Four former Nebraska basketball players are headed to the 2026 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, giving the Huskers four familiar names to track when the event opens Thursday.
Rienk Mast, Sam Hoiberg, Josiah Allick and Brice Williams will all be in action, with Mast, Hoiberg and Allick set for their Summer League debuts. Williams is back for a second straight year.
Hoiberg landed with the Phoenix Suns after a five-year Nebraska career that ended with him as one of the Big Ten’s top all-around guards. He posted career bests in scoring at 9.3 points per game, shooting at 54 percent, rebounding at 5.3 per game, assists at 4.5 per game and steals at 2.0 per game.
He also set Nebraska’s career assist-to-turnover record at 3.75-to-1, a mark that ranked ninth nationally. On top of that, he finished in the Huskers’ single-season top 10 in steals with 70, good for sixth, and assists with 157, seventh.
That season brought him honorable mention All-Big Ten recognition and a place on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team.
Mast will suit up for the Indiana Pacers after a decorated Nebraska run of his own. The two-time All-Big Ten selection averaged 13.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists in his final season, while piling up three double-doubles and a triple-double. He reached double figures in 24 games as a senior and topped 20 points five times.
Allick’s path to the Hornets includes a stop in New Zealand last summer and a recent stint with the Greensboro Swarm, where he helped deliver an NBA G League title. In 28 games for Greensboro, he averaged 6.6 points on 68 percent shooting, 5.7 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game.
His lone season at Nebraska came in 2023-24, when he helped the Huskers reach their first NCAA Tournament since 2014. He averaged 7.3 points on 55 percent shooting and 5.4 rebounds for Nebraska.
Williams is back with the Detroit Pistons after playing for them in the 2025 Summer League. He spent the 2025-26 season with the Motor City Cruise, Detroit’s G League affiliate, and made a strong first impression as a pro. In his rookie season, he averaged 14.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 46 percent overall and 42.4 percent from 3-point range.
Detroit added Williams after his huge senior year in Lincoln. He averaged 20.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists for Nebraska, helped lead the Huskers to the first-ever College Basketball Crown championship and earned first-team All-Big Ten and all-district honors. He scored 30 points in four games and set a school record with 43 points in one outing, then finished with 713 points to break Nebraska’s single-season scoring record.
Every team will play at least five games in Las Vegas. The schedule includes four preliminary games from July 9-16, with the semifinals set for July 18 on Prime Video and the championship game on July 19 on ESPN. Teams that don’t reach the semifinals will still get a fifth game between July 17 and 19.
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