Nebraska coach displays confidence

Friday, January 25, 2008

Nebraska Coach Doc Sadler understands why people could be questioning his team’s confidence level. Sadler’s Nebraska team has suffered three pride-squelching losses in the last three weeks. After losing 79-58 to Kansas on Jan. 12, Nebraska lost on the road against Colorado and at home to Baylor.

And look who’s staring the Cornhuskers right in the face. It’s No. 2 ranked Kansas Jayhawks – a program that has beaten Nebraska by an average of 31.3 points in the teams’ last three games – and a trip to Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday.

“I think that’s the question people are justifiably asking,” Sadler said on a Tuesday conference call, when asked if his team still lacked confidence.

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Sadler pointed to offensive woes to try to explain Nebraska’s poor Big 12 start.

But Sadler, whose team sits at 0-3 and last place in the Big 12 Conference, said he thought his team’s mindset was fine.

“If you look at the effort, and that’s where you would, the fact of the matter is if we would have made free throws in two games, we would be two and one right now,” Sadler said.

Nebraska shot 21 of 34 from the free throw line in its 72-70 loss to Baylor on Jan. 19, but the Cornhuskers did shoot 13 of 17 during their 55-51 loss at Colorado on Jan. 15.

Nebraska’s loss to Colorado was especially surprising. Colorado is 9-9 and 1-3 in the Big 12 in its first season under new coach Jeff Bzdelik, while Nebraska started its season 11-2 with non-conference victories against Oregon and Arizona State.

Sadler pointed to offensive woes to try to explain Nebraska’s poor Big 12 start.

“We’re not getting easy baskets in transition,” Sadler said. “You’re two wings, whoever are playing in those two positions, aren’t giving us a lot offensively and we have to get better in that area.”

Kansas witnessed Nebraska’s perimeter problems in-person when the Jayhawks traveled to Lincoln, Neb., on Jan. 12. Senior center Aleks Maric had 19 points, but Nebraska’s four starting guards combined for 17 points on five of 24 shooting.

Still, despite their recent success against the Cornhuskers, sophomore forward Darrell Arthur said his Jayhawk teammates know Nebraska will come into Allen Fieldhouse ready to play.

“It was pretty tough going there and beating them,” Arthur said. “They pressured us pretty good.”

— Edited by Jared Duncan

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