Game 1: vs. South Dakota 1 Game Date: Nov. 12, 2010 -1 Tipoff Time: 7:07 p.m. 10 NEBRASKA20 Venue: Devaney Sports Center CORNHUSKERS Capacity: 13,595 BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2010-11 NEBRASKA SCHEDULE HUSKERS OPEN SEASON VS. SOUTH DAKOTA Date Opponent Time/Result The Nebraska basketball team opens the 115th players making their Division I basketball debut in the Nov. 3 Peru State - Exhibition W, 75-43 season in program history on Friday, Nov. 12, when starting lineup, including a pair of freshmen in Ubel Nov. 8 Bellevue - Exhibition W, 82-58 the Huskers play host to the University of South and Diaz. Nov. 12 South Dakota (FSNMW) 7 p.m. Dakota at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. If the Huskers are going to win their 10th straight Nov. 15 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 p.m. The contest will tip off at 7:07 p.m. and will be season opener Friday night, one of the catalysts will Nov. 18- 21 at Honda Puerto Rico Tip-Off broadcast across the state on the 32-station IMG be Jeter. The 6-foot-3 point guard averaged 7.5 points Husker Sports Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and and a team-high 4.1 assists per game, as he started all Nov. 18 vs. Vanderbilt (ESPNU) 12:30 p.m. Matt Davison on the call. 33 contests last season. Nov. 19 vs. West Virginia/Davidson (ESPNU) TBA Nov. 21 vs. TBA (ESPNU) TBA Friday’s game can be seen around the state of Jeter will be helped by a frontcourt that is the Nebraska on Fox Sports Midwest and nationally on deepest in Sadler’s five years at Nebraska. During Nov. 27 USC (FSN) 5 p.m. ESPN FullCourt. The Husker telecast will feature Greg the exhibition season, four of the Huskers’ top five Dec. 1 Jackson State 7 p.m. Sharpe (play by play) and Eric Piatkowski (analyst) scorers were post players, as Diaz paced Nebraska Dec. 5 Creighton (FSNMW) 1 p.m, and will be seen on channel 37 in Lincoln; channel 47 with 15.0 points on 78 percent shooting, 5.0 Dec. 8 Alcorn State 7 p.m. in Omaha; DirecTV channel 680; and Dish Network rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game while hitting. Dec. 11 TCU (FSNMW) 1 p.m. channel 451. Standhardinger (12.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg), Ubel (8.5 ppg., 3.5 Dec. 18 Eastern Washington 6 p.m. rpg) and junior college transfer Andre Almeida (10.5 Dec. 21 Grambling 7 p.m. Tickets for Friday’s season-opener are available by ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.5 apg) all enjoyed strong exhibition Jan. 2 North Dakota 1 p.m. calling 800-8-BIGRED or visiting Huskers.com. Fans season, as the Huskers hit 52 percent of its shots in Jan. 5 Savannah State 7 p.m. can also purchase tickets at the Devaney Center the two wins. Jan. 8 Iowa State* (FSNMW) 7 p.m. beginning at 5:30 p.m. Fans are advised to check out Jan. 12 at Missouri* (FSNMW) 6 p.m. Depth across the board has been the buzzword for the parking map on page 3 of the release, as both the Jan. 15 at Kansas* (ESPNU) 1 p.m. Nebraska, as the 10 players averaged at least 17 Huskers and Lincoln Stars hockey team are home on Jan. 18 Colorado* (ESPN2) 6 p.m. minutes per game in the two exhibitions and that Friday evening. Jan. 22 at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. did not count expected contributors Christopher Jan. 29 Texas A&M* 1 p.m. Niemann (knee), Brandon Richardson (ankle) and The 2010-11 Huskers are a much more experienced Feb.2 at Kansas State* (Big 12 Network) 7 p.m. Toney McCray (foot), who all missed at least one squad than the team that took the floor at the start Feb.5 Kansas* (Big 12 Network) 3 p.m. of last season. Nebraska, which finished 15-18 and exhibition contest. Richardson and McCray may both be available for action on Friday. Feb.9 at Baylor* (Big 12 Network) 7 p.m. missed postseason play for the first time in three Feb. 12 Oklahoma State* (FSNMW) 6 p.m. years, returns 10 lettermen from a year ago, including South Dakota will provide the Huskers a good opening Feb. 16 at Oklahoma* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. four players (Lance Jeter, Jorge Brian Diaz, Brandon test, as the Coyotes returned a pair of starters from Feb. 19 Texas* (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Ubel and Brandon Richardson) who made at least 15 a team that went 22-10 last season and advanced Feb. 23 Kansas State* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. starts. In addition, NU also has four other players who to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Feb. 26 at Iowa State* (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. have made multiple starts during their Husker career, (CIT). USD was picked to finish third in the Great March 1 Missouri * (Big 12 Network) 7 p.m. including sophomore Christian Standhardinger (4); West Conference preseason poll and are led by senior March 5 at Colorado 8 p.m. junior Toney McCray (3 in 2008-09), sophomore Ray guard Kendall Cutler, who averaged 8.5 points and March 9-12 at Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) TBA Gallegos (3) and sophomore Eshaunte Jones (2). That league-high 4.6 assists per game. All times are Central and subject to change. *Big 12 Conference game. is a far cry from a year ago, when Nebraska had three NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS HUSKERS ON TV/RADIO/INTERNET NEBRASKA MEDIA RELATIONS Game: 1 Television: Fox Sports Midwest (DirecTV ch. 675, Dish ch. Associate Media Relations Director: Shamus McKnight 2010-11 Record: 0-0, 0-0 Big 12 450, Ch. 37 on Time Warner Cable; Ch. 47 on Cox Cable) Office: 402-472-7772; Head coach: Doc Sadler Play-by-play: Greg Sharpe Cell: 402-540-0268 Record at Nebraska: 70-58 (5th year) Color: Eric Piatkowski E-mail: [email protected] Record at Division I: 118-76 (7th year) Radio: Select IMG Husker Sports Radio Network stations Address: One Memorial Stadium Career Record: 238-115 (13th year) Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 Color: Matt Davison SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES Internet Radio/Stats: Free on Huskers.com FOLLOW THE HUSKERS ONLINE Game: 1 Satellite Radio: Sirius Ch. 154 Web site: Huskers.com 2010-11 Record: 0-0, 0-0 Great West Twitter: www.twitter.com/NUHoopsblog Head coach: Dave Boots Facebook: www.facebook.com/Huskers Record at USD: 465-182 (23rd year) Doc Sadler: www.twitter.com/Coach_Sadler Career Record: 580-245 (30th year) 2 | NEBRASKA BASKETBALL NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. VL Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous Schools) 0 * Toney McCray G 6-6 210 Jr. Missouri City, Texas (Fort Bend Elkins) 1 * Eshaunte Jones G 6-4 200 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (North Side/Hargrave Military (Va.) Academy) 3 ** Brandon Richardson G 6-0 190 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Hawthorne) 5 Bo Spencer ^ G 6-2 193 Sr. Baton Rouge, La. (Glen Oaks/LSU) 10 Trevor Menke G 5-11 172 Fr. Beatrice, Neb. (Beatrice) 11 * Christian Standhardinger F 6-9 215 So. Munich, Germany (Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule) 12 * Matt Karn G 6-3 210 Sr. Philpot, Ky. (Ohio County/Shawnee (Ill.) CC) 13 * Brandon Ubel F 6-10 240 So. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West) 14 Christopher Niemann C 6-11 270 So. Kühlungsborn, Germany (Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule) 15 * Ray Gallegos G 6-2 178 So. Salt Lake City, Utah (West Jordan) 20 Jordan Tyrance G 6-3 195 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 21 * Jorge Brian Diaz C 6-11 245 So. Caguas, Puerto Rico (Colegio Bautista de Caguas) 23 Kamyron Brown G 6-2 170 Jr. Anaheim, Calif. (Mater Dei/Oregon) 25 Caleb Walker G 6-4 205 Jr. Hutchinson, Kan. (Hutchinson/Butler CC) 31 Drake Beranek G 6-4 200 Sr. Ravenna, Neb. (Ravenna/Nebraska-Kearney) 32 Andre Almeida C 6-11 310 Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Escola Sao Jose dos Padres de Sion/Arizona Western College) 33 * Mike Fox F 6-4 205 So. Beatrice, Neb. (Beatrice/Northwest Missouri State) 34 * Lance Jeter G 6-3 222 Sr. Beaver Falls, Pa. (Beaver Falls/Cincinnati/Polk (Fla.) CC) 45 Kye Kurkowski F 6-10 200 Fr. Grant, Neb. (Perkins County) 55 Marshall Parker ^ F 6-8 245 So. Fort Smith, Ark. (Van Buren/Hendrix (Ark.) College) ^ - Must sit out season under NCAA transfer rules NEBRASKA COACHES AND STAFF 2010-11 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Doc Sadler (Arkansas, 1982) Eshaunte Jones .........................................................E-shawn-tay Assistant Coaches: Chris Croft (Southern Miss, 1995), Wes Flanigan (Auburn, 1997), Tracy Webster (Wisconsin, 1995) Kamyron Brown ..........................................................KAM-er-un Director of Operations: David Anwar Christopher Niemann ....................................................NEE-man Video Coordinator: Jim Shaw Brandon Ubel ................................................................ YOU-bell Basketball Strength Coach: Rusty Ruffcorn Ray Gallegos ........................................................... GUY-eh-goes Equipment Manager: Pat Norris Christian Standhardinger .................................Stand-hard-ing-er Assistant Athletic Trainer: R.J. Pietig Andre Almeida ..........................................................AL-may-duh Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Tony Schamber TALE OF THE TAPE Nebraska Cornhuskers University of South Dakota Coyotes OPENING NUMBERS 2009-10 Team Statistics (Record: 15-18) 2009-10 Team Statistics (Record: 22-10) NU OPP USD OPP SCORING 2194 2169 SCORING 2543 2346 61.3/14.2 Points per game 66.5 65.7 Points per game 79.5 73.3 Scoring margin +0.8 - Scoring margin +6.2 FIELD GOALS-ATT 768-1745 725-1682 FIELD GOALS-ATT 886-1865 892-2158 Field goal pct .440 .431 Field goal pct .475 .413 77.3/19.0 3 POINT FG-ATT 217-547 233-625 3 POINT FG-ATT 244-652 221-621 3-point FG pct .397 .373 3-point FG pct .374 .356 Last season, Nebraska averaged 14.2 assists per game as 3-pt FG made per game 6.6 7.1 3-pt FG made per game 7.6 6.9 a team and had an assist on 61 percent of its baskets.