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Nebraska Basketball Comes to an End, but Spring Football Has Begun

Insert exhaustive sigh here. 
One win. That’s all we wanted. Nebraska men’s basketball made the tournament for the first time in a decade, but that 8 versus 9 matchup is always a toss-up. And Texas A&M shot the ball better than they had all season while Nebraska, sadly, was well under average. So not to sound like a beleaguered Cubs fan in the depths of misery, but “there’s always next year.” 
Husker women fared marginally better, winning their game against Texas A&M just to follow it up with a loss to Oregon State. The magic just ran out. 
But the saddest part will be saying farewell to great players who added so much to the program during their time in Lincoln. Players like Jaz Shelley and Keisei Tominaga, among others, left their mark on their respective teams. 
Oh, and other players enter the transfer portal, making reiterating that “once a Husker always a Husker” is no longer valid. 
Turning the page to Spring Football, a new athletic director, and “hope springs eternal” is how we end the show. 
Despite recent outcomes and roster attrition, Nebraska is on the rise. 
GBR!

HUSKER HEAT; Big Ten Play Starts With a Pair of Wins. And Some Snow.

Tonight we’ll review & preview as always and also chat about Billie hitting #55 and also some of the injuries which have plagued the team.
Corn Nation is providing the most comprehensive coverage of Huskers softball. Be sure to check out our recaps, posted ASAP following the game’s completion, and our weekly previews of the weekend’s action.

Monday Night Therapy: Nebraska Basketball Is Over. Were The Seasons A Success? (And A Baseball update!)

Nebraska basketball season is over.
The men had their best season in 23 years, beat a number one opponent for the first time in over 40 years, enjoyed court stormings and a trip to the NCAA tourney, but they still missed out on that elusive first win.
The women got their first NCAA tournament win in 10 years. Were these seasons successful?
What about basketball?
What were the best, and what were the worst things?
And what will the future hold?
For the second half of the show, Aaron, our baseball writer, joined me for an update on the baseball team. We covered the following:
Can Nebraska baseball win the Big Ten?
Why are other teams with worse RPI ranked and Nebraska isn’t?
Has the starting pitching rotation worked itself out yet?
Why do we want other Big Ten baseball teams to be as good as possible?
Who is Nebraska’s biggest rival in baseball now?

Nebraska Basketball vs Texas A&M AND A New AD? Good Times!

What a time to be alive. 
Both the Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball teams are in action Friday night in their respective NCAA Basketball Tournaments. And in a wondrous case of coincidences, BOTH teams are playing Texas A&M. You remember them, right? That’s the same school that stole our former athletic director out from under our noses. 
BUT GUESS WHAT...WE GOT OURELVES A NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR! 
And if rumors are to be true, he has more history of building athletic programs than his predecessor. Some athletic directors close down wrestling and football programs. Others build up football programs, make the right hires along the way, and have Midwestern roots and sensibilities. 
So that’s it...that’s our show in a nutshell. Probably won’t mention quarterbacks or anything because it’s not football season right now. 
GO BIG RED! 

Nebraska Versus: A True Texas A&M Aggie Joins Me to Discuss Trev Alberts And The NCAA Tournament

Corn Nation founder and fearless leader Jon Johnston spends this episode discussing the Texas A&M Aggies with Robert Behrens.
Behrens is the managing editor of Good Bull Hunting, SB Nation’s Texas A&M team site. He is a 2005 Texas A&M graduate, a lifelong Aggie fan and is often too rational for his own good.
Nebraska faces Texas A&M in the first round of both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournament. Time to ask some questions about what we’re up against.
It’s our beloved Huskers chance in quite a while to get that elusive NCAA tournament win. Can they do it?

HUSKER HEAT! An Undefeated Weekend & Conference Play Begins

We’ll review a successful home weekend as the Huskers swept Northern Colorado (2), North Dakota and Creighton to raise their record to 16-12. We’ll talk about their hot bats and Caitlyn Olensky’s rise and other things we observed.
In addition, we’ll talk about the upcoming game with UNO, which looks to be pretty even as well as the kickoff of Big 10 play as the Fighting Illini come to town for three.
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Monday Night Therapy: NCAA Tourney Time! Matt Rhule Gives A Presser!!!

There is so much to talk about this week.
Continued fallout and discussion of Trev Alberts leaving for Texas A&M - thrown directly in our face because the NCAA selection committees for both men’s and women’s basketball has chosen to put Nebraska up against the Texas A&M Aggies in both sports in the opening round of the NCAA tourneys.
Matt Rhule had his opening press conference today for spring football, and boy was it a doozy. He wants to be in Nebraska. His son is going to school at UNL and his wife is starting a business in Lincoln. Is that proof enough?
That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
There’s the NCAA Wrestling Championship coming up this week. There’s Nebraska baseball.
There’s a whole lot of fun going on. It’s an amazing time to be alive.

Focusing on the Positive Despite Nebraska AD Departure

I didn’t have Trev Alberts leaving on my 2024 bingo card. So there’s that. Look, I know there are going to be plenty of questions about why and who’s next. But in this episode, we’re going to talk about: 
Women’s basketball loses in OT to that team over there, settling for B1G Tournament runners-up. Men’s basketball ends regular season with a road win and ranked third in the conference. Hoiberg shares coach of the year honors with Matt Painter of Purdue, and how the transitive property should have shut that $#!& down. And there’s also a couple Huskers who received some all-conference honors. 
And since last week, Greg watched Napoleon and found an intriguing link between that movie (and history) and where we are today in the landscape of college athletics. Did Minnie really sacrifice an entire Monday night watching it for no reason? 
Chatterfields, mount up. I don’t think we’ll see Jon this week either. 

HUSKER HEAT: Nebraska Softball Is Home To Stay For Awhile

We’re back for our second show tonight following the Huskers return from the Razorback Rumble in Fayetteville and also two games earlier today down in Lincoln.
They are in town this weekend as well for the Big Red Spring Classic where they will play Northern Colorado (again), North Dakota and Creighton (ew).
We will review last weekend, preview the next, mock an opposing fan, celebrate all the Husker Katelyns (multiple spellings) and talk about Billie Andrews’ amazing season thus far.

Monday Night Therapy: Nebraska Rising.

It was a fairly decent weekend for Nebraska Athletics as the wrestling team finished third in the Big Ten in the Big Ten Wrestling Tournament with Ridge Lovett claiming a Big Ten Championship at 149 pounds.
The Nebraska men’s basketball team beat Michigan on the road and it was almost like an afterthought for everybody. They beat Michigan soundly, playing well in the process and they have the right momentum going into the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament this week as the number three seed which means they will have two byes.
The Husker women’s basketball team took Iowa to overtime in the Big Ten title game, unfortunately didn’t finish and win, but against the number three team in the nation, that’s a pretty good representation.
The Nebraska track and field men’s and women’s team both finished in the top 25 and out of 12 Husker entries, eight earned first team All-America honors by placing in the top eight.