Sophomore forward Pryce Sandfort played his finest game as a Hawkeye, registering his first career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds on 4-of-6 3-point shooting. Junior guard Josh Dix scored 15 points and sophomore guard Brock Harding added 12 to lead Iowa past Nebraska and into the 2025 Big Ten Tournament.

The Huskers will miss the conference tournament this week after closing the regular season on five-game losing streak.

Despite a somewhat disappointing 2024-25 season for Iowa basketball (16-15, 7-13 Big Ten), the Hawkeyes clinched themselves a spot in the 2025 Big Ten Tournament on Sunday afternoon with an 83-68 win-or-go-home regular-season finale victory at Nebraska from a raucous Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln,