Huskers' Season Starts with 'Madness'

Lincoln - The Nebraska men's basketball team tipped off its 2004-05 season by appearing at "Husker Madness" at the Husker Nation Pavilion on Saturday morning.

The scrimmage at the Pavilion, which is home to Nebraska football's fan-fest on game days, attracted a crowd of nearly 6,000 fans to watch the men's and women's basketball teams play for the first time this season preceding Nebraska's football game with Baylor set to kickoff at 1:05 p.m.

The women opened the event at 10:35 a.m. and scrimmaged for approximately 10 minutes with the Red team running past the White squad.  The men followed with a 15-minute running clock scrimmage, won by the White team, 31-20. John Turek paced the White with nine points, while Wes Wilkinson led the Red with seven.

At the conclusion of the festivities, Lou Felici was selected for a chance to win several prizes, including a chance at $500,000.  No prize was awarded, but Felici, J.J. Pritchett, Jody Ritzdorf and Jenny Baxter each won a pair of tickets to the Nebraska/Kansas basketball game on Feb. 5. Live video of the event was available for free on Huskers.com.