ESPN: Can Nebraska basketball turn the corner?

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After visiting the University of Nebraska last spring, former Florida forward Walter Pitchford was asked numerous times to sum up his trip to Lincoln.
The answer was almost always the same.

“Mind-blowing,” Pitchford would say.

The description may seem a bit flattering for a program that finished at the bottom of the Big Ten standings last season and has never won an NCAA tournament game. Still, the more time Pitchford spent in Lincoln, the more it became obvious things could soon change.

Known nationally for its success in football, Nebraska is now determined to become a basketball school, too.

The Cornhuskers are one year away from opening Pinnacle Bank Arena in downtown Lincoln. The venue, which was designed by the same firm that constructed Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center, will seat approximately 16,000 fans and feature a number of suites and loge boxes.

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There is more excitement about Husker B Ball than any time I can remember short of Danny Nee's team going to the NCAA. I'm drinking red Kool Aid!

 
Get the right coach, the right assistants, the right players who have the right facilities...and things can happen. Hopefully they will.

 
I think Nebraskans WANT to be excited for basketball. It may not be a truly relevant team this year, but it appears the groundwork is in place to start getting some good things done on the court.

 
Quotes like that rrealy get me excited for the upcoming season. The way we have been getting these 5* players to visit is utterly amazing..

 
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