Nebraska Basketball Survives a Providence Crowd and a Quiet Night from Frager for a Great Resume Win

Nebraska Survives a Providence Crowd and a Quiet Frager Night for a Resume Win

If Providence plays as well as they are projected throughout the rest of the season, this will go down as a great resume win for Fred Hoiberg and Nebraska.

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The Huskers win on a “neutral” site in the Hall-of-Fame Classic against a good Big East team. At least we are expecting them to be good. It is the first season as head coach for Providence’s Bryan Hodgson but he has a squad that I hope will figure it out offensively. Nebraska is a difficult defense to go up against when you are still learning to play together.

Jay Bilas had Providence ranked #37th in his preseason Top 65 article for ESPN.com. When it comes to opinions about Men’s College Basketball there is nobody I put above Jay Bilas. Here’s what he said about Providence prior to the season:

Bryan Hodgson has found success quickly at his previous stops (Arkansas State and South Florida), which is why there’s so much excitement in Providence. The Friars’ only returning player, 6-7 junior Ryan Mela, is expected to take another step up, and Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year Miles Byrd comes from San Diego State to set the tone in Year 1 for Hodgson.

The best part about this win at a “neutral site” in which it was probably 90% Providence fans? Braden Frager did not play well offensively and they still won.

Frager was 3/13 from the field and 1/8 from three. Head Coach Fred Hoiberg has also mentioned he had been pushing Frager to be the best rebounder on the team (because they need it) and he finished the game with three rebounds while playing 33 minutes. I assume that is not good enough.

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Meanwhile, possible future All-Big Ten or maybe All-American Pryce Sandfort showed up with 25 points in 35 minutes. Providence was grabbing and pulling Sandfort the entire game but he did what Nebraska needed him to do.

Boden Kapke, a transfer from Boston College, was 5/6 from the field and ended with 13 points. If he can be…

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