A red-hot start for Michigan proved to be too much for Nebraska to overcome on the road as the Wolverines handed the Huskers a 93-72 loss Wednesday.
Jacob Padilla
Jacob is in his third year with Hail Varsity covering Husker athletics. He has also written extensively for SB Nation's Bright Side of the Sun and The Creightonian. His love of basketball can best be described as an obsession and if you need to find him, he's probably in a gym somewhere watching, coaching or playing hoops.
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Jacob Padilla hit on all three of his beats — men’s basketball, volleyball and football — in his latest Padding the Stats column.