Coach Fred Hoiberg saluted his players and also the fans who packed the arena Thursday during the Huskers' 29-point win over Troy. Nebraska now advances to the second round Saturday to face Vanderbilt for a chance to go to the Sweet Sixteen.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Keep shooting, for 85 years. That’s what Nebraska men’s basketball has done. Through the winning and the losing, the joy and the heartache, the Huskers kept shooting.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Keep shooting, for 85 years. That’s what Nebraska men’s basketball has done. Through the winning and the losing, the joy and the heartache, the Huskers kept shooting.
Adam Carriker’s mega gut reaction to Nebraska basketball’s first NCAA Tournament win ever. The Huskers set two school records while dominating Troy. Nebraska looks poised to make a real NCAA Tournament run.
The Nebraska women’s basketball team made it emphatically clear Wednesday night that it deserved a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Atlantic 10 champion Richmond and their All-America star Maggie Doogan hung tough for 20 minutes with the Huskers, trailing by a bucket in a 34-32 halftime score at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Pressure? What pressure? Nebraska came into Thursday’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Troy carrying the extraordinary weight of history. The Huskers had never won an NCAA game in eight tries.
For the first time in program history, the Nebraska Cornhuskers men’s basketball team has won an NCAA Tournament game. No. 4 seed Nebraska blew out No.
Kennadi Williams is making an impact for the Nebraska Cornhuskers on the softball field and the basketball court. The redshirt freshman found herself in a unique situation when she appeared in her first two games of the season for the Huskers against Michigan on Saturday, pinch running in both games and scoring a run in the series finale.
When Dylan Raiola left the field injured as Nebraska was looking to close out a signature win over USC, it marked a significant turning point in the 2025 season, head coach Matt Rhule’s tenure, and Husker Nation’s blind faith.
Nebraska men’s basketball had an open practice the day before the game against Troy in the first round of the NCAA championship on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Oklahoma City. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship media day on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Oklahoma City.
The Huskers are gearing up for their first-round game of the NCAA Tournament, and Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg met with the media Wednesday in Oklahoma City ahead of Thursday's contest.
The moment Nebraska has been working toward all season is finally here. The lights are brighter, the stakes are higher, and the margin for error is gone.
Expectations are fun until they’re not. Nebraska men’s basketball might feel the pressure of those expectations right now. Nebraska has spent most of the 2025-26 season basking in the warm light and glory of being the nation’s surprise college basketball team.
History hangs over every Nebraska NCAA Tournament appearance. It’s not a secret. It’s not whispered quietly inside the locker room or avoided by players in interviews.
Fortunately for the Nebraska women's basketball team, the NCAA Tournament bubble didn't burst. The prospects of NU taking part in March Madness appeared to be very bleak after its one-and-done Big Ten Tournament.
Nebraska walked off the court understandably frustrated after its Big Ten Tournament one-and-done performance and loss to eventual league champion Purdue on Friday, but the Huskers believed the game also revealed exactly what must improve as they enter the NCAA Tournament.
Nebraska may have started the season 20-0, but over its last 12 games, the Big Red is just a .500 team. That's right, since they suffered their first loss in Ann Arbor on Jan.
It’s official, Nebraska men’s basketball earned a No. 4 seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The Huskers will face the Sun Belt Champion, Troy, on Thursday at 11:40 a.m.
The No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers handled business on Saturday, taking two games from the Michigan Wolverines to finish off a series sweep to open Big Ten play.
It's not often the Iowa Hawkeyes and Nebraska Cornhuskers play nice with each other. That makes what happened Tuesday night that much more interesting.