LINCOLN — He’s still in the process of shaking off the rust. The coaching staff is being careful and limiting his reps. But in the words of Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg, Rienk Mast is “full-go” more than a year after undergoing knee surgery that sidelined him all of last season.
As Mast watched from the end of the bench in 2024-25, Nebraska’s offense struggled. The Huskers no longer had a center that consistently knocked down 3-pointers, so opposing frontcourts could clog the paint. Mast’s return also gives NU another player who can initiate offense, someone who can generate easy baskets with his court vision and ability to hit cutters from the high post.