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Nebraska

Also known as: Nebraska Cornhuskers, Nebraska
Program History

2026 Team Stats (35 games)

77.0
PPG
66.1
Opp
+10.8
Margin
46.5%
FG%
35.5%
3P%
75.5%
FT%
34.9
RPG
18.0
APG
9.7
TO
66.4
Est. poss./game

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More โ†’ 1195 (#45) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More โ†’ 1311 (#19) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. More โ†’ 1088 (#57) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. More โ†’ +19.8 (#19) -
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. More โ†’ +18.2 (#17) -
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More โ†’ 0.886 (#16) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. More โ†’ 0.840 (#19) -
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. More โ†’ 0.724 (#20) -
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. More โ†’ 1300 (#18) -

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 vs West Georgia Wolves W 86 - 53
2025-11-08 vs Florida International Panthers W 96 - 66
2025-11-11 vs Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks W 69 - 50
2025-11-15 vs Oklahoma Sooners W 105 - 99
2025-11-20 @ New Mexico Lobos W 84 - 72
2025-11-21 vs Kansas State Wildcats W 86 - 85
2025-11-25 vs Winthrop Eagles W 80 - 73
2025-11-29 vs South Carolina Upstate Spartans W 72 - 63
2025-12-07 vs Creighton Bluejays W 71 - 50
2025-12-10 vs Wisconsin Badgers W 90 - 60
2025-12-13 @ Illinois Fighting Illini W 83 - 80
2025-12-21 vs North Dakota Fighting Hawks W 78 - 55
2025-12-30 vs New Hampshire Wildcats W 86 - 55
2026-01-02 vs Michigan State Spartans W 58 - 56
2026-01-05 @ Ohio State Buckeyes W 72 - 69
2026-01-10 @ Indiana Hoosiers W 83 - 77
2026-01-13 vs Oregon Ducks W 90 - 55
2026-01-17 @ Northwestern Wildcats W 77 - 58
2026-01-21 vs Washington Huskies W 76 - 66
2026-01-24 @ Minnesota Golden Gophers W 76 - 57
2026-01-27 @ Michigan Wolverines L 72 - 75
2026-02-01 vs Illinois Fighting Illini L 69 - 78
2026-02-07 @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights W 80 - 68
2026-02-10 vs Purdue Boilermakers L 77 - 80
2026-02-14 vs Northwestern Wildcats W 68 - 49
2026-02-17 @ Iowa Hawkeyes L 52 - 57
2026-02-21 vs Penn State Nittany Lions W 87 - 64
2026-02-25 vs Maryland Terrapins W 74 - 61
2026-02-28 @ USC Trojans W 82 - 67
2026-03-03 @ UCLA Bruins L 52 - 72
2026-03-08 vs Iowa Hawkeyes W 84 - 75
2026-03-13 vs Purdue Boilermakers L 58 - 74
2026-03-19 vs Troy Trojans W 76 - 47
2026-03-21 vs Vanderbilt Commodores W 74 - 72
2026-03-26 vs Iowa Hawkeyes L 71 - 77

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Pryce Sandfort Pryce Sandfort - 35 33.6 18.1 4.9 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.7 12.9 12.6 316 28 11.3 14.1 47.9 41.6 85.5 3.99 64.8 62.1
Rienk Mast Rienk Mast - 34 29.3 13.3 5.8 3.1 0.4 0.3 1.7 11.2 10.0 239 27 8.9 12.7 44.2 31.1 82.3 1.07 54.3 50.8
Braden Frager Braden Frager - 33 23.7 11.8 3.8 1.0 0.7 0.1 1.0 8.3 8.1 222 26 8.5 15.2 48.7 35.2 80.5 3.74 62.8 59.1
Jamarques Lawrence Jamarques Lawrence G 35 27.9 9.8 2.4 3.8 0.9 0.0 2.0 7.7 7.1 221 28 7.9 11.9 42.1 35.5 75.6 3.09 56.0 52.2
Sam Hoiberg Sam Hoiberg G 35 32.3 9.3 5.3 4.5 2.0 0.1 1.2 6.5 13.4 283 28 10.1 13.0 54.1 38.1 75.0 2.98 63.6 61.1
Ugnius Jarusevicius Ugnius Jarusevicius - 1 11.0 7.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 6.0 - - - - 100.0 100.0 0.0 - 101.7 116.7
Berke Buyuktuncel Berke Buyuktuncel F 33 24.3 6.5 5.6 1.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 5.2 9.5 169 27 6.3 10.8 46.8 24.1 61.2 0.76 53.3 50.6
Connor Essegian Connor Essegian G 7 13.9 5.4 1.3 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.7 6.3 0.9 - - - - 31.8 25.8 50.0 3.5 41.5 40.9
Cale Jacobsen Cale Jacobsen - 35 19.7 4.6 2.9 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.6 3.3 6.1 94 28 3.4 7.1 52.1 36.6 59.5 -1.21 59.8 58.5
Jared Garcia Jared Garcia - 28 8.3 3.0 2.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 2.8 2.6 21 22 1.0 5.4 32.9 24.4 77.8 0.36 45.7 39.2
Leo Curtis Leo Curtis - 17 3.7 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.3 -11 13 -0.8 -9.4 58.8 0.0 87.5 -1.86 65.8 58.8
Kendall Blue Kendall Blue - 19 3.5 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.2 -37 14 -2.6 -33.2 30.8 37.5 100.0 -7.06 46.8 42.3
Justin Bolis Justin Bolis - 17 1.5 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 -13 11 -1.2 -27.5 0.0 0.0 50.0 -2.34 26.6 0.0
Henry Burt Henry Burt F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Will Cooper Will Cooper F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Quentin Rhymes Quentin Rhymes G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG

Alumni in the Pros

Former Nebraska players in NBA 2026-2027, EuroLeague 2026-2027, G League 2025-2026, matched by provider player ids (ESPN athlete ids, ESPN bios, linked StatsNBA/EuroLeague ids). Only games after their last Nebraska game count. These are observed results, not certified complete seasons. League and team are where each player last played a regular-season or playoff game (NBA ahead of G League when he played in both); recent games include the preseason.

Active alumni

Player At School League Team GP MPG PPG RPG APG
S. Shields 2012-16 EuroLeague FENERBAHCE TARFIN ISTANBUL 6 22.9 10.7 3.8 1.3
D. Banton 2020-21 G League Texas Legends 29 33.3 25.1 3.8 6.9
Brice Williams 2023-25 G League Motor City Cruise 27 26.0 13.9 2.8 2.1
I. Roby 2016-19 G League Westchester Knicks 30 27.1 12.8 6.3 2.9
Josiah Allick 2023-24 G League Greensboro Swarm 28 17.2 6.6 5.7 0.8

Alumni around the leagues: recent games

Date Player League Team Opponent MIN PTS REB AST Box
2026-10-16 B. McGowens NBA Preseason New Orleans Pelicans vs Washington Wizards 9 5 2 1 Box
2026-10-15 S. Shields EuroLeague REGULAR SEASON FENERBAHCE TARFIN ISTANBUL vs PARTIZAN MOZZART BET BELGRADE 28 17 8 2 Box
2026-10-14 B. McGowens NBA Preseason New Orleans Pelicans @ Dallas Mavericks 6 4 1 1 Box
2026-10-13 S. Shields EuroLeague REGULAR SEASON FENERBAHCE TARFIN ISTANBUL vs ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 21 17 3 1 Box
2026-10-10 Brice Williams NBA Preseason Detroit Pistons @ Washington Wizards 11 0 2 1 Box
2026-10-08 S. Shields EuroLeague REGULAR SEASON FENERBAHCE TARFIN ISTANBUL @ PANATHINAIKOS AKTOR ATHENS 28 6 4 1 Box
2026-10-08 B. McGowens NBA Preseason New Orleans Pelicans @ Miami Heat 20 1 3 7 Box
2026-10-05 Brice Williams NBA Preseason Detroit Pistons vs Phoenix Suns 6 3 0 1 Box
2026-04-10 Josiah Allick G League Playoffs Greensboro Swarm @ Stockton Kings 20 0 6 1 Box
2026-04-08 Josiah Allick G League Playoffs Greensboro Swarm vs Stockton Kings 17 8 5 0 Box
2026-04-05 Josiah Allick G League Playoffs Greensboro Swarm @ Osceola Magic 20 9 8 1 Box
2026-04-03 Brice Williams G League Playoffs Motor City Cruise @ Osceola Magic 8 3 2 1 Box
2026-03-28 I. Roby G League Westchester Knicks vs Windy City Bulls 26 11 7 5 Box
2026-03-28 D. Banton G League Texas Legends @ Santa Cruz Warriors 34 28 8 12 Box
2026-03-27 D. Banton G League Texas Legends @ Santa Cruz Warriors 35 34 8 9 Box
2026-03-24 I. Roby G League Westchester Knicks @ Long Island Nets 30 7 11 5 Box
2026-03-22 I. Roby G League Westchester Knicks vs Greensboro Swarm 25 12 6 2 Box
2026-03-22 D. Banton G League Texas Legends vs Iowa Wolves 32 29 1 5 Box

2025-2026 Shot Zones

2059 located field-goal attempts in 35 games (ESPN). Each zone is coloured by the player with the largest share of the team's made-shot points there (left) and of its misses there (right).

Hoiberg21% Mast27% Lawrence40% Sandfort29% Mast36% Lawrence27% Sandfort29% Sandfort35% Sandfort38% Sandfort38%
Points: who the team's points here most likely come from
Hoiberg20% Mast30% Sandfort24% Lawrence33% Mast24% Frager17% Lawrence27% Sandfort29% Sandfort28% Sandfort31%
Misses: who misses most here

Pryce SandfortRienk MastBraden FragerJamarques LawrenceSam Hoiberg

Zone FGM-FGA FG% Pts Top scorer Runner-up Most misses Runner-up
Restricted area 317-436 72.7 634 Sam Hoiberg 21% (130 pts) Berke Buyuktuncel 16% (102 pts) Sam Hoiberg 20% (24 misses) Rienk Mast 17% (20 misses)
Paint (non-RA) 225-454 49.6 450 Rienk Mast 27% (122 pts) Pryce Sandfort 16% (74 pts) Rienk Mast 30% (68 misses) Jamarques Lawrence 14% (31 misses)
Mid-range left 10-35 28.6 20 Jamarques Lawrence 40% (8 pts) Berke Buyuktuncel 10% (2 pts) Pryce Sandfort 24% (6 misses) Berke Buyuktuncel 16% (4 misses)
Mid-range center 7-19 36.8 14 Pryce Sandfort 29% (4 pts) Berke Buyuktuncel 14% (2 pts) Jamarques Lawrence 33% (4 misses) Berke Buyuktuncel 17% (2 misses)
Mid-range right 25-62 40.3 50 Rienk Mast 36% (18 pts) Pryce Sandfort 28% (14 pts) Rienk Mast 24% (9 misses) Pryce Sandfort 22% (8 misses)
Left corner 3 26-85 30.6 78 Jamarques Lawrence 27% (21 pts) Braden Frager 19% (15 pts) Braden Frager 17% (10 misses) Jamarques Lawrence 15% (9 misses)
Right corner 3 35-84 41.7 105 Pryce Sandfort 29% (30 pts) Braden Frager 26% (27 pts) Jamarques Lawrence 27% (13 misses) Braden Frager 16% (8 misses)
Above-break 3 left 122-331 36.9 366 Pryce Sandfort 35% (129 pts) Rienk Mast 17% (63 pts) Pryce Sandfort 29% (60 misses) Rienk Mast 18% (37 misses)
Above-break 3 center 82-236 34.7 246 Pryce Sandfort 38% (93 pts) Rienk Mast 21% (51 pts) Pryce Sandfort 28% (43 misses) Rienk Mast 25% (39 misses)
Above-break 3 right 108-317 34.1 324 Pryce Sandfort 38% (123 pts) Jamarques Lawrence 18% (57 pts) Pryce Sandfort 31% (64 misses) Braden Frager 21% (44 misses)