Nebraska men’s basketball opens its 2026-27 season Monday, Nov. 2, hosting Le Moyne at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. Tipoff is set for 6:31 p.m. Central, according to the Huskers’ game notes.
How to watch and listen
The game is not televised. It streams on B1G+ (subscription required) with Kyle Crooks and Andy Markowski on the call. Kent Pavelka and Jeff Smith have the radio call on the Huskers Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, WOW (590 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington. A limited number of 300 Level tickets were listed as available.
Where Nebraska stands
Nebraska closed exhibition play with an 88-84 win over Kansas State in the Battle at BigIron in Grand Island. Braden Frager and Pryce Sandfort combined for 51 points. The Huskers went 21 of 27 at the line, made 13 3-pointers, won the boards 44-37 and committed seven turnovers.
Across three exhibitions, Frager led the team at 13.7 points per game, Sandfort averaged 13.0 and freshman Jacob Lanier added 11.3 off the bench.
Numbers to know
- 22: Nebraska’s school-record streak of regular-season non-conference wins, dating to Nov. 22, 2024.
- 15: Straight home wins over non-conference opponents.
- 373: School-record 3-pointers made in 2025-26.
- 15: School-record weeks in the AP poll last season.
The opponent
Le Moyne went 15-17 last season and 10-8 in the NEC, earning the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament. The Dolphins added 10 transfers and three freshmen and return two letterwinners. This is the first meeting between the programs and Le Moyne’s first game in the state of Nebraska.
