Nebraska gets its first NCAA Tournament win, beating Troy 76-47 behind Pryce Sandfort's 23 points

— Finally, Nebraska has a happy March Madness memory.
Mar 19, 2026, 05:52 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--TROY
100%
--NEB

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Sam Hoiberg misses driving layup
  • Berke Buyuktuncel misses driving layup
  • Victor Valdes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cooper Campbell assists)
  • Pryce Sandfort misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Rienk Mast makes layup
  • Rienk Mast misses layup
  • Rienk Mast misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Hoiberg makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Victor Valdes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cobi Campbell assists)
  • Berke Buyuktuncel misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Cooper Campbell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Victor Valdes assists)
  • Berke Buyuktuncel makes 3-foot dunk (Rienk Mast assists)
  • Thomas Dowd misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Rienk Mast misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Rienk Mast makes layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)
  • Rienk Mast makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Cooper Campbell misses 13-foot floating jump shot
  • Austin Cross misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Theo Seng misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kerrington Kiel misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kerrington Kiel makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Braden Frager misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Thomas Dowd misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Pryce Sandfort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Braden Frager assists)
  • Cooper Campbell makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Jared Garcia misses 14-foot jumper
  • Braden Frager misses driving layup
  • Victor Valdes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Victor Valdes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Cross misses driving layup
  • Theo Seng misses tip in layup
  • Pryce Sandfort makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
  • Pryce Sandfort makes 29-foot three point jumper (Rienk Mast assists)
  • Braden Frager misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Pryce Sandfort misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamarques Lawrence makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Cobi Campbell misses driving layup
  • Theo Seng makes driving layup (Cooper Campbell assists)
  • Braden Frager makes layup (Rienk Mast assists)
  • Braden Frager makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Thomas Dowd makes layup (Theo Seng assists)
  • Pryce Sandfort makes 24-foot three point jumper (Braden Frager assists)
  • Thomas Dowd misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Pryce Sandfort makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
  • Jamarques Lawrence misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Frager misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Pryce Sandfort makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Pryce Sandfort makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kerrington Kiel makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kerrington Kiel makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Braden Frager misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jamarques Lawrence makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamarques Lawrence makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cobi Campbell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jerrell Bellamy misses layup
  • Jamarques Lawrence misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Thomas Dowd misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Rienk Mast misses layup
  • Victor Valdes misses driving layup
  • Sam Hoiberg makes driving layup (Jamarques Lawrence assists)
  • Pryce Sandfort misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Theo Seng makes layup (Jerrell Bellamy assists)
  • Jamarques Lawrence misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rienk Mast misses layup
  • Berke Buyuktuncel makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Austin Cross misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Berke Buyuktuncel misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamarques Lawrence makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rienk Mast assists)
  • Theo Seng makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Theo Seng makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cobi Campbell misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Thomas Dowd makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Thomas Dowd makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cobi Campbell misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Rienk Mast misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Victor Valdes makes 25-foot three pointer (Cooper Campbell assists)
  • Pryce Sandfort makes 26-foot three pointer (Rienk Mast assists)
  • Pryce Sandfort misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Thomas Dowd misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Victor Valdes misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamarques Lawrence misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cobi Campbell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cobi Campbell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Pryce Sandfort makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Frager assists)
  • Cooper Campbell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamarques Lawrence makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rienk Mast assists)
  • Cobi Campbell misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Rienk Mast makes layup (Pryce Sandfort assists)
  • Victor Valdes makes 28-foot three point jumper (Cooper Campbell assists)
  • Jamarques Lawrence makes 19-foot jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists)
  • Thomas Dowd misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Frager misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Cross makes driving layup (Thomas Dowd assists)
  • Braden Frager makes layup (Rienk Mast assists)
  • Kerrington Kiel misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Rienk Mast makes layup (Pryce Sandfort assists)
  • Thomas Dowd misses layup
  • Rienk Mast makes 11-foot hook shot
  • Theo Seng makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cooper Campbell assists)
  • Rienk Mast misses layup
  • Braden Frager makes 1-foot dunk
  • Austin Cross misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Frager misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Thomas Dowd misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kerrington Kiel misses layup
  • Braden Frager makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Austin Cross misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cale Jacobsen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Frager assists)
  • Jerrell Bellamy misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Frager misses driving layup
  • Berke Buyuktuncel makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Thomas Dowd misses layup
  • Pryce Sandfort misses driving layup
  • Austin Cross misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Cobi Campbell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cobi Campbell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Braden Frager misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cobi Campbell makes 28-foot three point jumper (Victor Valdes assists)
  • Pryce Sandfort misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Hoiberg misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Victor Valdes misses 33-foot three point jumper
  • Braden Frager misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Thomas Dowd misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Berke Buyuktuncel makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists)
  • Cobi Campbell makes driving layup
  • Braden Frager makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sam Hoiberg assists)
  • Kendall Blue misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Cobi Campbell misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kendall Blue misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Leo Curtis misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Justin Bolis misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Troy TrojansTROYTROY
(22-12)
(22-12, 9-7 Away)
o134.5
-105
+13.5
-115
o139.5
-110
+650
Nebraska CornhuskersNEBNEB
(27-6)
(27-6, 16-2 Home)
-15.5
+100
-13.5
-105
u139.5
-110
-1000
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