Easley Impressing With Toughness, Hustle

Charlie Easley, a freshman walk-on from Lincoln, and graduate of Lincoln Pius X High School, has quickly become a fan favorite on the Nebraska men's basketball team. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Easley has earned significant playing time only months after leading Pius X to the Class B state championship. His father, Ed, also played at Pius X, and then Nebraska Wesleyan, and played in one of the most memorable high school state tournament games in Nebraska history, albeit a heartbreaking loss to Wahoo. In Sunday's victory over Purdue, Easley played a career-high 10 minutes and impressed coach Fred Hoiberg with "big-time toughness" plays. "Charlie easily works as hard as anybody that I've been around," Hoiberg said. "For him to go out there and keep himself prepared and keep himself ready when you're out of a rotation … you wait for these types of opportunities, and the amount of work you put in will help you prepare to go out and have a positive impact on the game." Easley, who bypassed his lone Division I scholarship offer, from The Citadel, visited with Brian Rosenthal of Huskers.com about the key to his strong start and many other topics in this QnA.

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