Overview
- Tip is set for 9 p.m. ET at a sold-out Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln with streaming on Peacock.
- Nebraska enters 13–0 for its best start on record and hosts its first home top-15 matchup since 1991 and first ranked-vs.-ranked game at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
- Michigan State is 12–1 with four straight wins, most recently a 114–97 victory over Cornell led by Jeremy Fears Jr.'s 21 points and 11 assists.
- Key contrast: the Spartans rank among national leaders in rebound margin while the Cornhuskers average about 10 made threes per game and defend at a top-20 opponent field-goal rate.
- Nebraska leans on Rienk Mast and Pryce Sandfort (about 16.5 ppg each) with Jamarques Lawrence and Sam Hoiberg in support, while MSU features double-double producer Jaxon Kohler and high-assist guard Fears.