Huskers Hope for New Year’s Eve Upset of No. 15 Wildcats The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns home after a three-game road swing to celebrate New Year’s Eve against No. 15 Northwestern. Tip-off between the Huskers (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) and the unbeaten and defending Big Ten co-champion Wildcats (4-0, 2-0 Big Ten) at
Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 1 p.m.
Live television coverage will be provided by the Big Ten Network with Larry Punteney and Brenda VanLengen on the call.
Live radio will be available with Matt Coatney and
Jeff Griesch on the air across the Husker Sports Network stations, the Huskers App and on Huskers.com.
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers hit the road again for game three of Big Ten play. This trip takes them to Columbus for a matchup against the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes are ranked No. 25 in the AP and No. 20 in the Coaches polls this week, marking the third straight conference game against a ranked opponent.
This is just the second time in program history the Cornhuskers have started a conference season against three-straight ranked programs, the last time being their first season in the Big Ten back in 2011-12. Nebraska went 0-3 in that stretch with double-digit losses to No. 11 Wisconsin, No. 16 Michigan State, and No. 6 Ohio State. This season will feature the first ever four-straight ranked opponents as Saturday’s opponent MSU clings to its AP and Coaches ranking this week before likely (and deservedly so if it happens) dropping out in next week’s results.
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The 6-0 Wolverines come into this one hardly tested overall on the season. Despite that, the No. 2 program in the mitten state ranks No. 15 in KenPom, is No. 9 in adjusted offense, and No. 30 in adjusted defense. The varmints also rank No. 27 in ESPN’s BPI (these rankings were
Michigan faced just two teams that currently sit in the top-100 of KenPom rankings, UCF (No. 94) and Toledo (No. 90). They also have a four-point win over then No. 47 Penn State in conference play. However, they haven’t played since the Penn State game on Nov. 13 and haven’t left the bird den known as Crisler Center.
Huskers Complete Big Ten Road Trip at Purdue
The Nebraska women’s basketball team wraps up a two-game Big Ten road swing through Indiana by battling the Purdue Boilermakers on Wednesday afternoon in West Lafayette. Tip-off between the Huskers (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) and Boilermakers (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) at Mackey Arena is set for 1 p.m. (CT).
Live television coverage will be provided by the Big Ten Network with Lisa Byington and Meghan McKeown on the call.
Live radio will be available with Matt Coatney and
Jeff Griesch on the call across the Husker Sports Network stations, the Huskers App and on Huskers.com.
Huskers Head to No. 15 Indiana to Tip Big Ten Road Play The Nebraska women’s basketball team opens Big Ten Conference road action on Sunday when the Huskers travel to Bloomington to take on Indiana. Tip-off between the Huskers (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) and the No. 15/15 Hoosiers (2-2, 0-0 Big Ten) is set for 3 p.m. (CT) from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Live television coverage will be provided by the Big Ten Network with Lisa Byington and Christy Winters-Scott on the call.
Live radio will be available with Matt Coatney and
Jeff Griesch on the call across the Husker Sports Network stations, the Huskers App and on Huskers.com.