HuskerMax Today: Nebrasketball on the Brink, Women's Hoops Advances, Baseball Home Opener, Football Impressions

Nick Handley and Kaleb Henry discuss Nebraska baseball's injury loss ahead of the home weekend. Three more football assistants met with the media this week; the guys give their impressions. And both hoops teams are fighting for the postseason.

Kaleb Henry, Nick Handley | Mar 6, 2025

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Nick Handley and Kaleb Henry check out where both Nebraska basketball teams are, with the women advancing in the Big Ten Tournament and the men in danger of missing the event entirely. Three more football assistants met with the media for the first time this week. The guys give their impressions.

And both baseball and softball are home this weekend, but the baseball team is without a key pitcher for the rest of the season.

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Published Mar 6, 2025|Modified Mar 6, 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.