2026–27 season6Projected 6 seed, SouthModel projection
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten
- Record
- 2–0
- AP No. 25
- Projected seed
- 6
- South · at-large
- Hero rating
- +10.6
- No. 22 in Division I
- Home
- Lincoln, NE
- 713 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthBig, tall lineupAverage height: 6′7.3″98th
- StrengthContinuity: veterans of the programProgram experience: 2.14 yrs92nd
- StrengthTough interior defenseOpponent FG %: 34.7%90th
- StrengthReliable at the lineFree throw %: 76.9%86th
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 25.4%85th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Pryce Sandfort
- 22.5 ppg
- Tallest
- Leo Curtis
- 7′2″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Henry Burt
- 5 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Cale JacobsenGuard · Ashland, NE | 6′4″ | 200 | 5 | 2 | 30.5 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 100.0 | 70.0 | 15.9 |
| 21Pryce SandfortForward · Waukee, IA | 6′7″ | 218 | 2 | 2 | 30.5 | 22.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 28.6 | 90.0 | 26.6 |
| 5Braden FragerForward · Lincoln, NE | 6′7″ | 221 | 3 | 2 | 30.0 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 15.4 | 62.5 | 23.8 |
| 33Boden KapkeForward · Victoria, MN | 7′0″ | 260 | 1 | 2 | 20.5 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 20.6 |
| 8Taj DeGourvilleGuard · Las Vegas, NV | 6′6″ | 221 | 1 | 2 | 20.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 20.4 |
| 10Trevan LeonhardtGuard · Kaysville, UT | 6′6″ | 174 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 5.4 |
| 34Damon WilkinsonCenter · De Smet, SD | 6′11″ | 250 | 1 | 2 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 21.8 |
| 13Jacob Lanier · Little Rock, AR | 6′6″ | 200 | 1 | 2 | 16.0 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 17.0 |
| 14Sam OrmeForward · Carmel, IN | 6′10″ | 224 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| 0Connor EssegianGuard · Fort Wayne, IN | 6′4″ | 208 | 3 | 1 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 45.3 |
| 9Leo CurtisForward · Reykjavik, Iceland | 7′2″ | 254 | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| 4Colin Rice · Waukee, IA | 6′9″ | 206 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.4 |
| 6Will CooperForward · Omaha, NE | 6′7″ | 219 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 7Kadyn BettsForward · Pueblo, CO | 6′8″ | 219 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 20.6 |
| 35Henry BurtForward · Omaha, NE | 6′8″ | 236 | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–0
ATS as favorite
2–0
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
1–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsLE Le Moyne | W106–64 | -35 | 151.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 7 | NPROProvidence | W67–58 | -2.5 | 158 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 11 | vsLINLindenwood15 | Scheduled | -34.5 | 150.5 | — | — |
| Nov 15 | NBOIBoise State11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | vsSOUSouth Dakota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | NBUTButler | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | vsSOUSouthern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | vsOSUOhio State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @CRECreighton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | @PENPenn State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | NMISMissouri6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 17 | vsMOUMount St. Mary's | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | vsFAIFairleigh Dickinson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | vsNEWNew Haven | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsMSU#5Michigan State2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | vsMIC#20Michigan4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 10 | @OREOregon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @WASWashington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsIOWAIowa8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | @ILL#3Illinois1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 22 | vsUCLA#9UCLA6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | @PURPurdue10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @IOWAIowa8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsINDIndiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | @MARMaryland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 12 | vsPENPenn State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | vsRUTRutgers | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @MSU#5Michigan State2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 23 | vsUSCUSC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @NORNorthwestern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3 | @WISWisconsin11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 7 | vsMINMinnesota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |