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Nebraska Natives in 2024 NCAA Basketball Tournaments

by Mar 18, 2024College Basketball, Preps Boys Basketball, Preps Girls Basketball

Nebraska Natives in 2024 NCAA Basketball Tournaments
Photo Credit: John S. Peterson

The NCAA released the brackets for the 2024 Division I men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments on Sunday, and 28 former Nebraska prep standouts qualified for the Big Dance with their college teams.

Here’s a list of every Nebraska native in this year’s tournaments, listed in order of tipoff time for their first game (all times are Central).

Men’s Tournament

South 10-seed Colorado (24-10) vs. 10-seed Boise State (22-10) in First Four, Wednesday, 8:10 p.m. (truTV)

  • Freshman F Bangot Dak (Lincoln Southeast): 1.8 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 40% FG (22.2% 3FG), 55.6% FT, 7.0 MPG, 20 GP (0 GS) 

 

Midwest 3-seed Creighton (23-9) vs. 14-seed Akron (24-10), Thursday, 12:30 p.m. (TNT)

  • Senior G Baylor Scheierman (Aurora): 18.4 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 4.0 APG, 1.0 SPG, 44.8% FG (37.2% 3FG), 86.8% FT, 36.2 MPG (32 GP (32 GS) 
  • Freshman G Josiah Dotzler (Bellevue West): 1.5 PPG, 0.4 RPG, 43.5% FG (18.2% 3FG), 60% FT, 4.5 MPG, 17 GP (0 GS) 
  • Redshirt freshman F Jasen Green (Millard North): 1.4 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 61.9% FG (28.6% 3FG), 50% FT, 6.2 MPG, 22 GP (0 GS) 
  • Redshirt freshman F Isaac Traudt (Grand Island): 3.2 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 44.8% FG (43.6% 3FG), 83.3% FT, 9.7 MPG, 28 GP (2 GS) 
  • Sophomore F Josh Townley-Thomas (Omaha Creighton Prep): redshirting — walk-on 

 

East 15-seed South Dakota State (22-12) vs. 2-seed Iowa State (27-7), Thursday, 6:35 p.m. (truTV)

  • Senior G Charlie Easley (Lincoln Pius X): 12.0 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.3 APG, 2.2 SPG, 46% FG (39.3% 3FG), 89.2% FT, 33.2 MPG, 33 GP (33 GS) 
  • Sophomore F William Kyle III (Bellevue West): 13.1 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.6 BPG, 62.4% FG, 58.3% FT, 27.6 MPG, 34 GP (23 GS) 
  • Redshirt freshman G Jack Hastreiter (Lincoln Pius X): 0.9 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 42.9% FG (40% 3FG), 3.8 MPG, 9 GP 

  

East 10-seed Drake (28-6) vs. 7-seed Washington State (24-9), Thursday, 9:05 p.m. (truTV)

  • Junior G/F Tucker DeVries (Elkhorn South): 21.8 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 3.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, 44.8% FG (36.4% 3FG), 81.7% FT, 35.5 MPG, 33 GP (33 GS) — Spent freshman year at Elkhorn South before moving to Iowa for his final three years of high school.

  

East 5-seed San Diego State (24-10) vs. 12-seed UAB (23-11), Friday, 12:45 p.m. (TNT)

  • Senior F Jay Pal (Omaha Central): 5.3 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 1.0 BPG, 46.4% FG (30.3% 3FG), 70.1% FT, 17.3 MPG, 34 GP (10 GS) 

 

South 2-seed Marquette (25-9) vs. 15-seed Western Kentucky (22-11), Friday, 1 p.m. (TNT)

  • Freshman G Casey O’Malley (Omaha Creighton Prep): 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 13 Minutes, 9 GP (0GS) — walk-on 

 

South 8-seed Nebraska (23-10) vs. 9-seed Texas A&M (20-14), Friday, 5:50 p.m. (TNT)

  • Senior F Josiah Allick (Lincoln North Star): 7.1 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.3 APG, 55% FG (36.4% 3FG), 63.7% FT, 23.6 MPG, 32 GP (26 GS) 
  • Sophomore G Sam Hoiberg (Lincoln Pius X): 3.5 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.8 APG, 38.1% FG (31.3% 3FG), 68.4% FT, 19.9 MPG, 33 GP (0 GS) — walk-on 
  • Redshirt freshman G Cale Jacobsen (Ashland-Greenwood): 0.7 PPG, 0.3 APG, 50% FG (33.3% 3FG), 50% FT, 2.8 MPG, 19 GP (0 GS) — walk-on 
  • Redshirt freshman F Henry Burt (Elkhorn South): 0.3 PPG, 0.4 RPG, 100% FG, 1.4 MPG, 7 GP (0 GS) — walk-on 

  

West 4-seed Alabama (21-11) vs. 13-seed College of Charleston (27-7), Friday, 6:35 p.m. (truTV)

  • Senior G Latrell Wrightsell Jr. (Omaha Central): 9.0 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.5 APG, 43.9% FG (43.3% 3FG), 100% FT, 23.8 MPG, 28 GP (10 GS) 

    

South 5-seed Wisconsin (22-13) vs. 12-seed James Madison (31-3), Friday, 8:40 p.m. (CBS)

  • Junior G Chucky Hepburn (Bellevue West): 9.3 PPG, 3.9 APG, 3.4 RPG, 2.1 SPG, 43.1% FG (31.3% 3FG), 73.7% FT, 33.2 MPG, 34 GP (34 GS) 

    

West 12-seed Grand Canyon (29-4) vs. 5-seed Saint Mary’s (26-7), Friday, 9:05 p.m. (truTV)

  • Senior F Lök Wur (Papillion-La Vista South): 5.8 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 47.5% FG (33.8% 3FG), 78.1% FT, 14.7 MPG, 33 GP (1 GS) 

  

Women’s Tournament

Albany 2 5-seed Colorado (22-9) vs. 12-seed Drake (29-5), Friday, 7 p.m. (ESPNews)

  • Freshman F Ruthie Loomis-Goltl (Bridgeport): redshirting 

  

Albany 1 6-seed Nebraska (22-11) vs. 11-seed Texas A&M (19-12), Friday, 9:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

  • Junior C Alexis Markowski (Lincoln Pius X): 15.9 PPG, 10.8 RPG,1.3 APG, 47.3% FG (31.8% 3FG), 69.8% FT, 29.1 MPG, 33 GP (33 GS) 
  • Senior G Maddie Krull (Millard South): 2.1 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 1.2 APG, 25.3% FG (30.6% 3FG), 50% FT, 16.8 MPG, 30 GP (16 GS) 
  • Junior G Allison Weidner (Humphrey St. Francis): injured 

  

Albany 1 15-seed Kent State (21-10) vs. 2-seed Notre Dame (23-8), Saturday, 1;15 p.m. (ESPN)

  • Freshman G Mya Babbitt (Millard South): 2.4 PPG, 1.2 RPG, 31.5% FG (27.7% 3FG), 75% FT, 7.6 MPG, 21 GP (0 GS) 

  

Albany 2 1-seed Iowa vs. 16-seed Holy Cross (20-12)/UT-Martin (16-16), Saturday, 2 p.m. (ABC)

  • Sophomore G Taylor McCabe (Fremont): 4.0 PPG, 0.7 RPG, 0.7 APG, 45.9% FG (48.6% 3FG), 83.3% FT, 8.9 MPG, 27 GP (0 GS) 

  

Albany 2 7-seed Creighton (25-5) vs. 10-seed UNLV (30-2), Saturday, Saturday, 6 p.m. (ESPNews)

  • Senior G/F Morgan Maly (Crete): 15.1 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 2.3 APG, 43.7% FG 34.4% 3FG), 90.5% FT, 30.2 MPG, 30 GP (30 GS) 
  • Senior F Jayme Horan (Millard South): 3.1 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 40.5% FG (40% 3FG), 100% FT, 12.0 MPG, 28 GP (0 GS) 

  

Albany 2 15-seed Cal Baptist (28-3) vs. 2-seed UCLA (25-6), Saturday, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

  • Freshman G Khloe Lemon (Millard South): 12.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 46.3% FG (33.3% 3FG), 75% FT, 23.8 MPG, 21 GP (8 GS) 

 

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