NCAA Final Four: 2015 Huskers now part of program's great history

Nebraska coach John Cook talks with his team during a timeout in the third set of the NCAA Final Four match against Kansas at CenturyLink Center Omaha on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015.OMAHA — Three weeks ago, John Cook said this year’s Nebraska volleyball team had played some of the highest-level volleyball in his 16 years as head coach, and now we know he wasn’t just saying so, hoping the Huskers would believe it.

That gives some perspective to how well Nebraska has played the past two months, a stretch that has taken the Huskers all the way to Saturday’s national championship match against Texas at CenturyLink Center Omaha.

Cook’s first team, in 2000, won the national championship with a 34-0…