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NU men’s hoops notes: Hoiberg ‘loves’ mentality of his most talented Husker roster; schedule notes; big-man updates | Men’s Basketball








Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg covered a range of topics Wednesday in Grand Island as part of the Big Red Blitz.



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GRAND ISLAND — It’s early in summer workouts for the Nebraska men’s basketball team. Very early.

But two weeks into things, Husker coach Fred Hoiberg likes what he’s seen from a group that figures to be more settled, and more talented, than either of his first two teams in Lincoln.

Speaking in Grand Island as part of Wednesday’s Big Red Blitz, Hoiberg said actually having a sense of normalcy after last summer’s schedule was disrupted because of the COVID-19 pandemic was a huge step forward for his team.

“Right now, we didn’t have this opportunity last year to really have an offseason,” Hoiberg said. “So to be able to work with our guys, it’s a lot of fundamental skill work, which is pretty much going to be the whole month of June.”

Nebraska can have up to eight weeks of workouts, and the Huskers’ final summer practice will take place Aug. 3. 

In between Wednesday and then, Hoiberg said, NU will ramp up from June’s skill work to more team workouts in July, in addition to getting back on the road to recruit for the first time since 2019.

“I love the mentality of them,” Hoiberg said of a group that returns 80% of Nebraska’s scoring and minutes from last season. “Every single one of them, to a man, is coming in and getting extra work in the evenings, afternoons, with our (graduate assistants) managers. It’s a fun group to be around.”



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