 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.The optimism that preceded the 1999–2000 season quickly faded when guard Cookie Belcher was sidelined by a wrist injury and forced to take a medical redshirt.