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Nebrasketball Player Profile: Charlie Easley

Frost and Hoiberg are both young coaches with high expectations. They both love offenses and have roots in Lincoln. What more could the “hottest coaching combo in America” (your words, not mine) have in common?

Three words: Nebraska walk-ons. Does walk-on count as one or two words?

While Scott has rejuvenated the once vital and prospering walk-ons for football, Fred is taking a page out of that book as well for his new-look Nebrasketball squad.

Meet Charlies Easley, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound guard who spent his high school years in Star City, at Lincoln Pius X. He left the Thunderbolts with the school record for points (1,412).