Behind a late-season run, which included Nebraska's longest conference winning streak in 20 years, Nee's 12th team finished fourth in the Big 12 and returned to the NCAA Tournament. The bid was the Cornhuskers' fifth during the 1990s and extended the school-record postseason streak to eight consecutive years. The streak reached nine in 1999, as the Cornhuskers just missed an NCAA Tournament bid and advanced to the second round of the NIT. In the process, NU won 20 games for a second straight season, and Hamilton was named Big 12 Player of the Year.