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The NCAA Tournament starts today in the First Four…will The Stool be watching? Mar 17, 2026

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-UMBC and Howard will play in the 16-seed play-in game at 5:40pm on TruTV, followed by Texas and NC State in the 11-seed play-in

game at 8:15pm

-Also, if you’re inclined to watch the NIT….that begins tonight, too, with 8 games…all on the ESPN family of networks!

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day…..Fred Hoiberg has spoken following Nebraska’s draw with of Troy in the NCAA Tournament…what did he have to say yesterday? Mar 17, 2026

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-Hoiberg met with media and said that Troy is an impressive team that rebounds well, takes care of the ball well and beyond, praising

some specific players, especially the All-Sun Belt forwards Thomas Dowd and Victor Valdez

-Hoiberg said it’s also important to control your emotions…if you don’t, it’s easy to get ‘smacked’ in the NCAA Tournament…which has

happened to Nebraska in all it’s previous encounters in the Dance

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The Spillover (sponsored by Raising Cane’s) Mar 16, 2026

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-Final thoughts on the bracket and Nebraska’s place in it…and reminder that the Husker women are in the First Four of NCAA..

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In one bit of non-basketball news…the NFL is trying to interfere with Bill’s FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR Mar 16, 2026

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-If you’ve listened to the show, you know Bill is a huge fan of Thanksgiving Eve and Groundhog’s Day

-Well, it sounds like the NFL is trying to plan a Thanksgiving Eve game, on top of it’s Thanksgiving Day games, Black Friday game, Sunday

slate, and Monday Night Football. Enough is enough!

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Speaking of the B1G…in looking at their draw…will we see several teams make a run or is disappointment ahead? Mar 16, 2026

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-There are several high seeds in the B1G---Michigan (1-seed); Purdue (2-seed); Illinois (3-seed); Michigan State (3-seed); Nebraska (4-

seed); and Wisconsin (5-seed)

-Which of those teams is on upset alert? And which ones might make a run? Could it be a lower seed like Ohio State or Iowa?

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Purdue was dead to the world before the Big Ten Tournament, and then they won it all…can you trust them? / Shut Up Sipple (sponsored by Bagels & Joe) Mar 16, 2026

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-Purdue entered the B1G Tournament just 2-4 in their previous 6 games, and then went on to roll through Northwestern, Nebraska,

UCLA and Michigan en route to a banner to hang up and a 2-seed in the Big Dance

-They’ll play Queens in the first round of the West Regional…

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What is the confidence that this Nebrasketball team will get the first ever NCAA Tournament win on Thursday? Mar 16, 2026

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-It’s the 2 nd highest seed in program history, and it will be a raucous pro-Nebraska crowd…but Nebraska is 6-6 since their 20-0 start to

the season. Troy will be difficult but it’s the first non-B1G team Nebraska has seen since late December…

-The middling previous 12 games have many Nebraska fans concerned…but is a chance of scenery just what they need? Can they avoid

the slow starts that plague them so badly over the past month?

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Bill’s Thrills (sponsored by Deinert Contracting) Mar 16, 2026

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-It’s a Football Facts Monday…what’s on his mind today?

-Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers):

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Without saying Troy….what double-digit seeds might make a run in the Dance? Mar 16, 2026

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-A lot of people think High Point is going to upset Wisconsin…have they forgotten how good the Badgers have been recently?

-We’ve seen 15 seeds and 16 seeds win recently in the Dance…any chance at all of that happening this year?

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Oklahoma City, here we come: Nebrasketball lands a 4-seed vs. 13-seed Troy to begin action on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament Mar 16, 2026

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-A lot has happened since our show on Friday---Nebraska fell to Purdue, 74-58, who then went on to win the Big Ten Tournament and

get a 2-seed in the Big Dance after an impressive showing. Disappointing result for Nebraska, but on to the Dance

-Troy is the competition in Round 1, as both teams try to win their first ever NCAA Tournament games. The Trojans pushed USC earlier

in the year in a 3 OT loss and also beat a tourney team (Akron) this season, so they’ll be no pushover. Nebraska opens as a 13.5 point

favorite vs. 22-11 Troy…

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