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I know you're an eyes man but it's in the neighborhood as this is a massive ear infection. Can hear out of one side at the moment, just got back from my second trip to urgent care in as many days. Happy to report that I'm not showing up on the availability report and I will be in attendance today.

Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-13) at Iowa (15-15) Date: Sunday Mar. 9th, 2025 Time: 11:00 am CST Arena: PBA Broadcast: Fox (Kevin Kugler and Nick Bahe) Iowa Info Head Coach: Fran McCaffery (15th year) Location: Iowa City, IA Conference: B1G Nickname: Hawks Coach's Nickname: White Magic Mascot: Herky the Hawk Line: Nebraska by 6.5 Typical Rotation Depth: 9+ KenPom rank: 74 Nota bene: It's Senior day. Starting just after 11 Nebraska will honor Jeff Grace III, Braxton Meah, Rollie Worster, Andrew Morgan, Ahron Ulis, Juwan Gary and Brice Williams. It's possible that 7 number is a record. Both teams have won just 5 games each since they met on Jan 7th Iowa lost starting center Owen Freeman for the season on January 27th Player to watch: Payton Sandfort Sandfort is having an off-year by his standards from the 3pt line, shooting just 33% from 3 on the season. He's the guy who isn't Dix who is taking the shots though, with over 200 3pt attempts already. Remains a good rebounder as Iowa's stretch 4 Player to watch: Josh Dix Sandfort is having an off-year by his standards from the 3pt line, shooting just 33% from 3 on the season. He's the guy who isn't Dix who is taking the shots though, with over 200 3pt attempts already. Remains a good rebounder as Iowa's stretch 4 Iowa Roster Player # Class Pos Height Weight Summary Payton Sandfort 20 SR G 6-7 215 16.1 Pts 6.2 Reb 2.9 Ast Josh Dix 4 JR G 6-5 192 14.1 Pts 3.2 Reb 2.8 Ast Owen Freeman 32 SO F 6-10 230 16.7 Pts 6.7 Reb 1.3 Ast Brock Harding 2 SO G 6-0 162 8.7 Pts 2.3 Reb 5.5 Ast Pryce Sandfort 24 SO F 6-6 205 8.5 Pts 2.6 Reb 1.3 Ast Drew Thelwell 3 SR G 6-3 185 9.7 Pts 2.2 Reb 2.8 Ast Seydou Traore 7 SO G 6-7 215 6.3 Pts 3.0 Reb 1.3 Ast Ladji Dembele 13 SO F 6-8 250 4.3 Pts 3.3 Reb 0.5 Ast Even Brauns 0 SR C 6-9 250 2.9 Pts 1.0 Reb 0.4 Ast Cooper Koch 8 FR F 6-8 215 4.6 Pts 2.1 Reb 0.8 Ast Riley Mulvey 44 JR C 6-11 245 2.3 Pts 1.9 Reb 0.3 Ast Carter Kingsbury 14 JR G 6-4 225 1.3 Pts 0.8 Reb 0.4 Ast Chris Tadjo 34 FR F 6-8 240 1.7 Pts 1.2 Reb 0.0 Ast Jacob Koch 10 FR G 6-2 180 1.8 Pts 0.5 Reb 0.5 Ast Other players Pryce Sandfort is the other main 3 threat for the Hawkeyes. With Tony Perkins transferring, Brock Harding now man's the position and he's been a solid shooter and a ballhawk. Morehead St transfer combo guard Drew Thelwell slots in at the 1 and 2 for the Hawks and brings size and ball handing to the position. Yet another Hawkeye hitting over 40% from 3 and another ball-hawk. Manhattan transfer forward Seydou Traore has been battling an ankle injury last month but appears to be healthy now, adding some size and rebounding depth. Ladji Dembele bring some Tyler Cook type juice to the table in terms of size fouls too much to stay on the court. Speaking of old Hawkeyes, freshman 4 Cooper Koch has some Jarrod Uthoff vibes in terms of length and 3 level scoring. UNL Game Notes Roster/infirmary report Possible starters for Nebraska 3 Guard Brice Williams 6-7 214 lbs Senior 4 Forward Juwan Gary 6-6 226 lbs Senior 24 Guard Rollie Worster 6-5 210 lbs Senior 34 Center Braxton Meah 7-1 264 lbs Senior 9 Forward Berke Büyüktuncel 6-10 244 lbs Bench 0 Guard Connor Essegian 6-4 190 lbs Junior 1 Guard Sam Hoiberg 6-0 185 lbs Junior 2 Guard Ahron Ulis 6-3 190 lbs Senior 23 Forward Andrew Morgan 6-10 242 lbs Senior 31 Guard Cale Jacobsen 6-4 195 lbs Sophomore 12 Guard Gavin Griffiths 6-7 193 lbs Sophomore 5 Forward Braden Frager 6-7 220 lbs Freshman 8 Guard Jeffrey Grace III 6-3 200 lbs Junior 20 Forward Justin Bolis 6-8 225 lbs Sophomore 25 Guard Nick Janowski 6-4 208 lbs Freshman 35 Forward Henry Burt 6-7 222 lbs Sophomore Out for year 51 Forward Rienk Mast 6-10 260 lbs Senior Hoiberg Presser (Twitter Link) https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRKZYogwjrxB The Skinny: Sorry this will be very brief as I was too under the weather to finish the writeup yesterday and am under the gun with the early start time. Iowa has a top end offense and bottom of the conference defense. If Nebraska can't contain Iowa's shooters, they'll need the offense to fire on all cylinders. Given Nebraska's post season hopes and the fact that the loser doesn't make the B1G Tourney, it's a game with tremendous stakes. Prediction: Nebraska 85 - Iowa 77 View full article

Nebraska 85 - Iowa 77

Former player who has been an an assistant for the Warriors and Kings

Depends on how you define success because he's going to the NCAA tourney this year

Currently has 1068 total points as a Husker. Needs 7 to pass Keisei. 15 to pass Cary, 49 to pass Tai.

Wanted to note that Brice scored 20 of his 43 points during the 10 minutes of OT (9 in the first OT, 11 in the 2nd) Box Score

I barely saw the shot that gave Brice the record because of how the game ended but was tracking became I knew Pike's 42 number so well. It was a bittersweet accomplishment for sure. Iowa has the worst defense in the conference. Not likely but not impossible he could break it again.

Michigan St on a 24-6 run after this exchange of words

Leaking visits to Washut szn

Shooting 18.6% from 3 this season. Wonder if it's any better had he played for us

The thing about bracketologists predicting us as the first 4 out is that they're also predicting we will be Iowa....which is why you have to win games in the BTT.

In a vacuum, I get that missing the call on the out of bounds with 3 seconds left where we're down three or missing a FT in regulation are reasons we didn't deserve to win. I get that we've blown a bunch of games this season to put us in this position. I'm still mad about having to eat the bowl of dogshit with the catturd on top on a game that was so poorly officiated that anyone who watched it and wasn't a Nebraska fan could see it.

Coach's choice

BigOTit does it again

Considering the reports we'd hear about Ulis from last year he must have a really good personality

Living in the space where we got robbed of this game but it was all the other games we pissed away that are going to keep us out of the tourney

Given most of the 7 win teams in conference own the tiebreakers on us, we won't even be in the B1G tournament unless we beat Iowa.

He moved an egregious amount. This isn't 'Nam, this is basketball. There are rules.

Box Score

*-Williams now has 613 points this season, which ranks fifth on NU’s single-season list *- Williams set career bests in points (43), field goals (16) and 3-pointers (five). *-Williams’ 16 field goals tied a school record for field goals in a game, held by Melvin Stewart (12/14/1970 vs. Nevada) and Teddy Allen (2/23/2021 vs. Penn State). *-Tonight was Nebraska’s first multi-overtime game since the 2021-22 season (4 OT at NC State). Nebraska is now 1-2 in overtime games this season. *-The 230 combined points tied NU’s record for most points in a game, set two previous times against Oklahoma (OU 133, NEB 97 on Feb. 21, 1987; NEB 117, OU 113 on March 8, 1991. *-Nebraska’s 114 points ties for fifth in school history and is the most since scoring 114 against Oregon in 1995, while OSU’s 116 points is fifth most by a Husker opponent *-Juwan Gary finished with 24 points, his seventh 20-point game of the season *-Brice Williams (43) and Juwan Gary (24) combined for 67 points, the most by a pair of players in one game. The previous mark was 65 by Eric Piatkowski (42) and Bruce Chubick (23) vs. Oklahoma on March 11, 1994. *-Nebraska had two players with 20+ points for the second straight game and seventh time this season *-Connor Essegian (16) and Andrew Morgan (14) both gave NU double-figure efforts off the bench. Nebraska now has 28 double-figure efforts from its bench this season. *-Connor Essegian hit three 3-pointers and now has 70 3-pointers on the season. That ties for ninth on NU’s single-season list. *-Nine of Nebraska 13 losses were one-possession games in the final minute or regulation, including two overtime games.