It has been a statistic that has hung over the program for years now, a streak of futility unmatched among the NCAA power conferences.
One that finally came to an end at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers entered the 2026 men’s NCAA basketball tournament as the only team from a power conference without a tournament win. Eight trips to the dance, eight times leaving without tasting victory. But all that changed Thursday in Oklahoma City, as the 4th-seeded Cornhuskers knocked off 13-seed Troy by a final score of 76-47.
The statistic was not one that Nebraska, and head coach Fred Hoiberg, shied away from.
“So, you know, they’ve handled the
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