As I watched Glynn Watson pull up for jumpers and Jack McVeigh hit three-pointers from the corner and Michael Jacobson corral a team-high eight rebounds against a stout Michigan State front line, I couldn’t help but remember my November conversation with Beau Reid about Nebraska’s freshmen.
The former Nebraska basketball player, part of the foundation of the Huskers’ breakthrough in the early 1990s, was lauding the recruiting efforts of Tim Miles, now in his fourth season as coach.
“You can see the makings of a Big Ten program,” Reid said then. “The freshmen all look and play at a level that’s higher than previous classes we’ve had.