Nebraska is 4-1 without their best player...
They have wins over TCU, at USC, UMKC, and South Carolina Upstate with a loss at Saint Louis. Not a bad start to the year for a team with 4 new starters.
Doc is working with a new point guard (Jeter), a new shooting guard (Bear Jones), a new freshman power forward (Brandon Ubel), and a new freshman center (Brian Diaz)... The new pieces are pretty good, and they are playing that classic "Doc Sadler" defense and making things ugly.
They looked tough today at USC in front of what seemed like 1,000 people, lol.
When Christian Standhardinger (6'8'' 210) becomes eligible he will improve them dramatically. He is their most talented player out of Germany and he and Brian Diaz should be a very good freshman post-duo for them. Both are international players with lots of skill, and Diaz was redshirted last year. Standhardinger led them in scoring during both exhibition games, and will be eligible to play on January 1st.