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Nebraska's early exit in Big Ten Tournament means a long wait until Selection Sunday

NEW YORK — The chant floated down from the seats high above the baseline next to Nebraska's bench.

It didn't last long. But it lasted long enough. And as the final seconds ticked away in Michigan's 77-58 dissection of the Cornhuskers Friday at Madison Square Garden, the players in the white throwback jerseys — modeled after Nebraska's 1996 NIT championship team — surely heard it.

"It's tough, with the feeling of uncertainty — you don't really know what's going to happen. Obviously they tell you to think positive, but you never know. So it's going to be difficult,' said senior guard Evan Taylor.