Since starting and playing 12 minutes Jan. 12 in Nebraska's loss at Penn State, graduate transfer forward Duby Okeke had played a total of 13 minutes in Nebraska's next seven games, including a pair of "did not plays."
He returned to the court Saturday, filling his six minutes with highlight-reel blocked shots and giving the Huskers a lift against a physical Rutgers front line.
After stuffing Rutgers' Eugene Omoruyi at the rim on a dunk attempt late in the first half, Okeke even threw the bones Blackshirts-style to the delight of the Pinnacle Bank Arena crowd.
"It would be easy to sulk and pout, and he hasn't.