Nebraska’s buzzer drama
Nebraska reached the Sweet 16 on Braden Frager’s game‑winning shot in the final seconds — just their second-ever NCAA Tournament win — after a nail‑biter with Vanderbilt. Tyler Tanner nearly forced OT with a half‑court heave before Frager’s dagger flipped the bracket. (x.com) (espn.com)
Braden Frager and Pryce Sandfort finished as Nebraska’s leading scorers with 15 points each, while Rienk Mast added 13 and Berke Buyuktuncel 12 in the 74-72 win. (espn.in) Vanderbilt’s Tyler Tanner led all scorers with 27 points and teammate Tyler Nickel chipped in 16, while the Commodores buried 13 three-pointers overall (10 of them in the second half). (espn.in) Nebraska improved to 28-6 on the season while Vanderbilt finished the year 27-9, and the Cornhuskers’ second NCAA Tournament victory came two days after their program’s first-ever tournament win, a 76-47 first-round rout of Troy. (huskers.com) The South Region second-round session was played at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, where Nebraska’s fans heavily outnumbered others and helped create a partisan atmosphere in the neutral site. (paycomcenter.com) With 1:20 remaining, Sam Hoiberg’s offensive rebound and putback tied the game at 70-70, and the two teams exchanged the lead four times in the final 2:08 before regulation ended. (nba.com) Tyler Tanner’s desperation heave at the buzzer struck the backboard and briefly dropped into the cylinder before rattling out, and Tanner said afterward the miss will “haunt me forever.” (espn.com) Nebraska will travel to Houston for the South Region’s Sweet 16, where the Huskers are slated to face the winner of No. 1 Florida vs. No. 9 Iowa later in the regional semifinals. (nba.com)
