The Nebraska Cornhuskers took dwelling the title within the School Basketball Crown on Sunday evening and FOX Sports activities mentioned Tuesday the match scored large with viewers.
The Crown’s last between Nebraska and UCF garnered 822,000 viewers and was the most-watched non-NCAA Event faculty basketball last of the yr, in accordance with FOX Sports activities. Viewership was up 62% versus the NIT championship.
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School Basketball Crown MVP Juwan Gary of the Nebraska Cornhuskers laughs after his workforce’s 77-66 victory in opposition to the UCF Knights within the School Basketball Crown match at T-Cell Area on April 6, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Ian Maule/Getty Photographs)
Nebraska defeated UCF, 77-66. The Cornhuskers claimed $300,000 in identify, picture and likeness cash for its program as nicely. It was Nebraska’s first postseason championship for the reason that workforce gained the NIT in 1996.
“We did not get the objective that we needed for enjoying within the NCAA Event,” Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg mentioned after the sport. “However we made essentially the most of it and got here out right here targeted and stayed collectively as a bunch and performed some fairly darn good basketball this week.
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Nebraska’s Juwan Gary drives in opposition to within the School Basketball Crown match on April 6, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Louis Grasse/Getty Photographs)
“Hopefully it should give us some momentum heading into subsequent season, and I feel the expertise of taking part in in a postseason occasion will assist all people that will probably be again on our roster subsequent yr.”
Nebraska defeated Boise State and UCF topped Villanova within the Crown’s semifinals.
FOX Sports activities mentioned the semifinals drew in a mean of 706,000 viewers, which was up 145% over the NIT’s semifinals this yr. It was the most-watched non-NCAA Event postseason semifinals of the yr.
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Nebraska acquired the primary wearable trophy of its sort.
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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox Information Digital.
