team did.

He’s behind right now at this point in the season, but he picks things up very quickly. He’s a jet with the ball and a guy that’s a very willing passer.

GS: Fan support. Pinnacle Bank Arena is sold out for the upcoming season, I don’t know if you’ve been able to sense it when you’ve been around visiting with boosters and that type of thing, but there’s a lot of buzz out there for you.

FH: I’m really excited. The overwhelming support we have has been unbelievable.

Whether we’re going out to a dinner or having fans come up to us and talk to us about the excitement or Memorial Stadium on a Saturday afternoon. We’re

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getting people coming up to us and saying how pumped they are for the season, and then you see that every ticket has been sold already, even the Opening Night with zero tickets available. It’s one of the big reasons why I think we have a chance to be a consistent winner here is because of our great fan support and because of our great facilities. But, it’s been off the charts. This team lost a lot, off last year’s roster with Roby, with Palmer, with Watson, and with Copeland, and then you lost some very good role players as well. There’s a lot of things we have to work on to get us playing at a high level, but the biggest thing we are looking for is to go out and compete and put a product on the floor that our fans can be proud of.

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ILLINOIS

NEED TO KNOW

» Despite the Illini setting the school record for losses in a season last year (21), hopes are high for Illinois as eight of the top nine scorers return from last year’s team, which ranked fourth in the Big Ten in scoring. » Ayo Dosunmu came to Illinois as a five-star recruit last year, then led the Illini in scoring with 13.8 points per game while adding 3.3 assists. After briefly considering entry into the NBA Draft, Dosunmu returns for his sophomore year. » Illinois also returns Giorgi Bezhansishvili in the post after a successful freshman year. The native of the nation of Georgia was a pleasant surprise last season with 12.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. His defense was suspect, though, as he did foul out 10 times last year. » The Illini should improve in the post with the addition of five-star recruit Kofi Cockburn. The native of Jamaica is the highest-ranked recruit to join Illinois since Meyers Leonard. » While the Fighting Illini look ready to compete in the Big Ten offensively, they’ll need to improve in two critical areas – defense and rebounding. Illinois was worst in the league in both categories.

SCHEDULE

11/5 ........................................................ vs. Nicholls State 11/8 ......................................................... at Grand Canyon 11/10......................................................................at Arizona 11/18...................................................................... vs. Hawaii 11/20............................................................ vs. The Citadel 11/23................................................................ vs. Hampton 11/26 ..........................................................................vs. TBA 12/2.........................vs. Miami (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/7................................................................... at Maryland 12/11 .................................................................vs. Michigan 12/14....................................................... vs. Old Dominion 12/21 ..................................................................at Missouri 12/29 ............................................vs. North Carolina A&T 1/2............................................................at Michigan State 1/5........................................................................ vs. Purdue 1/8 ...................................................................at Wisconsin 1/11.......................................................................vs. Rutgers 1/18......................................................... vs. Northwestern 1/21.........................................................................at Purdue 1/25....................................................................at Michigan 1/30................................................................vs. Minnesota 2/2.............................................................................. at Iowa 2/7....................................................................vs. Maryland 2/11........................................................ vs. Michigan State 2/15 ......................................................................at Rutgers 2/18.................................................................at Penn State 2/24 .................................................................vs. Nebraska 2/27...........................................................at Northwestern 3/1.........................................................................vs. Indiana 3/4...................................................................at Ohio State 3/8............................................................................. vs. Iowa

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 19-14 15-19 20-15 14-18 12-21

Conf.

(9-9) (5-13) (8-10) (4-14) (7-13)

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INDIANA

NEED TO KNOW

SCHEDULE

» If Indiana is to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016, they’ll face the unenviable task of replacing their top two scorers – forward Juwan Morgan (15.5 points per game, 8.2 rebounds per game) and guard Romeo Langford (16.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg). » The good news is the Hoosiers return five of their top seven scorers, led by guard Devonte Green, who tallied 9.4 points per game as a sub last season. He finished last year strong, scoring 15.4 points per game down the stretch. » Indiana added Joey Brunk as a graduate transfer to bolster their post play. Brunk shot 61.5 percent while scoring 7.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore for the Butler team that lost in the first round of the NIT at Nebraska. » Another notable addition to the Indiana front court is Trayce Jackson-Davis, the reigning Indiana Mr. Basketball and a McDonald’s All-American. His father, Dale, played for the NBA’s Pacers. » The Hoosiers need to improve their three-point shooting. Indiana ranked 13th in the Big Ten and 312th in the country while hitting just 31.2 percent of their shots behind the arc. It might improve by the subtraction of Morgan and Langford, who hit just 28.2 percent of their 3’s.

11/5.......................................................vs. Western Illinois 11/9........................................................ vs. Portland State 11/12......................................................vs. North Alabama 11/16....................................vs. Troy (Indiana Challenge) 11/20........................vs. Princeton (Indiana Challenge) 11/25...............vs. Louisiana Tech (Indiana Challenge) 11/10......vs. South Dakota State (Indiana Challenge) 12/3............vs. Florida State (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/7..................................................................at Wisconsin 12/10......................................... UConn (Jimmy V Classic) 12/13.................................................................vs. Nebraska 12/21.......................... Notre Dame (Crossroads Classic) 12/29.................................................................vs. Arkansas 1/4..................................................................... at Maryland 1/8........................................................... vs. Northwestern 1/11.................................................................vs. Ohio State 1/15........................................................................at Rutgers 1/18................................................................... at Nebraska 1/23....................................................... vs. Michigan State 1/26..................................................................vs. Maryland 1/29.................................................................at Penn State 2/1....................................................................at Ohio State 2/8........................................................................ vs. Purdue 2/13........................................................................... vs. Iowa 2/16....................................................................at Michigan 2/19.................................................................at Minnesota 2/23............................................................... vs. Penn State 2/27........................................................................at Purdue 3/1........................................................................... at Illinois 3/4..................................................................vs. Minnesota 3/7...................................................................vs. Wisconsin

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 20-14 27-8 18-16 16-15 19-16

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Conf.

(9-9) (15-3) (7-11) (9-9) (8-12)

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IOWA

NEED TO KNOW

» Iowa rebounded from a nightmarish 4-14 showing in the Big Ten in 2017-18 to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three years. The Hawkeyes pushed into the second round of the tournament before losing in overtime to Tennessee. » Iowa rode a high-powered offense to the Big Dance.

They led the Big Ten by scoring 78.3 points per game, which ranked 47th in the country. The Hawkeyes ranked third in the Big Ten in field-goal percentage, 3-point percentage and free-throw percentage. » Two big losses could hinder Iowa’s pursuit of a second straight NCAA bid. All-Big Ten forward Tyler Cook graduates after scoring 14.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Then, senior guard Jordan Bohannon, who set the school record with 264 3-pointers made last year, had hip surgery in the offseason and is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season. » Patrick McCaffrey, a top-100 national recruit and the top recruit in the state of Iowa, becomes the third McCaffrey brother to sign on to play for father Fran. His older brother, Connor, scored 4.4 points per game and may be one of the first candidates to fill for Bohannon. » Former Husker Bakari Evelyn could factor in this year after joining Iowa as a graduate transfer from Valparaiso.

Evelyn played 18 games at NU in 2015-16, then played 64 games for the Crusaders the last two years.

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SCHEDULE

11/8..................vs. Southern Illinois U – Edwardsville 11/11........................................vs. DePaul (Gavitt Games) 11/15...........................................................vs. Oral Roberts 11/21 ................. vs. North Florida (Vegas Invitational) 11/24.............................vs. Cal Poly (Vegas Invitational) 11/28 ..................... vs. Texas Tech (Vegas Invitational) 11/29 ..vs. Creighton/San Diego State (Vegas Invite) 12/3.....................at Syracuse (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/6....................................................................at Michigan 12/9................................................................vs. Minnesota 12/12................................................................at Iowa State 12/21................................................................vs. Cincinnati 12/29................................................... vs. Kennesaw State 1/4...................................................................at Penn State 1/7..................................................................... at Nebraska 1/10..................................................................vs. Maryland 1/14............................................................at Northwestern 1/17....................................................................vs. Michigan 1/22......................................................................vs. Rutgers 1/27..................................................................vs. Wisconsin 1/30................................................................... at Maryland 2/2.........................................................................vs. Illinois 2/5..........................................................................at Purdue 2/8....................................................................vs. Nebraska 2/13.......................................................................at Indiana 2/16.................................................................at Minnesota 2/20................................................................vs. Ohio State 2/25.........................................................at Michigan State 2/29............................................................... vs. Penn State 3/3........................................................................ vs. Purdue 3/8.......................................................................... at Illinois

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Overall 22-12 22-11 19-15 14-19 23-12

Conf.

(12-6) (12-6) (10-8) (4-14) (10-10)

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MARYLAND

NEED TO KNOW

» The Terrapins are coming off a 23-11 record last season, which included a first-round win in the NCAA Tournament over Belmont. Their season ended in the second round with a heartbreaking 69-67 loss to LSU. » Mark Turgeon leads the Terps in his 9th year as head coach. He holds an 80-92 record with Maryland, which includes four NCAA Tournament appearances. » The Terrapins lose just one key player off last year’s team – big man Bruno Fernando. The 6-10 power forward was drafted 34th overall in the 2019 NBA Draft after averaging a double-double in his sophomore season with 13.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. » Anthony Cowan Jr. returns to lead the Terps in his senior season. The 6-0 point guard has scored 1,375 points in his career and averaged over 15 points per game in each of his last two seasons. The only other double-digit scorer returning is 6-10 sophomore forward Jalen Smith, who averaged nearly 12 points and 7 rebounds per contest in his freshman season. » Maryland was the fifth youngest team in the country in 2018-19 and will look to replace Fernando’s presence in the paint with freshmen Makhi Mitchell and Chol Marial. They stand 6-9 and 7-3, respectively.

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11/5.................................................................vs. Holy Cross 11/9.......................................................... vs. Rhode Island 11/16................................................................... vs. Oakland 11/19....................................................................vs. Fairfield 11/22....................................................... vs. George Mason 11/28........................ vs. Temple (Orlando Invitational) 11/29.vs. Texas A&M/Harvard (Orlando Invitational) 12/1..................................vs. TBD (Orlando Invitational) 12/4..............vs. Notre Dame (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/7.......................................................................vs. Illinois 12/10...............................................................at Penn State 12/19............................................................... at Seton Hall 12/29......................................................................vs. Bryant 1/4........................................................................vs. Indiana 1/7..................................................................vs. Ohio State 1/10............................................................................ at Iowa 1/14...................................................................at Wisconsin 1/18...................................................................... vs. Purdue 1/21............................................................at Northwestern 1/26.......................................................................at Indiana 130.............................................................................. vs Iowa 2/4.........................................................................vs Rutgers 2/7.......................................................................... at Illinois 2/11....................................................................vs Nebraska 2/15.........................................................at Michigan State 2/18......................................................... vs. Northwestern 2/23.................................................................at Ohio State 2/26.................................................................at Minnesota 2/29....................................................... vs. Michigan State 3/3.........................................................................at Rutgers 3/8.....................................................................vs. Michigan

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Overall 28-7 29-7 24-9 19-13 23-11

Conf.

(14-4) (12-6) (12-6) (8-10) (13-7)

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MICHIGAN

NEED TO KNOW

» The Michigan Wolverines are led by first-year coach Juwan Howard. A former Wolverine himself, Howard returns to Michigan with over two decades of experience in the NBA as both a player and as a coach. Prior to the NBA, Howard was a member of the “Fab Five,” the Michigan Wolverines’ legendary recruiting class that featured himself, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber and Ray Jackson. » Michigan returns two of their five starters from last season; seniors Jon Teske and Zavier Simpson. Teske, a 7-1 center, led the Wolverines in blocks and rebounds, with 7 and 2 per game, respectively. Simpson is a 6-foot guard and last season he led Michigan in assists and steals per game, with 6.6 and 1.4, respectively. » Simpson and Teske have a tall order ahead of them, trying to replace the production of Ignas Brazdeikis, Jordan Poole and Charles Matthews. Brazdeikis left after one year in Ann Arbor, and led the team in scoring with 14.8 points per game. Poole, a sophomore departure, averaged 12.8 points per game, while Matthews averaged 12.2 points per game. » The Wolverines made it to the Sweet 16 in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, ultimately falling to NCAA runner-up, Texas Tech. On the season, Michigan posted an overall record of 30-7, with a 15-5 mark in Big Ten play.

SCHEDULE

11/5..................................................vs. Appalachian State 11/12.................................................................vs. Creighton 11/15...........................................................................vs. Elon 11/22....................................................vs. Houston Baptist 11/27..................................Iowa State (Battle 4 Atlantis) 11/28......vs. Alabama/N. Carolina (Battle 4 Atlantis) 11/29................................... vs. TBD (Battle For Atlantis) 12/3....................at Louisville (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/6........................................................................... vs. Iowa 12/11....................................................................... at Illinois 12/14....................................................................vs. Oregon 12/21...........................................vs. Presbyterian College 12/29........................................................vs. UMass Lowell 1/5...........................................................at Michigan State 1/9........................................................................ vs. Purdue 1/12..................................................................at Minnesota 1/17............................................................................. at Iowa 1/22............................................................... vs. Penn State 1/25.......................................................................vs. Illinois 1/28................................................................... at Nebraska 2/1..........................................................................at Rutgers 2/4..................................................................vs. Ohio State 2/8......................................................... vs. Michigan State 2/12............................................................at Northwestern 2/16......................................................................vs. Indiana 2/19.......................................................................at Rutgers 2/22........................................................................at Purdue 2/27.................................................................vs. Wisconsin 3/1....................................................................at Ohio State 3/5....................................................................vs. Nebraska 3/8..................................................................... at Maryland

RECORDS

» As part of their non-conference schedule this season, the Wolverines will host Creighton in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.

Additionally, they’ll square off against Iowa State in the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas.

Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 16-16 23-13 26-12 33-8 30-7

HUSKER SPORTS

Conf.

(8-10) (10-8) (10-8) (13-5) (15-5)

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MICHIGAN STATE

NEED TO KNOW

» Tom Izzo is back in East Lansing, leading one of the blue bloods in college basketball. During his 23-year tenure in charge of the Spartans, Izzo has led MSU to a national championship, eight regular season Big Ten titles, five conference tournament championships and seven Final Four appearances. » Michigan State returns two starters from last season; Cassius Winston and Joshua Langford, both senior guards, Winston was in the top five in scoring average last season in the Big Ten with 18.9 points per game. Winston becomes the first ever returning Big Ten Player of the Year in conference history. Langford was sixth in the conference, averaging 16.5 points per game. » Jack Hoiberg, the son of Nebraska Head Coach Fred Hoiberg, is a walk-on for MSU. The sophomore guard appeared in 14 games last season, averaging 1.3 minutes per game. » The Spartans enjoyed plenty of success in the Big Ten last season. Michigan State was co-champion of the conference in the regular season, along with Purdue. However, the Spartans won the conference tournament championship in Chicago, edging out Michigan in the title game 65-60. » Last season, the Spartans posted an overall record of 32-7. Michigan State was nearly unstoppable at home, going 15-1, with their only loss at the Breslin Center coming to Indiana.

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SCHEDULE

11/5................................. Kentucky (Champions Classic) 11/10........................................................... vs. Binghamton 11/14......................at Seton Hall (Gavitt Tipoff Games) 11/18..... vs. Charleston Southern (Maui Invitational) 11/25..................... vs. Virginia Tech (Maui Invitational) 11/26..............vs. Dayton/Georgia (Maui Invitational) 11/27...................................... vs. TBD (Maui Invitational) 12/3........................... vs. Duke (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8......................................................................vs. Rutgers 12/14................................................................... at Oakland 12/18.........................................................at Northwestern 12/21..................................................vs. Eastern Michigan 12/29............................................... vs. Western Michigan 1/2..........................................................................vs. Illinois 1/5.....................................................................vs. Michigan 1/9..................................................................vs. Minnesota 1/12.........................................................................at Purdue 1/17..................................................................vs. Wisconsin 1/23.......................................................................at Indiana 1/26.................................................................at Minnesota 1/29......................................................... vs. Northwestern 2/1.....................................................................at Wisconsin 2/4................................................................. vs. Penn State 2/8......................................................................at Michigan 2/11......................................................................... at Illinois 2/15..................................................................vs. Maryland 2/20................................................................... at Nebraska 2/25........................................................................... vs. Iowa 2/29................................................................... at Maryland 3/3...................................................................at Penn State 3/8..................................................................vs. Ohio State

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Overall 27-12 29-6 20-15 30-5 32-7

Conf.

(12-6) (13-5) (10-8) (16-2) (16-4)

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MINNESOTA

NEED TO KNOW

» After a losing season in 2017-18, Minnesota rebounded with a solid 22-14 campaign and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Louisville in the first round before falling to Big Ten foe Michigan State. » The Gophers are led by Richard Pitino, who’s taken Minnesota to the NCAA Tournament in two of the past three seasons. Pitino is 112-92 during his time in Minneapolis, but just 40-70 in Big Ten play. The Gophers were 9-11 in league games last year but still claimed a bid to the Big Dance. » Talented sophomores Daniel Oturu (10.8 ppg) and Gabe Kalscheur (10.0 ppg) will attempt to replace the void from departed leading scorer Amir Coffey and top rebounder Jordan Murphy. » Pitino added Drexel transfer Alihan Demir in the spring.

The senior averaged 14.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game last season. » Minnesota will host Nebraska on Senior Day. The Huskers led by double digits in the second half last season, but fell 85-78. Nebraska evened the score in Lincoln when James Palmer Jr. hit a pair of free throws with 1.1 seconds remaining to edge the Gophers 62-61. Minnesota is 0-5 all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena but won’t visit the Big Red in 2019-20.

SCHEDULE

11/5.......................................................vs. Cleveland State 11/9.......................................................................Oklahoma 11/12..............................................................................Butler 11/15........................................................................... at Utah 11/21...................................................vs. Central Michigan 11/29.....................................................................vs. DePaul 12/2....................................................................vs. Clemson 12/9............................................................................ at Iowa 12/15...............................................................vs. Ohio State 12/21..................................................... at Oklahoma State 12/28..........................................vs. Florida International 1/2...........................................................................at Purdue 1/5........................................................... vs. Northwestern 1/9...........................................................at Michigan State 1/12....................................................................vs. Michigan 1/15................................................................ vs. Penn State 1/19 ......................................................................at Rutgers 1/23.................................................................at Ohio State 1/26....................................................... vs. Michigan State 1/30........................................................................ at Illinois 2/5...................................................................vs. Wisconsin 2/8...................................................................at Penn State 2/16........................................................................... vs. Iowa 2/19......................................................................vs. Indiana 2/23...........................................................at Northwestern 2/26..................................................................vs. Maryland 3/1.....................................................................at Wisconsin 3/4.........................................................................at Indiana 3/8....................................................................vs. Nebraska

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Winter 2019

Overall 18-15 8-23 24-10 15-17 22-14

HUSKER SPORTS

Conf.

(6-12) (2-16) (11-7) (4-14) (9-11)

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NORTHWESTERN

NEED TO KNOW

» The Wildcats will face the 2019-2020 season without their leading scorer and assist man and second-leading rebounder from last season. Vic Law graduated after playing 125 games across four seasons in Evanston. Last year, the 6-7 wing averaged 15 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. For his career, he averaged 11.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 2 assists per game. » Dererk Pardon and Ryan Taylor also graduated after ranking second and third on the team in scoring last year.

Pardon averaged 14 points and a team-best 7.8 rebounds per game, while Taylor scored 9.8 points per game. » Senior A.J. Turner, a 6-foot-7 forward, is the Wildcats’ leading returning scorer. He averaged 8.7 points a game on 39 percent shooting and played in all 32 games last year after sitting out the 2016-17 season after transferring from Boston College. » Chris Collins will return for his seventh year in charge of the program. He enters the year with a 101-96 record, including a 13-19 record last season. » Collins led Northwestern to its first-ever NCAA Tournament win in the 2016-2017 season. The Wildcats defeated Vanderbilt 68-66 in the first round and pushed eventual national runner-up Gonzaga in the second, falling 79-73.

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SCHEDULE

11/8................................................................vs. Merrimack 11/13..............................................................vs. providence 11/19....................................................................vs. Radford 11/22..........................................................vs. Norfolk State 11/25................................... Bradley (Fort Myers Tip-Off) 11/27....................................vs. Kansas State/Pittsburgh 12/3.........at Boston College (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8........................................................................at Purdue 12/15..................................................vs. SIU–Edwardsville 12/18..................................................... vs. Michigan State 12/21.......................................................................at DePaul 12/29..................................................................vs. Hartford 1/5...................................................................at Minnesota 1/8.........................................................................at Indiana 1/11...................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/14............................................................................ vs. Iowa 1/18........................................................................ at Illinois 1/21...................................................................vs. Maryland 1/26................................................................vs. Ohio State 1/29.........................................................at Michigan State 2/1......................................................................... vs. Purdue 2/9.........................................................................at Rutgers 2/12....................................................................vs. Michigan 2/15.................................................................at Penn State 2/18................................................................... at Maryland 2/23................................................................vs. Minnesota 2/27.......................................................................vs. Illinois 3/1...................................................................... at Nebraska 3/4....................................................................at Wisconsin 3/7................................................................. vs. Penn State

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Overall 15-17 20-12 24-12 15-17 13-19

Conf.

(6-13) (8-10) (10-8) (6-12) (4-16)

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OHIO STATE

NEED TO KNOW

» The Buckeyes finished the 2018-19 season with a 20-15 record and an upset win over 6-seed Iowa State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. OSU’s season ended with a loss to Houston in the second round. » Head Coach Chris Holtmann enters his third season at Ohio State. The 47-year-old was also a head coach at Butler and Gardner-Webb previously. In three seasons with Butler and two with OSU, Holtmann holds a 115-55 record. He has reached the NCAA Tournament all five seasons. » Kaleb Wesson returns to the lineup after leading the team in scoring last season at 14.5 points per game. The 6-9 junior forward also led the team in rebounding with nearly seven per contest. Wesson’s brother Andre is back with the team for his senior season. Junior Musa Jallow and sophomore Luther Muhammad are expected to contribute as well. » The biggest hole in the lineup is left by graduated guard C.J. Jackson, who averaged 12 points per game and led the team in three-pointers with 62 last season. » C.J. Walker is expected to make an impact on this year’s squad after transferring from Florida and sitting out the 2018-19 campaign. Freshmen D.J. Carton, E.J. Liddell and Alonzo Gaffney are all highly regarded players on the roster.

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SCHEDULE

11/6.................................................................vs. Cincinnati 11/10........................................................ vs. UMass-Lowell 11/13................................................................. vs. Villanove 11/18.....................................................................vs. Stetson 11/22.............................................. vs. Purdue Fort Wayne 11/25............................................................... vs. Kent State 11/29........................................................ vs. Morgan State 12/2.........................................................at North Carolina 12/7............................................................... vs. Penn State 12/15................................................................at Minnesota 12/17.................................. vs. Southeast Missouri State 12/21........................................................................Kentucky 12/29............................................................... West Virginia 1/3...................................................................vs. Wisconsin 1/7..................................................................... at Maryland 1/11........................................................................at Indiana 1/14...................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/18.................................................................at Penn State 1/23................................................................vs. Minnesota 1/26...........................................................at Northwestern 2/1.........................................................................vs. Indiana 2/4......................................................................at Michigan 2/9....................................................................at Wisconsin 2/12........................................................................at Rutgers 2/15...................................................................... vs. Purdue 2/20............................................................................ at Iowa 2/23..................................................................vs. Maryland 2/27................................................................... at Nebraska 3/1......................................................................vs. Michigan 3/5.........................................................................vs. Illinois 3/8...........................................................at Michigan State

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Overall 25-11 22-14 18-15 26-9 20-15

Conf.

(8-7) (10-7) (6-10) (13-4) (8-12)

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PENN STATE

NEED TO KNOW

» The Nittany Lions will be led offensively by senior Lamar Stevens, who played in all 32 games of his junior season.

The 6-foot-8 wing paced the team with 19.9 points per game, which was second-best in the conference. He took on an increased scoring load last season, putting up 4.4 more points per game than his sophomore average of 15.5. » Senior forward Mike Watkins helps Stevens form a strong front-court attack and defense. Watkins averaged 7.8 points and 7.4 rebounds last year, highlighted by an 18-point, 16-rebound performance against Colgate and a 10-point, 12-rebound game against Illinois. » The most notable departure is that of Josh Reaves, who was picked up by the Dallas Mavericks on a two-way contract this summer. Last season, Reaves set the tone defensively for Penn State, averaging 2.5 steals per game, the best mark in the conference. He also chipped in 10.6 points, 5 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game. » Rising sophomore Myles Dread will need to perform offensively for the Nittany Lions. PSU was dealt a blow after Rasir Bolton transferred after one year in State College.

The tandem averaged a combined 19.9 points per game last season, with Bolton finishing second behind Stevens in scoring average with 11.6 points per game. » Head Coach Pat Chambers has compiled a 127-140 record in eight years in Happy Valley. He is still searching for an NCAA Tournament appearance at Penn State after narrowly missed out on a berth two season ago.

SCHEDULE

11/5............ vs. University of Maryland Eastern Shore 11/9......................................................vs. Wagner College 11/14...................at Georgetown (Gavitt Tipoff Games) 11/19.................................................................. vs. Bucknell 11/23............................................................................vs. Yale 11/27..........................vs. Ole Miss (NIT Season Tip-Off) 11/29.....................vs. Oklahoma State/Syracuse (NIT) 12/4.............................................................vs. Wake Forest 12/7.................................................................at Ohio State 12/10................................................................vs. Maryland 12/14................................................................. vs. Alabama 12/20.................................vs. Central Connecticut State 12/29.................................................................... vs. Cornell 1/4............................................................................. vs. Iowa 1/7.........................................................................at Rutgers 1/11..................................................................vs. Wisconsin 1/15..................................................................at Minnesota 1/18................................................................vs. Ohio State 1/22....................................................................at Michigan 1/29......................................................................vs. Indiana 2/1...................................................................... at Nebraska 2/4...........................................................at Michigan State 2/8..................................................................vs. Minnesota 2/11.........................................................................at Purdue 2/15......................................................... vs. Northwestern 2/18.......................................................................vs. Illinois 2/23.......................................................................at Indiana 2/26......................................................................vs. Rutgers 2/29............................................................................ at Iowa 3/3......................................................... vs. Michigan State 3/7.............................................................at Northwestern

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 18-16 16-16 15-18 26-13 14-18

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(6-15) (7-12) (7-13) (9-9) (7-13)

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PURDUE

NEED TO KNOW

» The Boilermakers lost guards Carsen Edwards to the NBA Draft and Ryan Cline to graduation over the off-season.

Those were Purdue’s two leading scorers, with Edwards averaging a conference-best 24.3 points per game and Cline contributing an even 12 points per game. » Edwards, Cline and Grady Eifert were key threats from the perimeter who will need to be replaced. Edwards knocked in 135 threes and shot 35.5 percent from distance, while Eifert led the Big Ten in three-point accuracy, making 43.8 percent of his long-range tries. Cline had the fourth-best three-point accuracy mark in the conference at 41.7 percent. » The front court will be a big handful for opponents as 7-foot-3 junior Matt Haarms and 6-foot-9, 270-pound sophomore Trevion Williams return after combining to average 14.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game last year. » Purdue is also in good shape on the wing with returnees Aaron Wheeler and Nojel Eastern. They combined for 12.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game while providing stout wing defense. » Head Coach Matt Painter guided his team to the Big Ten regular-season championship and an Elite Eight appearance last year. He has won two-thirds of his 480 career games as the Boilers’ head coach, posting 321 wins in 14 seasons. Purdue has reached the NCAA Tournament 11 times under Painter.

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SCHEDULE

11/1................................................... vs. Southern Indiana 11/6................................................................ vs. Green Bay 11/9..........................................................................vs. Texas 11/13......................at Marquette (Gavitt Tipoff Games) 11/16.......... vs. Chicago State (Emerald Coast Classic) 11/23.. vs. Jacksonville State (Emerald Coast Classic) 11/29............................vs. VCU (Emerald Coast Classic) 11/30 .....vs. Tenn/Fla. State (Emerald Coast Classic) 12/4......................................................................vs. Virginia 12/8......................................................... vs. Northwestern 12/15.................................................................. at Nebraska 12/17........................................................................... at Ohio 12/21 ..................................................................... vs. Butler 12/28..................................................vs. Central Michigan 1/2...................................................................vs. Minnesota 1/5.......................................................................... at Illinois 1/9......................................................................at Michigan 1/12........................................................ vs. Michigan State 1/18................................................................... at Maryland 1/21........................................................................vs. Illinois 1/24.................................................................vs. Wisconsin 1/28.......................................................................at Rutgers 2/1..............................................................at Northwestern 2/5............................................................................. vs. Iowa 2/8.........................................................................at Indiana 2/11................................................................ vs. Penn State 2/15.................................................................at Ohio State 2/18..................................................................at Wisconsin 2/22...................................................................vs. Michigan 2/27......................................................................vs. Indiana 3/3.............................................................................. at Iowa 3/7........................................................................vs. Rutgers

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Overall 21-13 26-9 27-8 30-7 26-10

Conf.

(12-6) (12-6) (14-4) (15-3) (16-4)

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RUTGERS

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» The Scarlet Knights will be without a captain and last year’s leading scorer and rebounder Eugene Omoruyi, who announced his transfer to Oregon over the summer.

Omoruyi played in 28 out of 31 games last year, averaging 13.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. » Geo Baker returns for his senior season in Piscataway, after averaging 12.2 points and 4.1 assists per game as a junior. He shot 34 percent from three-point range and 74 percent from the free-throw line last season. » A trio of young players were the next three best scorers for Rutgers last year. Sophomore guard Montez Mathis averaged 8.5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, and backcourt mate Ron Harper Jr. chipped in with 7.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. Junior Peter Kiss averaged 6 points and 2 rebounds playing primarily as a reserve. » Rutgers will play a challenging non-conference schedule, including games against St. Bonaventure, Stephen F. Austin, Pittsburgh, and Seton Hall. They will begin conference action with games against Michigan State and Wisconsin. » Head Coach Steve Pikiell is 44-54 through three years at Rutgers, including a 13-43 mark in Big Ten games. He came to Rutgers from Stony Brook, where he led the Seawolves to four America East Conference regular-season championships and one NCAA Tournament appearance.

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SCHEDULE

11/7...................... vs. Bryant (Garden State Showcase) 11/10.................................................................... vs. Niagara 11/13.....................vs. Drexel (Garden State Showcase) 11/16 ..............vs. St. Bonaventure (Naismith Classic) 11/20..............vs. SF Austin (Garden State Showcase) 11/26...........................................................................vs. NJIT 11/29......................................................................vs. UMass 12/3..................at Pittsburgh (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8.........................................................at Michigan State 12/11................................................................vs. Wisconsin 12/14 .............................................................vs. Seton Hall 12/22................................................................ vs. Lafayette 12/30..................................................................vs. Caldwell 1/3..................................................................... at Nebraska 1/7................................................................. vs. Penn State 1/11......................................................................... at Illinois 1/15.......................................................................vs. Indiana 1/19.................................................................vs. Minnesota 1/22............................................................................ at Iowa 1/25..................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/28...................................................................... vs. Purdue 2/1......................................................................vs. Michigan 2/4..................................................................... at Maryland 2/9........................................................... vs. Northwestern 2/12..................................................................at Ohio State 2/15.......................................................................vs. Illinois 2/19...................................................................vs. Michigan 2/23..................................................................at Wisconsin 2/26.................................................................at Penn State 3/3....................................................................vs. Maryland 3/7..........................................................................at Purdue

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Overall 10-22 7-25 15-18 15-19 14-17

Conf.

(2-16) (1-17) (3-15) (3-15) (7-13)

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WISCONSIN

NEED TO KNOW

SCHEDULE

» The Badgers wrapped up the 2018-19 season with a 23-11 record but were upset by 12-seed Oregon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Wisconsin has been a mainstay in the Big Dance. When they missed the tournament in 2017-18, it snapped a streak of 18 straight seasons reaching the field of 64. » Greg Gard enters his fifth season as head coach of the program – he holds an 80-47 record in that time. Gard preaches defense – UW ranked ninth nationally in scoring defense last season. » The Badgers roster took a big hit in the off-season due to the graduation of two senior forwards: Ethan Happ and Khalil Iverson. Happ was a Second Team All-American in his senior season, averaging a double-double with over 17 points and 10 rebounds per game. » Wisconsin returns plenty of experience in the backcourt with junior guards Brad Davison and D’Mitrik Trice. Both players averaged double-figure scoring in their sophomore seasons. Fellow junior Nate Reuvers brings a versatile scoring threat – at 6-11, Reuvers averaged 8 points per game and was a threat from deep, connecting on 38 percent of his three-pointers. » Newcomers to the Badgers’ roster include redshirt freshman Joe Hedstrom, true freshman Tyler Wahl and Ohio State transfer Micah Potter.

11/1...........................................................vs. UW-La Crosse 11/5....................................................................Saint Mary’s 11/8....................................................... vs. Eastern Illinois 11/13...................................................... vs. McNeese State 11/17............................................................... vs. Marquette 11/21............................................................... vs. Green Bay 11/25.............................vs. Richmond (Legends Classic) 11/26........vs. Auburn/New Mexico (Legends Classic) 12/4.....................................................................at NC State 12/7......................................................................vs. Indiana 12/11......................................................................at Rutgers 12/21...............................................................vs. Milwaukee 12/28............................................................... at Tennessee 12/31.........................................................................vs. Rider 1/3...................................................................at Ohio State 1/8.........................................................................vs. Illinois 1/11..................................................................at Penn State 1/14...................................................................vs. Maryland 1/17..........................................................at Michigan State 1/21...................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/24........................................................................at Purdue 1/27............................................................................. at Iowa 2/1.......................................................... vs. Michigan State 2/5...................................................................at Minnesota 2/9..................................................................vs. Ohio State 2/15................................................................... at Nebraska 2/18...................................................................... vs. Purdue 2/23......................................................................vs. Rutgers 2/27....................................................................at Michigan 3/1...................................................................vs. Minnesota 3/4........................................................... vs. Northwestern 3/7.........................................................................at Indiana

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Winter 2019

Overall 37-4 22-13 27-10 15-18 23-11 HUSKER SPORTS

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(16-2) (12-6) (12-6) (7-11) (14-6)

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BY JEFF GRIESCH

After a season of learning from the school of hard knocks, close calls and an unprecedented number of narrow losses, a more experienced Nebraska women’s basketball team plans to “Bring IT” in 2019-20.

Last season, Nebraska featured four freshmen who combined for the most points (893) by a group of Husker freshmen since 1981-82. The youth movement provided promise for the future, but the Huskers lost 10 games by six points or less on their way to a 14-16 season.

The Huskers displayed growth throughout the season, notching a 9-9 Big Ten mark that included three wins by six or fewer points from Jan. 20 to the end of the season.

The 2019-20 Huskers feature threeyear starters in All-Big Ten guard Hannah Whitish and senior wing Nicea Eliely.

They also bring back experienced junior starters Kate Cain and Taylor Kissinger along with a sophomore class that

features explosive talent in Sam Haiby, Leigha Brown and Ashtyn Veerbeek.

In all, Nebraska returns its top seven scorers from a year ago. Although Nebraska must replace departed senior Maddie Simon (6.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg), it also returns sophomore starter Kayla Mershon, fifth-year senior point guard Kristian Hudson and senior forward Grace Mitchell, while adding Australian U19 National Team forward Isabelle Bourne and fellow freshmen Trinity Brady and Makenzie Helms.

“We feel excited and optimistic about the season, as we work to build on lessons learned last year and throughout the off-season,” Coach Amy Williams said. “Returning all but one player and adding some talented newcomers has

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Junior Guard/Forward Taylor Kissinger

led to the optimism and expectations we have for ourselves.”

Last year, Nebraska went 3-10 in games decided by two possessions, and the Huskers believe they let losses happen because of a lack of urgency.

That understanding led to the team’s 2019-20 mantra “Bring IT.” The Huskers are asking themselves to practice and play with heightened intensity and emotion every time they take the court.

They are also committed to “Invest Together” to increase their trust in each other on and off the floor.

“Our foreign tour this summer provided some incredible once-in-alifetime experiences and kick-started our team cohesiveness and understanding of each other,” Williams said. “We were also able to address and work on some specific areas of concern such as pace of play and rebounding.”

Williams, the Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading the Huskers to the 2018 NCAA Tournament, hopes to lead

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Nebraska back to the postseason in 2020.

Whitish, Eliely, Cain and Kissinger were key players in Nebraska’s trip to the Big Dance in 2018. Whitish was a second-team All-Big Ten choice in 2018 and an honorable-mention pick in 2019.

The 5-9 guard led the Big Red in scoring (10.1 ppg) and assists (4.3 apg) for the second straight season in 2019, and is just 34 points from 1,000 and 37 assists from 400 in her career. She needs five three-pointers to become the third Husker with 200 career threes.

The 6-1 Eliely has started 84 career games and had a career-high 54 steals, while averaging 7.9 points per game as a junior. One of the Big Ten’s top defenders, Eliely will be key in helping improve a defense that allowed 70.1 points per game in 2019.

Cain, a 6-5 junior, joins Eliely as a defensive anchor. Cain carries 179 career blocks after setting the school season record with 100 rejections as a

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freshman. She added 79 last year and needs 60 to claim Nebraska’s career record in that category.

Kissinger made 24 starts and averaged 8.9 points while leading the Big Ten and ranking fourth in the nation in three-point percentage (.456) as a sophomore. She helped the Huskers average 72.4 points – 3.6 more points per game than 2018.

“Overall, I am incredibly proud of the growth of our upperclassmen in leadership,” Williams said. “They have been focused and driven to ensure that this team is invested.”

While those four Huskers may provide the most experience for Nebraska, Brown, Haiby, Veerbeek and Mershon supply the ingredients for the most growth.

Haiby was NU’s No. 2 scorer (10.0 ppg) while playing 21 minutes per game.

She also led Nebraska with 106 free throw attempts and will look to put even

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more pressure on the opposition as a sophomore.

“Playing with a consistent sense of urgency has been a focus for Sam this offseason,” Williams said. “We have also seen a commitment to work on the consistency of her perimeter shot, and she is shooting with more confidence.”

The 6-1 Brown showed moments of explosiveness as a freshman. She was Nebraska’s No. 3 scorer (9.6 ppg) despite playing less than 19 minutes per contest. She had an outstanding off-season, averaging a team-best 19.7 points on NU’s three-game tour of Europe. Her toughness and leadership could be driving forces for Nebraska’s growth.

“Leigha has been attacking things with a different mindset since the end of last season,” Williams said. “She has a different level of intensity and a different confidence about her.”

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Nov. 17

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Nov. 20

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Duke (Big Ten/ACC)

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Dec. 14

Oral Roberts

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Dec. 22

Manhattan

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Dec. 28

Iowa*

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Dec. 31

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Jan. 16

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Jan. 19

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Jan. 22

Purdue*

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7 p.m.

Jan. 25

at Wisconsin*

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11 a.m.

Jan. 30

at Minnesota*

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7 p.m.

Feb. 2

Ohio State*

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Feb. 6

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Feb. 9

Indiana*

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Penn State*

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Feb. 16

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Feb. 19

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Illinois*

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CHUCK LOVE Chuck Love is in his third season at Nebraska and his seventh on Coach Amy Williams’ staff. Love helped the Huskers to the 2018 NCAA Tournament, working directly with NU’s posts, including Big Ten All-Freshman and All-Defensive selection Kate Cain. Love earned his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State (2008). He and his wife, Charmaine, have three children, Chuck III, Cameron and Camri.

TANDEM MAYS Tandem Mays is in her third season at Nebraska and her 11th on staff with Coach Amy Williams. Mays, who helped the Huskers to the nation’s top turnaround and an NCAA bid in 2018, focuses on guard development, including second-team All-Big Ten Hannah Whitish. Mays earned her degree from Tulsa in 2007, where Williams was an assistant for Mays’ final two seasons as a player.

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Ht

Yr

Hometown (Previous school)

1

Makenzie Helms

G

5-8

Fr.

East Haven, Conn. / East Haven

2

Trinity Brady

G

5-11

Fr.

Indianapolis, Ind. / Hamilton Heights (Tenn.) Christian Academy

3

Hannah Whitish

G

5-9

Sr.

Barneveld, Wis. / Barneveld

4

Sam Haiby

G

5-9

So.

Moorhead, Minn. / Moorhead

5

Nicea Eliely

G

6-1

Sr.

Colorado Springs, Colo. / Rampart

11

Kristian Hudson

G

5-5

Sr.

Birmingham, Ala. / Florida International/Clay-Chalkville

13

Ashtyn Veerbeek

F

6-2

So.

Sioux Center, Iowa / Western Christian

14

Grace Mitchell

G/F

6-2

Sr.

Wellington, Kan. / Wellington

31

Kate Cain

C

6-5

Jr.

Middletown, N.Y. / Pine Bush

32

Leigha Brown

F

6-1

So.

Auburn, Ind. / DeKalb

33

Taylor Kissinger

G/F

6-1

Jr.

Minden, Neb. / Minden

34

Isabelle Bourne

F

6-2

Fr.

Canberra, Australia / Australian Institute of Sport

44

Kayla Mershon

F

6-3

So.

Chanhassen, Minn. / Minnetonka

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5-9 // SENIOR // GUARD // BARNEVELD, WIS. A three-year starter at point guard, Whitish led the Huskers in scoring and assists for the second straight season as a junior in 2018-19, averaging 10.1 points and 4.3 assists. A two-time All-Big Ten selection, Whitish needs just 34 points to reach 1,000 in her career and 37 assists to reach 400.

She also needs just five three-pointers to become the third Husker in history with 200 threes.

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LEIGHA BROWN 6-1 // SOPHOMORE // GUARD-FORWARD // AUBURN, IND. One of Nebraska’s most explosive scorers as a sophomore, Brown averaged 9.6 points in just 18.9 minutes per contest as a true freshman in 2018-19. Brown showed the ability to score at all three levels, and set up teammates to score. One of Nebraska’s most hard-nosed players, Brown had a strong off-season and was NU’s leading scorer (19.7 ppg) on a threegame summer tour of Europe.

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PLAYERS TO WATCH

NICEA ELIELY 6-1 // SENIOR // GUARD-FORWARD COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. Nebraska’s top perimeter defender the past three seasons, Eliely has started 84 games for the Huskers entering her senior season. As a junior, Eliely grabbed a career-high 54 steals, while averaging 7.9 points per game, while ranking second on the team with her .807 free throw percentage. The Huskers will be looking for Eliely to supply more consistency on offense while continuing to provide suffocating defense.

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TAYLOR KISSINGER 6-1 // JUNIOR // GUARD-FORWARD MINDEN, NEB. One of the nation’s top long-range threats, Kissinger finished fourth in the nation with her .456 three-point percentage in 2018-19. Kissinger, who led the Big Ten in three-point percentage, averaged 8.9 points and 3.2 rebounds while also shooting a team-best .882 at the free throw line.

Kissinger will be expected to stretch the floor and continue to expand her all-around game in 2019-20.

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Q&A WITH AMY WILLIAMS

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Matt Coatney: It’s got to feel good having most of your roster with at least a year of experience?

Amy Williams: We’re really excited. It’s been interesting just to kind of watch how we can advance and progress just at a different pace when you have so many returners. It’s been fun to see some leadership coming from those returning players, and I think it’s made life way easier on the three incoming freshmen.

MC: As young as you were last year, you still managed to finish sixth in the very tough Big Ten Conference, but you missed the NCAA Tournament. How hungry are your players to get back to the Big Dance this season?

AW: When you lose 10 games by two possessions or less, it’s very easy for every one of those returning players to look back and think, ooh, if we could have this possession back or that possession back, we may have been dancing. I think it’s done a great job of instilling in our players the value in each possession and the sense of urgency that you have to have for each possession.

MC: Your team had a really fantastic trip to Europe this summer. Three games in Italy and Spain and a lot of great experiences for your players. How do you see that summer trip to Europe impacting the upcoming season?

AW: What an amazing trip. We are so just blessed that we were able to have that experience. Experiencing that culture and spending that time really connecting as a team and just those shared experiences is just a way of really bringing your team together. For that I am incredibly grateful.

MC: Let’s take a look at the team and let’s start with your senior class. It’s four deep this season, with two, Hannah Whitish and

Nicea Eliely, who have combined for 163 starts in their careers. How much have those two meant to this program since you became coach?

AW: Obviously, they have been staples in our lineup since their freshman year, and I think they’ve shown a lot of growth over their first three years. They are incredibly motivated heading into their final season wearing a Husker uniform to really try to get over the hump. We’ve seen some things out of them this off-season and leadership roles and really just finding ways to try and improve their game.

MC: You’ve got a pair of juniors in Kate Cain and Taylor Kissinger who are matchup problems for other teams – Cain as an imposing 6-foot-5 presence in the paint and Kissinger as one of the most accurate threepoint shooters in the country. What can fans expect out of those two this season?

AW: Well I think the biggest thing is both of those two look more physically conditioned, and they have been moving better on the basketball court heading into their junior years. I think they both have really committed in that area. It’s helped with confidence. We talked often about Taylor Kissinger and the very unique skill set she has to be able to go to her shot very quickly and from deep range. She has such a high release. And Kate Cain right now is playing with a lot of confidence and really being more aggressive. One thing we stressed this off-season is we didn’t feel like she got near enough free-throw attempts a year ago. She’s worked hard to become a better shooter, and we want to showcase that a little more by having her attack the basket.

MC: You really had to lean on last year’s freshman class right out of the gate. Such an impressive group that are now all sophomores. Let’s start with Leigha Brown.

I just think Leigha is ready to blossom and have a huge season.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AW: Leigha, I feel like has really come back this off-season with a different mentality. She’s been very focused.

You can see the intensity on every rep, every drill. So that’s been fun to watch.

She can score in a lot of different ways.

She also has become more consistent from behind the arc. All those things are going to be good to have that scoring punch.

MC: Sam Haiby showed that she could get to the rim when needed. What can fans expect out of her this season?

AW: Sam is working extremely hard to get a little more consistency with the perimeter shot. I think she can be a very dangerous player. You know she was our second leading scorer a year ago, and now returning back with being able to really expand on that and be more consistent, she could have a breakout sophomore year.

MC: You got great production out of two freshman forwards last season – Kayla Mershon and Ashtyn Veerbeek. They are both different kind of performers, but they impact the game whenever they are on the floor. How important are they to Nebraska’s success this season?

AW: They are crucially important, and the reason why is that we know as a team that our rebounding efforts are where we have the best chance to really make improvements. Both of those young ladies are capable of increasing their production with rebounding.

MC: You’ve got another impressive freshman class coming in this season. I want to talk about Isabelle Bourne. Izzy has played a lot of international ball with

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the under-19 Australian National Team and did very well in the World Cup this summer. She seems to be very versatile for a 6-foot-2 player?

AW: I think she has played at a very high level, and high-level competition, highlevel training, so we feel her transition to the college game could be a little more smooth just from those experiences. She has an ability to really listen and pick things up really quickly.

MC: Your other two freshmen are guards who have impressive credentials also.

What can fans expect from Makenzie Helms and Trinity Brady?

AW: Makenzie Helms is really working back into things after some injuries.

She sees the floor incredibly well and is a really good playmaker. Trinity Brady has really impressed our staff with her defensive ability right away, and once again, another kid that learns and picks things up really quickly.

MC: You’ve got a really attractive schedule again this season, but it all opens up with a Wednesday game, November 6, at high noon against Alabama A&M. There will be a Life Skills Sportsmanship Pep Rally that morning before the game for third through eighth graders around the area. How did this all come together?

AW: We’re really excited about the work that our staff has put in to try and organize something like this. We are consistently looking at ways to try and connect our athletes to the young people in our community. What an incredible way for us to share our program.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ILLINOIS

NEED TO KNOW

» Coach Nancy Fahey enters her third season leading the Fighting Illini. Fahey is a legendary coach at the NCAA Division III level at Washington University-St. Louis, but Illinois is 19-42 overall and 2-32 in the Big Ten in her first two seasons in Champaign. » Illinois went 10-20 and 2-16 in the Big Ten last year with five returning starters from 2017-18. This season, Illinois loses its best player over the past four years – Alex Wittinger – who averaged team bests of 14.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks as a senior. » Illinois also must replace No. 3 scorer Arieal Scott (8.8 ppg), but does return four starters including senior point guard Brandi Beasley (11.6 ppg, 4.9 apg). » In 2019 Big Ten play, Illinois was outscored by an average of 11.0 points per game. » Nebraska welcomes Illinois to Pinnacle Bank Arena for the only meeting on Saturday, Feb. 22.

SCHEDULE

11/5............................................................vs Chicago State 11/9................................................................vs. Holy Cross 11/13.............................................................vs. Austin Peay 11/16...........................................................vs. Illinois State 11/24.......................................................................vs. Bryant 11/30..........................................vs. Presbyterian College 12/5.........................................................at North Carolina 12/15................................................................vs. Evansville 12/20...................................................................at Missouri 12/27........................................................ vs. Northwestern 12/31........................................................................... at Iowa 1/6.........................................................................at Indiana 1/9........................................................................vs. Rutgers 1/12.................................................................vs. Minnesota 1/16........................................................................at Purdue 1/19..................................................................at Ohio State 1/23..................................................................vs. Maryland 1/20.......................................................................at Rutgers 2/2...................................................................vs. Wisconsin 2/6..................................................................vs. Ohio State 2/9...................................................................at Penn State 2/13......................................................................vs. Indiana 2/16...................................................................... vs. Purdue 2/19....................................................................at Michigan 2/22................................................................... at Nebraska 2/26....................................................... vs. Michigan State 2/29...........................................................at Northwestern

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 15-16 9-21 9-22 9-22 10-20

Conf.

(6-12) (2-16) (3-13) (0-16) (2-16)

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INDIANA

NEED TO KNOW

SCHEDULE

» Coach Teri Moren enters her sixth year leading the Hoosiers, who own four straight 20-win seasons. » Indiana was the last of six Big Ten teams to make the 2019 NCAA Tournament, despite going 8-10 to tie Purdue for 10th in the conference standings. » The Hoosiers finished 21-13 overall despite going 5-10 in their last 15 games. They did defeat Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. » Indiana returns four starters, who all played over 1,000 minutes last year, led by All-Big Ten picks Ali Patberg and Jaelynn Penn. IU returns seven of the top eight players. » Nebraska faces Indiana twice in February with the first meeting coming in Lincoln on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m., before closing the regular season in Bloomington on Feb. 27.

11/7.....................................................vs. Mount St. Mary’s 11/10........................................................ vs. Nicholls State 11/17.........................................................vs. Jackson State 11/22.......................................................................at Florida 11/28.............................. South Carolina (Paradise Jam) 11/29...............................................Baylor (Paradise Jam) 11/30.........................Washington State (Paradise Jam) 12/4.......................... at Miami (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/7.......................................................... vs. North Florida 12/11.........................................................................at Butler 12/15................................................ vs. Youngstown State 12/22........................................................................ vs. UCLA 12/28..................................................... vs. Michigan State 12/31 ....................................................................at Rutgers 1/6.........................................................................vs. Illinois 1/9........................................................................ vs. Purdue 1/12............................................................................. at Iowa 1/16......................................................... vs. Northwestern 1/20................................................................... at Maryland 1/23.................................................................at Penn State 1/27.................................................................vs. Minnesota 1/30.................................................................vs. Wisconsin 2/3..........................................................................at Purdue 2/6....................................................................vs. Maryland 2/9 .................................................................... at Nebraska 2/13........................................................................ at Illinois 2/16................................................................vs. Ohio State 2/22.................................................................at Minnesota 2/27..................................................................vs. Nebraska 3/1.......................................................................at Michigan

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 15-16 21-12 23-11 23-14 21-13

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Conf.

(4-14) (12-6) (10-6) (9-7) (8-10)

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IOWA

NEED TO KNOW

» Lisa Bluder enters her 20th season at Iowa and 36th overall as a head coach after leading Iowa to a Big Ten Tournament title in 2019. » Iowa finished 29-7 overall and 14-4 to take second in the Big Ten standings before making the NCAA Elite Eight. » The Hawkeyes must fill the massive void left by the graduation of National Player of the Year Megan Gustafson, who led the nation in scoring (27.8 ppg) and field goal percentage (.696) while ranking third in rebounding (13.4 rpg). » Iowa also loses senior forward Hannah Stewart (11.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and senior guard Tania Davis (10.3 ppg, 4.8 apg). » The Huskers play Iowa twice, including the Big Ten opener at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday, Dec. 28, before closing the series in Iowa City on Thursday, Feb. 6.

SCHEDULE

11/7....................................................... vs. Florida Atlantic 11/14......................................................vs. North Alabama 11/17........................................................ at Northern Iowa 11/20................................................................vs. Princeton 11/27............................ Cincinnati (Puerto Rico Clasico) 11/28................................ Towson (Puerto Rico Clasico) 11/30........................Washington (Puerto Rico Clasico) 12/4....................vs. Clemson (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/11................................................................at Iowa State 12/14...................................... vs. North Carolina Central 12/21 ...................................................................... vs. Drake 12/28................................................................. at Nebraska 12/31......................................................................vs. Illinois 1/5.............................................................at Northwestern 1/9....................................................................vs. Maryland 1/12.......................................................................vs. Indiana 1/16.................................................................at Minnesota 1/19...................................................................at Wisconsin 1/23................................................................vs. Ohio State 1/26....................................................... vs. Michigan State 1/30.................................................................at Penn State 2/2......................................................................at Michigan 2/6....................................................................vs. Nebraska 2/9..........................................................................at Purdue 2/13................................................................... at Maryland 2/16.................................................................vs. Wisconsin 2/22............................................................... vs. Penn State 2/27................................................................vs. Minnesota 3/1..........................................................................at Rutgers

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 26-8 19-14 20-14 24-8 29-7

Conf.

(14-4) (8-10) (8-8) (11-5) (14-4)

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MARYLAND

NEED TO KNOW

» Coach Brenda Frese enters her 18th season at Maryland hoping to turn the Terrapins into 2020 NCAA Women’s Final Four contenders. » Maryland finished 29-5 and won the Big Ten regularseason title with a 15-3 mark. It was the Terps’ fourth regular-season title in five Big Ten seasons. » The Terps lost to Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game before falling to UCLA in the 2019 NCAA Tournament second round. » Maryland returns all five starters (Kaila Charles, Taylor Mikesell, Stephanie Jones, Shakira Austin, and Blair Watson) along with one of the nation’s best reserve point guards (Channise Lewis). They add the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class. » Maryland hosts Nebraska Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. on BTN, in the only regular-season meeting between the teams in 2019-20.

SCHEDULE

11/5.......................................................................vs. Wagner 11/10...................................................... vs. South Carolina 11/13.......................................................at James Madison 11/17................................................................. vs. Delaware 11/20............................................ vs. George Washington 11/24..............................................................vs. Quinnipiac 11/29...............Clemson (Daytona Beach Invitational) 11/30...............Belmont (Daytona Beach Invitational) 12/5......................at NC State (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8........................................................................vs. Loyola 12/18......................................................... at Georgia State 12/28 ................................................................vs. Michigan 12/31..........................................................at Northwestern 1/6..................................................................vs. Ohio State 1/9.............................................................................. at Iowa 1/12.....................................................................at Michigan 1/16..................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/20......................................................................vs. Indiana 1/23......................................................... vs. Northwestern 1/30.................................................................at Ohio State 2/3......................................................... vs. Michigan State 2/6.........................................................................at Indiana 2/9........................................................................vs. Rutgers 2/13........................................................................... vs. Iowa 2/16.................................................................at Penn State 2/19..................................................................at Wisconsin 2/25...................................................................... vs. Purdue 3/1....................................................................at Minnesota

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 32-5 31-4 32-3 26-8 29-5

Conf.

(18-0) (16-2) (15-1) (12-4) (15-3)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MICHIGAN

NEED TO KNOW

» Michigan brings a talented team into 2019-20 under Coach Kim Barnes Arico. The Wolverines earned their second straight NCAA Tournament bid in 2019, going 22-12 and 11-7 to finish fourth in the Big Ten. » Michigan must replace four-year starter and first-team AllBig Ten center Hallie Thome (11.8 ppg, 5.9 rpg). They also lose All-Big Ten guard Nicole Munger (9.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg). » The Wolverines will build around the explosive Naz Hillmon, who led the team in scoring (13.1 ppg) and rebounding (7.0 rpg) as the Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year and All-Freshman pick. » Returning starters Hailey Brown, Deja Church and Amy Dilk give Michigan an experienced backcourt. » Nebraska faces Michigan just once in the regular season with a Sunday, Jan. 19 battle at Pinnacle Bank Arena set for a 4 p.m. start on BTN.

SCHEDULE

11/8................................................. vs. Western Michigan 11/10.....................................................................vs. Bradley 11/15........................................Kent State (Akron Classic) 11/16........................................... at Akron (Akron Classic) 11/23............................................................vs. Notre Dame 11/27................................................... at Eastern Michigan 12/1........................................................... vs. Morgan State 12/5....................vs. Syracuse (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8.................................................................... vs. Oakland 12/14...............................................vs. Appalachian State 12/22................................................................Florida State 12/28................................................................. at Maryland 12/31.............................................................. vs. Penn State 1/5......................................................... vs. Michigan State 1/9...................................................................at Ohio State 1/12...................................................................vs. Maryland 1/16..................................................................at Wisconsin 1/19.................................................................... at Nebraska 1/26......................................................................vs. Rutgers 1/30...........................................................at Northwestern 2/2............................................................................. vs. Iowa 2/6........................................................................ vs. Purdue 2/10.................................................................at Minnesota 2/13......................................................... vs. Northwestern 2/16.......................................................................at Rutgers 2/19.......................................................................vs. Illinois 2/23.........................................................at Michigan State 2/27.................................................................at Penn State 3/1.........................................................................vs. Indiana

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Winter 2019

Overall 20-15 21-14 28-9 23-10 22-12

HUSKER SPORTS

Conf.

(8-10) (9-9) (11-5) (10-6) (11-7)

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MICHIGAN STATE

NEED TO KNOW

» Coach Suzy Merchant and the Spartans shoot for a second straight NCAA Tournament bid after finishing in a four-way tie for sixth with Nebraska at 9-9 in the Big Ten last season. » The Spartans, who went 21-12 overall, will be led by All-Big Ten guard Shay Colley (14.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg) and point guard Taryn McCutcheon (9.6 ppg, 3.9 apg), both seniors. » Another explosive guard Nia Clouden (12.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.9 apg) was an All-Big Ten Freshman who returns to give the Spartans a talented backcourt. » Michigan State will miss center Jenna Allen (12.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg), who earned All-Big Ten honors in 2019. » Nebraska plays its lone regular-season meeting against the Spartans on New Year’s Eve in East Lansing. The Huskers are 8-3 all-time against MSU, winning six of the last seven games.

SCHEDULE

11/5....................................................vs. Eastern Michigan 11/8..........................................................vs. Detroit Mercy 11/14............................................................. at Notre Dame 11/20.................................................................. vs. Oakland 11/24...................................................................vs. Hartford 11/29.................................................. LSU (Junkanoo Jam) 11/30.....................................vs. Memphis/Kansas State 12/5............. at Florida State (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/15.................................................... vs. Morehead State 12/20.................... West Virginia (Sunshine Challenge) 12/21....................................... TBA (Sunshine Challenge) 12/28.....................................................................at Indiana 12/31.................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/5......................................................................at Michigan 1/9...................................................................at Penn State 1/12..................................................................vs. Wisconsin 1/16................................................................vs. Ohio State 1/20.......................................................................at Rutgers 1/23......................................................... vs. Northwestern 1/26............................................................................ at Iowa 1/30...................................................................... vs. Purdue 2/3..................................................................... at Maryland 2/10...........................................................at Northwestern 2/13......................................................................vs. Rutgers 2/17.................................................................vs. Minnesota 2/20........................................................................at Purdue 2/23...................................................................vs. Michigan 2/26........................................................................ at Illinois 3/1.................................................................. vs. Penn State

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 17-14 25-9 19-14 18-15 21-12

Conf.

(7-11) (13-4) (9-7) (7-9) (9-9)

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MINNESOTA

NEED TO KNOW

» Lindsay Whalen led her alma mater to a 21-11 overall record and a four-way tie with Nebraska for sixth in the Big Ten at 9-9 in her first season as a head coach. » Minnesota started 13-0 and was ranked in the top 25 after playing the Big Ten’s weakest non-conference schedule. » The Gophers opened Big Ten play 2-7 with both wins over Wisconsin. They rallied to go 7-2 to close league play, ending the year in the WNIT second round. » Minnesota must replace All-Big Ten guard Kenisha Bell, who led the Gophers in scoring (19.1 ppg), assists (4.4 apg) and steals (2.0 spg), while ranking second in rebounding (5.9 rpg). » Nebraska plays Minnesota twice in 2019-20, starting at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 5 p.m. on BTN. The Huskers complete the series Thursday, Jan. 30 in Minneapolis.

SCHEDULE

11/5......................................................... vs. Missouri State 11/10...................................................................vs. Vermont 11/14...............................................................vs. Milwaukee 11/17......................................................... vs. Arizona State 11/23.......................................................vs. Montana State 11/26......................................................................vs. Bryant 12/4...............at Notre Dame (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8................................................................... at American 12/10............................................. at George Washington 12/15.................................................................. vs. UC Davis 12/21...................................................................... vs. Lehigh 12/28...............................................................at Penn State 12/31...............................................................vs. Ohio State 1/4..................................................................... at Nebraska 1/9........................................................... vs. Northwestern 1/12......................................................................... at Illinois 1/16........................................................................... vs. Iowa 1/19.........................................................................at Purdue 1/22.................................................................vs. Wisconsin 1/27........................................................................at Indiana 1/30..................................................................vs. Nebraska 2/2........................................................................vs. Rutgers 2/6....................................................................at Wisconsin 2/10...................................................................vs. Michigan 2/13.................................................................at Ohio State 2/17..........................................................at Michigan State 2/22......................................................................vs. Indiana 2/27............................................................................ at Iowa 3/1.....................................................................vs. Maryland

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 23-10 20-12 15-16 24-9 21-11

Conf.

(11-7) (11-7) (5-11) (11-5) (9-9)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

NORTHWESTERN

NEED TO KNOW

SCHEDULE

» Northwestern was one of four teams to tie Nebraska for sixth in the Big Ten standings at 9-9 last year. The Wildcats fought their way to a WNIT runner-up finish, closing 21-15 on the year. » Coach Joe McKeown enters his 11th season with the Wildcats and his 34th year overall as a head coach. » Northwestern is led by All-Big Ten guard Lindsey Pulliam (16.5 ppg), but must replace All-Big Ten forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah (10.9 ppg, 11.2 rpg). » A balanced roster that includes returning starters Abi Scheid, Jordan Hamilton and Veronica Burton gives Northwestern lots of experienced options. » The Huskers face the Wildcats in their lone meeting on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. in Evanston, Ill. Nebraska split a pair of close games with Northwestern last year.

11/10...................................................vs. Loyola Maryland 11/14................................................................ at Marquette 11/17...........................................................................at Duke 11/21........................................................................ vs. Valpo 11/21.....................................................................vs. Colgate 12/1........................................................................vs. DePaul 12/4........vs. Boston College (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/7............................................................... vs. Dartmouth 12/16..........................................................vs. UT Arlington 12/20...............East Carolina (West Palm Invitational) 12/21..............................Xavier (West Palm Invitational) 12/28...................................................................... at Illinois 12/31.................................................................vs. Maryland 1/5............................................................................. vs. Iowa 1/9...................................................................at Minnesota 1/12....................................................................... vs. Purdue 1/16.......................................................................at Indiana 1/19................................................................ vs. Penn State 1/23.........................................................at Michigan State 1/26................................................................... at Maryland 1/30...................................................................vs. Michigan 2/2...................................................................at Penn State 2/10....................................................... vs. Michigan State 2/13....................................................................at Michigan 2/16..................................................................vs. Nebraska 2/19......................................................................vs. Rutgers 2/22..................................................................at Wisconsin 2/25.................................................................at Ohio State 2/29.......................................................................vs. Illinois

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Winter 2019

Overall 23-9 18-17 20-11 12-20 21-15

HUSKER SPORTS

Conf.

(12-6) (4-14) (8-8) (4-12) (9-9)

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OHIO STATE

NEED TO KNOW

» The Buckeyes will have a whole new look for the second straight season after signing the nation’s No. 3 recruiting class for 2019-20. » A year after finishing fifth in the Big Ten (10-8) and going 14-15 overall by starting four graduate transfers alongside Big Ten All-Freshman Dorka Juhasz, Coach Kevin McGuff will turn to five talented freshmen. » Ohio Miss Basketball Kierstan Bell will become a focus for the Buckeyes. She was the nation’s No. 3 high school senior in 2018-19. » Jacy Sheldon, Ohio Miss Basketball runner-up, and Kaelynn Satterfield, who ranked as the No. 10 recruit in the nation, should see immediate time on the court. » Nebraska faces the young Buckeyes twice in February, starting with a Super Bowl Sunday showdown at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Feb. 2, at 2 p.m., before closing the series in Columbus, Ohio on Feb. 19.

SCHEDULE

11/10................................................................ at Valparaiso 11/13.................................................................at Cincinnati 11/17........................................................................... at Ohio 11/21................................................................ at Kent State 11/24.......................................................................vs. UConn 11/29.......vs. South Dakota (Thanksgiving Shootout) 11/30.....vs. Northern Iowa (Thanksgiving Shootout) 12/5..................................................................vs. Louisville 12/8.....................................................................vs. Radford 12/15....................................................................at Stanford 12/17..................................................at Sacramento State 12/18.................................................................... vs. Purdue 12/31................................................................at Minnesota 1/6..................................................................... at Maryland 1/9.....................................................................vs. Michigan 1/12................................................................ vs. Penn State 1/16.........................................................at Michigan State 1/19........................................................................vs. Illinois 1/23............................................................................ at Iowa 1/10..................................................................vs. Maryland 2/2..................................................................... at Nebraska 2,6........................................................................... at Illinois 2/9...................................................................vs. Wisconsin 2/13................................................................vs. Minnesota 2/16.......................................................................at Indiana 1/19...................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/22.......................................................................at Rutgers 1/25......................................................... vs. Northwestern 1/29........................................................................at Purdue

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Overall 25-11 27-8 29-7 28-7 14-15

Conf.

(13-5) (15-4) (16-2) (16-3) (10-8)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

PENN STATE

NEED TO KNOW

» Penn State continued to slide last year, falling to 12-18 overall and 5-13, finishing 12th in the Big Ten and missing the NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight season. » Coquese Washington, who led Penn State as head coach for 12 years, resigned following the season, and former Marquette Coach Carolyn Kieger took the reins of the program. » Penn State must replace first-team All-Big Ten guard Teniya Page (19.2 ppg) and fourth-leading scorer Amari Carter (9.6 ppg). » Kieger and the Lady Lions have returning weapons in Siyeh Frazier (9.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg), Kamaria McDaniel (9.7 ppg), Alisia Smith (9.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg) and Jaida TravascioGreen (7.1 ppg). » Nebraska faces Penn State at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m., in the lone meeting of the season.

SCHEDULE

11/5........................................................................at Towson 11/10.........................................................................vs. Rider 11/13.................................................................. vs. Fordham 11/17.................................................................... vs. La Salle 11/21...................................................................vs. Clemson 11/24....................................................... vs. George Mason 11/29........................vs. Long Beach State (Cal Classic) 11/29.............................. vs. Cal/North Carolina Central 12/5.................vs. Pittsburgh (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/14.................................................................at Princeton 12/22.........................................................vs. Sacred Heart 12/28..............................................................vs. Minnesota 12/31...................................................................at Michigan 1/4....................................................................at Wisconsin 1/9......................................................... vs. Michigan State 1/12..................................................................at Ohio State 1/16......................................................................vs. Rutgers 1/19............................................................at Northwestern 1/23......................................................................vs. Indiana 1/26........................................................................at Purdue 1/30........................................................................... vs. Iowa 2/2........................................................... vs. Northwestern 2/6.........................................................................at Rutgers 2/9.........................................................................vs. Illinois 2/13................................................................... at Nebraska 2/16..................................................................vs. Maryland 2/22............................................................................ at Iowa 2/27...................................................................vs. Michigan 3/1............................................................at Michigan State

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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HUSKER SPORTS

Winter 2019

Overall 7-24 13-19 22-11 16-16 12-18

Conf.

(3-16) (6-12) (9-7) (6-10) (5-13)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

PURDUE

NEED TO KNOW

SCHEDULE

» The Boilermakers are facing a critical year in Coach Sharon Versyp’s 14th season. Purdue missed NCAA Tournament play for the second straight year, finishing 1915 and 8-10 to tie for 10th in the Big Ten. » Purdue has one of the Big Ten’s most experienced rosters led by All-Big Ten players Karissa McLaughlin (15.0 ppg), Ae’Rianna Harris (13.1 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 3.1 bpg) and Dominique Oden (14.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.8 spg). » Last year, Purdue struggled with depth as McLaughlin, Oden and Harris all wore down late in the year. » Nebraska swept a pair of regular-season games against Purdue last season, but lost to the Boilermakers in the Big Ten Tournament. » Nebraska plays Purdue at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. in the lone regular-season meeting in 2020.

11/10...............................................................vs. Milwaukee 11/14............................................................at Chattanooga 11/17.....................................................vs. Western Illinois 11/24...................................................vs. Northern Illinois 11/29.......................... vs. Drake (Gulf Coast Showcase) 11/30............ vs. Arizona State/Maine (GC Showcase) 12/1................................. vs. TBA (Gulf Coast Showcase) 12/5............. at Virginia Tech (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8................................................................ vs. Kent State 12/15........................................................at South Carolina 12/18............................................... vs. Western Kentucky 12/21.......................................................vs. Bowling Green 12/28...............................................................at Ohio State 12/31................................................................vs. Wisconsin 1/5........................................................................vs. Rutgers 1/9.........................................................................at Indiana 1/12............................................................at Northwestern 1/16.......................................................................vs. Illinois 1/19.................................................................vs. Minnesota 1/22................................................................... at Nebraska 1/26............................................................... vs. Penn State 1/30.........................................................at Michigan State 2/3........................................................................vs. Indiana 2/6......................................................................at Michigan 2/9............................................................................. vs. Iowa 2/13..................................................................at Wisconsin 2/16........................................................................ at Illinois 2/20....................................................... vs. Michigan State 2/25................................................................... at Maryland 2/29................................................................vs. Ohio State

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Winter 2019

Overall 11-20 20-12 23-13 20-14 19-15

HUSKER SPORTS

Conf.

(3-15) (10-8) (10-6) (9-8) (8-10)

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

RUTGERS

NEED TO KNOW

» Hall of Fame Coach C. Vivian Stringer enters her 49th season as a head coach in 2019-20 after reaching 1,000 career wins last season. » Rutgers advanced to the NCAA Tournament after going 22-10 overall and finishing third in the Big Ten with a 13-5 mark. » The Scarlet Knights must replace four of their top five scorers from last season, including top scorer (12.3 ppg) and rebounder (6.4 rpg) Stasha Carey. » Overall, Rutgers lost six significant contributors from last season, but expects to have Coach Stringer back on the sideline after she missed the final portion of the season for health reasons. » Nebraska has its lone matchup with Rutgers on Sunday, Jan. 12 at the RAC in Piscataway, N.J.

SCHEDULE

11/5.........................................................at South Alabama 11/9........................................................... vs. Coppin State 11/13.................................................................... vs. Niagara 11/17....................................................................vs. Harvard 11/24............................................................................. at LSU 11/28.....................................Vanderbilt (Junkanoo Jam) 11/29 .. vs. Georgia Tech/Seton Hall (Junkanoo Jam) 11/30 .. vs. Georgia Tech/Seton Hall (Junkanoo Jam) 12/5...................... vs. Virginia (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8......................................................................vs. Towson 12/12................................................................. vs. Southern 12/15...................................................................vs. Marshall 12/28................................................................at Wisconsin 12/31.....................................................................vs. Indiana 1/5..........................................................................at Purdue 1/9.......................................................................... at Illinois 1/12...................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/16.................................................................at Penn State 1/20....................................................... vs. Michigan State 1/26....................................................................at Michigan 1/30.......................................................................vs. Illinois 2/2...................................................................at Minnesota 2/6................................................................. vs. Penn State 2/9..................................................................... at Maryland 2/13.........................................................at Michigan State 2/16...................................................................vs. Michigan 2/19...........................................................at Northwestern 2/22................................................................vs. Ohio State 2/27.................................................................vs. Wisconsin 3/1.............................................................................. vs. Iowa

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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HUSKER SPORTS

Winter 2019

Overall 24-9 18-16 6-24 20-12 22-10

Conf.

(12-6) (8-10) (3-12) (7-9) (13-5)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WISCONSIN

NEED TO KNOW

SCHEDULE

» Coach Jonathan Tsipis leads Wisconsin in his fourth season with the Badgers. UW finished 13th in the Big Ten for the second straight year, going 4-14 in the league and 15-18 overall. » Wisconsin’s 15 wins were its most since getting 18 in 2010-11 – Nebraska’s last season in the Big 12. » The Badgers must replace leading scorer (14.7 ppg), rebounder (9.0 rpg) and defender (1.7 spg) Marsha Howard. UW also loses senior starter Kelly Karliss, the Badgers’ third-leading scorer, who hit a game-winning shot at the buzzer against Nebraska last season. » Imani Lewis was an impact freshman for Wisconsin, averaging 12.2 points and 7.6 rebounds as a starter. » Nebraska plays Wisconsin twice in 2019-20 – first in Lincoln on Thursday, Jan. 9, before closing the series at Wisconsin on Saturday, Jan. 25 in a game televised by BTN.

10/30...................................................vs. UW-Whitewater 11/5........................................................... vs. North Florida 11/10....................................................................vs. Wofford 11/14 ..................................................................at Colorado 11/17...............................................................vs. Milwaukee 11/26..................................................... vs. Eastern Illinois 11/29....................... vs. Arkansas (Bahamas Hoopfest) 11/30...................... vs. Ball State (Bahamas Hoopfest) 12/5............. at Georgia Tech (Big Ten ACC Challenge) 12/8................................................ at North Dakota State 12/12.......................................................vs. Alabama State 12/20.................................................vs. Prairie View A&M 12/28....................................................................vs. Rutgers 12/31.......................................................................at Purdue 1/4................................................................. vs. Penn State 1/9..................................................................... at Nebraska 1/12..........................................................at Michigan State 1/16...................................................................vs. Michigan 1/19............................................................................ vs. Iowa 1/22.................................................................at Minnesota 1/25..................................................................vs. Nebraska 1/30.......................................................................at Indiana 2/2.......................................................................... at Illinois 2/6..................................................................vs. Minnesota 2/9...................................................................at Ohio State 2/13...................................................................... vs. Purdue 2/16............................................................................ at Iowa 2/19..................................................................vs. Maryland 2/22......................................................... vs. Northwestern 2/27.......................................................................at Rutgers

RECORDS Year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Winter 2019

Overall 11-20 7-22 9-22 9-21 15-18

HUSKER SPORTS

Conf.

(5-14) (3-15) (3-13) (2-14) (4-14)

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NOVEMBER Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 9 Nov. 9 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 10 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 17 Nov. 17 Nov. 17 Nov. 20

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HUSKER SPORTS

Scarlet vs. Cream Intrasquad Opening Night with Husker Hoops

Devaney Natatorium Pinnacle Bank Arena

4 p.m.

7 p.m.

vs. Ohio State at South Dakota State West Virginia at Northern Iowa Iowa State at McKendree Bearcat Open at McKendree Bearcat Open at Air Force w/Kentucky & UTEP at McKendree Bearcat Open at Air Force w/UTEP Doane (exhibition)

Fort Wayne, Ind. Brookings, S.D. Nebraska Rifle Range Cedar Falls, Iowa Devaney Natatorium Fairview Heights, Ill. Fairview Heights, Ill. Colorado Springs, Colo.

Fairview Heights, Ill. Colorado Springs, Colo.

Pinnacle Bank Arena

8 a.m.

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

2 p.m.

Noon TBA TBA 9 a.m.

TBA 9 a.m.

7 p.m.

at Track Kat Klash at Track Kat Klash Rogers State (exhibition) at Track Kat Klash UC Riverside Alabama A&M Nebraska Duals Army Southern Utah at Kansas at Missouri at Northeast Duals Morgan State SFA Jacks Invitational South Dakota State at TCU w/Memphis SFA Jacks Invitational vs. Memphis at Daktronics Open SFA Jacks Invitational SIUE at Mizzou Invitational

Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Pinnacle Bank Arena Houston, Texas Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena Devaney Center Nebraska Rifle Range Pinnacle Bank Arena Lawrence, Kan. Columbia, Mo. Troy, N.Y. Pinnacle Bank Arena Kenosha, Wis. Pinnacle Bank Arena Fort Worth, Texas Kenosha, Wis. Fort Worth, Texas Brookings, S.D. Kenosha, Wis. Pinnacle Bank Arena Columbia, Mo.

TBA TBA TBA TBA 8 p.m.

Noon 6 p.m.

8 a.m.

1 p.m.

2 p.m.

TBA TBA 7 p.m.

TBA 8 p.m.

8 a.m.

TBA 8 a.m.

9 a.m.

TBA 2 p.m.

TBA

Winter 2019

HUSKER ATHLETICS

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Women’s Basketball Swim & Dive Swim & Dive Wrestling Men’s Basketball Wrestling Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Women’s Basketball

DECEMBER Dec. 4 Dec. 4 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 6 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 7 Dec. 7 Dec. 7 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Dec. 31

Swim & Dive Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Swim & Dive Swim & Dive Swim & Dive Swim & Dive Wrestling Swim & Dive Swim & Dive Wrestling Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Track & Field Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Wrestling Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball

JANUARY Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 7 Jan. 9 Jan. 10 Jan. 11

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Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Bowling Bowling

HUSKER SPORTS

Southern at Mizzou Invitational at Mizzou Invitational Wyoming Southern at Northern Iowa Creighton vs. Washington State vs. George Mason/Old Dominion vs. TBA (Cayman Islands Classic) vs. USC (South Point Shootout) vs. Sacred Heart (South Point Shootout)

Pinnacle Bank Arena 7 p.m.

Columbia, Mo. TBA Columbia, Mo. TBA Devaney Center 7 p.m.

Pinnacle Bank Arena 7 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa TBA Pinnacle Bank Arena 2 p.m.

Georgetown, Grand Cayman 6:30 p.m.

Georgetown, Grand Cayman TBA Georgetown, Grand Cayman TBA Las Vegas, Nev. 7:45 p.m.

Las Vegas, Nev. 5:30 p.m.

at U.S. Open Duke (B1G/ACC Challenge) at Georgia Tech (B1G/ACC Challenge) at U.S. Open at Minnesota Diving Invitational at U.S. Open at Minnesota Diving Invitational at Cliff Keen Invitational at U.S. Open at Minnesota Diving Invitational at Cliff Keen Invitational at Creighton at Indiana Nebraska Intrasquad Oral Roberts Purdue Oregon State North Dakota Manhattan Iowa Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Michigan State

Atlanta, Ga. Pinnacle Bank Arena Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Minneapolis, Minn.

Atlanta, Ga. Minneapolis, Minn.

Las Vegas, Nev. Atlanta, Ga. Minneapolis, Minn.

Las Vegas, Nev. Omaha, Neb. Bloomington, Ind. Devaney Indoor Track Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena Devaney Center Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena East Lansing, Mich.

Rutgers Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin at Storming Blue & Gold at Storming Blue & Gold

Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena Pinnacle Bank Arena Las Vegas, Nev. Las Vegas, Nev.

Winter 2019

TBA 6 p.m.

6:15 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 1:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

TBA 1 p.m.

3 p.m.

7 p.m.

5 p.m.

Noon TBA 1 or 3 p.m.

TBA

7 p.m.

5 p.m.

8 p.m.

7 p.m.

TBA TBA

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Men’s Basketball Men’s Gymnastics Bowling Wrestling Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Track & Field Wrestling Track & Field Rifle Swim & Dive Women’s Tennis Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Men’s Basketball Rifle Women’s Basketball Men’s Tennis Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Wrestling Track & Field Bowling Women’s Tennis Bowling Men’s Gymnastics Rifle Track & Field Swim & Dive Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Bowling Wrestling Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Bowling Swim & Dive

FEBRUARY Feb. 1 Feb. 1 Feb. 1 Feb. 1

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Bowling Women’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Swim & Dive

HUSKER SPORTS

at Northwestern at Rocky Mountain Open at Storming Blue & Gold at Wisconsin at Rutgers at Ohio State at Maryland Graduate Classic at Iowa Graduate Classic vs. Ole Miss Omaha Sacramento State at Vanderbilt South Dakota Indiana at Navy Michigan at Baylor at Wisconsin Purdue Penn State Prairie Wolf Invitational at Columbia 300 Saints Florida International at Columbia 300 Saints Iowa TCU Mark Colligan Memorial Illinois at Wisconsin at Rutgers at Columbia 300 Saints Michigan State Michigan at Minnesota at Prairie View A&M Invitational at Rutgers

Evanston, Ill. Colorado Springs, Colo.

Las Vegas, Nev. Madison, Wis. Piscataway, N.J. Columbus, Ohio College Park, Md. Devaney Indoor Track Iowa City, Iowa Devaney Indoor Track Annapolis, Md. Devaney Natatorium Dillon Tennis Center Nashville, Tenn.

Dillon Tennis Center Pinnacle Bank Arena Annapolis, Md. Pinnacle Bank Arena Waco, Texas Madison, Wis. Pinnacle Bank Arena Devaney Center Devaney Indoor Track Chesterfield, Mo. Dillon Tennis Center Chesterfield, Mo. Devaney Center Nebraska Rifle Range Devaney Indoor Track Devaney Natatorium Madison, Wis. Piscataway, N.J. Chesterfield, Mo. Devaney Center Pinnacle Bank Arena Minneapolis, Minn.

Arlington, Texas Piscataway, N.J.

at Prairie View A&M Invitational Air Force Creighton at Rutgers

Arlington, Texas Dillon Tennis Center Dillon Tennis Center Piscataway, N.J.

Winter 2019

TBA 7 p.m.

TBA TBA 1 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA 7 a.m.

11 a.m.

11 a.m.

Noon 3:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

7 a.m.

4 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

7 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA 5 p.m.

TBA TBA 8 a.m.

TBA 11 a.m.

11 a.m.

1 p.m.

TBA TBA 6 p.m.

TBA TBA 5 p.m.

TBA 10:30 a.m.

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WINTER SCHEDULE Feb. 1 Feb. 1 Feb. 1 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 2 Feb. 2 Feb. 2 Feb. 2 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 8 Feb. 8 Feb. 8 Feb. 8 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 9 Feb. 9 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 11 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 14 Feb. 14 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 16 Feb. 16 Feb. 16 Feb. 19

98

Men’s Gymnastics Men’s Golf Track & Field Men’s Basketball Bowling Wrestling Rifle Men’s Tennis Women’s Basketball Men’s Tennis Women’s Basketball Wrestling Men’s Golf Track & Field Rifle Men’s Golf Track & Field Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Men’s Basketball Wrestling Women’s Golf Men’s Tennis Women’s Basketball Women’s Golf Women’s Golf Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Wrestling Bowling Track & Field Track & Field Bowling Men’s Gymnastics Women’s Tennis Track & Field Track & Field Men’s Basketball Bowling Women’s Tennis Men’s Tennis Women’s Basketball Swim & Dive HUSKER SPORTS

at Illinois Big Red Alumni Invitational Adidas Classic Penn State at Prairie View A&M Invitational Ohio State at NC State Auburn Ohio State UMKC at Iowa at Purdue at Big Ten Match Play Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational at Akron at Big Ten Match Play Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational vs. SMU at Baylor at Iowa at Indiana at Lady Puerto Rico Classic at Old Dominion Indiana at Lady Puerto Rico Classic at Lady Puerto Rico Classic at Maryland Penn State Michigan at Mid-Winter Classic at Gorilla Classic at Iowa State Classic at Mid-Winter Classic Minnesota & Army at UCF w/TCU & UCSB at Gorilla Classic at Iowa State Classic Wisconsin at Mid-Winter Classic at UCF w/TCU & UCSB at Oregon at Northwestern at Big Ten Championships Winter 2019

Champaign, Ill. Jacksonville, Fla. Devaney Indoor Track Pinnacle Bank Arena Arlington, Texas Devaney Center Raleigh, N.C. Dillon Tennis Center Pinnacle Bank Arena Dillon Tennis Center Iowa City, Iowa West Lafayette, Ind. Palm Coast, Fla. Devaney Indoor Track Akron, Ohio Palm Coast, Fla. Devaney Indoor Track Norfolk, Va. Waco, Texas Iowa City, Iowa Bloomington, Ind. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Norfolk, Va. Pinnacle Bank Arena Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Rio Grande, Puerto Rico College Park, Md. Pinnacle Bank Arena Devaney Center Jonesboro, Ark. Pittsburg, Kan. Ames, Iowa Jonesboro, Ark. Devaney Center Orlando, Fla. Pittsburg, Kan. Ames, Iowa Pinnacle Bank Arena Jonesboro, Ark. Orlando, Fla. Eugene, Ore. Evanston, Ill. Iowa City, Iowa

TBA TBA TBA 6 p.m.

TBA TBA 7 a.m.

11 a.m.

2 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA 7 a.m.

TBA TBA TBA 1 p.m.

5 p.m.

TBA 7 a.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

7 a.m.

7 a.m.

7:30 p.m.

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TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 1:15 p.m.

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TBA

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MARCH March 1 March 1 March 1 March 1 March 4 March 4 March 5 March 5 March 6

100

Women’s Basketball Swim & Dive Men’s Basketball Swim & Dive Women’s Tennis Wrestling Men’s Gymnastics Track & Field Swim & Dive Women’s Basketball Men’s Tennis Men’s Gymnastics Men’s Gymnastics Women’s Tennis Women’s Golf Rifle Men’s Tennis Women’s Golf Men’s Basketball Women’s Tennis Women’s Basketball Rifle Men’s Basketball Rifle Track & Field Bowling Men’s Tennis Bowling Women’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Men’s Gymnastics Swim & Dive Track & Field

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Columbus, Ohio Iowa City, Iowa Pinnacle Bank Arena Iowa City, Iowa Dillon Tennis Center Minneapolis, Minn.

Las Vegas, Nev. Devaney Indoor Track Iowa City, Iowa Pinnacle Bank Arena San Antonio, Texas Las Vegas, Nev. Las Vegas, Nev. Dillon Tennis Center Peoria, Ariz.

Murray, Ky. Austin, Texas Peoria, Ariz.

Champaign, Ill. Piscataway, N.J. Bloomington, Ind. Memphis, Tenn.

Pinnacle Bank Arena Memphis, Tenn.

Geneva, Ohio Hollywood Bowl Dillon Tennis Center Hollywood Bowl Dillon Tennis Center Dillon Tennis Center Devaney Center Columbia, Mo. Geneva, Ohio

6 p.m.

TBA 7:30 p.m.

TBA 5 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 2 p.m.

TBA TBA 11 a.m.

10 a.m.

8 a.m.

11 a.m.

10 a.m.

7 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

TBA 8 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 a.m.

TBA TBA 5 p.m.

TBA 11 a.m.

4 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA

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Hollywood Bowl Columbia, Mo. Iowa City, Iowa Pinnacle Bank Arena Manhattan, Kan. Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Ann Arbor, Mich.

Indianapolis, Ind.

TBA TBA Noon 3:15 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

TBA TBA 5:30 p.m.

TBA

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WINTER SCHEDULE March 7 March 7 March 7 March 7 March 7 March 8 March 8 March 8 March 8 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 March 11 March 12 March 13 March 13 March 13 March 13 March 13 March 13 March 14 March 14 March 14 March 14 March 14 March 15 March 15 March 15 March 18 March 19 March 19 March 20 March 20 March 20 March 21 March 21 March 21

102

Women’s Basketball Women’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Wrestling Men’s Golf Women’s Basketball Wrestling Men’s Golf Men’s Tennis Men’s Basketball Swim & Dive Swim & Dive Swim & Dive Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Rifle Women’s Golf Track & Field Men’s Basketball Men’s Tennis Men’s Gymnastics Rifle Women’s Golf Women’s Tennis Track & Field Men’s Basketball Women’s Golf Women’s Tennis Men’s Basketball Swim & Dive Swim & Dive Wrestling Swim & Dive Wrestling Women’s Tennis Swim & Dive Wrestling Men’s Gymnastics

HUSKER SPORTS

at Big Ten Tournament Wyoming Illinois State at Big Ten Championships at Desert Mountain Invitational at Big Ten Tournament at Big Ten Championships at Desert Mountain Invitational at Oklahoma at Minnesota at NCAA Zone D Diving Meet at NCAA Zone D Diving Meet at NCAA Zone D Diving Meet at Big Ten Tournament at Big Ten Tournament at NCAA Championships at Clover Cup at NCAA Indoor Championships at Big Ten Tournament Wisconsin at Minnesota w/Ohio State at NCAA Championships at Clover Cup at Indiana at NCAA Indoor Championships at Big Ten Tournament at Clover Cup at Purdue at Big Ten Tournament at NCAA Championships at NCAA Championships at NCAA Championships at NCAA Championships at NCAA Championships at Michigan at NCAA Championships at NCAA Championships at Michigan

Winter 2019

Indianapolis, Ind. Dillon Tennis Center Dillon Tennis Center Piscataway, N.J. Desert Mountain, Ariz.

Indianapolis, Ind. Piscataway, N.J. Desert Mountain, Ariz.

Norman, Okla.

Minneapolis, Minn.

Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Lexington, Ky. Mesa, Ariz.

Albuquerque, N.M. Indianapolis, Ind. Dillon Tennis Center Minneapolis, Minn.

Lexington, Ky. Mesa, Ariz.

Bloomington, Ind. Albuquerque, N.M. Indianapolis, Ind. Mesa, Ariz.

West Lafayette, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Minneapolis, Minn.

Athens, Ga. Minneapolis, Minn.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Athens, Ga. Minneapolis, Minn.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

TBA 11 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

TBA 10 a.m.

TBA TBA 10 a.m.

11 a.m.

Noon TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 8 a.m.

10 a.m.

TBA TBA 5 p.m.

TBA 8 a.m.

10 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

TBA TBA 10 a.m.

11 a.m.

TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 2 p.m.

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9/5 ................................... Purdue 9/12 .................. Central Michigan 9/19 .............. South Dakota State 9/26 ............................. Cincinnati 10/3 .....................@Northwestern 10/10 ..................................Illinois 10/24 ............................ @Rutgers 10/31 ....................... @Ohio State 11/7 ............................. Penn State 11/14 ................................. @Iowa 11/21 ......................... @Wisconsin 11/28 .......................... Minnesota

2021

8/28 ................ Illinois (in Ireland) 9/11 ................................... Buffalo 9/18 .......................... @Oklahoma 9/25 ..................... @Michigan St. 10/2 ............................ Ohio State 10/9 ....................... Northwestern 10/16 ............................. @Purdue 10/30 ............................ Michigan 11/6 ...................................... Iowa 11/13 ............ Southeast Louisiana 11/20 ............................Wisconsin 11/27 ........................ @Minnesota

2022

9/3 ......................... North Dakota 9/10 ................. Georgia Southern 9/17 ............................. Oklahoma 9/24 ............................. @Rutgers 10/1 ................................. Indiana 10/8 .................... @Northwestern 10/15 ......................... @Michigan 10/22 ......................... Minnesota 11/5 ........................... @Wisconsin 11/12 ..................................Purdue 11/19 ............................... @Illinois 11/25 ................................ @Iowa

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HUSKER SPORTS

2023

9/2 .......................... @Minnesota 9/9 ............................. @Colorado 9/16 ................... Northern Illinois 9/23...................... Louisiana Tech 9/30 ...................... Northwestern 10/7 ................................ @Illinois 10/14 ............................. Michigan 10/21 ........................... Wisconsin 11/4 ................................ @Purdue 11/11 .............................. Maryland 11/18 ..................... @Michigan St. 11/24 ................................... Iowa

2024

8/31 .............. South Dakota State 9/7 ............................... Colorado 9/21 ............................ Minnesota 9/28 ................... @Northwestern 10/5 ........................... @Michigan 10/12 .......................... Ohio State 10/26 ...................... @Penn State 11/09 ................................. Illinois 11/16 ......................... @Wisconsin 11/23 ................................ Purdue 11/29 ................................ @Iowa

2025

8/30 ............................... @Illinois 9/6.......................................Akron 9/13 .......................... @Cincinnati 9/27 .............................. Michigan 10/4 ............................. Wisconsin 10/11 ...................... Northwestern 10/25 ........................... @Indiana 11/1 .......................... @Minnesota 11/8 .................................. Rutgers 11/22 ............................. @Purdue 11/28 ................................... Iowa

Winter 2019

2026

9/12 ............................ Tennessee 9/19 ........................ North Dakota

2027

9/4...................... Northern Illinois 9/11 .......................... @Tennessee

2028

9/9 ............... South Dakota State 9/16 ................................. Arizona

2029

9/15 .......................... @Oklahoma

2030

9/14 ............................. Oklahoma

2031

9/13 .............................. @Arizona

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