The Nebraska men’s basketball team tips off the 2022-23 season, the 127th for the program, tonight at 6:00 MT home against Maine. It’s the first-ever meeting between the programs.
Nebraska had two exhibition contests and went 1-1, defeating Chadron State 87-60 on Oct. 23 before falling at Colorado 72-61 in a charity exhibition on Oct. 30.
Husker coach Fred Hoiberg, in his 4th season, has a new-look roster with one starter and 3 top reserves from last season joined by 9 new faces, 6 scholarship and 3 walk-ons Of the 11 players who saw action against Colorado, 8 had not played a regular-season game at NU.
Hoiberg’s staff is also different with assistants Adam Howard and Ernie Zeigler coming in along with Director of Player Development Emmanuel Tommy.
Maine has a retooled roster. First-year coach Chris Markwood, a former player for the Black Bears who spent last season as an assistant at Boston College, has 2 starters and 7 other players back from last year and 8 new players.
The game will be carried online on B1G Plus (subscription required) with the Huskers Radio Network call by Kent Pavelka and Jake Muhleisen available for free on Huskers.com and the Huskers app. Â