Fred Hoiberg says Nebraska is still looking at potential additions to roster

Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg has one scholarship spot left open on his roster for the 2023-24 season. How he fills that spot, if at all, is still currently being figured out.

One thing the program hasn’t stopped doing, Hoiberg said, is looking for a player to take in from the transfer portal or overseas but there is no guarantee that happens.

“We’re still looking,” Hoiberg said during a Monday media availability. “I don’t know if anything will happen. Obviously, there were some things at the end of last year, some things popped, and it’s nice to have that open in case somebody does hit the transfer portal late or we’re continuing to track international players as well. But it’s got to be the right guy, so we’ll be patient with it.”

Right now, the team is focused on their overseas trip to Spain that starts at the end of the week.

The team will play three games against local Spanish outfits in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. But the Cornhuskers will be down four players for the trip in Josiah Allick, Juwan Gary, Blaise Keita and Sam Hoiberg.

“We’re going over there very short handed,” Hoiberg said. “These trips to me, it’s all about bonding. It’s all about chemistry, opportunity to go over to a beautiful country and really learn a lot about their culture. And we’ve got a lot of sightseeing things that we will do over there. [I’m] just looking forward to getting our guys over there on a trip so they can really spend a lot of quality time together.”

Allick was one of the team’s major offseason additions, coming in via the transfer portal from New Mexico.

He is coming off an ankle injury that has sidelined him for the trip but he expects to be ready to go when the season comes around.

“It’s been going well,” Allick said ahead of the trip to the media. “Obviously this is my second go-around. I got my other ankle done last year. Definitely in a good place right now especially just on like the trajectory I’m on. I haven’t had any hiccups. Just been able to kind of continue to progress. They’ve been doing a great job just monitoring me. Obviously I’ve gotten very frustrated with some of the pace we’ve been moving at. But I just gotta keep that trust in the medical staff and what they have planned for me”