Nebraska reliever Jeff Chestnut (Shotgun Spratling)

Weekend Preview: April 2-5

This Week:

• Big Ten Focus: Premium pitching and defense lifts Nebraska to prominence (Aaron Fitt)
• Big Ten Focus: Surprising Iowa is a rising commodity (Kendall Rogers)
• Duke’s mission to end its regional drought takes a massive blow (Aaron Fitt)
• Five teams that need series wins (Kendall Rogers)
• National nuggets (Kendall Rogers)

The Re-established Big Name: Nebraska

By Aaron Fitt

Anyone who watched Darin Erstad during his playing career should not be surprised by his coaching philosophy. The consummate hard-nosed, blue-collar grinder, Erstad was famous for running into[…]