The 2025–26 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cornhuskers were led by seventh-year head coach Fred Hoiberg and played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska as members of the Big Ten Conference.
The Cornhuskers won the first NCAA men's tournament game in the program's history on March 19, 2026, with a 76–47 victory over the Troy Trojans.
Previous season The Cornhuskers finished the 2024–25 season 21–14, 7–13 in Big Ten play to finish in a five-way tie for 12th place. Due to tiebreaking procedures, they failed to qualify for the Big Ten tournament. The Cornhuskers received an invitation to the inaugural College Basketball Crown tournament where they defeated Arizona State, Georgetown, and Boise State to advance to the tournament championship game where they defeated UCF.
Offseason
Departures Nebraska departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Ahron Ulis 2 G 6'3" 190 Senior Chicago Heights, IL Graduated Brice Williams 3 F 6'7" 213 Senior Huntersville, NC Graduated Juwan Gary 4 F 6'6" 221 Senior Columbia, SC Graduated Jeffrey Grace III 8 G 6'3" 197 Junior Elmhurst, IL Walk-on; not on team roster Gavin Griffiths 12 G 6'8" 193 Sophomore Simsbury, CT Transferred to Temple Andrew Morgan 23 F 6'10" 245 Senior Waseca, MN Graduated Rollie Worster 24 G 6'4" 205 Senior Missoula, MT Graduated Nick Janowski 25 G 6'3" 200 Freshman Pewaukee, WI Transferred to St. Thomas (MN) Braxton Meah 34 C 7'1" 250 Graduate Student Layton, UT Graduated
Incoming transfers Nebraska incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Kendall Blue 2 G 6'6" 190 Senior Woodbury, MN St. Thomas (MN) Will Cooper 6 F 6'6" 210 Sophomore Omaha, NE Air Force Jamarques Lawrence 10 G 6'3" 183 Senior Plainfield, NJ Rhode Island Ugnius Jarusevicius 13 F 6'10" 220 Senior Alytus, Lithuania Central Michigan Jared Garcia 15 F 6'8" 240 Graduate Student Houston, TX Tulsa Pryce Sandfort 21 F 6'6" 205 Junior Waukee, IA Iowa
2025 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results When Nebraska started the season 4–0 with a November 15 victory over Oklahoma, it achieved its first 8-game win streak since the 2010–11 team won 11 in a row. On November 25, the team achieved a 7–0 start and its 11th consecutive victory (spanning back to the prior season), which was only the fourth (1990–91, 1993–94 and 2010–11) 11-game streak in school history. Nebraska entered the AP Poll for the first time since the 2018–19 rankings after its 9–0 start. On December 10, Nebraska defeated Wisconsin to reach a 10–0 start and 14 consecutive victories matching school records set by the and 1990–91 team, respectively. On December 30, 2025, Nebraska completed an undefeated non-conference schedule with a win over New Hampshire, which had not happened since the . On January 5, 2026, the Cornhuskers entered the top 10 in the AP Poll in the 2025–26 rankings, which was a first since the (led by Grant Simmons and Stu Lantz, which peaked at No. 8 in the 1965–66 rankings). This also surpassed the No. 11 ranking achieved by the 1990–91 Cornhuskers. Also on January 5, Nebraska defeated Ohio State to reach 4–0 in conference play for the first time since the . On January 19, the team moved to number 7 in the AP Poll, which was a school record. The following week the school achieved a number 5 ranking following a 20–0 start. Its 24-game winning streak was the best by a Big Ten team since the 2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team started the season 24–0. On March 8, 2026 with a win over Iowa, Nebraska finished with a program record for conference wins in a season with 15, as well as a program record for regular season victories with 26. The previous bests for conference wins in a season and regular season wins, were 13 and 24 respectively. With the victory over Iowa, Nebraska secured a 2-seed in the Big Ten Tournament, which betters the previous best mark of a 3-seed. The 2025-26 Nebraska team also matched the program record for wins in a season with 26. The 26 season wins mark was set by the 1990-91 Nebraska team. The 2026 Big Ten Tournament would take place at the United Center in Chicago from March 10-16.
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