Vanderbilt basketball vs Nebraska prediction, our pick for March Madness second round
It's the Vanderbilt Commodores vs the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction for the 2026 NCAA Tournament game.
OKLAHOMA CITY – You’ve got a team that, while it isn’t considered a top-tier men’s basketball program, became one this season in an elite conference. It beat a lot of opponents it isn’t supposed to beat. It didn’t lose a game until January, taking a lot of 3-pointers, and making a lot of 3-pointers.
Vanderbilt ? Well, yeah. But that’s also Nebraska.
When the No. 12 seed Cornhuskers (27-6) and No. 5 seed Commodores (27-8) collide in the second round of the Men’s NCAA Tournament on March 21, it’ll be an intriguing matchup of similar teams with similar metrics and similar circumstances.
For Vanderbilt, a 78-68 winner over No. 12 seed McNeese State, it looms as a difficult game in a very difficult setting. A quick overview of the Cornhuskers Nebraska is good, and it has been good all season.