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Report: Nebraska Men's Basketball to Play Oklahoma at Sanford Pentagon

The Huskers and Sooners will meet for just the second time since conference realignment split the pair into different leagues.
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Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg watches during the Huskers' game against Michigan on Feb. 24, 2025.
Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg watches during the Huskers' game against Michigan on Feb. 24, 2025. | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images

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More of Nebraska men's basketball's early-season schedule is becoming clearer.

According to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, Nebraska and Oklahoma will play Nov. 15 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This would be the third consecutive year for the Huskers to play a game there.

NU and OU, both formerly in the Big 12 Conference but now in the Big Ten and SEC, have played just once since conference realignment more than a decade ago. That matchup came in the 2022 ESPN Events Invitational, with the Sooners winning 69-56.

The two previous games for Nebraska in Sioux Falls have been split, with a 2023 win over Oregon State before a 2024 loss to Saint Mary's.

The only other officially announced game for the upcoming season is the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City. The Big Red will also play an exhibition against BYU.

Nebraska takes on Oregon State at the Sanford Pentagon, Nov. 18, 2023. The Huskers won the game 84-63.
Nebraska takes on Oregon State at the Sanford Pentagon, Nov. 18, 2023. The Huskers won the game 84-63. | Nebraska Athletics

The Huskers are coming off a 21-14 season that ended with a title at the College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas. The Huskers return five lettermen from last season, including starters Berke Büyüktuncel and Sam Hoiberg, along with Connor Essegian, who averaged 10.7 ppg off the bench last season.

The Big Red will also have new pieces that weren't part of the 2024-25 campaign. Rienk Mast, a third-team All-Big Ten selection in 2023-24, is back after missing last season with an injury. The Huskers also have brought in several transfer portal pieces, including former Husker guard Jamarques Lawrence, who was part of the last Nebraska team to make the NCAA Tournament.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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