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How to Watch Nebraska Men’s Basketball vs. Georgetown in the Crown: Preview, Breakdown, TV Channel
Just when you think the Nebraska men’s basketball team is done for, they pull you right back in.
Trailing by 10 to Arizona State with under 15 minutes to go until their season ended, the Huskers rallied for a 14-5 run to cut the deficit to one before guard Connor Essegian poured in eight-straight points by himself to give NU the lead for good at 63-61. The Sun Devils tried to pull off a last second rally, but it wasn’t enough as Nebraska won its first-round game of the College Basketball Crown 86-78 in Las Vegas.
Brice Williams torched ASU for a game-high 30 points in his fourth 30-point game of the season while Juwan Gary (18 points) and Essegian (17) provided the necessary support. Trailing by eight after the first 20 minutes, the Huskers popped off for 56 second half points shooting 64.5% from the field and outscoring Arizona State in the paint 44-30.
It’s a big result for Nebraska who wins its first postseason game since 2019 and moves one step closer in locking up a nice NIL payday. The next team standing in their way is Big East foe Georgetown, who won an 85-82 marathon with Washington State later Monday night.
Here’s all you need to know as the Huskers and Hoyas duel in the desert.
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Georgetown Scout
Head Coach: Ed Cooley | 2nd Season at Georgetown; 19th overall as HC | 27-38 (.415) at Georgetown; 361-260 (.581) Career HC Record | 7x NCAA Tournament Appearances, 1x Sweet 16, 1x MAAC Regular Season title, 1x Big East Tournament & Regular Season title | 1x Naismith Coach OTY, 1x Big East Coach OTY, MAAC Coach OTY, Ben Jobe Award | Previous head coach at Providence and Fairfield | Previous assistant at Boston College, Rhode Island, Stonehill and UMass-Dartmouth.
2024-2025 Record: 18-15 (8-12 Big East, 7th) | 1x All-Big East first team, 1x All-Big East third team, 1x Big East All-Freshman team.
All-Time Series: First all-time meeting.
Big East Tournament: L, 71-67 to No. 10 seed DePaul in Big East First Round.
Notable Wins: *Mount St. Mary’s (79-51), *Creighton (81-57), *Xavier (69-63).
*Signifies NCAA Tournament Qualifier
Key Absences: Micah Peavy, G/F, Gr., 17.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG (Illness) | Thomas Sorber, F/C, Fr., 14.5 PPG, 8.5 RPG (Injury/NBA Draft) | Julius Halaifonua, C, Fr., 3.0 PPG, 2.0 RPG (Injury) | Drew Fielder, F/C, Soph., 7.1 PPG, 5.4 RPG (Transfer Portal).
Projected Lineup: Malik Mack, G, Soph. (12.5 PPG, 4.3 APG, 3.7 RPG) | Jordan Burks, F, Soph. (5.5 PPG, 3.4 RPG) | Caleb Williams, F, Fr. (4.2 PPG, 3.8 RPG) | Drew McKenna, F, Fr. (1.5 PPG, 1.5 RPG) | Curtis Williams Jr., G, Soph. (4.8 PPG, 1.8 RPG).
Outlook: Georgetown has yet to get back to the NCAA Tournament two years into the Ed Cooley era – who was hired away from in-conference foe Providence after leading the Friars to seven tournament appearances in 12 seasons. This season has been a much better improvement than Cooley’s debut year when the Hoyas went 9-23 and 2-18 in Big East play. They were able to take advantage of a CBC invite, taking down Washington State 85-82 despite being short handed.
Point guard Malik Mack was key to the victory with a career-high 37 points and he’ll once again be relied upon if Georgetown continues to be down multiple key players. Mack was the fourth-leading scorer during the regular season, but was the leading scorer – by season average – playing for Georgetown on Monday night.
Part of that is due to roster turnover with the college basketball offseason in full swing. Second leading scorer Thomas Sorber (14.5 PPG, 8.5 RPG) is a projected lottery pick, but he sustained a season-ending injury in mid February and has already declared for the NBA draft, but he’s maintaining his college eligibility in case he doesn’t like the scouts feedback. Starter Drew Fielder (7.1 PPG, 5.4 RPG) entered the transfer portal soon after the team’s loss to DePaul in the Big East tournament. Team star Micah Peavy (17.2 PPG) and double-figure scorer Jayden Epps (12.8 PPG) were both out against the Cougars with part of it being illness. The outlook of this Georgetown team changes drastically depending on if they’re in the lineup.
If the same lineup trots out for Georgetown against Nebraska, then it’s going to be a conditioning battle. Cooley played his starting five for essentially the whole game with the four players coming off the bench combining for 17 of the 200 minutes.
If the Hoyas stick with their current lineup, I like Nebraska’s chances to advance to the semifinals. But if Peavy and Epps return, it feels more like a toss-up.
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The future of data centers in Nebraska took center stage at a North Omaha town hall Thursday evening.
The event was hosted by State Sens. Terrell McKinney and Ashlei Spivey, who alongside Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh sponsored a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that looked to help regulate data centers.
Parts of their bill were adopted and passed in LB1010, which requires reports on annual power usage, water usage and ownership.
“Having this passed in a package showed a lot of bipartisan work,” Spivey told a crowd of attendees at Nelson Mandela Elementary School.
The proposed regulations were shaped in part by Bold Nebraska, an advocacy group focused on eminent domain and clean energy. Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party and founder of Bold Nebraska, said before the bill passed there were “zero laws on the books” to address a boom in data centers.
“If one is coming into the community, we wanted to make sure that there were some basic transparency things in place,” Kleeb said.
Political discussions around data centers heated up in recent months following reporting by the Flatwater Free Press that showed Google is considering a data center in Nebraska that could require more than three times the amount of power the entire city of Lincoln uses at peak demand in the summer.
The Nebraska Legislature recently passed another bill, LB1261, that allows private developers to build and own power plants to serve a large industrial customer, including data centers. That bill was proposed by the governor’s office and celebrated by Gov. Jim Pillen.
“Our state is once again taking a bold and strategic step – one that will create an environment that attracts business and multibillion dollar investment, while legally preserving Nebraska’s unique and consumer-friendly public power model,” Pillen said at the time.
At Thursday’s town hall, McKinney called LB1261 “the bogeyman bill.”
“It’s a bill that the governor pushed through the legislature to allow for data centers to create their own power,” McKinney said. “It’s a bill that I stood on the floor and said this is going to harm our communities.”
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Hundreds of people are without power in southeast Nebraska after a severe storm passed through Thursday morning.
The Lincoln Electric System outage map showed 115 customers without power across the city at 11:36 a.m.
Norris Public Power District’s outage map also shows 45 customers affected by the storm. As of 11:36 a.m., there were nine active outages.
According to the Nebraska Public Power District outage map, 657 customers were affected by the storm. Most of the affected customers were near Plattsmouth in southeast Nebraska. As of 11:37 a.m., 27 customers remain without power.
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered near Crawford, including Fort Robinson State Park, as the South Fork Fire continues to spread in western Nebraska.
According to the City of Crawford, evacuations are currently underway for an area north of Crawford that includes the area south of Dodd Road, west of Dodd Road, and FF Street.
Fort Robinson has also been evacuated.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said Fort Robinson State Park and Peterson Wildlife Management Area have been temporarily closed due to the fire.
The fire has burned approximately 9,000 acres and is currently 0% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Nebraska Game and Parks said the park and the WMA will remain closed until further notice to support firefighting operations and protect public safety.
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