Nebraska, Michigan State
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The No. 9 Michigan State Spartans and the No. 13 Nebraska Cornhuskers meet Friday in Lincoln, Nebraska. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. ET.
Considering the Cornhuskers to be a "quality opponent" has traditionally not been the case. Michigan State is 15-4 against Nebraska since the Cornhuskers joined the Big Ten and has won 12 of the last 13 overall meetings. Nebraska hasn't won a single NCAA Tournament game in the history of its program; MSU has 76 victories.
No. 9 Michigan State (12-1) ended 2025 with a 114-92 win over Cornell (6-6) at the Breslin Center in East Lansing on Monday night.
Michigan State improved to 12-1 on the season with a 114-97 win in a tricky non-conference finale against Ivy League foe Cornell, which shoots a lot of threes and makes more of those threes than most teams that shoot a similar volume.
Friday night's game between Nebraska and Michigan State is the biggest in the history of Pinnacle Bank Arena, and perhaps the biggest regular-season game in the
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