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Braden Frager Island, Nebraska MBB keeps winning - January 9th, 2026

Nebraska Men's Basketball is off to its best start in almost 50 years. The offense grabbed the headlines in the offseason, but many are pointing to the defense as the key driver of success through the first 10 games. Join Austin Oerman as he discusses Nebraska's defensive personnel and scheme before diving into the key numbers to help determine just how sustainable Nebraska's defensive success is.

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Join Austin Oerman and Jacob Bigelow as they discuss the two games of the 15th Champions Classic from the winners' and losers' perspectives before conversations regarding Arizona's early season resume and Nebraska Men's Basketball's Hall of Fame Classic Championship matchup with Kansas State.

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Austin Oerman is joined by the Stretch Big himself, Jacob Bigelow, to go through the highlights and lowlights of college basketball's opening week. What's real and what's fake? What's early jitters and what's cause for concern? Austin and Jacob go back and forth across the CBB landscape.

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It's been a month, but TC3 returns! Join Austin Oerman for a rundown of who he views as the top 32 teams in the country before an update on some CBB jobs that came open late in the offseason that now have interim coaches.

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Join Austin Oerman as he tells you about all the players you need to know to understand the Big Ten in 2025-26 before giving his Big Ten tiers and thoughts on the most interesting coaches in the conference.

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Conference realignment has slowed down... for now. That didn't stop a national college basketball writer from trying to reshape CBB into conferences that make more sense. Austin Oerman examines how the hypothetical realignment would affect Nebraska MBB and whether it would be a net positive or negative for the program.

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Reports surfaced that North Carolina has had exploratory talks to join the SEC. Will Austin Oerman be able to dunk on the Tar Heels for eternity for breaking up the Tobacco Road rivalry or do the conversations actually have some merit? Get his take on that and whether the ACC should prefer to team up with the SEC or the Big Ten on this week's episode of The Corner 3.

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Austin Oerman was recently taken on a trip down memory lane and it led to... this. He put together his team of CBB dudes who he thinks are underrated or under-appreciated for who they were or what they accomplished. The team is not all-encompassing, but he enlisted two friends of the pod to fill the gaps: Jacob Bigelow and Wilson Moore gave their teams, too.

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There were a number of Nebraska and Nebraska-adjacent players in the 2025 NBA Draft conversation. Austin Oerman put together a team of those players and gave his thoughts on how far he thinks that team could've gone in March Madness. Plus, over the Independence Day weekend, he ranked the most prominent teams that wear red, white, and blue based on how good he thinks they'll be in 2025-26.

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There were a number of Nebraska and Nebraska-adjacent players in the 2025 NBA Draft conversation. Austin Oerman put together a team of those players and gave his thoughts on how far he thinks that team could've gone in March Madness. Plus, over the Independence Day weekend, he ranked the most prominent teams that wear red, white, and blue based on how good he thinks they'll be in 2025-26.

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Kansas athletic director Travis Goff gave his thoughts on how much of the $20.5 million revenue sharing pool Kansas will allocate to men's basketball and how he thinks other programs will allocate their money. Austin took those comments and went through the power conferences giving his thoughts on how big a priority men's basketball will be on a school-by-school basis.

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Austin Oerman was taken on a trip down memory lane and he wants you to join him as he looks at the 2010-11 Big East coaching roster that was full of promising young coaches, some proven floor-raisers, and some legends of the game.

After that, he looks at what one national analyst says about Nebraska MBB's chances to make the NCAA Tournament - what the Huskers' strengths could be and what weaknesses could hold them back.

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After a couple Fridays off calling State Baseball, Austin Oerman returned and was greeted by a doozy of a comment from NCAA President Charlie Baker - the prez is pro-NCAA Tournament expansion. Austin gives his thoughts on those comments and also Texas head coach Sean Miller's perspective on the lack of COVID-year players in CBB for 2025 and beyond.

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The ACC announced that its 5-year run of playing 20 conference games is over. Austin Oerman dives into the league's rationale for the change, why he understands it, and why he hates the message it sends and the factors that led the league to this decision.

After that, he dives into what a pod-style regular season would look like for the Big Ten if it were to follow some of the ACC's ideas.

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Illinois Men's Basketball has hit the recruiting trail hard... in Montenegro, for older players. How much college eligibility should international prospects with professional experience receive if they come state-side?

Austin Oerman dives into that question before discussing some interesting prospects invited to the NBA Draft Combine.

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Join Austin Oerman as he dissects the early team winners of the transfer portal in the Big Ten and across the country.

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Austin Oerman discusses the five transfers that Nebraska MBB has added to its roster so far in the cycle and the roles he thinks each player could fill for the 2025-26 Huskers.

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Join Austin Oerman for some more Nebraska MBB regular season retrospective. First, he dives into teams with similar resumes and offensive and defensive statistics before handing out letter grade report cards with Husker hall of famer Erick Strickland.

As always, the show wrapped with the things Austin loved in college hoops this week.

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