2017-2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers

2017-2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
25 Nana Akenten Fr G 6-6 215 Sep 17, 1998 Bolingbrook (IL) United States Bolingbrook High School
12 Thomas Allen Fr SG 6-1 175 Nov 4, 1996 Garner (NC) United States Brewster Academy
20 Tanner Borchardt Jr F 6-8 265 Jan 7, 1997 Lincoln (NE) United States Gothenburg High School
14 Isaac Copeland Jr PF 6-9 220 Jun 13, 1995 Raleigh (NC) United States Brewster Academy
33 Justin Costello RS-Fr G 6-2 180 Jun 24, 1998 Omaha (NE) United States Elkhorn South High School
13 Anton Gill Sr G 6-3 195 Dec 5, 1994 Raleigh (NC) United States Hargrave Military Academy
3 Malcolm Laws Sr G 6-1 191 Aug 12, 1995 Orlando (FL) United States Lake Highland Preparatory
10 Jack McVeigh Jr F 6-8 215 Jun 27, 1996 Canberra Australia Australian Institute of Sport
0 Duby Okeke Sr C 6-8 247 Nov 25, 1994 Jonesboro (GA) United States / Nigeria Jonesboro High School
24 James Palmer, Jr. Jr G 6-5 207 Jul 31, 1996 Washington (DC) United States St. John's College High School
15 Isaiah Roby So SF 6-8 230 Feb 3, 1998 Dixon (IL) United States Dixon High School
11 Evan Taylor Sr G 6-5 204 Apr 11, 1996 Cincinnati (OH) United States Paul VI High School
34 Thorir Thorbjarnarsson Fr SF 6-6 206 May 26, 1999 Akureyri Iceland N/A
4 Johnny Trueblood Jr G 6-3 192 Jun 3, 1997 Elkhorn (NE) United States Elkhorn South High School
32 Jordy Tshimanga So C 6-11 268 Nov 4, 1996 Montreal Canada MacDuffie School
5 Glynn Watson Jr PG 6-0 173 Mar 9, 1997 Westchester (IL) United States St. Joseph High School

Recent Nebraska Cornhuskers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 23-11 (12-8) 3rd (Big Ten) 4th Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2022-2023 16-16 (9-11) 11th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 10-22 (4-16) 13th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 7-20 (3-15) 14th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 7-25 (2-18) 14th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 19-17 (6-14) 13th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 22-11 (13-5) 4th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2016-2017 12-19 (6-12) 12th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 16-18 (6-12) 11th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 13-18 (5-13) 12th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 19-13 (11-7) 4th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2012-2013 15-18 (5-13) 10th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 12-18 (4-14) 11th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 19-13 (7-9) 7th (Big 12) 1st Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 15-18 (2-14) 12th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 18-13 (8-8) 8th (Big 12) 1st Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2007-2008 20-13 (7-9) 7th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2006-2007 17-14 (6-10) 7th (Big 12) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 19-14 (7-9) 6th (Big 12) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2004-2005 14-14 (7-9) 8th (Big 12) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 18-13 (6-10) 9th (Big 12) 1st Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2002-2003 11-19 (3-13) 12th (Big 12) 1st Rnd N/A

2017-2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
James Palmer, Jr. NABC All-District (7) First Team
James Palmer, Jr. All-Big Ten First Team (Coaches)
Isaac Copeland All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches)
James Palmer, Jr. All-Big Ten Second Team (Media)
Isaac Copeland All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)
James Palmer, Jr. Big Ten Player of the Week (Jan 22, 2018)

2017-2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters G. Watson E. Taylor J. Palmer, Jr. I. Copeland J. Tshimanga
Rotation   A. Gill I. Roby    
Lim PT M. Laws T. Allen J. McVeigh T. Borchardt D. Okeke
Lim PT   J. Trueblood N. Akenten    
Lim PT     T. Thorbjarnarsson    

2017-2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
James Palmer, Jr. 33 31.0 17.2 4.4 3.0 1.0 0.5 2.2
Isaac Copeland 33 30.7 12.9 6.1 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.0
Glynn Watson 33 29.7 10.5 3.3 3.2 1.4 0.2 1.5
Isaiah Roby 32 24.0 8.7 6.2 1.7 0.6 2.0 1.5
Anton Gill 31 24.5 8.1 1.9 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.7
Evan Taylor 33 25.8 6.4 3.4 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.2
Jordy Tshimanga 31 13.6 4.0 4.6 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.2
Thomas Allen 32 9.9 3.2 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.6
Jack McVeigh 14 7.5 1.9 1.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4
Nana Akenten 7 3.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tanner Borchardt 20 5.9 0.9 1.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Thorir Thorbjarnarsson 9 2.1 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
Duby Okeke 28 7.0 0.8 1.8 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.6
Malcolm Laws 9 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Johnny Trueblood 7 1.6 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4

2017-2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Tim Miles Head Coach 2012-2013 N/A
Kenya Hunter Assistant Coach 2013-2014 N/A
Jim Molinari Assistant Coach 2014-2015 Head Coach (Western Illinois, 2008 to 2014)
Michael Lewis Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Butler, 2011 to 2016)
Shawn Eichorst Athletic Director 2012-2013 N/A
Pat Norris Equipment Manager 2010-2011 N/A
Gregory Eaton Director of Basketball Operations 2017-2018 Video Coordinator (Nebraska, 2012 to 2017)
David Witty Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2016-2017 N/A
Wes Eikmeier Graduate Manager 2016-2017 N/A
Dorian Green Graduate Manager 2017-2018 N/A
Tim Wilson Strength and Conditioning Coach 2011-2012 N/A
R.J. Pietig Assistant Athletic Trainer 2009-2010 N/A
Jeff Griesch Director of Media Relations 2004-2005 N/A