Tipoff: 12 pm CST - Location: Bob Devaney Sports Center - Lincoln, NE

Television: Big Ten Network

Live Stats and Internet Radio: Huskers.com

Radio: IMG Husker Sports Network | KLIN 1400 in Lincoln - KFAB 1110 in Omaha - KRVN 880 in Lexington

Play by play - Kent Pavelka Color - Matt Davison

Question of the day: Is Nebraska actually a good defensive team, as they've been labeled?

This question has been bouncing around in my head all season, and you have to wonder after Thursday's loss at Northwestern. Nebraska looked silly, as they continuously opened allowed Wildcat players to get near the rim and take open shots. Conversely, Nebraska was harassed 30 feet from the basket almost all game, and it showed in the final results. So have we seen a decline in Doc's system? What's the deal? Playing soft isn't going to win many games in the Big Ten this season, and Nebraska is now faced with an almost impossible task of winning enough games to qualify for post-season play.

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Tipoff: 6:02pm CST - Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena - Evanston, IL

Television: ESPN2

Live Stats and Internet Radio: Huskers.com

Radio: IMG Husker Sports Network | KLIN 1400 in Lincoln - KFAB 1110 in Omaha - KRVN 880 in Lexington

Play by play - Kent Pavelka Color - Matt Davison

Let's just get it out there, for those who aren't aware. Yes, these are the only two Div I teams in college basketball that have yet to win an NCAA tournament game. Well, South Florida is now technically in that group I guess, as part of the Big East. Though, they joined in 2005...so that can't really count.

Nebraska and Northwestern. The battle of the "N"s. Who get's to claim the NU moniker? (For the record, I think that whole thing is stupid. )

Let's take a quick look; and I do mean quick, as I have some serious ravioli cooking in the kitchen that has to be done by game time. At least I'm done with working nights, which means I can now watch Nebraska make it's push into the post-season!

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Tipoff: 6:02pm CST Location: Carver-Hawkeye Arena - Iowa City, IA

Television: ESPNU

Live Stats and Internet Radio: Huskers.com

Radio: IMG Husker Sports Network | KLIN 1400 in Lincoln - KFAB 1110 in Omaha - KRVN 880 in Lexington

Play by play - Kent Pavelka Color - Matt Davison

No big trophies here. No forced rivalries, or fabricated "hate". Just two teams that you might say have little more than pride to play for at this point in the season. Okay, the Hawks still have a shot in the league I suppose..

Iowa, after starting off the season a bit cold, showed signs of life recently - winning games versus Wisconsin in Madison, and Michigan at home in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes are a bit of a conundrum in my book, as they have been playing a little game of Jekyl and Hyde. On one hand, they've taken down two Top 25 teams in the conference, and are averaging over 70 ppg.On the flip side, this is also a team that was blown out by Creighton, manhandled by Ohio State, and even dropped a home game to Campbell, by 16 points.

Nebraska hasn't fared any better, winning a single tough game - Indiana, and just two games so far in the Big Ten. We had our own (ahem) "issues" against those world-beaters at Ohio State, and have suffered as much embarrassment at home as we can probably tolerate without rioting in the streets. No, there aren't many people showcasing this game, or parading the so-called inter-state rivalry in front of any fans that will listen. This is basketball, not football, and the stakes for this game could hardly be less enticing.

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Tipoff: 7:00pm CST Location: Devaney Center - Lincoln, NE

Television: Big Ten Network

Live Stats and Internet Radio: Huskers.com

Radio: IMG Husker Sports Network | KLIN 1400 in Lincoln - KFAB 1110 in Omaha - KRVN 880 in Lexington

Play by play - Kent Pavelka Color - Matt Davison

Husker fans Challenge: Find the last time Nebraska defeated consecutive Top 15 opponents.

Not Sure that it's ever happened to be honest, and I left my media guide back home in Iowa. I'd say that the feat would really take the season in a new direction, and help the Huskers revive a season that was looking pretty dead. Nebraska has a very tough challenge tonight, facing a team with All-American Jared Sullinger, flanked by William Buford and Deshaun Thomas. All of whom are averaging over 15 ppg.

Last time out, we saw a pretty solid game out of the Huskers, and Dylan Talley showed why he was a great pick-up from Blinn Community College. Talley took the game into his own hands in the last several minutes, and made some critical plays down the stretch to keep Nebraska within reach. Bo Spencer sank a big three-pointer, and on the final play- delivered a beautiful dish to Diaz down low for what resulted in the game-winning free throws. We saw some swagger, and we saw some confidence out of our guys for once. The questions is, can we pull it off again 4 days later?

Nebraska will try to knock off the #6 ranked Bucks tonight, who are visiting Lincoln for the first time since 1987. So jump on and join in the conversation if you can!

Go Big Red!

A great game to get some photos of the Nebraska Basketball team in action. A huge win over Indiana, and a much needed boost to the morale of Husker Nation. I was feeling nostalgic about old sports trading cards and their cheesy captions, so I added a few here.

Thanks again to Dennis Hubbard for the action shots. Enjoy!

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Tipoff: 6:00pm CST Location: Devaney Center - Lincoln, NE

Television: Big Ten Network

Live Stats and Internet Radio: Huskers.com

Radio: IMG Husker Sports Network | KLIN 1400 in Lincoln - KFAB 1110 in Omaha - KRVN 880 in Lexington

Play by play - Kent Pavelka Color - Matt Davison

The Hoosiers, one of America's most storied basketball programs, visits the Devaney Center to take on the Huskers for the first time in over a half-century. I had a nice little chat with Scott over at The Crimsoncast.com on Nebraska and Indiana, and the Big Ten in general. Always fun to do an interview, so check it out if you have time..and need something to put you to sleep.

Ranked #11 in the nation, Indiana is back on the national map after a fairly lengthy stint of non-relevance. (We know all about that here.) The Hoosiers bring their tradition of motion offense, sounds fundamentals, and stingy defense to the Devaney Center where the Huskers will look to snag a second conference win.

As unlikely as that seems, Nebraska winning, it's all too possible considering the way things have gone in the Big Ten this season. Teams left and right are beating each other up, and a .500 league record is still good enough to earn you a top 15 national ranking. Indiana, at 15-3 overall, has suffered three Big Ten losses so far in this young season. Much like Wisconsin, Indiana started the season off hot before hitting the league portion of the schedule and realizing, along with everyone else, that the Big Ten is a hell of a tough league.

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Other SBNation sites periodically run caption contests with amusing photos. We usually aren't that creative to go out and find these photos, but sometimes they just jump out at us.

This is one of those times. Here's a photograph of Doc Sadler in the second half of Wisconsin's 50-45 defeat of Nebraska. What's Doc Sadler talking about? Was it the discrepency in free throws? Wisconsin shot 24, Nebraska shot only two. Or did he have a side bet with Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan on the Packers?

Tipoff: 5:06pm CST Location: Kohl Center - Madison, WI

Television: Big Ten Network

Live Stats and Internet Radio: Huskers.com

Radio: IMG Husker Sports Network | KLIN 1400 in Lincoln - KFAB 1110 in Omaha - KRVN 880 in Lexington

Play by play - Kent Pavelka Color - Matt Davison

Back on Dec 27th, Nebraska made Wisconsin look like world-beaters. On a Tuesday evening in Lincoln, the Badgers had their way in just about every statistical category, and thus Husker Nation was once again given a cold reception into the Big Ten at the hand of the furry rodents. Since that most unfortunate of starts, Nebraska was forced to suffer through two more games without starting center Jorge Diaz, and guard Dylan Talley, totalling about 20 points of lost production throughout the most difficult stretch of the conference season.

Which brings us to Sunday's re-match with the Badgers, in Madison.

While Nebraska continued the gruesome streak of killer conference games, going 1-4, Wisconsin hasn't fared a whole lot better surprisingly. The Badgers dropped three straight games- at home to unranked Iowa and #10 Michigan State, and on the road at #16 Michigan - losing their AP ranking in the process.

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