Nebraska men’s basketball enters its biggest test of the season this week, and Fred Hoiberg made one thing clear during his media availability: everything about Sunday’s in-state showdown with Creighton demands Nebraska’s best. The Huskers sit at 8–0 after a gritty 72–63 win over USC Upstate, but Hoiberg said the challenges ahead will look nothing like what his team has seen so far.
The head coach praised Creighton early and often, noting that the Bluejays appear to be “playing their best basketball of the season” entering Sunday’s game. It’s a series defined by momentum swings, emotional swings, and, as Nebraska learned two years ago in Lincoln, the kind of nights where one team can get “smacked in the face” if it’s not ready from the jump.
Last year, Nebraska delivered one of its most complete wins of the Hoiberg era in Omaha, controlling the game from start to finish. But replicating that performance, the head coach said, requires discipline, poise, and a start far better than what the Huskers showed in their most recent outing last Saturday…