Nebraska's season lives on.
Behind a game-high 28 points from first-team All-Big Ten player Brice Williams, Fred Hoiberg's short-handed Huskers beat an even more short-handed Georgetown Hoyas crew 81-69 in a quarterfinal of the College Basketball Crown Tournament in Las Vegas Wednesday night in MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Nebraska will play NCAA Tournament snub Boise State (26-10) in a semifinal Saturday at 12:30 p.m. inside T-Mobile Arena, home of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights. As part of a unique and new-age twist to the Crown, teams that make the semifinals earn $50,000 in NIL money. Runner-ups get $100,000 while the champions get $300,000.