1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - All-Big Ten Basketball Awards: March 10th, 2026, 11:45am

Episode Date: March 10, 2026

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Back to one-on-one with D.P. Sponsored by the Downtown Lincoln Foundation on 93-7 the ticket. It is the week of the big, the men's Big Ten tournament. And shout out to, again, the staff in advance, Bach, all the production squad, all the folks who man the mothership and make sure the thing goes. because starting tomorrow, Boy's State Tournament takes over. And there's lots, lots of oars in the water. Lots of wars in the water, Bach.

So I appreciate you guys in advance for what you do and how you handle it. How closely do you follow Nebraska Boys State basketball? Well, I'm excited. Usually admittedly more kind of pay attention to the local teams and, you know, the teams that are in Lincoln. but, you know, and then obviously anybody that's getting some interest, certainly was fun to watch the Hunter Salas and Chuckie Hepburns of the world. Yeah, and you learn along the way.

Before we get out of here, I will go through some of the Big Ten postseason honors along the way. 15 student athletes were selected all Big Ten teams by the coaches and media. 11 student athletes were awarded honorable mention status. Of course, Michigan's Big Ten player of the year, and both coaches and media. Lindenborg is the sixth Michigan Wolverine to earn the honor and the first since Nick Stouskas in 2014. Ademara was named Big Ten defensive player a year.

Some folks will scratch at that. Joining Gary Grant back in 87 and 88. He ranks fifth in the country in 80 total blocks and 2.58 blocks per game. They selected Vogler as freshman of the year. You know, you can't question that guy. Frager was named six man of the year.

DJ Richardson, Cockburn, and these are also freshman of the year and all Big Ten. Frager gets six man of the year along the way. The coach is selected coach Fred Hoyberg as coach of the year. this is the second Big Ten year of the coach of the year honor for Hoyberg led the Huskers to a record 15 Big Ten wins and 26 wins in total tying the school record they finished tied for second in the Big Ten regular season standings. The program's best finished since a runner up showing in the Big Eight in 1992 and 93.

The media shows Dusty May as his coach of the year from Michigan, which is just weird. It's just I'm sorry, it's just weird. Do better people. Sanford, first team, all Big Ten, along with Fears, Braden Smith and Purdue, Lindaborg and Wigler from Illinois, second team, Wilkinson, Sturts, Martinelli, Thornton, Boyd, third team, Johnson of Michigan, Mara, Bulldoo of UCLA, Steinbach, and Blackwell, the honorable mentioned,

Sam Hoyberg, Rinked, Mass. of the Huskers, the all-freshment team. Of course, Frager being on the all-freshman team and the all-defensive first team, Sam Hoyberg makes the all-big-10 first team, all-defensive team. So congratulations on the year and the honors, and now the work really begins.

Right. Pretty good stuff. But what are you in the black shirt talking about? Well, I mean, first of all, we're going to celebrate that. What a big awards there are for that, you know, especially six-man in the air coach. of the year. Those are big deals. But also, yeah, Kenny Will Hyatt will come in for K-W-Tuesdays.

Also got a little bit of some interesting stuff from football. Of course, we'll go over Cornhusker basketball as well. NFL free agency was pretty crazy. But, yeah, there's a team up there not holding the spring game. Fans would not be happy about that if you're at Nebraska. Another team out there decided no special teams coordinator. And then also a team in the Big Ten that has recruited a quarter. a running back and a wide receiver all from the same white all from the same high school so

they're going to have a favorite high school that's here for well done thank y'all for hanging out don't go anywhere box in the black shirt uh ticket tuesdays it's a full day's worth getting you all set up for state tournament don't go anywhere more ticket coming out