Date: Thursday, March 26th, 2026
Tipoff: 6:30 p.m. (central)
Location: Toyota Center (Houston, Texas)
TV/Online:
Thursday’s game will be broadcast on TBS and truTV with Kevin Harlan, Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy and Lauren Shehadi on the call. The game will be available online at NCAA March Madness Live and on HBO Max.
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Radio:
Thursday’s game will be carried on the Huskers Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Jeff Smith on the call, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KCRO (660 AM) and KIBM (1490 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. NCAA Tournament games will not be available on Huskers.com or the Huskers app.
Spread: Nebraska -1.5
Money Line: Nebraska (-134) Iowa (+112)
Over/Under: 132.5 (-110)
Preview: Courtesy of Huskers.com
The Nebraska men’s basketball program looks to reach the Elite Eight for the first time in program history on Thursday evening, as the Huskers will battle Big Ten rival Iowa in the NCAA Sweet 16. Tipoff between the Huskers (28-6) and Hawkeyes (23-12) is set for 6:30 p.m. (CT) and the game will be broadcast on TBS and truTV and carried on the Huskers Radio Network. It is also available on NCAA March Madness Live and on HBO Max.The South Regional features a trip of Big Ten teams with No. 3 seed Illinois, No. 4 seed Nebraska and No. 9 seed Iowa joining No. 2 seeded Houston at the Toyota Center this week. In all, the Big Ten put six teams into the Sweet 16 and posted a 13-3 record over the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
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Nebraska (28-6) comes off a thrilling 74-72 win over Vanderbilt in the second round. Braden Frager‘s go-ahead basket with 2.2 seconds remaining were the decisive points in a game that wasn’t decided until Tyler Tanner’s heave from beyond midcourt rolled out at the buzzer. Frager and Pryce Sandfort led four Huskers in double figures with 15 points apiece, as the Huskers shot 56 percent from the field, including 9-of-19 from 3-point range. The Husker defense held a high-powered Commodore offense to 41 percent shooting and its lowest total point since Feb. 21.
The Huskers are led by Sandfort, as he enters the Sweet 16 averaging 17.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. In Nebraska’s two NCAA games, he is averaging 19.0 points per game on 55 percent shooting, including 10-of-18 from 3-point range.The Hawkeyes stunned defending national champion Florida, 73-72, as Alvaro Folgueiras’ 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left gave Iowa the lead for good. Tavion Banks led four Hawkeyes in double figures with 20 points and six rebounds, while Bennett Stirtz added 14 points and guided an Iowa attack that shot 51 percent.
Thursday’s matchup will mark the third meeting between the schools since Feb. 17. The two teams split the regular-season series with Iowa winning 57-52 in Iowa City and the Huskers recording an 84-75 overtime win in Lincoln on March 8.
