| Nebraska Cornhuskers | |||
| 2011–12 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team | |||
| University | University of Nebraska–Lincoln | ||
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| Conference | Big Ten | ||
| Location | Lincoln, NE | ||
| Head coach | Doc Sadler (6th year) | ||
| Arena | Bob Devaney Sports Center (Capacity: 13,595) |
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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 | |||
| 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. Through the 2009-10 season, the program had 1,370 wins and 1,218 losses (.529) with 6 NCAA appearances and 16 NIT appearances.
Doc Sadler is the current Nebraska men's basketball head coach.[1]
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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 Athletic Association in 1916.
Nebraska has the distinction of being one of only three BCS programs to have never won a single game in the NCAA Tournament, with Northwestern and South Florida completing the list. 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.[2]
Nebraska hired Doc Sadler from UTEP as men's basketball head coach following the departure of Collier.
As part of the 2010 NCAA conference realignment, Nebraska's basketball team began competing in the Big Ten Conference during the 2011-12 season.
| Coach | Position |
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| Doc Sadler | Head Coach |
| Chris Croft | Assistant Coach |
| Wes Flanigan | Assistant Coach |
| Tracey Webster | Assistant Coach |
| David Anwar | Director of Operations |
| Jim Shaw | Video Coordinator |
| Tony Schamber | Team Manager/Player Development |
As of July 25, 2010
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