Second game in a row where you can say Nebraska was embarrassed. Huskers fall to 2-3 in conference play. All four losses this season have come outside the friendly confines of Pinnacle Bank Arena.

January 16
#9 Ohio State 80, Wisconsin 69
Nebraska 87, Iowa 84 (OT)
Illinois 68, Indiana 54

Standings
1. Ohio State (17-0, 6-0)
1. UCLA (17-0, 6-0)
1. USC (16-1, 6-0)
4. Maryland (16-1, 6-1)
5. Nebraska (14-4, 5-2)
6. Indiana (12-5, 4-2)
6. Michigan State (14-3, 4-2)
6. Minnesota (16-2, 4-2)
9. Oregon (13-5, 4-3)
10. Illinois (13-4, 3-3)
10. Michigan (12-5, 3-3)
10. Washington (12-6, 3-3)
13. Iowa (12-6, 2-5)
14. Wisconsin (10-8, 1-6)
15. Northwestern (7-9, 0-5)
16. Purdue (7-10, 0-6)
17. Penn State (9-9, 0-7)
17. Rutgers (8-10, 0-7)

Games for Saturday, January 18
Rutgers at Michigan (11:00 AM - BTN)
Purdue at Washington (4:00 PM - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Monday, January 20
Wisconsin at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN)

January 15
#1 UCLA 83, Penn State 67
#22 Michigan State 70, Rutgers 60
Michigan 82, Washington 69
Oregon 69, Purdue 53

Postponed
Northwestern at #4 USC

Standings
1. UCLA (17-0, 6-0)
1. USC (16-1, 6-0)
3. Ohio State (16-0, 5-0)
4. Maryland (16-1, 6-1)
5. Indiana (12-4, 4-1)
6. Nebraska (13-4, 4-2)
6. Michigan State (14-3, 4-2)
6. Minnesota (16-2, 4-2)
9. Oregon (13-5, 4-3)
10. Michigan (12-5, 3-3)
10. Washington (12-6, 3-3)
12. Illinois (12-4, 2-3)
13. Iowa (12-5, 2-4)
14. Wisconsin (10-7, 1-5)
15. Northwestern (7-9, 0-5)
16. Purdue (7-10, 0-6)
17. Penn State (9-9, 0-7)
17. Rutgers (8-10, 0-7)

Games for Thursday, January 16
Nebraska at Iowa (6:00 PM - BTN)
Illinois at Indiana (6:00 PM - Peacock)
#9 Ohio State at Wisconsin (8:00 PM - Peacock)

Prince Captures National Honor
Huskers.com

Lincoln - Nebraska women's basketball point guard Britt Prince was named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Team of the Week when the organization announced its award winners on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

The 5-11 point guard from Omaha was named the USBWA's Freshman of the Week for the first time following her 22-point performance in Nebraska's 87-84 overtime win at Iowa (Jan. 16). The two-time Nebraska High School Player of the Year at Elkhorn North connected on a career-high five three-pointers, including a clutch step-back three to tie the game at 75 in the closing minute to help the Huskers erase an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit against the Hawkeyes.

She added two free throws with 2.8 seconds left in front of 15,000 hostile Hawkeye fans to send the game to overtime. Prince added seven rebounds and a career-high six steals against the Hawkeyes in a tremendous all-around performance.

Prince, who was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday, followed with an impressive 14-point, seven-rebound effort in Nebraska's 31-point win over visiting Wisconsin at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Monday night.

During Nebraska's current five-game Big Ten winning streak, Prince is averaging 16.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.0 steals to help Nebraska move to 15-4 overall and 6-2 in the Big Ten. The only conference losses for the Huskers have come at No. 1 UCLA and No. 4 USC in back-to-back games over the holiday break.

Prince, who has scored in double figures 14 times in her 18 starts including four 20-point performances, is averaging 13.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and a team-leading 1.9 steals for the Huskers.

Prince earned Nebraska's first USBWA Freshman-of-the-Week award since current senior Alexis Markowski captured the honor on Jan. 11, 2022. In between, Markowski (2022) and Natalie Potts (2024) were named Big Ten Freshmen of the Year for the Huskers.

Nebraska puts a Big Ten-best 15-game home winning streak on the line Sunday when the Huskers play host to No. 12 Ohio State in Pack PBA. Tip-off with the Buckeyes is set for 2 p.m. (CT), with tickets available now at Huskers.com.

USBWA Team of the Week (Jan. 21)
Britt Prince, Nebraska - Freshman of the Week
Mikaylah Williams, LSU - Player of the Week
South Carolina - Team of the Week
Paige Bueckers, UConn
Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga
Aziaha James, NC State
Rachel Ullstrom, Richmond
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt

January 19
#4 USC 73, Indiana 66
Penn State 62, #9 Ohio State 59
#22 Michigan State 86, Illinois 68
#24 Minnesota 87, Northwestern 82
Oregon 50, Iowa 49

Standings
1. USC (17-1, 7-0)
2. UCLA (17-0, 6-0)
3. Maryland (16-1, 6-1)
3. Ohio State (17-1, 6-1)
5. Nebraska (14-4, 5-2)
5. Michigan State (15-3, 5-2)
5. Minnesota (17-2, 5-2)
8. Oregon (14-5, 5-3)
9. Indiana (12-6, 4-3)
9. Michigan (13-5, 4-3)
9. Washington (13-6, 4-3)
12. Illinois (13-5, 3-4)
13. Iowa (12-7, 2-6)
14. Wisconsin (10-8, 1-6)
15. Penn State (10-9, 1-7)
16. Northwestern (7-10, 0-6)
17. Purdue (7-11, 0-7)
18. Rutgers (8-11, 0-8)

Games for Monday, January 20
#1 UCLA vs. Baylor (at Newark, NJ) (2:00 PM - FOX)
#8 Maryland vs. #7 Texas (at Newark, NJ) (4:30 PM - FOX)
Wisconsin at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN)

Pretty creepy/entertaining/topical…about an a scenario where unchecked AI takes over. Entertaining watch IMO.

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January 14
#19 Illinois 94, Indiana 69
#24 Wisconsin 70, Ohio State 68
USC 99, Iowa 89

Standings
1. Michigan (13-3, 5-0)
1. Michigan State (14-2, 5-0)
3. Purdue (13-4, 5-1)
4. Illinois (13-4, 5-2)
5. Oregon (15-2, 4-2)
5. Wisconsin (14-3, 4-2)
7. Indiana (13-5, 4-3)
8. Iowa (12-5, 3-3)
8. Maryland (13-4, 3-3)
8. USC (11-6, 3-3)
11. Nebraska (12-4, 2-3)
12. Ohio State (10-7, 2-4)
12. Penn State (12-5, 2-4)
12. Rutgers (9-8, 2-4)
12. UCLA (11-6, 2-4)
16. Northwestern (10-6, 1-4)
17. Washington (10-7, 1-5)
18. Minnesota (8-9, 0-6)

Games for Wednesday, January 15
Penn State at #12 Michigan State (6:30 PM - BTN)
#17 Purdue at Washington (8:30 PM - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Thursday, January 16
Rutgers at Nebraska (8:00 PM - FS1)

It seems to me that there's four types of players who enter the portal (NIL money has a lot to do with this):

1. Players from P4 or other higher end schools who leave their schools relatively early (within the first 2 years). These are players who are most likely just players who weren't as good as their high school ranking indicated and less likely players who are good but just don't get a chance because of a crowded position room. To me, these are the most risky transfers because there's likely not a lot of film on them having meaningful playing time. It's more of a bet on their potential out of high school, albeit not a good start.

2. Players who play at lower end FBS or all FCS schools who have played a lot and proven their ability to be productive players despite them not being ranked very high out of high school. Players from the Dakota and Montana teams are perfect examples.

3. Players who are good P4 players and just need a change of scenery or seek more NIL money.

4. Grad transfers who are good P4 players and want to go to another school to enhance their NFL chances or get an advanced degree from somewhere else.

Players from categories 1 and 2 are the majority of the players with the first category being far more risky than the second. Categories 3 and 4 seem to be cases where a team needs a particular player for 1 year (i.e. Will Howard, Russell Wilson, etc.).

IMO, Nebraska's portal strategy should look to all categories based on need, but focus the most on Category 2 with strategic picks from the other categories. It seems that a really good and proven P4 player wanting to transfer is rare, where it would seem that almost all of the NFL level players playing for the the lower end of FBS or from the FCS would desire transfer to a P4 program where they can make better money and get more exposure for the NFL.

Nebraska dropped a fourth-straight game on Sunday with a 69-66 loss at Maryland. USC comes to town on Wednesday night.

I see where NU has 19 on the roster...

When Revenue Sharing begins next year, why is it being said that NIL will go away?

NIL came about because of a court case. Why wouldn’t the players have access to both!

Why wouldn’t schools be using both?

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UNLV insider Joe Arrigo is currently live on a Twitter space. He says Sluka went into Coach Odom’s office on Monday and said he needed $300k to stay. Odom said that was not happening and Sluka cleared out his locker. Sluka skipped practice on Tuesday and posted his intention to leave that night. Arrigo believes Sluka got an NIL agent after the Kansas game who got into Sluka’s ear about making more NIL money. The re may or may not be another school involved, but the timing of this implies that this is a play to try to strong arm UNLV into a payday now.

Dude is currently sitting at a 44% completion percentage, lol

I mostly listen to Gary and Matt on 1620 and I'm not a big fan of the Ticket. Just asking the scrollers what is your favorite Husker podcast? Basketball is the hot topic now along with the portal market. What are you finding that is informative and entertaining? Thanks

January 21
#15 Oregon 82, Washington 71
Ohio State 73, #11 Purdue 70
UCLA 85, #18 Wisconsin 83
Minnesota 72, Iowa 67

Standings
1. Michigan State (16-2, 7-0)
2. Michigan (14-4, 6-1)
3. Purdue (15-5, 7-2)
4. Illinois (13-5, 5-3)
4. Indiana (14-5, 5-3)
4. Oregon (16-3, 5-3)
4. Wisconsin (15-4, 5-3)
8. Maryland (14-5, 4-4)
8. UCLA (13-6, 4-4)
10. USC (11-7, 3-4)
11. Iowa (12-7, 3-5)
11. Ohio State (11-8, 3-5)
11. Penn State (13-6, 3-5)
11. Rutgers (10-9, 3-5)
15. Nebraska (12-6, 2-5)
15. Northwestern (11-7, 2-5)
17. Minnesota (10-9, 2-6)
18. Washington (10-9, 1-7)

Games for Wednesday, January 22
Indiana at Northwestern (6:00 PM - BTN)
USC at Nebraska (8:00 PM - BTN)

"Just keep grinding, man. That's the bottom line. We just got to keep fighting, keep swinging," Fred Hoiberg said Tuesday before his team hosts USC at 8 p.m.

Hoiberg also mentioned his team is dealing with injuries to "a couple guys" but didn't say who. Something to watch.