8 of 18
Nebraska Cornhuskers - Grade: A
- 2025-26 record: 28-7 (15-5)
Roster departures
- Rienk Mast (13.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg, and 3.1 apg)
- Jamarques Lawrence (9.8 ppg and 3.8 apg)
- Sam Hoiberg (9.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, and 4.5 apg)
- Berke Buyuktuncel (6.5 ppg and 5.6 rpg)
- Ugnius Jarusevicius (7.0 ppg and 2.0 rpg in 1 game)
Roster returnees
- Pryce Sandfort (18.1 ppg and 4.9 rpg)
- Braden Frager (11.8 ppg and 3.8 rpg)
- Connor Essegian (5.4 ppg and 1.3 rpg)
- Cale Jacobsen (4.6 ppg and 2.9 rpg)
Roster additions
- Trevan Leonhardt (11.9 ppg and 6.0 apg at Utah Valley)
- Taj DeGourville (5.5 ppg and 3.0 apg at San Diego State)
- Kadyn Betts (3.1 ppg and 1.1 rpg at Montana)
- Boden Kapke (10.6 ppg and 5.7 rpg at Boston College)
- Sam Orme (12.7 ppg and 5.0 rpg at Belmont)
- Damon Wilkinson (13.9 ppg and 6.4 rpg at South Dakota State)
Last year was literally the best in program history for the Cornhuskers, making its first-ever Sweet 16 appearance. They do lose a lot of production, but only Buyuktuncel had eligibility from its rotation.
The most important thing that occurred was the return of Sandfort, Nebraska’s leading scorer and sharpshooter. Frager, coming off a strong freshman campaign, also comes back to the team.
It’s been an overall strong offseason for the Cornhuskers, a program that tended to lose more talent than it gained in the past. The collective of frontcourt players they brought in, including Wilkinson, Orme, and Kapke, should help them remain competitive in the Big Ten next year.
Add us as a preferred source on Google