NEBRASKA NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY 1986 NCAA Tournament 1992 NCAA Tournament Western Kentucky 67, Nebraska 59 Connecticut 86, Nebraska 65 March 14--At Charlotte, N.C
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16 | NEBRASKA BASKETBALL NEBRASKA NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY 1986 NCAA Tournament 1992 NCAA Tournament Western Kentucky 67, Nebraska 59 Connecticut 86, Nebraska 65 March 14--at Charlotte, N.C. March 19--at Cincinnati, Ohio Cornhuskers (59): Bernard Day 8-14 2-4 18, John Matzke 0-1 0-0 0, Chris Logan 3-5 4-8 Huskies (86): Toraino Walker 3-3 1-2 7, Donyel Marshall 8-14 1-2 19, Dan Cyrulik 3-5 10, Harvey Marshall 4-9 3-3 11, Brian Carr 4-12 2-2 0, Darren Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Anthony 0-0 6, Chris Smith 9-22 3-3 24, Scott Burrell 9-16 0-1 20, Donny Marshall 2-4 2-2 6, Brian Bailous 4-6 2-2 10. Team 23-47 13-19 59. Fair 1-4 0-1 2, Nantambu Willingham 0-1 0-0 0, Kevin Ollie 0-3 0-0 0, Richie Ashmeade 1-1 Hilltoppers (67): Kannard Johnson 4-11 2-2 10, Ray Swogger 8-15 0-0 16, Clarence 0-0 2. Team Totals 36-73 7-11 86. Martin 5-8 1-3 11, James McNary 0-8 8-8 8, Billy Gordon 6-16 0-0 12, Kurk Lee 0-0 0-0 0, Cornhuskers (65): Carl Hayes 5-14 2-3 12, Bruce Chubick 2-7 0-2 4, Derrick Chandler Brett McNeal 2-4 0-0 4, Fred Tisdale 0-0 0-0 0, Tellis Frank 3-6 0-0 6. Team 28-68 11-13 8-17 1-2 17, Jamar Johnson 1-5 2-2 4, Eric Piatkowski 1-12 0-0 3, Dapreis Owens 4-8 4-7 67. 12, Michael Hughes 2-5 2-4 7, Chris Cresswell 2-4 0-0 6. Team Totals 25-72 11-20 65. FG%: Nebraska 48.9, Western Kentucky 41.1. FT%: Nebraska 68.6, Western Kentucky Three-point goals: Connecticut 7-18 (Marshall 2-3, Smith 3-9, Burrell 2-5, Fair 0-1), 84.6. Rebounds: Nebraska 35 (Logan 12), Western Kentucky 35 (Martin 12). Total fouls: Nebraska 4-15 (Hayes 0-2, Johnson 0-2, Piatkowski 1-5, Hughes 1-2, Cresswell 2-4). FG%: Nebraska 14, Western Kentucky 18. Fouled out: none. Assists: Nebraska 8 (Carr 5), Connecticut 49.3, Nebraska 34.7. FT%: Connecticut 63.6, Nebraska 55.0. Rebounds: Western Kentucky 11 (McNary 7). Turnovers: Nebraska 13, Western Kentucky 4. Blocked Connecticut 40 (Burrell 11), Nebraska 49 (Chandler 11). Personal fouls: Connecticut 18, shots: Nebraska 0, Western Kentucky 0. Steals: Nebraska 2 (Marshall 1, Logan 1), Nebraska 12. Fouled out: none. Assists: Connecticut 13 (Smith 4, Burrell 4), Nebraska Western Kentucky 1 (Gordon 1). Officials: Mark Reischling, Charlie Vacca, Sam Lickliter. 14 (Piatkowski 5). Blocked shots: Connecticut 3 (Marshall 2), Nebraska 5 (Chandler 2). Attendance: 11,666. Steals: Connecticut 5 (Burrell 3), Nebraska 2 (Hayes, Hughes). Officials: Jerry Donaghy, Michael Smith, Paul Andrejewski. Attendance: 16,002. Nebraska 26 33 -- 59 Western Kentucky 33 34 -- 67 Connecticut 49 37 -- 86 Game Notes: Nebraska's first official appearance in NCAA Tournament...Huskers Nebraska 34 31 -- 65 trailed, 53-35, with 10:34 left, but outscored the Hilltoppers 20-6, to pull within 59-55 with 1:33 to go, and could get no closer...Huskers ended season with a 19-11 record... Game Notes: No. 8 seed Nebraska made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances Coach Moe Iba resigned after game. for first time ever...game was tied at four-all with 18:38 left in first half, but ninth-seeded UConn scored 10 straight points to take a 14-4 lead at 15:59...NU rallied to within 22-20 at 9:45 on a Cresswell trey, but the Huskies went on a 19-6 run for 41-26 lead with 2:41 1991 NCAA Tournament to go in half...Huskers trailed by as many as 26 in second half, as they shot 29.7 percent in Xavier 89, Nebraska 84 second half...Chandler was named NU’s Chevrolet Player of the Game. March 14--at Minneapolis, Minn. Musketeers (89): Davenport 5-13 4-4 17, Williams 0-1 4-4 4, Grant 3-6 9-12 15, J. Walker 5-9 7-11 18, Gladden 9-15 0-0 20, Brantley 2-3 2-4 6, Wilson 2-2 1-2 5, Edwards 1993 NCAA Tournament 1-1 0-0 2, Parker 0-0 2-3 2. Team 27-50 29-40 89. New Mexico State 93, Nebraska 79 Cornhuskers (84): Tony Farmer 5-9 5-8 15, Beau Reid 2-12 2-4 6, Rich King 11-17 7-8 25, March 19--at Syracuse, N.Y. Keith Moody 1-3 0-0 2, Clifford Scales 4-5 3-4 12, Carl Hayes 7-12 1-3 15, Dapreis Owens Aggies (93): Cliff Reed 11-13 2-3 24, James Dockery 2-4 0-0 4, Tracey Ware 8-12 2-3 18, 0-1 0-0 0, Eric Piatkowski 3-10 1-1 9. Team 33-69 14-27 84. Marc Thompson 2-6 1-2 5, Sam Crawford 5-10 7-8 20, Darrin Jackson 4-9 1-2 11, Corey Rogers 3-6 0-0 9, David Lofton 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Lopez 0-0 0-0 0, Mike Schultz 1-1 0-0 2, Three-point goals: Xavier 6-14 (Davenport 3-8, J. Walker 1-2, Gladden 2-3, Brantley Juriad Hughes 0-0 0-0 0. Team Totals 36-61 13-18 93. 0-1), Nebraska 4-13 (Farmer 0-1, Reid 0-3, King 1-1, Scales 1-2, Piatkowski 2-6). FG%: Cornhuskers (79): Terrance Badgett 2-4 0-0 4, Bruce Chubick 3-7 0-0 6, Derrick Chander Xavier 54.0, Nebraska 47.8. FT%: Xavier 72.5, Nebraska 51.9. Rebounds: Xavier 30 (Grant 7-9 1-1 15, Jamar Johnson 3-8 2-4 10, Eric Piatkowski 10-14 6-8 29, Amos Gregory 1-1 0-0 10), Nebraska 41 (King 12). Personal fouls: Xavier 22, Nebraska 25. Fouled out: Williams, 2, Erick Strickland 2-6 0-0 6, Tom Best 0-0 0-0 0, Jaron Boone 1-4 0-0 3, Andre Woolridge Farmer. Assists: Xavier 14 (J. Walker 8), Nebraska 17 (King 4). Blocked shots: Xavier 2 2-8 0-0 4. Team Totals 31-61 9-13 79. (Williams, Edwards), Nebraska 5 (King 2, Piatkowski 2). Steals: Xavier 9 (three with 2), Nebraska 8 (Farmer 2, King 2). Officials: Joseph Silvester, Donnee Gray, Bob Vetkoetter. Three-point goals: New Mexico State 8-15 (Crawford 3-6, Jackson 2-3, Rogers 3-6), Attendance: 25,348. Nebraska 8-24 (Badgett 0-1, Piatkowski 3-5, Johnson 2-6, Strickland 2-6, Woolridge 0-3, Boone 1-3). FG%: New Mexico State 59.0, Nebraska 50.8. FT%: New Mexico State Xavier 45 44 -- 89 72.2, Nebraska 69.2. Rebounds: New Mexico State 34 (Reed, Crawford 6), Nebraska 25 Nebraska 42 42 -- 84 (Chandler 10). Personal fouls: New Mexico State 13, Nebraska 19. Fouled out: none. Assists: New Mexico State 25 (Crawford 16), Nebraska 15 (Woolridge, Boone, Strickland Game Notes: Nebraska’s best basketball season in memory ended in disappointment 3). Turnovers: New Mexico State 14, Nebraska 14. Blocked shots: New Mexico State as regional third-seeded Huskers lost to tourney-veteran Xavier...underdog Musketeers 2 (Ware, Thompson), Nebraska 1 (Gregory). Steals: New Mexico State 10 (Crawford 3), jumped to 17-8 lead, and led by as many as 38-26 with 5:12 left in half before Huskers Nebraska 11 (Piatkowski 3). Technical foul: Reed. Officials: Tom Harrington, George closed half with 16-7 run...making only its second NCAA appearance ever, and first Watts, John Cahall. Attendance: 14,287. in five years, NU came back to lead three times in second half, the last time at 72-71 on Scales’ three-pointer with 7:22 to go...Xavier regained lead for good at 75-74 on J. New Mexico State 42 51 -- 93 Walker free throw with 6:03 left...Piatkowski three-pointer pulled NU within 80-79 at Nebraska 39 40 -- 79 3:12, but Musketeers, making sixth straight NCAA appearance, put on a 9-2 rally for insurmountable 89-81 lead in closing seconds...King’s second career three-pointer just Game Notes: Nebraska, the East’s 10th seed, earned third-straight NCAA Tournament before buzzer created final margin...playing in school-record 124th game, King increased bid...after 2-2 tie, seventh-seeded New Mexico State went on 19-9 run to take 21-11 career rebound total to final of 761, passing Andre Smith to finish third on NU career lead...Aggies built lead to as many as 12 in first half, and were up 40-29 with 4:17 to play, chart...crowd was largest to ever see NU play basketball...Huskers’ 51.9 percent free- but Cornhuskers’ 10-2 run closed gap to 42-39 at halftime...NU tied the game three times throw shooting (14-of-27) was worst of season...Nebraska finished 26-8, while Xavier in the final half, but after 52-all tie, Aggies scored seven straight points and Nebraska went to 22-9, as it lost to Connecticut in second round. never got closer than five...Piatkowski had career-high 29 points, 17 of which came in the first half...Crawford’s 16 assists were most ever in NCAA first or second round tournament game...loss ended Nebraska’s season at 20-11, while New Mexico State, which lost in second round to Cincinnati, improved to 26-7...Piatkowski was named NU’s Chevrolet Player of the Game.