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After ninth-seeded Iowa basketball (23-12, 10-10 Big Ten) advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999 with a stunning 73-72 upset of top-seeded and defending national champion Florida (27-8, 16-2 SEC), its Sweet 16 matchup against rival and No. 4 seed Nebraska (28-6, 15-5 Big Ten) officially received a tipoff time and TV crew assignment.
According to the announcement from CBS Sports and TNT Sports on Sunday night, the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers will tip off on Thursday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. CT. With the South Region of the 2026 NCAA Tournament located in Houston, Texas, the two Big Ten foes will do battle from the Toyota Center, home of the NBA's Houston Rockets.
The game will be nationally broadcast on TBS and TruTV, with play-by-play voice Kevin Harlan on the call, alongside color analysts Robbie Hummel and Stan Van Gundy, and sideline reporter Lauren Shehadi. Fans can stream the game via Sling (Regional restrictions may apply).
Having split the regular-season series at one apiece, the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers are set to add yet another page to their longstanding rivalry as the first-ever NCAA Tournament meeting between the two programs.
For Iowa, a win over Nebraska would advance the Hawkeyes to their first Elite Eight appearance since 1987, while a Nebraska victory would continue the Cornhuskers' historic 2025-26 season with their third-ever win in the NCAA Tournament.
Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions. Follow Scout on X: @SpringgateNews
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According to the announcement from CBS Sports and TNT Sports on Sunday night, the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers will tip off on Thursday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. CT. With the South Region of the 2026 NCAA Tournament located in Houston, Texas, the two Big Ten foes will do battle from the Toyota Center, home of the NBA's Houston Rockets.
The game will be nationally broadcast on TBS and TruTV, with play-by-play voice Kevin Harlan on the call, alongside color analysts Robbie Hummel and Stan Van Gundy, and sideline reporter Lauren Shehadi. Fans can stream the game via Sling (Regional restrictions may apply).
Having split the regular-season series at one apiece, the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers are set to add yet another page to their longstanding rivalry as the first-ever NCAA Tournament meeting between the two programs.
For Iowa, a win over Nebraska would advance the Hawkeyes to their first Elite Eight appearance since 1987, while a Nebraska victory would continue the Cornhuskers' historic 2025-26 season with their third-ever win in the NCAA Tournament.
Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions. Follow Scout on X: @SpringgateNews
This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Iowa basketball vs. Nebraska Sweet 16 tipoff time, TV set
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