List of Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball seasons

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This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball seasons. Nebraska competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten. The team has completed 129 seasons and played 3,053 games.

Nebraska has appeared in eight NCAA Division I tournaments and twenty other national postseason tournaments, winning the 1996 National Invitation Tournament and the 2025 College Basketball Crown. The program has won eight combined conference regular season and tournament championships across the MVIAA, Big Eight, Big 12, and Big Ten, though just one of these came after 1950.

Seasons

Regular season champion Tournament champion Division champion Postseason invitational champion
More information Season, Coach ...
SeasonCoachOverall[a]ConferenceStandingPostseason[b]
Independent (1897–1907)
1896–97Frank Lehmer2–0
1897–981–3
1898–994–0
1899–00T. P. Hewitt5–0
1900–01Elmer Berry3–3
1901–02Fred Morrell5–3
1902–03Walter Hiltner7–5
1903–04Raymond G. Clapp9–5
1904–0511–5
1905–0612–2
1906–0710–6
MVIAA (1907–1919)
1907–08Raymond G. Clapp9–104–21st (North)
1908–098–155–51st (North)
1909–10T. J. Hewiat6–106–2T–1st (North)
1910–11Osmond F. Field9–96–62nd (North)
1911–12Ewald O. Stiehm14–18–01st (North)
1912–1317–210–01st (North)
1913–1415–37–01st (North)
1914–1510–88–42nd
1915–16Samuel C. Waugh13–112–01st
1916–17E. J. Stewart12–104–85th
1917–187–74–5T–4th
1918–1910–63rd
Independent (1919–1920)
1919–20Paul J. Schissler22–2
MVIAA / Big Eight Conference[c] (1920–1996)
1920–21Paul J. Schissler15–39–12nd
1921–22Owen A. Frank8–98–8T–4th
1922–236–125–11T–6th
1923–24William G. Kline11–710–63rd
1924–2512–511–52nd
1925–26Ernest Bearg8–107–75th
1926–27Charlie T. Black12–67–54th
1927–287–117–11T–7th
1928–2911–55–53rd
1929–309–96–43rd
1930–319–96–42nd
1931–323–172–86th
1932–33William Browne3–132–85th
1933–347–115–54th
1934–356–123–75th
1935–3613–87–32nd
1936–3713–78–2T–1st
1937–389–114–6T–3rd
1938–397–133–75th
1939–406–122–8T–2nd
1940–41Adolph J. Lewandowski8–106–43rd
1941–426–134–64th
1942–436–105–5T–3rd
1943–442–131–96th
1944–452–171–96th
1945–46Pop Klein7–133–7T–4th
1946–47Harry Good10–143–7T–5th
1947–4811–135–75th
1948–4916–109–3T–1stNCAA district playoff
1949–5016–78–4T–1st
1950–519–144–85th
1951–527–173–97th
1952–539–114–8T–4th
1953–548–135–7T–3rd
1954–55Jerry Bush9–126–64th
1955–567–163–96th
1956–5711–125–7T–4th
1957–5810–135–7T–4th
1958–5912–135–9T–5th
1959–607–174–10T–7th
1960–6110–144–106th
1961–629–165–9T–5th
1962–636–191–138th
1963–64Joe Cipriano7–185–9T–6th
1964–6510–155–9T–6th
1965–6620–512–22nd
1966–6716–910–4T–2ndNIT first round
1967–6815–108–6T–3rd
1968–6912–145–9T–6th
1969–7016–97–7T–3rd
1970–7118–88–64th
1971–7214–127–74th
1972–739–174–10T–6th
1973–7414–127–74th
1974–7514–127–74th
1975–7619–810–43rd
1976–7715–147–75th
1977–7822–89–52ndNIT second round
1978–7914–137–75th
1979–8018–138–6T–2ndNIT first round
1980–81Moe Iba15–129–5T–2nd
1981–8216–127–7T–4th
1982–8322–109–5T–3rdNIT semifinal
1983–8418–127–73rdNIT second round
1984–8516–145–9T–5thNIT second round
1985–8619–118–6T–3rdNCAA Division I first round
1986–87Danny Nee21–127–75thNIT third place
1987–8813–184–10T–6th
1988–8917–164–107th
1989–9010–183–117th
1990–9126–89–53rdNCAA Division I first round
1991–9219–107–75thNCAA Division I first round
1992–9320–118–6T–2ndNCAA Division I first round
1993–9420–107–74thNCAA Division I first round
1994–9518–144–107thNIT second round
1995–9621–144–107thNIT champion
Big 12 Conference (1996–2011)
1996–97Danny Nee18–157–9T–7thNIT quarterfinal
1997–9820–1210–64thNCAA Division I first round
1998–9920–1310–6T–5thNIT second round
1999-0011–194–12T–8th
2000–01Barry Collier14–167–97th
2001–0213–156–10T–7th
2002–0311–193–1312th
2003–0418–136–109thNIT second round
2004–0514–147–9T–8th
2005–0619–147–96thNIT first round
2006–07Doc Sadler17–146–107th
2007–0820–137–9T–7thNIT second round
2008–0918–138–88thNIT first round
2009–1015–182–1412th
2010–1119–137–9T–7thNIT first round
Big Ten Conference (2011–present)
2011–12Doc Sadler12–184–14T–11th
2012–13Tim Miles15–185–1310th
2013–1419–1311–74thNCAA Division I first round
2014–1513–185–1312th
2015–1616–186–1211th
2016–1712–196–12T–12th
2017–1822–1113–5T–4thNIT first round
2018–1919–176–1413thNIT second round
2019–20Fred Hoiberg7–252–1814thCanceled[d]
2020–217–203–1614th
2021–2210–224–16T–13th
2022–2316–169–11T–11th
2023–2423–1112–8T–3rdNCAA Division I first round
2024–2521–147–13T–12thCollege Basketball Crown champion
2025–2628–715–5T–2ndNCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
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Notes

  1. [a]
    There are discrepancies between the official records of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Big Eight Conference regarding the 1910–11, 1912–13, 1920–21, 1924–25, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1945–46, and 1960–61 seasons. All values listed are from Nebraska's media guide.
  2. [b]
    The first national postseason college basketball tournament, the National Invitation Tournament, was created in 1938. The NCAA Division I tournament began in 1939.
  3. [c]
    In 1928, the ten member schools of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association agreed to a splintering of the conference – Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma retained the MVIAA name and Drake, Grinnell, Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State), and Washington University formed the Missouri Valley Conference. The MVIAA became commonly known as the Big Six, and later the Big Seven and Big Eight. Its name was officially changed to the Big Eight in 1964.[1]
  4. [d]
    Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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