Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
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| University | University of Nebraska–Lincoln | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conference | Big 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Lincoln, NE | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | Doc Sadler (2nd year) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | Bob Devaney Sports Center (Capacity: 13,500) |
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| Nickname | Cornhuskers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colors | Scarlet and Cream
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| NCAA Tournament Appearances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Conference Tournament Champions | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 (Big Eight) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1949, 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college basketball. The program saw its first game in 1896 playing 7-on-7 basketball. The first collegiate game was against Nebraska Wesleyan University. As of March 20, 2008, the program had 1,335 wins and 1,188 losses (.550) with 6 NCAA appearances and 15 NIT appearances.
Doc Sadler is the current Nebraska men's basketball head coach.
[edit] History
While the University of Nebraska has experienced varying amounts of success for their intercollegiate athletic programs, men's basketball has been an exception. NU hasn't won a conference title since sharing the Big Seven Conference with Kansas and Kansas State in 1950, and they haven't won an outright conference title since going a perfect 12-0 through the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 1916.
Nebraska has a distinction of one of the few major conference programs never to win a single game in the NCAA Tournament. In fact, in the over 90 years of varsity competition at the University, the first trip to the NCAA Tournament for Nebraska did not come until 1986. Much of the team's success came under the tenure of Danny Nee, head coach from 1987 to 2000. Nee is the team's all-time winningest head coach with a record of 254-190. Nee led the Cornhuskers to five of their six NCAA Tournament appearances, six bids to the National Invitation Tournament, including the 1996 NIT Championship.
Barry Collier, who led Nebraska from 2000 to August 2006, left to become athletic director at Butler University. He previously had been Butler's head coach from 1989 to 2000.
Nebraska hired Doc Sadler from UTEP as men's basketball head coach following the departure of Collier.
[edit] Team honors
- Big Eight Conference tournament championships (1): 1994
- NCAA Tournament appearances (6): 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998
- NIT Tournament appearances (15): 1967, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2008
- NIT Tournament champions (1): 1996
[edit] Coaching staff
| Coach | Position |
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| Doc Sadler | Head Coach |
| David Anwar | Assistant Coach |
| Tony Benford | Assistant Coach |
| Philip Mathews | Assistant Coach |
| Chris Croft | Director of Operations |
| Jim Shaw | Video Coordinator |
| Eric Colbert | Team Manager/Player Development |
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