Nebraska players make unusual plea to fans after beating Michigan State to extend historic run

The Nebraska men’s hoops squad made a peculiar petition for Cornhuskers fans amid the program's historical run: Please enactment successful your seats. 

Nebraska continued its cleanable tally and program-best commencement to 14-0 with a 58-56 triumph implicit No. 9 Michigan State astatine location connected Friday night, but arsenic the last buzzer rang out, fans stormed the tribunal to celebrate. 

Nebraska defender Jamarques Lawrence (10) reacts aft a handbasket against Michigan State during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, successful Lincoln, Neb.  (AP Photo/Bonnie Ryan)

The triumph marked the team’s 18th consecutive triumph dating backmost to past season, which is the longest streak successful the nation.

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While the players are thankful for the support, they made a plea for fans to halt storming the court.

 "If you're the No. 13 against the No. 9 and you’re astatine home, successful my opinion, you’re expected to triumph that game," Nebraska guardant Rienk Mast said. "I don’t blasted the fans. They got excited for that win. From present connected out, we’ve proven we beryllium successful these games and we’re expected to triumph these types of games."

"Every azygous crippled we person to beryllium it, that this isn’t a fluke and that we're connected a blistery streak and we tin spell cold," helium said. "We've got to enactment poised and support proving radical wrong."

Fans of the Nebraska Cornhuskers tempest the tribunal aft a triumph against the Michigan State Spartans astatine Pinnacle Bank Arena successful Lincoln, Nebraska, connected Jan. 2, 2026.  (Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)

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Guard ​​Jamarques Lawrence echoed that sentiment. 

"We’re expected to triumph that game, guys," helium said. "No much tribunal storms, please. I conscionable got to accidental that."

Interestingly enough, Spartans caput manager Tom Izzo had nary issues with the celebrations.

Nebraska fans observe aft a play against Michigan State during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled successful Lincoln, Nebraska, connected Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bonnie Ryan)

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 "I perfectly loved it, perfectly loved it," helium said aft the game. "That doesn’t hap overmuch astatine our place. And it shouldn’t. But it should hap here. This is benignant of a caller experience. That’s the quality of what you bash arsenic you physique a program."

"They were lining up backmost there, I was reasoning to myself ‘go for it.’ I thought it was great."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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