The record books will state this NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game between Nebraska and Vanderbilt occurred at a “neutral site.”
Tell that to the Commodores.
OKC: Enjoy this video of something you’ll rarely see… A full house in downtown OKC loudly united behind one team… that is not from Oklahoma.
Nebraska fans: Safe travels home Sunday. We are grateful to have been the home of your newest core memories.
And thanks to the NCAA, all eight teams and their fans, and everyone who made this weekend possible!
Watched this 50x! Nickel stumbles under basket which creates numbers on initial push giving Hoiberg confidence to NOT call T.O. Also...ball is in best shooters hands so Hoiberg also felt good. Vandy runs at Sandfort b/c of fear of pull up 3. Frager great feel to catch, rip, & go.
Vanderbilt was 11 of 19 (57.9%) and outscored Nebraska 31-21 in the 12:18 before the Huskers switched to zone.
After: Commodores went 2 of 6 (33.3%) -- excluding half-court shot -- and was outscored 10-5 in the final 4:18.
The Mayor Fred Hoiberg saved it for the right moment.
The decison to NOT call timeout and let Pryce Sandfort push it and find Frager...so smart from Hoiberg! So much better off attacking a broken floor transition defense than a set 1/2 ct defense from Vandy!
"Yeah, I don't have to buy him anything now." 😂
Fred Hoiberg said @HuskerMBB's dramatic win was enough of a present for his son Sam's birthday 🎁 @TheAndyKatz
"This place was packed with all Nebraska fans. ... I've never seen anything like this. It had to be 17,000 Nebraska fans here."
@realchriswebber joined the @richeisenshow to talk about the NCAA tournament and was shocked to see all the Nebraska fans 😅
"He deserves this win as much as anybody"
Rienk Mast and Sam Hoiberg reflect on winning Nebraska's 1st NCAA Tournament game with Kent Pavelka on the #Huskers radio call.👏📻
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41-year Nebraska basketball announcer Kent Pavelka’s (@KentPavelka) call of the final seconds as he witnesses Nebraska’s first ever NCAA Tournament win x.com/HuskerVidz25/s…