“Listen, [Keaton] Wagler’s playing as a first-team All-American right now,” Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg said postgame. “They’re just getting the ball in his hands and letting him go to work and iso. And they’ve got shooting all around him.”

Game summary of the Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers NCAAM game, final score 78-69, from February 1, 2026 on ESPN.

The No. 10 Illinois Fighting Illini visit the No. 5 Nebraska Cornhuskers Sunday for a 4 p.m. ET tip from Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Here are Wilson Moore's three takes after Nebraska's loss to Illinois, which had too much size and too much Keaton Wagler in the second half.

Illinois head coach Brad Underwood named the keys that paved the way for the No. 9 Fighting Illini to stun No. 5 Nebraska on Sunday.

The Illini are preparing for a slugfest in Lincoln, but Cornhuskers head man Hoiberg says that might not go far enough