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4. Nebraska Cornhuskers
2025-26 record: 28-7 (15-5)
Likely 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)
Likely 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)
Nebraska brings back one of the best players in the country in Sandfort, an elite shooter and Big Ten Basketball Player of the Year candidate. Frager is capable of breaking out, while Essegian returns after suffering a season-ending injury.
While there’s not a ton of star power among the incoming portal class, there should be plenty of depth. Wilkinson, Orme, and Kapke are a good group, while Leonhardt was the top passer in the WAC and a quality individual defender. History says Nebraska will either be in the top-4 or the bottom-half, and with Sandfort back, the bet should be another top-tier finish.
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