New-look Huskers open up with 86-66 victory (Rivals.com)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:00 PST

Nebraska unveiled its new look for the 2009-10 season on Friday night, and as could be expected, there's...

Nebraska Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:06:48 PDT

No basketball team in the Big 12, or perhaps anywhere on the Division I landscape, will look as different as Nebraska.

After fielding the smallest lineup in the country last season, the Huskers will be far taller, although fourth-year coach Doc Sadler insists height doesn't necessarily equate into minutes.

"Just because you're tall doesn't mean you should get minutes if you don't play as hard as the guys beside you," Sadler said. "That's not ever going to change with me."

The demands Sadler maintains weren't met by all the Huskers during an 18-13 run last season, which included an 8-8 mark in the Big 12 and earned the team a berth in the NIT, where it lost in the first round to New Mexico.

Nebraska was consistently bothered by long scoring droughts, which...