A Quad 1-level matchup awaits the Big Red.
After soundly defeating Le Moyne 106-64 on Monday night, Nebraska will travel to Uncasville, Connecticut, to face Providence at 6 p.m. CST Saturday. Both programs enter the contest 1-0, with the Friars coming off a 27-point victory over Maine.
Head coach Fred Hoiberg met with the media Thursday ahead of his team’s trip east. Here’s what he had to say.
Under first-year head coach Bryan Hodgson, Providence cruised past Maine in its season opener. The game didn’t give Hoiberg much of a sample size to scout. However, after leading South Florida to a 25-9 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance last spring, Hodgson has given Nebraska’s head coach a familiar system to study. To better understand their opponent, Hoiberg said his staff is largely leaning on the tendencies of Hodgson’s team in Tampa from a year ago.
“It’s a lot of the same principles,” he said. “Obviously, different personnel than what they had a year ago at a different school, but, you know, this is an unbelievably talented roster.”…