There, they exchanged fist bumps and high fives with radio play-by-play man Kent Pavelka, who called his 1,000th Husker basketball game in Nebraska's 75-60 win over Illinois.
Pavelka started calling games in 1974, when Nebraska head coach Tim Miles was all of 8 years old. There was the memorable stint calling NU football games too, of course, including being on the mic for the best Husker teams in program history.
"First of all, not many people get to 1,000 games. So for him to do it — and he's great with the call, and he's a homer.