University of Nebraska NCAA News

Nebraska's college baseball season starts this weekend as the Huskers travel to Peoria, Arizona for a three-game series against the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

So this is what it feels like to root for a good basketball team? Sure, Penn State is not that far removed from last season's NCAA Tournament birth, but it still feels like a long time since the Lions have had a victory come this easily.

FootballScoop is reporting that former Nebraska defensive backs coach Marvin Sanders will leave Florida Atlantic after just two months to become defensive backs coach at Southern Cal.

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Tim Frazier scored 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as Penn State snapped a five-game losing streak and defeated Nebraska 67-51 Saturday.

For the next 17 days HuskerCorner.com will be bringing you anA in-depthA look at each position for the 2012 season.

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Patrick Chambers is making some noise on the recruiting trail, landing a commitment from one of the state's top junior prospects Thursday.

Toney McCray is frustrated over NU's season. "Losing is hard, especially when you don't think you're outmatched talent-wise." The Huskers play at Penn State on Saturday needing to beat the Nittany Lions for a second time this season to avoid joining them in the Big Ten men's basketball cellar.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers finished with a solid season season in their first year in the Big Ten as they racked up a 9-4 record and reached a bowl game for the fourth consecutive year.

Game 24: at Penn State Game Date: Feb. 11, 2012 Tipoff Time: 12:06 p.m. Venue: Bryce Jordan Center Capacity: 15,261 Nebraska Cornhuskers 2011-12 Record: 11-12 Head coach: Doc Sadler Record at Nebraska: 100-83 Record at Division I: 148-101 Career Record: 268-140 Penn State Nittany Lions 2011-12 Record: 10-15 Head Coach: Patrick Chambers Record at ... (more)

By Bob Evans Senior Writer After rebuilding the Michigan Wolverines football program in just one season, many people expected Brady Hoke to reel in a big class in his first full year of recruiting as the team's head coach - possibly even dominating the Big Ten in recruiting in the process.

Here's a quick one: How many conference championships has the Nebraska women's basketball team won? Three? Two? One? None? Actually, the answer is two, and the Huskers are using their first one a Big Eight championship in 1988 to take Big Red fans Back to the Future Thursday when the Huskers host Michigan in a 7 p.m. tipoff.

If there was one good thing that happened regarding Nebraska's game against Minnesota last Sunday, it was that Minnesota's staff came away from Lincoln, Nebraska blown away by their tour of the Hendricks Training Complex .

"Before the game I was thinking how badly we wanted to win by 20-plus," guard Stu Douglass said after the Wolverines' 62-46 win on Wednesday night.

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Husking, for the non-Nebraskan, is the act of removing an ear of corn from its outer shell.

For the spry kid who wipes the sweat from the court after a member of the opposing team dives for a loose ball.

On Feb. 22, the annual meat market known as the NFL Scouting Combine will begin, as hundreds of college players, NFL scouts and coaches and sports media descend on Indianapolis to watch college football's best run, jump and try to figure out what the hell a Wonderlic is.

The last time we saw Husker baseball, well, let's say that fans stopped giving a damn, the team went straight into the tank, and Mike Anderson got hisself fired.