Was lucky enough to get to spend the day today with the Elkhorn North boys basketball team as they prepared for a state title game. Watched film. Went to walk through. Even rode the bus to, and from PBA with the Wolves. Will share the story in a couple of days. #nebpreps.

With both 6-seed UCLA and 7-seed Purdue advancing to the second Big Ten tournament semifinal, the trend of at least one team seeded 5 or lower playing in the Big Ten tournament final will continue. Five straight years. 5-seed Wisconsin is in the other semifinal as well.

Arizona downs Iowa State at the buzzer in Kansas City. What a basketball game. Holy moly.

Milan Momcilovic is a damn cheat code.

It’s going to be a loooooong five days until the NCAA tournament starts. Good gracious.

Jerry Garcia’s last run of shows with the Grateful Dead took place in Chicago, and funny enough so did Jared Garcia’s last run of meaningful first half minutes against a Big Ten opponent.

Former Pittsburgh Police Chief Larry Scirotto is really having himself a night on the whistle.

Grab yourself a pint of Cherry Garcia.

Great read on a great dude, and an even better family. Well worth your time today. Some quality pregame reading with a little over an hour til tipoff.

John Blackwell & Nick Boyd probably deserved more recognition in all-conference honors for their basketball talents. I’ll gladly submit them both to be first-teamers on the inaugural All-Big Ten Shit Talking team.

Long before overtime against Iowa, before he was part of Nebraska’s rotation, Cale Jacobsen was raised in the Ashland-Greenwood High School gym. It set the groundwork for who he would become. The Jacobsen origin story, one fleeting moment at a time: omaha.com/sports/huske...

Gym nights, driveway ball, a leap of faith: 9 moments that made Nebraska's Cale Jacobsen

Just as the prophecy foretold, it’ll be 2-seed Nebraska taking on 7-seed Purdue tomorrow in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. You know, just like everybody anticipated before the season began.

Gonna be a long night.

If nothing else, I hope people appreciate this lede from Wilson Moore even half as much as I did.

'Crazy athlete': Former Omaha Bryan star Amare Bynum impressing Ohio State teammates

Two-bid MAC-tion. Please and thank you.

This season’s NCAA tournament bubble.

Indiana basketball is now the proud owner of a seven-game losing streak against Northwestern, dating back to February of 2022. Nick Martinelli will finish his college career a perfect 5-0 against the Hoosiers.

Thoroughly enjoying the Jake West experience this afternoon.

Northwestern has won its last six basketball matchups against Indiana coming into today. A Wildcats win today would also give Nick Martinelli a 5-0 career record against IU.

Bam Adebayo 83-point game in which he attempted 43 free throws. FORTY-THREE FREE THROW ATTEMPTS?!

Pouring one out for the Big Ten pinwheel tonight.

Pryce Sandfort becomes the fourth Husker to earn first team All-Big Ten honors since Nebraska joined the league in 2011. Sandfort joins Brice Williams (2024-25), James Palmer Jr. (2017-18), and Terran Petteway (2013-14).

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Nebraska and Fred Hoiberg have agreed to a contract extension through the 2031-32 season, per release.

Sam Hoiberg got a big surprise on Senior Day that eventually led, Amie Just writes, to an overtime win where he could let out every last emotion.

Nebraska survived a collapse, took a breath - and took it to Iowa in overtime

After being picked 14th in the Big Ten before the season, 26 wins later, Nebraska will be the 2-seed in the Big Ten tournament next week in Chicago. Reminder to continue to enjoy every last second of the ride, and of course, remember to breathe.

Cale Jacobsen Legacy Game. A new career-high 15 ENORMOUS points off of the bench for the pride of Ashland-Greenwood.

Corner pocket Cale Jacobsen for the lead. Hello.

Cale Jacobsen. Winning plays.

On his senior day, Sam Hoiberg is now up to 5 steals for the game. One away from matching his single game high of 6 steals, which he notched against Oregon back in January.

Iowa has turned it over 10 times so far, and Nebraska has 0 points off of those 10 turnovers.

Grab yourself a pint of Cherry Garcia.

Just gonna say, I warned y’all.

Iowa exploiting the short roll right away.

Jeremy Fears did the thing, again.

Doug Sirmons and Keith Kimble on the whistles at PBA this afternoon. Be prepared. Folks will have some thoughts on officiating today.

How Sam Hoiberg, Nebraska basketball developed together over five years

Man, good for Nolan Smith. Taking Tennessee State to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994, and doing so in his first season as a head coach.

The state of the bubble this season is the perfect case study as to why there is absolutely no need to expand the NCAA tournament.

Little extra dose of madness in today’s Arch Madness slate.

Sunday is Sam Hoiberg’s senior day at Nebraska, so naturally I had to go to the way back machine, and find Fred Hoiberg’s senior day introduction at Iowa State. From March 1, 1995.

Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg is one of the 20 finalists for the 2025-26 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award. Hoiberg previously won the award following the 2023-24 season. #Huskers

The healthy version of this Minnesota team probably would have been a bubble team, and might even have been a tourney team.

Checking in on the second half of this Nebraska women’s basketball game.

To quote a coach I used to work for. “Bigs, you know what the best part of that game is? It’s over”

It took until the penultimate game of the regular season, but for the first time all season, Nebraska got punked tonight.

5-23 from 3 and 8-16 at the free throw line. Yuck.