2025 College Basketball Crown highlights: Boise State, Nebraska move on to semis

The quarterfinals of the new College Basketball Crown began Wednesday with two highly anticipated matchups that followed a similar script.  

First up, Boise State took down Butler in a high-scoring 100-93 affair. Despite the Broncos leading most of the way, the Bulldogs hung around all game.

After that, scrappy Georgetown put up a fight against Nebraska but couldn't complete a comeback like it had in the first round.

The Broncos and Cornhuskers each earned $50K and now advance to play each other in the semifinals.

The second round will continue Thursday with two more quarterfinal matchups airing on FS1. The winners will advance to the semifinals on Saturday, with the championship game taking place on Sunday, April 6. Those three games will be available on FOX.

Here are the highlights from Wednesday! 

The Cornhuskers are off to the semifinals after holding off spirited Georgetown, 81-69. 

Brice Williams and Malik Mack lived up to the hype from their first-round games. Williams followed up his 30-point performance with 28 points on Wednesday night, another team high. Mack, who scored 37 points on Monday night despite being under the weather, paced the Hoyas with 25 points. 

Mack played every minute of Georgetown's tournament games. However, he couldn't lead the Hoyas to another rally against a more balanced and deeper Nebraska team.

At halftime, Nebraska led 34-24, and Williams was the only player on either team in double figures (10 points on 3-of-7 shooting). Mack looked as if he didn't have his legs with just two points on 1-of-8 shooting at the break, including 0-for-3 from the perimeter. 

In the second half, Mack came alive, totaling 23 points and draining four 3-pointers on five attempts. 

He helped keep the Hoyas