2024–25 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 0–0 (0–0 Big Ten) |
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Home arena | Pinnacle Bank Arena |
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 24, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2024–25 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team will represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cornhuskers will be led by sixth-year head coach Fred Hoiberg and willplay their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska as members of the Big Ten Conference.
Previous season
The Cornhuskers finished the 2023–24 season 23–11, 12–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, the Cornhuskers defeated Indiana before losing to Illinois in the semifinals.[1] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, their first since 2014,[2] as the No. 8 seed in the South region.[3] There they lost to Texas A&M in the first round.[4]
Offseason
Departures
Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Josiah Allick | 53 | F | 6'8" | 231 | Sr | Lincoln, NE | Graduated |
Jarron Coleman | 9 | G | 6'5" | 215 | Sr | Indianapolis, IN | Graduated |
Matar Diop | 21 | F | 6'10" | 213 | Fr | Dakar, Senegal | Transferred to Loyola Marymount[5] |
Blaise Keita | 15 | F | 6'11" | 257 | Jr | Mali, Africa | Transferred to Western Kentucky[6] |
Jamarques Lawrence | 10 | G | 6'3" | 183 | So | Plainfield, NJ | Transferred to Rhode Island[7] |
Ramel Lloyd Jr. | 22 | G | 6'6" | 210 | RFr | Chatsworth, CA | Transferred to Long Beach State[8] |
Keisei Tominaga | 30 | G | 6'2" | 179 | Sr | Nagoya, Japan | Graduated |
C.J. Wilcher | 0 | G | 6'5" | 214 | Jr | Plainfield, NJ | Transferred to Texas A&M[9] |
Incoming transfers
Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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Justin Bolis | F | 6 ft 8 in | 215 lbs | So | Lincoln, NE | SCC | |
Berke Buyuktuncel | F | 6 ft 9 in | 245 lbs | So | Bursa, Turkey | UCLA | |
Connor Essegian | G | 6 ft 4 in | 194 lbs | Jr | Fort Wayne, IN | Wisconsin | |
Gavin Griffiths | G | 6 ft 8 in | 193 lbs | So | Simsbury, CT | Rutgers | |
Braxton Meah | C | 7 ft 1 in | 250 lbs | Sr | Layton, UT | Washington | |
Andrew Morgan | F | 6 ft 10 in | 245 lbs | Sr | Waseca, MN | North Dakota State | |
Rollie Worster | G | 6 ft 4 in | 204 lbs | Sr | Missoula, MT | Utah |
2024 recruiting class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Nick Janowski G | Pewaukee, WI | Pewaukee | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Apr 14, 2023 | |
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Braden Frager F | Lincoln, NE | Lincoln Southwest | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Oct 13, 2023 | |
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 27, 2024* TBA | Grand Valley State | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* TBA | UT Rio Grande Valley | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
November 9, 2024* TBA | Bethune–Cookman | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
November 13, 2024* TBA | Fairleigh Dickinson | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
November 17, 2024* TBA | vs. Saint Mary's | Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, SD | |||||||||
November 22, 2024* TBA | at Creighton Rivalry | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
November 27, 2024* TBA | South Dakota | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
December 1, 2024* TBA | North Florida | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
December 22, 2024* TBA | vs. Charlotte/Charleston/Hawaii/Loyola Chicago/Murray State/Oakland/Oregon State Diamond Head Classic | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
December 24, 2024* TBA | vs. Charlotte/Charleston/Hawaii/Loyola Chicago/Murray State/Oakland/Oregon State Diamond Head Classic | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
December 25, 2024* TBA | vs. Charlotte/Charleston/Hawaii/Loyola Chicago/Murray State/Oakland/Oregon State Diamond Head Classic | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
December 30, 2024* TBA | Southern | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Illinois | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Indiana | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Iowa | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Iowa | Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Maryland | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Maryland | Xfinity Center College Park, MD | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Michigan | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Michigan State | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Minnesota | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Northwestern | Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Ohio State | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Ohio State | Value City Arena Columbus, OH | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Oregon | Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Penn State | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Purdue | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN | |||||||||
TBA TBA | Rutgers | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | UCLA | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | USC | Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Washington | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA | |||||||||
TBA TBA | at Wisconsin | Kohl Center Madison, WI | |||||||||
Big Ten tournament | |||||||||||
March 12–16, 2025 TBA | vs. | United Center Chicago, IL | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
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References
- ^ NU Athletic Communications. "Huskers fall to Illinois in Big Ten Semifinal". Huskers.com. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Drozd, Ben (March 17, 2024). "BREAKING: Nebraska men's basketball selected as an eight seed for NCAA Tournament". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "LET'S DANCE! Nebraska men's basketball earns 1st NCAA Tournament bid in 10 years". KMTV 3 News Now Omaha. March 17, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "Texas A&M 98-83 Nebraska (Mar 22, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "Lions Land NBA Academy Africa Alum, Transfer Diop from Huskers".
- ^ "Hilltopper Basketball Signs Nebraska Transfer Blaise Keita".
- ^ "Ex-Nebraska guard commits to Rhode Island basketball while another recruit decommits".
- ^ "Men's Basketball Lands Another High Major Transfer in Ramel Lloyd Jr".
- ^ "Texas A&M Basketball Adds Nebraska Guard C.J. Wilcher from Portal".
- ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Nebraska Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2024.