Both the Husker men and women’s basketball teams heard their names called on Selection Sunday. The men will face Troy as a #4 seed and the women play a First Four game vs the Richmond Spiders. It is fun having meaningful basketball for both teams in March as Husker fans!
What a weekend for the ball and bat sports at Nebraska. The softball team swept Michigan, which is typically a top program in the B1G. But, let’s talk about baseball for a minute. They hosted the Maine Black Bears…a two-win team.
Friday night was a come-from-behind walk-off win. They had to score three runs in the bottom of the ninth, without Dylan Carey and showing very little offensive life all game, in order to win. It seem like too tall a hill to climb.
But climb it they did.
Nebraska took care of business in the first game of the Saturday doubleheader but decided to “double” down on the drama in the second game. This time, they were down four runs heading to the bottom of the ninth.
They scored five and likely would have scored more if the game didn’t end because Nebraska took the lead back.
I don’t know whether to celebrate two massively clutch performances or to remind myself the Huskers never should have been in that position against Maine. What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Corn Flakes
Nebraska MBB gets a 4-seed, will play in Oklahoma City
The Nebraska men’s basketball team’s quest for its first-ever NCAA tournament win will start Thursday in Oklahoma City.
Husker MBB postgame reaction: Frustrating night fit for flushing fast
CHICAGO– Frustrating was one word that came up to describe Nebraska’s last 40 minutes of basketball. Flushing it was another.
Track & Field: Johannson goes golden at NCAA indoor championships
Nebraska track and field secured six USTFCCCA First-Team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday. The women’s team finished tied for 12th with 19 points and the men tied for 26th with 11.
Nebraska baseball sweeps Maine in comeback
Nebraska baseball (14-5) concluded its series with Maine (2-16) in a Saturday doubleheader. The Huskers swept the Black Bears, overcoming nail-biting moments to take the series.
Softball swept Michigan 5-2, 8-4, and 5-2 – check out Andy’s recaps for Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
The Nebraska volleyball roadshow heads to Chadron April 25
The Huskers are taking their annual in-state road show almost as far away from Lincoln as possible. NU will face Northern Colorado on April 25 at the Chicoine Center on Chadron State College.
Nebraska rifle takes 5th at NCAA championships
The No. 2 Nebraska rifle team wrapped up the 2026 NCAA Championships, placing fifth with a score of 4,736 after the final day of competition. NU tied for fourth with Kentucky, but the Wildcats had more inner tens.
Sports!
Kick chalk: It’s time to put the madness back in March
If being shocked by the outcome of an NCAA tournament game is what gets you out of bed in the morning, last March turned into a deep sleep.
MLB: Giants an out away from a perfect game, a strike away from a no-hitter in 7-1 win over Brewers
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The San Francisco Giants were an out away from a perfect game and a strike away from a no-hitter before they were broken up by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday in a spring training game.
Big Ten poised for another year of March sadness without a men’s title
The conference still doesn’t have a team that can win the men’s NCAA Tournament and give the Big Ten its first title since 2000. That much is obvious after Michigan…
La Tech is on C-USA and Sun Belt schedules amid standoff
Conference USA and the Sun Belt both included Louisiana Tech on their 2026 football schedules, announced this week, as the school and C-USA wrangle over the Bulldogs’ exit date.
Then There’s This
People are churning butter on runs. We’re sorry to be the ones to tell you this
So please, don’t blame us if we’re the first to tell you that runners have discovered they can churn butter by strapping bags of heavy cream and salt to their torsos and running around for an hour.
Knocker-uppers and candle clocks: How people woke up before alarm clocks
A worker arriving even five minutes late could hold up an entire assembly line, losing their employers’ profit. They needed a means to wake up on time, especially in the darker winter months, and while early alarm clocks existed at this time, they were far too expensive for a typical worker.
Traditional reindeer racing is delighting people in Finland
Around 1,000 people attended the competition, despite frigid subfreezing temperatures and the remote location near the Russian border, roughly 264 kilometers (164 miles) northeast of the city of Oulu.
