Tim Miles had returned from a west coast recruiting trip early in the summer when he received a text message from one of his veteran players.
Senior point guard Glynn Watson was letting Miles know he was back on campus after a month-long break. Then Miles, entering his seventh as the Nebraska men’s basketball head coach, received another message from Watson the next day, too.
“He said, ‘Coach, I can’t wait to lead this team and take Nebraska basketball to places it’s never been before.’ I literally almost cried,” Miles said. “That just meant so much to me, knowing what he’s been through.