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No. 5 Vanderbilt was a specified inch distant from possibly nan astir historical changeable successful programme history until nan shot did everything but drop.
Tyler Tanner's beyond-half-court heave to nonstop nan Commodores to nan Sweet 16 went in-and-out to springiness No. 4 Nebraska a 74-72 triumph and beforehand to nan Sweet 16.
Nebraska entered nan half pinch a 39-32 lead and led by arsenic galore arsenic 10 astatine 1 point, but Vanderbilt rallied backmost to lead by 5 pinch 5:34 to go.
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Tyler Tanner of nan Vanderbilt Commodores shoots nan shot against Sam Hoiberg of nan Nebraska Cornhuskers during nan last seconds of nan 2nd information of nan 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament astatine Paycom Center connected March 21, 2026, successful Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
The Cornhuskers past answered backmost pinch a 6-0 tally to retake nan lead, but Vanderbilt led 72-70 pinch little than a infinitesimal to spell aft a Tanner layup, which gave him 27 points connected nan night.
Those, however, were Tanner's and Vanderbilt's last points of nan game. Rienk Mast tied nan crippled pinch a putback pinch 37 seconds left, and Vanderbilt's Chandler Bing missed a changeable to return a precocious lead.
Nebraska past ran down nan court, and Pryce Sandfort recovered Braden Frager, who made a contested layup to return nan lead pinch 2.2 seconds left.
Nebraska Cornhuskers defender Sam Hoiberg (1) celebrates pinch fans aft defeating nan Vanderbilt Commodores successful a 2nd information crippled of nan men's 2026 NCAA Tournament astatine Paycom Center. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn Images)
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Vanderbilt called a timeout, and nan inbound went to nan red-hot Tanner, who intelligibly had nan groove of his shot. He pulled up from half-court, but nan changeable was a striking image of Gordon Hayward's from nan 2010 nationalist title crippled against Duke – off nan backboard, past nan rim, past out.
Quite virtually everybody, moreover nan heavy-Nebraska crowd successful Oklahoma City, was successful disbelief, but nan statement was connected for nan reddish aft daze and alleviation quickly turned into celebration.
It's Nebraska's first clip ever making nan Sweet 16 aft 8 anterior appearances without getting there.
Braden Frager of nan Nebraska Cornhuskers celebrates aft nan triumph against nan Vanderbilt Commodores successful nan 2nd information of nan 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament astatine Paycom Center connected March 21, 2026, successful Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
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Four Cornhuskers vanished successful double-digits, pinch Sandfort and Frager each putting up 15. Nebraska will look nan victor of No. 1 Florida and No. 9 Iowa.
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