Nebraska's Glynn Watson It’s Senior Day in Lincoln on Sunday, as Nebraska wraps up its regular season schedule against Iowa. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network, and tips at 1 p.m. How to Watch/Listen Nebraska vs. Iowa Tip: 1 p.m. CT TV: Big Ten Network Radio: Huskers.com; Husker Sports Network Stream: BTN2Go, Fox Sports Go Projected Starters Nebraska Glynn Watson Jr. (6-0, 180): 12.7 PPG, 5.0 RPG James Palmer Jr. (6-6, 207): 18.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG Amir Harris (6-6, 205): 1.9 PPG, 2.1 RPG Tanner Borchardt (6-8, 250): 2.8 PPG, 4.1 RPG Isaiah Roby (6-8, 230): 11.1 PPG, 7.0 RPG Iowa Jordan Bohannon (6-1, 185): 10.4 PPG, 2.4 RPG Isaiah Moss (6-5, 205): 8.9 PPG, 2.2 RPG Joe Wieskamp (6-6, 205): 11.0 PPG, 4.6 RPG Luka Garza (6-9, 250): 12.6 PPG, 4.5 RPG Tyler Cook (6-9, 250): 17.4 PPG, 8.4 RPG The Matchup What a difference two matchups can make. When these teams met in Iowa City back near the start of Big Ten play on Jan. 6, Nebraska was ranked and 11-3 on the season. Nebraska comes into Sunday’s senior day with a 15-15 record and 5-14 mark in the Big Ten Conference, and are already locked in to the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten Tournament next week. The Huskers will play either Rutgers, Illinois or Penn State at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon in Chicago. Nebraska will be even more short-handed against Iowa on Sunday. Nebraska head coach Tim Miles said Friday that Thomas Allen is a gametime decision, but doubtful for the matchup because of an ankle injury. Sophomore guard Nana Akenten has been suspended indefinitely because of a violation of team rules, which means Nebraska will have to get creative with its minutes off the bench in the backcourt. Look for freshman Amir Harris to get the start alongside Glynn Watson Jr, but who comes in off the bench to relieve the starters is very much a big question. Sunday is Senior Day, and five Huskers will be honored before the game. Tanner Borchardt, Isaac Copeland Jr., James Palmer Jr., Johnny Trueblood and Glynn Watson Jr. have combined for nearly 3,400 points along with more than 1,150 rebounds and 625 assists during their time as Huskers. Junior forward Isaiah Roby will wear Copeland's number to honor the injured forward on Sunday during Senior Day. Iowa will come limping into Pinnacle Bank Arena at an interesting point in its season. Head coach Fran McCaffery will be returning from suspension for Sunday’s game, and the Hawkeyes have lost their last three games. Iowa is coming off a 65-45 loss to No. 21 Wisconsin on Thursday evening. The Hawkeyes were held to 30 percent shooting, including 5-of-22 from 3-point range in the loss to the Badgers. Nebraska is struggling, but the computers and experts still see a narrow game on Sunday. ESPN’s Basketball Power Index gives Nebraska a 65.4 percent chance of winning the game, with an expected 4-point margin of victory. Some oddsmakers had Nebraska favored by a point on Saturday night.<doc-sep>Nebraska's Glynn Watson It’s Senior Day in Lincoln on Sunday, as Nebraska wraps up its regular season schedule against Iowa. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network, and tips at 1 p.m. How to Watch/Listen Nebraska vs. Iowa Tip: 1 p.m. CT TV: Big Ten Network Radio: Huskers.com; Husker Sports Network Stream: BTN2Go, Fox Sports Go Projected Starters Nebraska Glynn Watson Jr. (6-0, 180): 12.7 PPG, 5.0 RPG James Palmer Jr. (6-6, 207): 18.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG Amir Harris (6-6, 205): 1.9 PPG, 2.1 RPG Tanner Borchardt (6-8, 250): 2.8 PPG, 4.1 RPG Isaiah Roby (6-8, 230): 11.1 PPG, 7.0 RPG Iowa Jordan Bohannon (6-1, 185): 10.4 PPG, 2.4 RPG Isaiah Moss (6-5, 205): 8.9 PPG, 2.2 RPG Joe Wieskamp (6-6, 205): 11.0 PPG, 4.6 RPG Luka Garza (6-9, 250): 12.6 PPG, 4.5 RPG Tyler Cook (6-9, 250): 17.4 PPG, 8.4 RPG The Matchup What a difference two matchups can make. When these teams met in Iowa City back near the start of Big Ten play on Jan. 6, Nebraska was ranked and 11-3 on the season. Nebraska comes into Sunday’s senior day with a 15-15 record and 5-14 mark in the Big Ten Conference, and are already locked in to the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten Tournament next week. The Huskers will play either Rutgers, Illinois or Penn State at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon in Chicago. Nebraska will be even more short-handed against Iowa on Sunday. Nebraska head coach Tim Miles said Friday that Thomas Allen is a gametime decision, but doubtful for the matchup because of an ankle injury. Sophomore guard Nana Akenten has been suspended indefinitely because of a violation of team rules, which means Nebraska will have to get creative with its minutes off the bench in the backcourt. Look for freshman Amir Harris to get the start alongside Glynn Watson Jr, but who comes in off the bench to relieve the starters is very much a big question. Sunday is Senior Day, and five Huskers will be honored before the game. Tanner Borchardt, Isaac Copeland Jr., James Palmer Jr., Johnny Trueblood and Glynn Watson Jr. have combined for nearly 3,400 points along with more than 1,150 rebounds and 625 assists during their time as Huskers. Junior forward Isaiah Roby will wear Copeland's number to honor the injured forward on Sunday during Senior Day. Iowa will come limping into Pinnacle Bank Arena at an interesting point in its season. Head coach Fran McCaffery will be returning from suspension for Sunday’s game, and the Hawkeyes have lost their last three games. Iowa is coming off a 65-45 loss to No. 21 Wisconsin on Thursday evening. The Hawkeyes were held to 30 percent shooting, including 5-of-22 from 3-point range in the loss to the Badgers. Nebraska is struggling, but the computers and experts still see a narrow game on Sunday. ESPN’s Basketball Power Index gives Nebraska a 65.4 percent chance of winning the game, with an expected 4-point margin of victory. Some oddsmakers had Nebraska favored by a point on Saturday night.<doc-sep>
The Iowa Hawkeyes choked away a 16-point lead in the second half to head into the Big Ten Tournament ass-first following a 93-91 overtime loss to Nebraska. The game had weird written all over it. Isaiah Moss hit a three pointer in the opening minute to remind everyone that he is not in fact dead. Nebraska and Iowa traded blows throughout the first, but the Hawkeyes eventually pulled away to go on a 9-0 scoring run before the half closed out at 37-31 Iowa. Iowa’s defense appeared to shore up once again and everyone was contributing on offense. Basketball was fun again for 17 minutes in the second half. Iowa cruised to a 47-31 lead with 17:05 left to go following another Moss 3. Jordan Bohannon made a three to start the half, Joe Wieskamp followed that up with an easy layup and Luka Garza was hitting 15-footers. All of Iowa’s starters were contributing, Fran was back, and all was right in Iowa basketball land. Then James Palmer Jr., Isaiah Roby, and Glynn Watson happened. Those three combined for 73 points on a day when Nebraska had just seven scholarship players available. Roby was especially problematic down the stretch. It seemed like Iowa had this one all wrapped up while up 70-61 with 150 seconds to go following a made three pointer from Bohannon. Roby took it to the hoop a few possessions later to make it 70-63. A Johnny Trueblood steal after a sloppy inbound from Bohannon dished it back to Roby to turn a 9 point lead with 2 1⁄ 2 minutes to play to a 5 point lead with 90 seconds to play. Watson hit a three-pointer with 23 seconds to put Nebraska within one, and Palmer Jr. made a layup to knot it at 81 at the buzzer. Palmer Jr. was the hero in overtime for Nebraska, scoring 5 points for the Huskers and assisting on a Watson 3. Iowa had all the chances in the world to put it away, but missed free throws, Tyler Cook fouling out and other usual shit accounted for this loss. Iowa did have another chance at a miraculous buzzer-beater: after Amir Harris weaved past Nicholas Baer to give Nebraska the 93-91 go-ahead, Iowa got the ball with 10.5 seconds on the clock. Connor McCaffery completely bungled whatever play was designed, and thankfully a Nebraska player kicked the ball out of bounds with 3 seconds to go. Iowa ran an absolutely beautiful backdoor play to give Bohannon an open look, and he did get it as time expired, but Thorir Thorbjarnson (what a friggin’ name) blocked the shot clean at the release. And that was that. Iowa relinquished a 16-point lead to a team that had lost 11 of its last 13 games. Iowa, meanwhile, has lost five of its last six. This. Is. March. Other notes: