Boys Basketball

Seven district finals. Seven state tournament tickets punched. Tuesday's light slate across five boys basketball classes put the finishing touches on the postseason bracket, highlighted by one of the most dramatic finishes of the entire tournament trail. Here's your...

North Platte basketball's Jonathan Rinke went from having a breakout junior season to suffering a medical emergency, leaving his basketball future in doubt. Rinke played in 17 varsity games as a sophomore in 2024-25, averaging 3.5 points and 1.5 rebounds for a North...

An eventful Sunday across all six boys basketball classes produced 26 postseason games, nine upsets by the NebPreps Computer Ratings, and a handful of results that will reshape the state tournament picture heading into the final week of district play. Here's your...

The final 32 district finals of the Nebraska boys basketball postseason tip off this week. For Classes C1, C2, D1 and D2, these are true win-or-go-home games — eight district final winners per class punch their ticket to state. Classes A and B operate differently:...

Twenty-five postseason games hit the boards Saturday across five classes. Thirteen district finals in Classes C1, C2, D1, and D2 produced the state's first confirmed boys postseason qualifiers — and the upsets were relentless. Seven lower-rated teams won in district...

Class A boys basketball opened its district tournament with four first-round games Friday, all involving the lower seeds in five-team district brackets. Light slate, modest stakes — but one two-point nail-biter was worth staying up for. Here's your Feb. 27 recap....

Fifty-eight postseason games hit the hardwood Thursday across Classes B, C1, C2, D1, and D2 boys basketball. Ten teams sent home a higher-rated opponent. And in the most fitting upset of the postseason so far, Guardian Angels knocked out the Archangels. Here's your...

Sub-district openers hit the hardwood Tuesday across Classes C1, C2, D1 and D2 boys basketball. Eighty-eight postseason games. Fifteen upsets by the NebPreps Computer Ratings. Here's your daily recap. Upset of the Day No. 42 Wood River 67, No. 11 Cross County 62 — C2...

The regular season is winding down, and the intensity is ramping up. From a stunning Class B upset to a pair of one-point Class A finishes, last week delivered the kind of games that remind you why the final stretch matters. Here's what stood out across Nebraska boys...

It's a split week for Nebraska boys basketball. Classes C1, C2, D1 and D2 open sub-district play, while Class A wraps up the regular season and Class B begins district first-round action. With 104 games on the schedule, here are the matchups the NebPreps Computer...

Sixteen of the Nebraska’s best boys basketball teams made their way to the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island on Saturday for the annual Heartland Hoops Classic. We’ll have a running roundup throughout the day recapping the games and highlighting the best...

The game of the year in Class B boys basketball lived up to the hype as No. 2 Skutt Catholic rallied from a double-digit deficit to win at No. 1 Norris Tuesday night, handing the Titans their first loss of the season to a fellow class B school. “It was as expected;...