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25 Quick-Hitters for 1991 Team’s 25th Anniversary

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Saturday is Nebraska Basketball’s Annual Legends Weekend and marks the 25th anniversary of the Huskers’ record-breaking 1990-91 team that won a school-record 26 games, reached as high as 11th in the AP poll, earned a No. 3 NCAA Tournament seed, averaged a school-record 87.6 points per game, featured five players who averaged in double figures and three players who made the NBA – Eric Piatkowski, Rich King and Tony Farmer. Twenty-five years ago was a magical time for Husker Hoops in the Bob Devaney Sports Center, and Friday we asked Beau Reid to help us honor that team’s Silver Anniversary with 25 quick-hitting thoughts, so sit back and take a stroll down Memory Lane:

1: “I told my wife 'This is the first time I've felt old in my life,' and it's only because it feels like yesterday, and it's 25 years.