Published Wednesday, March 14, 2012 AT 9:05 PM / Updated at 10:18 PM
Take a deep breath, Husker fans
Lee Barfknecht Omaha World-Herald

For all of you following the Nebraska basketball coaching search, take a break and slow down — especially on all this Rob Jeter speculation.

Internet space and the public airwaves were overflowing Tuesday with hyperventilating speculation that the Milwaukee coach — with the same winning percentage as Doc Sadler while coaching in a much worse league — is about to move into the Hendricks Training Complex.

Folks, Nebraka’s contact with Jeter was nothing more than that — a simple, baseline, elementary contact that happens in the early days of any search to gauge a POSSIBLE candidate’s interest. See that word POSSIBLE. Remember it.

How many of those contacts is Nebraska making to POSSIBLE candidates? I’m told it is into double digits or will be soon.

So tap the breaks, catch your breath and be careful whose “information” you swallow.

About Lee Barfknecht

Lee Barfknecht has won nine national writing awards from four separate organizations, and is a 12-time winner of the Nebraska sportswriter of the year award. He covers Big Ten football and basketball, Nebraska basketball and other college financial issues for The World-Herald. You can email Lee at lee.barfknecht@owh.com