HuskerMax Today: Bracket Reactions, Women to Fort Worth, Men to the Crown, Baseball Gets Swept

Nick Handley and Kaleb Henry dive into the March Madness in different ways for Nebraska men's and women's basketball and look at a bad weekend for Husker baseball.

Kaleb Henry, Nick Handley | Mar 17, 2025

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March Madness is here!

Nick Handley and Kaleb Henry look at the bracket reveals for the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments, including the Husker women off to face Louisville. NU men's hoops are headed to Las Vegas for the College Basketball Crown.

Plus, a bad beginning to the Big Ten Conference slate got worse with a weekend sweep at the hands of UCLA.

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Published Mar 17, 2025|Modified Mar 17, 2025

KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

NICK HANDLEY

Nick Handley was born in Omaha and went to both Millard South and Millard West High School. He then attended University of Nebraska at Omaha and studied broadcast/communications. Nick has over 20 years experience covering local sports and most recently was a sports talk show host on AM590 ESPN Omaha and 1620 The Zone. He has also been a part of the Nebraska and Creighton baseball broadcast teams. Nick currently serves the role as the public address announcer for Omaha Maverick Hockey.