MINNEAPOLIS — The top-end of the Nebraska volleyball team’s level of play may be just as good as that of Nebraska’s 2017 national championship team, coach John Cook says.
“In some areas, its better,” Cook said on Thursday, the eve of Nebraska playing its NCAA Sweet 16 match against Kentucky. “We’re the No. 1 defensive team in the country; we led the conference in blocking.”
The problem is that Nebraska’s bottom level of play has been worse than last year. That’s part of why Nebraska has six losses and couldn’t ever score that really, really big win, going 1-3 against top-10 teams on the road.