A new-look Nebraska team tips off its season Monday against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The Cornhuskers might not be at full strength.<\/p>\n
Head coach Fred Hoiberg provided an update on a few Huskers players when he met with the media before the weekend.<\/p>\n
JLAB has the best audio products in the game \u2013 and they\u2019re ready to take care of you this football season. Whether you\u2019re traveling to watch your favorite team play or just streaming the game at home.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Find the blue box at retailers near you or visit jlab.com.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sam Hoiberg<\/a><\/strong>, a junior point guard, was back on the court for the first time Friday and, according to his head coach and father, \u201cwas pretty limited out there.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s still a little bit of ways from being ready to be in a game,\u201d Fred said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got two more practices before opening night and the end of shootaround, so it\u2019ll probably be all the way up to a game-time decision for Sam, whether we throw him out there early. If he does play, I don\u2019t know how much he\u2019ll play.\u201d<\/p>\n CLICK HERE to go to PrizePicks and use code ON3 to receive a guaranteed $50 once you play $5 in lineups!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sam Hoiberg<\/a><\/strong> averaged 19.7 minutes for a Huskers team that went 23-11 last year and finished tied for third in the Big Ten table. He posted 3.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.9 steals per contest.<\/p>\n Fred Hoiberg also noted that senior forward and North Dakota State transfer Andrew Morgan<\/a><\/strong> went through the non-contact portion of Friday\u2019s practice. <\/p>\n \u201cHe is still in the concussion protocol, so we\u2019ll see how he responds later this afternoon and, more importantly, tomorrow, see if we can get another day and then continue on with the steps in the protocol that he\u2019s had,\u201d Hoiberg said.<\/p>\n Morgan became a two-year starter at NDSU, and last season he got the nod in 29-of-32 games, averaging 12.9 points per game on 56% shooting, not to mention his 5.0 rebounds per outing. He earned second-team All-Summit League honors.<\/p>\n Hoiberg went on to say that senior forward Juwan Gary<\/a><\/strong> has had the flu the last couple days but returned to the court Friday. Hoiberg said he anticipates Gary being fine for Monday night\u2019s opener. Gary spent the first three seasons of his career at Alabama, and he\u2019s going on his third year with the Huskers. He was fourth on the team with 11.6 points per game last season, plus second among all Huskers players in 2023-24 with 6.1 rebounds per outing.<\/p>\n As of now, Nebraska\u2019s rotation is fluid. <\/p>\n \u201cAs I talk to the guys, it\u2019s not going to be the same guy every night,\u201d Hoiberg said. \u201cI think this is a team that\u2019s very capable of having a different guy go out there. We\u2019re probably going to finish with different lineups, ultimately, until we figure out who our best group is to close out games and play in crunch time. But, again, I really like the competitive spirit of this group.\u201d<\/p>\n Last season, the Huskers made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013-14. Although they bowed out in the first round to Texas A&M, their return to The Dance was one of the better stories of the 2024-25 college basketball season.<\/p>\n This year, however, Nebraska is tied for 12th in the\u00a0preseason Big Ten Media Poll<\/a>, which is put together annually by\u00a0The Columbus Dispatch<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Indianapolis Star.<\/em>\u00a0The Huskers look different, namely without established guards\u00a0Keisei Tominaga<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0C.J. Wilcher<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n That said, Nebraska did bring back three of its top-five scorers: Gary and fellow frontcourt standout Rienk Mast<\/a><\/strong>, as well as guard\u00a0Brice Williams<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Plus, the Huskers added seven players from the transfer portal. That group includes four players who were already in the Big Ten: guard\u00a0Connor Essegian<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Wisconsin), forward\u00a0Berke Buyuktuncel<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(UCLA), center\u00a0Braxton Meah<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Washington) and guard\u00a0Gavin Griffiths<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Rutgers).<\/p>\n The last time Nebraska made the NCAA Tournament back-to-back years was 1993-94. 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