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The Nebraska men’s hoops team made a peculiar petition for Cornhuskers fans amid nan program's historical run: Please enactment successful your seats.
Nebraska continued its cleanable tally and program-best commencement to 14-0 pinch a 58-56 triumph complete No. 9 Michigan State astatine location connected Friday night, but arsenic nan last buzzer rang out, fans stormed nan tribunal to celebrate.
Nebraska defender Jamarques Lawrence (10) reacts aft a handbasket against Michigan State during nan first half of an NCAA assemblage hoops game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, successful Lincoln, Neb. (AP Photo/Bonnie Ryan)
The triumph marked nan team’s 18th consecutive triumph making love backmost to past season, which is nan longest streak successful nan nation.
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While nan players are thankful for nan support, they made a plea for fans to extremity storming nan court.
"If you're nan No. 13 against nan No. 9 and you’re astatine home, successful my opinion, you’re expected to triumph that game," Nebraska guardant Rienk Mast said. "I don’t blasted nan fans. They sewage excited for that win. From present connected out, we’ve proven we beryllium successful these games and we’re expected to triumph these types of games."
"Every azygous crippled we person to beryllium it, that this isn’t a fluke and that we're connected a basking streak and we tin spell cold," he said. "We've sewage to enactment poised and support proving group wrong."
Fans of nan Nebraska Cornhuskers large wind nan tribunal aft a triumph against nan Michigan State Spartans astatine Pinnacle Bank Arena successful Lincoln, Nebraska, connected Jan. 2, 2026. (Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
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Guard Jamarques Lawrence echoed that sentiment.
"We’re expected to triumph that game, guys," he said. "No much tribunal storms, please. I conscionable sewage to opportunity that."
Interestingly enough, Spartans caput coach Tom Izzo had nary issues pinch nan celebrations.
Nebraska fans observe aft a play against Michigan State during nan 2nd half of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled successful Lincoln, Nebraska, connected Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bonnie Ryan)
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"I perfectly loved it, perfectly loved it," he said aft nan game. "That doesn’t hap overmuch astatine our place. And it shouldn’t. But it should hap here. This is benignant of a caller experience. That’s nan beauty of what you do arsenic you build a program."
"They were lining up backmost there, I was reasoning to myself ‘go for it.’ I thought it was great."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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