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Men's Basketball

2015-16 Season Preview: Schedule

Schedule
The young Huskers should be battle tested by the time Big Ten play begins on Dec. 30. Nebraska’s 13-game non-conference slate includes an early-season test at defending Big East champion Villanova on Nov. 17 for the Gavitt Tipoff Games. The following week, the Huskers head to Brooklyn to play in the Barclays Classic against Cincinnati and either George Washington or Tennessee.

In December, the Huskers open the month in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, squaring off with a Miami squad which won 25 games and was the NIT runner-up in 2015. One week later, the Huskers head to Omaha for an intrastate matchup with Creighton before turning around and taking on a Rhode Island team which is picked to win the Atlantic-10.

The Huskers open Big Ten action on Wednesday, Dec. 30, when Northwestern visits Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska will spend the first week of conference play at home, as the Huskers host Indiana on Jan. 2, before hitting the road for four of their next five contests, including a matchup at Final Four qualifier Michigan State on Jan. 20.
The schedule turns in late January, as the Huskers host Michigan at PBA on Jan. 23 to begin a stretch of three of four at home, including a matchup with Maryland on Feb. 3.

The matchup with Maryland begins a loaded month of basketball for the Big Red, as the Huskers host Maryland, Rutgers, Penn State and Ohio State, while visiting 2015 NCAA runner-up Wisconsin, Indiana and Penn State.

Senior Night will take place on Tuesday, March 1, as Purdue visits before the Huskers close the regular season at Northwestern on Sunday, March 6.