Date: Saturday, February 14th, 2026
Tipoff: 12:01 p.m. (central)
Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena (Lincoln, Neb.)
TV/Online:
Saturday’s game will be broadcast on BTN with Jeff Levering and Jordan Taylor on the call. It will also be available online on the FOX Sports and FOX Sports 1 apps.
Radio:
Saturday’s game will be carried on the Huskers Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Jeff Smith on the call, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KCRO (660 AM) and KIBM (1490 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. The pregame show begins an hour before tipoff and will also be available on Huskers.com and the Huskers app.
Preview: (Courtesy of Huskers.com)
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(AP/Coaches) Nebraska men’s basketball team returns to action Saturday afternoon, as the Huskers host Northwestern on Alumni Weekend. Tipoff from a sold-out Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for Noon (central) and the game will be carried on BTN, broadcast on the Huskers Radio Network, as well as on Huskers.com and on the official Huskers app. The game will also be available on the Fox Sports and Fox One apps.
The Huskers (21-3, 10-3 B1G) come off a tough 80-77 overtime loss to No. 13 Purdue on Tuesday evening. The Huskers rallied from a 22-point second-half deficit, including a 14-point deficit with 2:45 left in regulation, to force overtime and led 77-75 with 1:31 left in the extra session before Purdue scored the final five points to earn the victory. Rienk Mast led three Huskers in double figures with 18 points, six rebounds and seven assists, while Jamarques Lawrence and Pryce Sandfort added 16 and 15 points, respectively. Purdue took advantage of a 54-37 advantage on the glass and enjoyed a 17-6 margin in second-chance points to earn the win. Nebraska enters the weekend in a tie for third in the Big Ten race with the Boilermakers and Michigan State and 1/2 game behind second-place Illinois.
Saturday’s game with Northwestern is the program’s annual Alumni weekend, as more than 75 former players, coaches and staff and will return to campus for events. The event features a reunion of the 1996 NIT Champion Huskers as Coach Danny Nee and many members of that team will be honored Friday night at a private banquet and introduced on Saturday. In all, players from eight decades (1950-2020s) are scheduled to be back for the festivities.
Northwestern (10-15, 2-12 B1G) gave No. 2 Michigan all it wanted before the Wolverines rallied back from a 16-point second-half deficit to prevail 87-75 in Evanston. Jayden Reid led Northwestern with 20 points while Nick Martinelli added 18 points and had eight rebounds for the Wildcats. Martinelli leads the Big Ten in scoring (22.7 ppg) and is seventh in field goal percentage (.523).
Jarek’s Pre-Tipoff Thoughts:
As stated above, Northwestern gave Michigan all it could handle despite the Wolverines winning by 12. The Huskers will need to contain Nick Martinelli, who much like Fletcher Loyer of Purdue, seems to kill Nebraska. They did that pretty well in the game in Evanston, so hopefully they can do it again today in Lincoln. Despite losing 3 of their last 5, there is no need to panic about Nebraska.
This game won’t move the needle forward much if Nebraska wins but can definitely move it backwards if they lose. Nebraska’s 3 losses come against teams in the top 13 in the country, with 2 of them coming down to the last possession. Nebraska has shown it can hang with anyone in the country. I think the Huskers shouldn’t have many issues with this one this afternoon. Score Prediction: Nebraska 84 Northwestern 70
