Nebraska’s men’s and women’s basketball programs are entering the new season with different recent results but a similar goal: build on last year while avoiding the temptation to dwell on it.
Coach Hoiberg Presser:
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Coach Williams Presser:
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The men’s program is coming off the best season in school history. Nebraska won 28 games, finished 15-5 in Big Ten play and earned the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory before reaching the Sweet 16.
Fred Hoiberg was named National Coach of the Year, but the Huskers will have a different look as they pursue another postseason run. All-Big Ten selection Pryce Sandfort and Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year Braden Frager headline a new group expected to carry Nebraska forward.
Hoiberg said the program cannot allow last season’s breakthrough to become a distraction.
“If you still think about that, you’re done before it even starts,” Hoiberg said. “So yeah, we’re beyond it, and this team, they...