Wins have been sparse. The lone path to postseason play is daunting, to say the least. Yet to hear Haanif Cheatham talk about his only season with the Nebraska men's basketball team, you'd think the Huskers were in year four of the Fred Hoiberg era, not laying the foundation for his rebuilding project.
Yes, the end is near for Cheatham, a senior graduate transfer who will play his final two homes Thursday and Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The first player to commit to Hoiberg's initial team said he's given much thought to the past nine months, a period that seems much longer to Cheatham, and in a good way.