Hoiberg said defensive lapses are the main contributor to the Huskers' struggles. Nebraska is allowing an average of 86 points during its losing streak. “We’ve lost our identity,” Hoiberg said. “Our identity was a gritty, dirty, ugly, grind-it-out type of team.”

Coaches would never call any regular game a “Super Bowl.” But that’s where Fred Hoiberg is right now. He's pushed seemingly every button, so all that's left is pushing all

After inserting two new starters against Wisconsin, Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg continues to evaluate what lineup tweaks may help the Huskers moving forward.

For Fred Hoiberg's Cornhuskers, the result marked the team's sixth connective loss to a Big Ten opponent dating back to Jan. 7. After Nebraska fell behind 19-2 in the game's first five minutes, Wisconsin completely controlled the pace for the remainder of the contest.

Following Nebraska’s third consecutive loss coming against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Tuesday, Fred Hoiberg shared some injury news regarding Cornhuskers guard Brice Williams. A three-point loss sent Nebraska to 12-5 on the season,

Nebraska was hoping to snap a four-game losing streak at home against the USC Trojans on Wednesday, but Fred Hoiberg and the Cornhuskers squandered their two-point halftime lead, eventually falling by five to drop their record to 12-7.

Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg had high praise for Wisconsin following the Badgers’ blowout win over the Cornhuskers on Sunday. Backed by 27 points from star wing John Tonje, the Badgers rolled to an 83-55 victory in front of a raucous home crowd.

In the days following Sunday’s blowout loss at Wisconsin, its six-straight dating back to early January, Fred Hoiberg has done some re-decorating inside of his team’s locker room.

The first question to Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg on Wednesday in Lincoln, Neb., was about Illinois. Specifically the challenges the Illini might present in Thursday's game at Pin

The Illinois basketball team is coming off a big win over Northwestern this past Sunday. It was nice to see the Illini give a little payback to the Wildcats aft

While Illinois appears to be on a collision course with a top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Cornhuskers have hit tough times. Sunday's 83-55 setback at then-No. 18 Wisconsin stretched their losing streak to six games and has them missing the conference tournament, which leaves out the bottom three teams in the 18-team league.

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ).