Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg talks after the Huskers' 85-70 win over Indiana.
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00:00 >> Fred, I guess just Indiana, you had a 20 point halftime lead,
00:03 Indiana cuts into it.
00:04 What did you say at that timeout when it was 59-56?
00:07 >> Well, the thing I reminded them at that timeout,
00:09 I saw a little bit of deer headlights at that under 12 timeout.
00:13 The thing I said, I said, fellas, here's the reality of the situation.
00:16 I said, before the game, if you would have said we had a lead at the under 12
00:20 media timeout in the second half, I think we probably would have taken it.
00:22 So let's get it back, get our poise, get our composure.
00:26 And then I think Sam made a big steal for us to get it going.
00:30 And then Jemarcus just made play after play after play for us down the stretch.
00:34 Bryce made some big defensive plays.
00:35 Josiah, I thought, was active all over the place.
00:37 Juwan all game long, great as a facilitator.
00:41 I think everybody that stepped on the floor made a positive impact for us.
00:45 And the thing that I was most pleased with, I mean, that place was electric.
00:50 It got rolling in there, and we found a way.
00:53 We had not done that.
00:55 Minnesota was a big slip away.
00:56 Rutgers in the second half was a slip away.
00:58 So to find a way to build that thing back up and
01:02 to respond to the seven nothing run and push it back to double figures was huge.
01:05 And the guys held on and made enough plays down the stretch, and
01:08 a lot of it was due to this thing.
01:12 >> Maybe you guys haven't been perfect this season, but
01:14 you seem to be handling adversity better, dating back to even the end of last season.
01:18 What's different about this team?
01:20 >> Well, you look at last year, I mean, we played really good basketball in February.
01:23 And I think that helped us get Bryce Williams, it helped us get Josiah Allen,
01:28 it helped us get Frank Mast, it helped us get some of the players that we got in here
01:32 when we had that five and one record and best record of Big Ten in February.
01:36 This is the time of year you wanna play your best.
01:38 We're coming off three really good performances right now,
01:41 two good home games, and found a way to get a huge road win.
01:44 And the struggles obviously are well documented for our team.
01:48 We've got a great win against Kansas State in the preseason on the road.
01:51 And then to get this one tonight was huge, it's big for
01:55 confidence to know we can do it.
01:56 And now we have to find a way to get back.
01:58 We're playing a hell of a team on Sunday.
02:00 Minnesota's playing as good as anybody in our league right now.
02:03 And we're gonna have our hands full with that game.
02:07 But I know we're gonna have a great crowd, it's gonna be a sellout.
02:09 And our guys are gonna be excited to play.
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