Nebraska’s neutral-site matchup with Boise State in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, didn’t take long to disappear from the public market. Tickets for the game sold out shortly after they went on sale Friday, leaving only resale options available. On Ticketmaster, the cheapest listed ticket was $175 before taxes.
The Huskers are heading into the 2025-26 season with a packed schedule and a new look in the backcourt. Boise State will be Nebraska’s third straight opponent from west of the Rocky Mountains, after the three-hour drive from Lincoln to Sioux Falls. The game has also drawn plenty of interest as a neutral-site test for metrics purposes.
Boise State is seeking another year of eligibility for former Nebraska guard Kendall Blue. Blue spent the 2024-25 season at St.
Thomas, where he never cracked the rotation with the Huskers, appearing in 19 games and scoring 13 points in 55 minutes. If Blue gets another year of eligibility, he likely wouldn’t spend it at Nebraska.
Nebraska’s transfer portal haul has also been recognized nationally. The Huskers received a National Association of Basketball Coaches team academic excellence award Wednesday. Nebraska was one of 10 Big Ten teams and 300 programs across all levels of college basketball honored for having a collective GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Seven Huskers were named to the NABC honors court: juniors Rienk Mast, Sam Hoiberg, Henry Burt, and Caleb Grill, plus Connor Essegian, Pryce Sandfort and Berke Büyüktuncel.
Four former Nebraska players wrapped up their summer league stints over the weekend. Hoiberg, Bryce Williams and Josiah Allick spent the previous two weeks with Williams averaging 12.6 points per game in a run highlighted by a pair of 20-point performances. Last scored 13.3 points and grabbed eight rebounds per contest while occasionally flashing a level of explosiveness that wasn’t always present in college basketball.
Williams threw down a dunk off a feed from point guard Suki Zawamura early in league play. In his last game, he got the ball at the top of the key, pump faked, took two hard dribbles into the paint and elevated for a one-handed jam. Last rarely dunked during his Nebraska tenure, which was interrupted by a major injury to miss the 2023-24 season.
Blue, meanwhile, spent the 2024-25 season at Nebraska after three years at St. Thomas.
He never cracked the rotation with the Huskers, appearing in 19 games and scoring 13 points in 55 minutes. If Blue gets another year of eligibility, he likely wouldn’t spend it at Nebraska.
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