The success of this Nebraska basketball season has snuck up on everybody. Even the most hopeful fans couldn’t have seen a 20-1 start to the campaign coming. Analysts were also caught unawares, forcing them to talk about a Husker team they’re not used to talking about. However, that’s no excuse for CBS Sports analyst Isis Young to offer the most uninformed, poorly researched take on Fred Hoiberg’s squad of the year.
On Thursday afternoon, the CBS Sports panel was discussing whether the Huskers are truly a Final Four team this season. Young voted no and then offered up an explanation that is just factually incorrect.
“To date, they have played mostly the bottom half of the Big Ten,” Young said of a Nebraska team that is tied for first place in the conference. “Next upcoming, they have Illinois, then they’ve got Rutgers, and then Purdue. If they win three out of the next three, then we play this game again, and I’ll tell you it’s a reality.”…