Cook discusses potential Big Ten-only volleyball season, ‘maybe Creighton and

Nebraska volleyball may have to go without a nonconference season altogether. 

Husker coach John Cook, on a podcast released Thursday evening by the athletic department, said he thinks his program might be in for a conference-only slate. 

“Based on all the meetings we’ve had and everything, it’s probably leaning toward a Big Ten-only schedule,” Cook said. “No nonconference and maybe we’ll be allowed to play Creighton and UNO, which are close here. They don’t want anybody traveling and they don’t want what they call cross-pollination, meaning, if we go to California, to Texas, to Florida, we’re going to different schools with different protocols and everything. Whereas in the Big Ten, everybody’s going to be on the same page.

“Then also the cost-containment part of it, but that doesn’t apply to us because if we can have fans, we make money having matches at home. So that will hurt us not being able to have those nonconference matches.”