in the program wanted more success than
what happened.
The Huskies were riddled with injuries
and they played in the tough Big Ten
Conference. The conference ended up
with nine teams going to the NCAA tournament. Michigan who won the
regular season was a number one
seed in the tournament. Nebraska was
the unsung team in the conference
now going to the sweet sixteen. They
had never won a game in the tournament
in the history of their program.
German born freshman Hannes Steinbach
led the Huskies in scoring and rebounding.
Without him the Huskies would have had
less wins. The Huskies had conference
record of 7-13 tied with USC for 12th
place. The Huskies actually beat USC
twice in the regular season and again
in the Big Ten Tournament. They lost
to Wisconsin who made the NCAA tournament however only by three points
in the Big Ten Tournament.
When the Big Ten Tournament happened
the Huskies had only seven healthy scholarship players. The Huskies likely
lose Steinbach to the NBA and Quimari Peterson who is a senior. Peterson
started the season coming off the bench
however with injuries he had to go into
the starting lineup. Both of these guys
the Huskies will have to look into the
transfer portal to replace.
Zoom Diallo and Wesley Yates are
the two next important players next
to Steinbach. They both will be juniors
next season so they likely take another
step forward.
My grade for the Huskies would be
incomplete since injuries were not
allowed to see how good the team was.
In the months ahead we will hear
about at least two new new players
coming in for significant playing
times and a freshman or two as
well. Go Dawgs!
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