Assistant coach Michael Lewis paid close attention to his Nebraska men’s basketball players as they went through pregame warmups before Saturday’s game against intrastate rival Creighton.
Lewis reported what he witnessed to his head coach, Tim Miles, and told him the team was either nervous or laser-focused.
Miles, following Nebraska’s 94-75 victory over the Bluejays, knew for certain the answer.
“They were laser-focused," he said.
Indeed, they were.
No. 24 Nebraska, coming off a frustrating road loss Wednesday to Minnesota, blitzed Creighton with an early barrage of 3-pointers from James Palmer Jr.