Stories from Monday, March 17, 2025

The Nebraska women’s basketball team is the No. 10 seed in the Birmingham 3 Region of the NCAA tournament and will play seventh-seeded Louisville on Friday in Forth Worth, Texas. The 68-team bracket was announced on Sunday evening. It is NU’s third NCAA tournament appearance in four seasons...

SCOTTSBLUFF – The McCook Community College women’s season came to an end Thursday with an overtime loss to Gillette College 69-68 in the opening round of the Region IX tournament. “This is probably the hardest game to swallow of my coaching career,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “Our girls battled hard all game and I'm so proud of them. They did everything right and we couldn't get any calls in the fourth quarter and overtime.”...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The McCook Community College baseball team won their third straight game with a 17-5 decision Thursday over Southwestern Christian College. It was the team’s seventh win in the last eight games. “It was good to finish off the trip with a ‘W’,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. I didn’t feel like we played our best, but we had few guys that had some good performances.”...

The Nebraska men’s basketball program will play in the postseason, accepting an invitation to play in the inaugural College Basketball Crown later this month. The College Basketball Crown takes place from March 31-April 6 in Las Vegas. The first two rounds take place at the Grand Garden Arena with the semifinals and finals taking place in T-Mobile Arena...

The Auburn Tigers, led by SEC Player of the Year Johni Broome, were chosen as the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA tournament on Sunday, with conference champions Duke (ACC), Houston (Big 12) and Florida (SEC) also tabbed as 1-seeds by the selection committee...

he Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American defensive back Phalen Sanford. Sanford (5’11-195) signed with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent, following the 2024 NFL Draft. He spent training camp with the team, showing a knack for being where the ball is when he recovered a blocked punt and ran it back 42 yards in preseason action against the Minnesota Vikings on August 10th and recovered a second fumble against the San Francisco 49ers on August 23rd...

McCook Community College’s baseball game scheduled for Tuesday in Liberal, Kan. against Seward County Community College has been postponed because of forecasted high winds. No makeup date has been set. MCC is scheduled to travel to Las Vegas, N.M. to begin Region IX play this weekend with doubleheaders Friday and Saturday starting at 1 p.m. MCC is 10-11 on the season and Luna is 5-15...