Nebraska basketball players share thoughts on upcoming season
The Big Ten unveiled Nebraska’s conference schedule Wednesday. The final tally: 10 opponents who made the 2020-21 NCAA tournament, nine of which will come during conference play.
Conference play for Nebraska’s 20-game league slate begins Dec. 4 at Indiana. The home opener is set for Dec. 7 against Michigan.
NU, which went 3-16 in the league last season, plays six games against the four other Big Ten teams that finished last season with a losing record. The Huskers face Northwestern and Indiana twice and Penn State and Minnesota once.
Big Ten teams that NU plays twice this season: Indiana, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers and Iowa. That’s four of the top six teams from last year’s standings, and Rutgers won a game in the NCAA tournament.
The Huskers also play five consecutive Power Five opponents to start December. Sandwiched between their Big Ten/ACC Challenge game against N.C. State (Dec. 1) and a nonconference matchup vs. Kansas State (Dec. 19) are Big Ten games against Indiana (Dec. 4) and Michigan (Dec. 7) and the Holiday Hoopsgiving game against Auburn (Dec. 11) in Atlanta. Three of those games are on the road or at a neural site.
The Big Ten tournament will be played March 9 through 13 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. No game times or television information was announced for conference games yet.
Schedule
Oct. 27: Peru State (exhibition)
Oct. 31: Colorado (exhibition)
Nov. 9: Western Illinois
Nov. 12: Sam Houston State
Nov. 16: Creighton (Gavitt Games)
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Nov. 19: Idaho State
Nov. 21: Southern
Nov. 23: Tennessee State
Nov. 27: South Dakota
Dec. 1: at North Carolina State (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)
Dec. 4: at Indiana
Dec. 7: Michigan
Dec. 11: Auburn (in Atlanta, Holiday Hoopsgiving)
Dec. 19: Kansas State
Dec. 22: Kennesaw State
Jan. 2: Ohio State
Jan. 5: at Michigan State
Jan. 8: at Rutgers
Jan. 11: Illinois
Jan. 14 at Purdue
Jan. 17: Indiana
Jan. 22: at Ohio State
Jan. 25: Wisconsin
Jan. 29: Rutgers
Feb. 1: at Michigan
Feb. 5: Northwestern
Feb. 9: Minnesota
Feb. 13: at Iowa
Feb. 18: Maryland
Feb. 22: at Northwestern
Feb. 25: Iowa
Feb. 28: at Penn State
March 6: at Wisconsin
Looking back at the last five seasons of Nebraska men's basketball
2020-21
Record: 7-20
Coach: Fred Hoiberg
Notables: Season ended with first-round loss to Penn State in the Big Ten tournament
2019-20
Record: 7-25
Coach: Fred Hoiberg
Notables: Hoiberg's first season as Huskers' coach, Cam Mack records first triple-double in Nebraska men's basketball history, season ended with first-round loss to Indiana in the Big Ten tournament, COVID-19 caused cancellation of postseason tournaments
2018-19
Record: 19-17
Coach: Tim Miles
NBA draft: Isaiah Roby, 2nd round (No. 45 overall)
Notables: Miles' final season as Huskers coach, reached quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament, season ended with loss to TCU in the second round of the NIT
2017-18
Record: 22-11
Coach: Tim Miles
Notables: Season ended with first-round NIT loss to Mississippi State
2016-17
Record: 12-19
Coach: Tim Miles
Notables: Season ended with first-round loss to Penn State in the Big Ten tournament
Jake Anderson
Jake is the Deputy Digital Director at The World-Herald.
