The Nebraska basketball team lost at home Monday night to Michigan. It was ugly. It looked disjointed. Tuesday on the pod, we look past the result – to what may rate as a source of the struggles that we saw on the court at PBA: The difficulties of building a roster in college sports today.

It impacts the work of basketball coach Fred Hoiberg and football coach Matt Rhule. In this pay-for-play era, it’s more difficult than ever to find the right pieces and the right mix at the right price. Sometimes, it all leads to something nice. Other times, you get Monday night, when Huskers not named Brice Williams shot 17.1 percent and Nebraska posted a low point total in the Hoiberg era.

We look also at the final seconds of this game. And we turn our attention to football in the final segment, checking in on Millard South QB Jett Thomalla, who earned a four-star ranking this week from On3. Is Nebraska likely to get in the running for this talented 2026 prospect?

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