Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Sadler being praised by Big 12 peers
The coaching job being done by Nebraska’s Doc Sadler so far this season apparently hasn’t gone unnoticed by his peers in the Big 12 Conference.
Sadler, coaching a squad that was recently documented as the shortest team in the country, has the Cornhuskers 12-4 overall and 2-1 in conference play heading into Wednesday night’s 8:05 p.m. (ESPNU) game at No. 6-ranked Oklahoma (17-1, 3-0 Big 12). Nebraska is coming off a 73-51 home victory against Kansas State last Saturday, moving Sadler’s team into a four-way tie for third place.
While NU’s first three Big 12 opponents — Missouri, Iowa State and Kansas State — aren’t necessarily the strongest teams in the league, count Wildcats’ coach Frank Martin among those impressed by what Sadler is getting out of his under-sized crew.
“Doc Sadler has won championships in high school, junior college, won 27 games at UTEP — his teams are going to compete as hard as anybody’s in the country, consistently,” Martin said. “It’s what he does. They’ve got a lot to be proud of up there.”
Sadler, coaching a squad that was recently documented as the shortest team in the country, has the Cornhuskers 12-4 overall and 2-1 in conference play heading into Wednesday night’s 8:05 p.m. (ESPNU) game at No. 6-ranked Oklahoma (17-1, 3-0 Big 12). Nebraska is coming off a 73-51 home victory against Kansas State last Saturday, moving Sadler’s team into a four-way tie for third place.
While NU’s first three Big 12 opponents — Missouri, Iowa State and Kansas State — aren’t necessarily the strongest teams in the league, count Wildcats’ coach Frank Martin among those impressed by what Sadler is getting out of his under-sized crew.
“Doc Sadler has won championships in high school, junior college, won 27 games at UTEP — his teams are going to compete as hard as anybody’s in the country, consistently,” Martin said. “It’s what he does. They’ve got a lot to be proud of up there.”
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