Nebraska Cornhuskers NCAA Basketball News

KEARNEY, Neb. ? From Arizona to Vermont, Division I schools have the 14th annual Miss Basketball Showcase on their weekend list of recruiting stops.

LINCOLN, Neb., March 20 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: Nebraska coach Doc Sadler has been selected by CBS College Sports to serve as a guest analyst this weekend during the NCAA Tournament.

LINCOLN, Neb., April 15 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: The Nebraska men's basketball team gathered one last time to celebrate a successful 2008-09 campaign on Wednesday at the Huskers' year-ending banquet.

LINCOLN, Neb., June 23 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: Nebraska and FOX Sports Midwest announced the continuation of its third-tier television package for Cornhusker men's and women's basketball .

LINCOLN, Neb., June 17 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: The Nebraska basketball team will face one of its strongest schedules in the Big 12 era as Husker coach Doc Sadler announced a 31-game slate featuring 16 games against teams that competed in the 2009 postseason.

During a recent Big 12 Conference coaches teleconference, Nebraska coach Doc Sadler joked that his squad this year is "finally going to look like a college basketball team." His 2008-2009 Cornhuskers earned the dubious distinction of the nation's shortest team, but an influx of new, taller talent could help fix that issue.

Former Nebraska point guard Josh "Cookie" Miller has decided to continue his college basketball career at Miami .

Doc Sadler has finally amassed size and talent in his most recent recruiting classes.

While professional football prospects have the NFL Combine, Division I prospects turn to summer camps to showcase their talents.

Gene Carroll, in his own words: My parents started a mobile home business at 27th and Cornhusker.

Add another name to the list of rehabbing Nebraska women's basketball players who'll spend the offseason trying to recover from an injury.

Eugene Bain scored 999 points in his two-year career for North Platte Community College, but that's not where he made his biggest impact.

The former Blue Devils basketball player has his last class on Wednesday, a presentation and paper due this weekend and then finals next week.

A couple of sentences in the banquet program explained how the Huskers' annual most valuable player award was named in memory of Moore, a former player who died in a plane crash.

Only 8,500 tickets remain for Nebraska 's last spring practice on Saturday. Most schools might sell 8,500 tickets, period, for their "spring game.'' There is no place like Nebraska .

Former Nebraska point guard Josh "Cookie" Miller said there is a "50-50 chance" he will return to his hometown to play college basketball for West Virginia State, an NCAA Division II program that Coach Bryan Poore has turned into a West Virginia Conference power.

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Terry Brummer had a hole-in-one April 2 on No. 7 at Pioneers Golf Course. Brammer used a 6-iron on the 140-yard hole.

Nebraska printed both a Gator Bowl guide in late December and a spring football prospectus in March with Pierre Allen listed at 265 pounds.

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