1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - Nebraska Baseball Assistant Coach Lance Harvell : November 14th, 11:00am

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

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Now, here are your hosts, Nick Sainert and Austin Ormond. Welcome in one-on-one. Time gave you the baseball corner interest. It's been too long since I've heard John Fogarty-Sing, Centerfield. So here we go. It is one-on-one with D.P. Austin, Norman here, joined more importantly by assistant coach for Husker at baseball, Lance Harville. You won't be a part of the show. You sure can.

402-464-5-6-8-5 as always. Coach Arvel, good morning. Good morning. Yeah, if you want to be part of the show, just come on down. We've got three empty seats here. Just doors open. Sure is. Grab some coffee.

Come sit down. Come chop it up. Jokes on them. They've got to crack the code, though. they guess the five digit code just kidding we'll probably let you nine three seven is probably three of the five don't get away the stage secrets here coach come on now come on now how are you doing doing great been a been a busy week um signing day was uh was Wednesday so put the put the class uh at least the early signing period the the first first part of the signing class for the year

put that to bed this week and so uh yeah it's it's been a busy week but walk big day on the coordinator calendar right walk people through the class maybe if they didn't pay attention uh how many kids did you sign and what do you like about the class so far yeah so um 17 kids um you know kind of a little a little heavier with the with the high school kids but um 10 10 high school seven junior college and uh yeah a pretty pretty talented group of guys um that that that we got coming in address some some needs that we had looking moving forward just on the mound i really I mean, kind of top to bottom, there wasn't any specific area, you know, holes to fill anything like that. But it kind of, you know, across the board from left-hand and pitching, right-handed pitching position players all over the field.

We kind of addressed it all and feel great about it. You mentioned the 10 high school kids a little heavy on the high school aspect. Was that an intentional choice this year? Yeah, and heavy in the sense of not heavier than normal, but, Just kind of with everything moving forward, just our basic strategy, and it's not black and white. Obviously, we operate a lot of gray area, but I think probably moving forward, let's just say that the breakdown of the class, if we signed 20 guys, I think we've kind of looked at eight high school, eight junior college and four guys out of the transfer portal. And that's, you know, give or take, you know, plus or minus one or two guys maybe here and there because because you just, you never quite know if you try to stick to, you know, number. like that you get yourself in trouble and so um heavier on the high school in terms of you know more

than more than eight guys but um uh yeah feel feel great about about the high school class that's coming in and and the junior college class really this fall um you know we got off to a good start early in the fall uh and and got on some guys before a lot of people did um and and and and then really to kind of finish out the fall. Got two big, big commitments from some, from some kids down in, down in Texas and, uh, and, and an arm down in in the deep south down and pulled a kid out of Mississippi that, uh, a lot of people were, uh, down there. We're not happy that we got. Uh, but, uh, yeah, so, so ended up finishing really, really strong and kind of put an exclamation point on it. In your experience, how important is being the first or one of the first offers in

relationships with the student athlete in terms of getting them to campus. Yeah, it's big because we can kind of set the tone for their recruitment and give them, especially if we get them on campus, what we have here and what we can offer the facilities that we have, it blows them away. And every kid, especially maybe a kid that doesn't necessarily have a tie to Nebraska or maybe hasn't been here before, you know, that's one thing for an in-state kid that maybe goes out and plays and then comes back. it's cool you know you see them get to see they've been a fan of the program maybe or just

husker fans their whole life but but they get to kind of see that all access you know facilities and that's always cool for them but an out-of-state kid that maybe doesn't have a tie here that's seeing it all for the first time um it it blows them away and so being able to kind of set the tone and be the be the first ones on them where everything and that they're going to see and hear after that they're comparing to us we have a really really good track record of getting those guys because I just nothing nothing can compare to it you know and so we're pretty fortunate in that regard and so the fall is always a really really busy time because you got you got your own team you're going through fall ball and then and the fact that just where we're at in the

country we have to start September 1st you know a lot of teams down south they don't even start till like mid-October maybe and they can run through November with their fall ball, which means they can spend the first month and a half out recruiting the junior colleges and that we've got to kind of split our time a little bit with our own team and then trying to get out, you know, to see those guys. But, you know, the hard work aspect element of it, the hustle part of it is, is what we love. That's what I love about the whole recruiting process and outworking people to go see guys and fine guys and yeah so so getting in getting in there early with the guys and getting them up

here to a football game letting them experience lincoln um and their you know their parents they fall in love with the place and everywhere they go after that just kind of doesn't doesn't really stack up so it's it's big for us first of all the weather outside makes me want to lace them up again i mean what a perfect day to play some fall baseball it would be can your guys get outside and do anything yeah so uh we've you know we're in skill instruction mode right now, which are hours have been, have been cut down with the guys. And we can focus a little more on individual work in smaller groups or a little more one-on-one time.

But we still, a couple times a week, we've been super fortunate with the weather to be able to get outside and do some team defense type stuff. There's still some guys getting live at bats and facing hitters live. And we can kind of do a little quasi-scrimmage. and so still getting a lot of good reps in there and getting together as a team is always good this time of year too because it's it'd be kind of a weird dynamic

because you're together all the time for a month and a half, you know, and then all of a sudden ball ball's over and it's like hitters are over here and the pitchers are over here and maybe they only see each other, you know, it's study hauler in the training or the training table for a meal or something like that.

So anytime you can get them together is always is always good just keep the keep the team you know the chemistry and all that stuff kind of kind of rolling um but uh yeah having having like the sandhills facility out there that we can go use is huge that's going to be my next question how much are you out at sandhills versus the hay market versus maybe even like a dent hard talk something yeah so hard talk was always where we would go before sandhills was around now it's we just go right down the road i mean what is a quarter mile from the field and the fact that make them run over there yeah just take a your gear jog there's your there's your warm up and uh but they're so they're they're getting the field

right now um ready for winter so we're not we're not out on haymarket uh right now and so going over a couple times a week you know just hopping over to sandhills is such a huge advantage for us and especially getting this kind of weather this time of year um is is big you know uh for Again, just you've got guys from a development standpoint, you don't have to just go inside and throw bullpins or hit in the cage. You can still go get live at bats and get live looks. The outfielders can get live reeds off a bat, the infielders, you know, and so it can't be overstated how important just having that facility in such close proximity is for us. Bill and Bennett and our start of human jeweler's tech sign. It seems kind of weird to be talking about Husker baseball in November, but don't worry.

Love it. Go Big Red. You mentioned fall ball. So it's done for you guys. How do you feel about the fall? Great. I kind of get told people from a very, very, first off, shout out Bill and Bennett. It's the participation award here with the, with the text message and the interaction with the, with the shows here.

I know he texted. I was listening in earlier and he texts in. but the fall ball I just I told people this it always kind of gives you gives you a window you never maybe put all your stock into the results and how guys do in fall ball but but more from a team standpoint like what what do we have and I told people this from a very very early like early on in the fall even even late summer we had over 20 guys here um going through summer workouts and doing stuff on their own, completely voluntary, hitting on their own, throwing on their own, just taking the initiative. And the chemistry that this team has shown going back to late August and early set before we even got our hands on or met as a team,

the week before school started, we had our entire team here getting after it working out. Again, all player led type stuff. And it was very evident, you know, being, being around this group, there was something different about it. And it just kind of gives me the same type vibes of like the 2024 team that we had, it's the chemistry and there's the tight-knit group that we had then. And that 2021 team and just how close those guys were. And that stuff is big.

It's not just the fact that they get along with each other and their buddies and their boys, but they you have that that brotherhood and that closeness to where they're not afraid of confrontation. They're not afraid to hold each other accountable to the standards of the program. And so when you get, I mean, I remember one of the last workouts that they had before we, before we got going when they were just kind of doing it on their own. They kind of had to do so. They got challenged to do something. they go through this it's not it's not an ad but just kind of this butt kicker type iso

series that they do to kind of kind of finishing touches of the workout it's and it's really tough and they had to do something they got the option it's like all right if you if you do this you can you can get out of it for the for the day it was like a Friday workout or something and and they did it they got after they checked the box and it was like congratulations okay like great job you don't have to do it and they said no we're going to do it we're going to do it Anyway, we're here, we're going to, we're going to do it. And it's going to make just, just because it's going to make us better and because it's hard. Like, we're just going to do it because it's tough.

And we're all here together. And, and they knocked it out. And, but there was, there, there were still kind of some, there was a point in there. It's some kind of a deal. It's like, you're holding a weight, but you're, you're holding it in like an isometric hold, right? Okay. You're dying the whole time. Yeah.

And it's like if, if you're knee, if you get too high in a, you know, in a stance or if your knee touches, something like that, even just something the details of if you turn the wrong way when you're transitioning from one thing to the next, it's start completely over. And they had to start over, I think, one time for doing it. And, uh, hey, Ontario, come on down to BetMGM Casino and check out our newest exclusive. The Price is Right Fortune Pick. Don't miss out. Play exciting casino games based on the iconic game show, only at BetMGM. Access to the Price's Right Fortune Pick is only available at BetMGM Casino. BetMGM and Game Sense remind you to play responsibly.

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the coaching staff, like back and forth like, yeah, all right, we've got something here, you know. And so I've told people going back to the beginning of the fall, they like each other and they like to work. And if you've got those two things, you got a really good shot. And that, that continued on throughout the entire fall and had guys, you know, kind of step up into some more, more of a leadership type role in leadership positions. We heard some voices that some guys that we need to kind of hear. And it's, it was a, it was an extremely good fall from the standpoint of that, like a culture type deal.

And on the baseball side of it, had some really good, really good production from a lot of guys. outscore your two opponents 25 to 12 that goes away we like positive run differentials and red white was pretty well contested as well the red white series was great because my team won the important things and uh and so uh yeah that was that's always a fun thing you know at the at the end of the fall there um but yeah i'll see you score more baseball points than the other team and you got a pretty good chance um so yeah that's good and i think uh i think people are really really gonna gonna like the product that we that we put out on the field and people should get really excited.

So yes, Bill, it's weird talking about Hustor Baseball in November, but it's time to get excited about this team. It absolutely is. I mean, just looking at the box score, a lot of new names, a lot of familiar names contributing all fall. Let's get into those box score numbers first, maybe for the returners. Who took that step forward this fall again?

We know it's got to carry over the season, but from their work over the summer, whether they were playing in a league or doing their own work, Who were some of the guys, whether he's in the field or in the batters box or on the mound that you and the coaching staff saw really take a jump this fall? Yeah, Will Jeske had a great fall, and he's just the trajectory he's been on in his career, just kind of a self-made guy that maybe was a little bit overlooked, under-recruited, or just maybe he wasn't quite the finished product, you know, local kid from here in Lincoln, you know, and coming out of high school, you know, but. but he did some things that we liked and he's he's really worked hard and turned himself into a really really good player and maybe the most unselfish guy you know on our team and he's a glue guy he's i mean personality to burn y'all might be fans you'll might be hearing him

on the on on the on the on the on the on the mic here uh at some point um but uh he's he's kind of just stepped into that role and and um you know really turned himself into a really really good player um we we keep a a chart uh on the fall it's it's not just stats but we kind of keep it we've got some some different things that we look at essentially are you a winning player or not and and we take into account positive and negatives and um he had the best fall and in terms of how we grade that out the winners win sort of stuff yeah he he had the best fall uh out of out of anybody and right behind him was case anderson and and he has really taken a jump uh as good as he is, um, offensively, um, the power production, he's, he has killed it in the

weight room and, and, um, he's, he's kind of made that jump, which is something that, you know, professional scouts kind of wanted to see. I don't know that I would call it a knock on him because power is always a little bit late developing for, for a hitter, um, but that was, they grow into their body or learn their mechanic. Why is that a late developing thing? The way we always kind of put it, you just, uh, you got to kind of get your man muscles, you know, and, and you'll have guys in college obviously they're extremely strong and physical uh but there's just sometimes there's something that happens around 22 23 24 25 and and it just kind of pops for guys um the case is getting there he's he is getting there and in the power production the power numbers that

we saw what he's doing not only just in games but in practice and and some of those metrics that we've seen um he's kind of he's kind of made that jump um so those are i would say the the two i mean getting a guy obviously getting older older guys like overbeak and and dylan carry back uh is is big um you've got booting back who's who's back who showed really really good flashes of it um last year of the kind of the kind of player the kind of hitter um that he can be and i think just uh him showing that a little more consistently he's going to be a threat in the lineup um and then on the mound i mean tyner horn everybody kind of knows uh you know he was back uh doing his thing um carson yasa who uh he's he does some things on the mound that you know you've got to you've got

to tune into a big league game to see you can't teach six seven in that fastball no and and he's developed uh you know another pitch he's coach children's got him throwing a cut fastball now that he throws like 92 miles an hour i mean just it's like you've got you got 97 you know sitting in your back pocket whenever you want you're like i'm just going to let me let me play with my food a little bit here. And I'm going to, I'll just throw this 92-mile-hour cutter. I'll pitch off that as opposed to my 97-mile fastball. But what a luxury.

He probably took the biggest jump for me on the mound of guys from the returners on the mound. That's pretty exciting what he's doing right now. And I think he's set himself up to have a really, really big year. A guy like Tyhoran kind of got thrust into the Friday roll after Mason went down with the injury last year. What did you like about how he responded to that challenge stepping into that role? And has that confidence carried over into the fall of, hey, I'm the dude in this rotation. Yeah. And his confidence obviously comes from just his work ethic. But I think the mentality on the mound, like he always, he was always a competitor. But he was one of those guys that sometimes

that could kind of work against him because he could kind of be his own worst enemy. You know, and he would if the other team maybe started chirping at him a little bit, I mean, that would fuel him. but sometimes too much, you know, and he would kind of get himself in a little bit of trouble there because he would get out outside of himself, you know, and in his maturity and of just under the umbrella of his competitiveness has kind of made him even better. What he's starting to learn, you know, is just, all right, how can I sort of stay within myself here? And I'm still pitching my game. They're chirping because I'm, you know, because because I'm tough to deal with. and just kind of trusting that a little bit

and just keeping it staying at his competitive best. That's it's his best tool that now he's able to kind of let it work more in his favor. You mentioned two fall ball, kind of a window into the team. Identity's not fully set. You don't know who's going to be playing what roles. Then you mentioned even the power for Case Sanderson

and the cutter for Carson Yasser, how much of the fall is process versus results? This is the time to the tinker to get the feel, get the grip. you make sure I'm in the right spot athletically versus hey it is nice to win and you know come out your team red white with the win and beat wichita and Omaha and to see those actually no batting average slugging on base numbers no ERA numbers actually reflect what the process has been over the summer and through the fall yeah it is and you said the word there the key or their process that that's

what the fall is all about like I would feel the same way about our fall as a whole right now if we had lost those games like those are good to get the young guys in there and and let them experience, you know, hey, this is what a road trip is like. This is, you know, when we stay overnight at a hotel and then we got to get up and get ready to go play. This is what we do. This is the pregame routine. You know, you get all that stuff kind of under their belt. But it's much more about the process, teaching guys, how we go about our business, what we do from a culture standpoint, what that looks like day in and day out, how we practice. And you're installing, you know, so offensively and defensively and stuff

on the mound but but it is a time you know for us to to also i mean you tinker a little bit but for the most part during fall ball you kind of sit back and watch and and it's it's more about all right there's a certain standard that we hold ourselves to what this program is about those are the things we're going to teach more in the fall now when we get to late october november where we're at now now we can start tinkling a little bit more with the guys and and you know maybe making adjustments mechanically and things like that actual fall ball is is much more about the team and the mindset and the culture and the standard and this is who we are this is how we go about our business day in and day out and and holding the guys to that a lot of that comes from

you as coach set the tone you mentioned a guy like josh overbeak you also can you give a shout out some of those other guys that maybe stepped up alongside josh that you said you heard their voices more in important roles this fall yeah um dillon carry was was another one and that's you know just by nature of his position like you're the starting shortstop you're a you're a fourth year guy now and you've been you've started here your entire career um you know that that was a big thing for him um was just we need to we need to hear your voice um and so that that wasn't that's one that really really stood out um to me um and we had some new guys too that um and and some freshmen for that matter i mean And that, again, that's kind of the whole thing that we teach it.

It's like everybody's invested in this thing. You don't, you don't have to be a junior or a senior or a fifth year guy to have a voice on this team. Everybody's putting in the work and everybody's, everybody's invested. You all have a voice and you all know what the standard is. It's on everybody to kind of uphold that. And like you're a husband or baseball player too. Sure, you have a class. You're fall in line, but also you're here for a reason.

No doubt. Yeah. And so we had some, we had some new guys to the program, you know, Cooper Katzky, Kevin Mantle, like those, those guys are, are driving the train. Jet Buck, who's a fantastic baseball name, by the way. Great. Yeah, we talked about that last week. That's a great name for anything. I'm trying to like, here's a challenge.

Let's text in what that would not be a good name for. It's a good cowboy name, you know, I mean, it's like race car drive, like you name it. I'm Jet Buck, you know, fill in the blank. lake and it just works um jeter worthly you know is a guy he's a freshman catcher and and just he didn't come in like a freshman by my any means um and so that guys kind of see that and they start to feed off that and they realize they they have a voice here and their their voice matters it's it's valued and it matters and and that goes a long way too just with the the chemistry of the team and everybody um feeling like they are the standard bearer of the program.

And that makes our job easier, too, as coaches to where we set it, the players uphold it and carry that cross every day. And that allows us to now focus on some other things. You know, in the team, the culture can be player led and we can focus on, all right, how do we win baseball games? Always important, more baseball points than the other team. It's very important. I've been told that I would say it's

crucial some would say you heard it here first folks that's nebraska assistant lance harvell i'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's crucial to score more than you get the team said it for years baseball one-on-one i will die on that i will die on that hill did you learn that before you got to college assistant coaching um you know no i picked that up as a player i got yeah i picked up on that pretty early that's always the best of the best folks this is one-on-one with d p nebraska assistant coach lance harvall and we'll be back with more of your comments and questions on our sarder Heyman Jewelers. Text line, got a number of things that you guys want to know from coach. We'll hit that when we get back.