Why the white?

[snootalope]

So I'm watching my first Husker chicks bball game. I'm likin it! My question is though, how come they wear white at home? I'm use to the skers football and the sea of red at home, how come basketball does it differently?

 

[Landlord]

The home team actually gets to choose which jersey they wear, it's just an established norm that the home team generally wears white (or their lighter primary).