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Frosted Flakes: Women’s Basketball Preview

Rectangular icebergs, Husker news, and beer shortages?!?

It is women’s basketball week for the Big Ten. Follow @B1GWBBall and @HuskersWBB to see previews and analysis.

The Husker women had an open practice last night in which fans could watch and then interact with the players. Nebraska is led by Head Coach Amy Williams, the 2017-18 Big Ten Coach of the Year after engineering the nation’s biggest turnaround (from 8 wins in 2016-17 to 21 last season.) Junior point guard, Hannah Whitish was selected by the coaches to the preseason All Big Ten team. Sophomore center Kate Cain was named to the all-defensive team last season as a freshman after obliterating the Nebraska school record and posting 100 blocks (ranking top 10 in the nation.)

The coaches and media selected Maryland and Iowa as their consensus #1 and #2 preseason picks to top the conference respectively. No surprise there as Maryland has dominated the B1G since they became a member and annually bring in top 10 (sometimes top 5) recruiting classes. The coaches and media split on their #3 team with the coaches picking Michigan and media picking Minnesota. I thought the Huskers had a chance to sneak into that third spot given their performance last season and their returning firepower, but I don’t think either group was entirely sure what to expect from the Huskers (understandably so).

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