Nebraska rewards Sadler

? Doc Sadler received a two-year contract extension on Wednesday after coaching Nebraska to its first 20-win season in nine years.

Sadler’s contract will run through the 2013-14 season, and his base pay will increase from $700,000 to $800,000 each of the next six years.

Sadler’s name was mentioned when coaching vacancies came up at Texas A&M and Arkansas last year, and his name was bandied again after Tuesday’s resignation of Oklahoma State’s Sean Sutton.

Sadler said he was not interested in the OSU job.

Sadler, 47, is 37-27 in two seasons since taking over for Barry Collier. He is the first coach in Nebraska history to record at least 17 victories in each of his first two years. Sadler guided Nebraska to a 20-13 record this season, and the Huskers earned a spot in the NIT.