Nebraska Men's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Nebraska Cornhuskers
 
Big Ten (26-6, 15-5)
 
 
Big Wins: 12/13 at Illinois (83-80), 1/2 Michigan State (58-56)
Bad Losses: 2/17 at Iowa (52-57), 3/3 at UCLA (52-72)
Coach: Fred Hoiberg
 
Probable Starters:
Berke Buyuktuncel, Junior, Forward, 6.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.0 bpg
Pryce Sandfort, Junior, Forward, 17.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.0 apg
Rienk Mast, Senior, Forward, 13.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 2.9 apg
Jamarques Lawrence, Senior, Guard, 9.7 ppg, 4.0 apg, 2.5 rpg
Sam Hoiberg, Senior, Guard, 9.6 ppg, 4.3 apg, 5.3 rpg, 2.1 spg
 
Key Role Players:
Braden Frager, Freshman, Forward, 11.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg
Cale Jacobsen, Junior, Guard, 4.8 ppg, 1.4 apg, 2.9 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 77.9 (133rd in nation, 10th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 66.0 (17, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.7 (90, 9)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.3 (21, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.5 (23, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.4 (107, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.5 (66, 9)
Rebound Margin: 0.5 (194, 11)
Assists Per Game: 18.1 (13, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.7 (29, 7)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025CBCFirst Round win over Arizona State
2025CBCQuarterfinal win over Georgetown
2025CBCSemifinal win over Boise State
2025CBCFinal win over UCF
2024NCAARound of 64 loss to Texas A&M
2019NITFirst Round win over Butler
2019NITSecond Round loss to TCU
2018NITFirst Round loss to Mississippi State
2014NCAARound of 64 loss to Baylor
2011NITFirst Round loss to Wichita State
2009NITFirst Round loss to New Mexico
2008NITFirst Round win over Charlotte
2008NITSecond Round loss to Mississippi
2006NITFirst Round loss to Hofstra
2004NITFirst Round win over Niagara
2004NITSecond Round loss to Hawaii
 
*all team stats through 3/8