Tickets for Nebraska’s men’s basketball matchup with Boise State in Sioux Falls will hit the general public on Friday, July 17, at 10 a.m. central, with sales available through ticketmaster.com.
The game is set for Sunday, Nov. 15, and it gives the Huskers another return to a venue that has become familiar territory. This will be Nebraska’s fifth trip to Sioux Falls since 2018, and the Huskers are 3-1 there after last season’s 105-99 victory over Oklahoma.
Nebraska has also played Oklahoma State in 2018, Oregon State in 2023 and St. Mary’s in 2024 in the 3,200-seat building.
The Boise State game closes out a Nebraska basketball weekend in Sioux Falls. The women’s team will play Kansas on Saturday, Nov. 14, in the MarketBeat Invitational, a four-team event that also includes Minnesota and Kansas State.
For the men, the Boise State meeting will be just the second matchup between the programs and the first since Nebraska beat the Broncos 79-69 in the 2024 College Basketball Crown semifinals.
Nebraska’s roster brings back plenty of proven production. Pryce Sandfort leads the returnees after earning first-team All-Big Ten honors with averages of 18.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.
Braden Frager is back after being named Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year and making the Big Ten All-Freshman team in 2025-26, following a season in which he posted 11.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Connor Essegian also returns after averaging 10.7 points per game in 2024-25 before an ankle injury sidelined him for most of last season.
The Huskers also add an eight-player freshman class, highlighted by transfers Sam Orme, Trevan Leonhardt, Boden Kapke and Taj DeGourville. Orme averaged 12.7 points and 5.0 rebounds at Belmont, Leonhardt put up 11.9 points, 6.0 assists and 5.4 rebounds at Utah Valley, Kapke scored 10.6 points with 5.7 rebounds at Boston College, and DeGourville averaged 5.5 points and 3.0 assists at San Diego State. Nebraska’s incoming group also includes freshmen Colin Rice and Jacob Lanier, both top-150 recruits and state player of the year honorees in Iowa and Arkansas, respectively.
Boise State enters the season under Leon Rice after going 20-14 last year and finishing tied for fifth in the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos had reached the postseason in five straight seasons, including three NCAA Tournament appearances, before that run ended in 2025-26. They are now part of the newly reformed Pac-12, alongside Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego State, Texas State, Utah State and Washington State.
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