After a trying spring, Burke ready to step in as leader for Husker hoops

Nebraska's Dachon Burke calls for the ball while running through a play at a workout at Hendricks Training Complex in July 2018.He watched Nebraska rise into the top 25, then fall to the depths of the Big Ten. And less than one year after he decided he would come to Lincoln, he saw the coach who recruited him, Tim Miles, get fired before suiting up once for a game.

"Last year, I felt like it was special having the opportunity to go against guys like Isaiah Roby, Isaac Copeland, Glynn Watson and James Palmer. You're talking four pros every day in practice," Burke said. "You don't get there everywhere around the world. So it was a good experience. This year I'm looking to fill in the shoes,…