Nebraska Cornhuskers NCAA Basketball News

If the USC men's basketball team's first test of the season was Sunday's game against Nebraska, then the players and coaches probably were not content with their grade.

Ryan Anderson scored 14 points to help Nebraska edge USC 51-48 Sunday. Eshaunte Jones scored the winning basket on a 3-pointer with 11.7 seconds left.

UMKC is off to a solid start at 3-0. Making it 4-0 would be an attention-grabber.The Kangaroos are at Nebraska tonight, meeting a Big 12 team for the only time this season.

Your team's up by 39 points - could this be the moment you save the halftime speech for another day? "I've got too much to say.

Even though the Nebraska Cornhuskers scored more points on Saturday than they had in any game since 2006, coach Doc Sadler was upset with his team's defense after a 90-77 win over Texas Christian.

Ryan Anderson scored seven consecutive Nebraska points to lead a late surge that sealed a 90-77 win over TCU on Saturday.

The basketball has a mind of its own, so says Nebraska forward Ryan Anderson . "The ball is just going to go in or it's not," Anderson.

With all of one regular-season game behind it, St. Louis University takes on one of the bigger challenges of its nonconference season when it faces Nebraska tonight at Chaifetz Arena.

It took 20 minutes, but when the Cornhuskers took over the role as the aggressor, they ran away with their first victory of the season.

Editor`s note: This is the 11th of the Big 12 capsule previews, which will run in order of predicted finish.

If two weekend practices are any indication, look for an improved defensive performance tonight from the Nebraska men's basketball team.

After working its way to a 20-point victory in its exhibition opener last week, the Nebraska Cornhusker basketball team completes preseason play this week when it plays host to in-state foe Hastings College on Tuesday, Nov.

It stands to reason that the Nebraska women's basketball team, even with six seniors, was bound to have some continuity issues during its exhibition Tuesday night against Pittsburg State.

The Nebraska Cornhusker basketball team opens exhibition action this weekend when it plays host to Arkansas-Fort Smith on Friday, Nov.

In the world of Nebraska basketball, this represents optimism. "I think this is the first time I've really felt like we have a basketball team that eventually sometime will be able to compete at some level in this league," coach Doc Sadler said.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Putting some height on the floor will be a welcome relief for Nebraska after mismatches led to the worst rebounding margin in the Big 12 last season.

No basketball team in the Big 12, or perhaps anywhere on the Division I landscape, will look as different as Nebraska .

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 15 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: Taking the Next Step As many of you know, official practices start on Friday, Oct.

With Nebraska 's two most-recent losses at Qwest Center Omaha considered neutral-site matches, the Huskers are still in line to break the NCAA record for consecutive home-court victories tonight.

The 6-foot-11 Niemann, who already has suffered two setbacks as a Husker, now will have to rehabilitate from a second torn anterior cruciate ligament in the same knee he injured while sitting out last season.