Overview
- Tipoff is 9 p.m. ET in Lincoln, with streaming exclusively on Peacock.
- The Cornhuskers are 13-0 for the first time in program history and 2-0 in Big Ten play.
- The Spartans are 12-1 and have won four straight, most recently 114-97 over Cornell behind Jeremy Fears Jr.’s 21 points and 11 assists.
- Nebraska leans on Rienk Mast and Pryce Sandfort at roughly 16.5 points apiece, while Michigan State features high-assist guard Fears and double-double producer Jaxon Kohler.
- It is Nebraska’s first time hosting a top-15 matchup since 1991 and the first ranked-vs-ranked game at Pinnacle Bank Arena; FanDuel lists Michigan State as a slight underdog at about +1.5.