Game #1: Le Moyne (0-0) vs. Nebraska (0-0) 
Info: Monday, Nov. 2 | 7:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. CT | Lincoln, Nebraska | Pinnacle Bank Arena
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Lincoln, Neb. – The Le Moyne College men's basketball team will begin the 2026-27 regular season on Monday with a non-conference matchup at the University of Nebraska. The game is scheduled to tip-off at 7:30 p.m. ET at Pinnacle Bank Arena and will be broadcast on BIG+.

YEAR #4
The Dolphins are in their fourth year at the Division I level and their first year with full Division I membership. The Dolphins went 15-17 in their first season at the Division I level, including 9-7 in NEC action to earn the fourth seed in the conference tournament. The Dolphins went 9-23 in their second year, including 4-12 in NEC play, and was the eighth seed in the conference tournament. The Dolphins went 15-17 again last year, including 10-8 in the NEC to earn the fourth seed in the conference tournament for the second time in three years.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Dolphins and Cornhuskers are meeting on the hardwood for the first time. The game is Le Moyne's second matchup against a member of the Big 10 since transitioning to the Division I level (Penn State in 2023) and the game will also be Le Moyne's first in the state of Nebraska. The matchup is also the first between the institutions in any sport.

COMMON OPPONENTS
The Dolphins and Cornhuskers have four common opponents this year, Creighton, Missouri, FDU and New Haven. The Dolphins visit Creighton on Thursday, while Nebraska makes the trip to Omaha on December 5. The Dolphins head to Missouri on November 20, while the Cornhuskers take on the Tigers on December 12. The Dolphins take on FDU on January 14 (away) and February 27 (home) and New Haven on February 3 (away) and February 18 (home), while Nebraska hosts FDU on December 20 and New Haven on December 30.

JESUIT CONNECTION
The Dolphins face three fellow Jesuit institutions this season. They visit Creighton University on Thursday, visit Fairfield University on December 13 and head to St. Peter's University on December 18.

WELCOME BACK
The Dolphins feature two returning letterwinners. Trevor Roe is in his fourth year of eligibility and third year as a Dolphin and Josiah Lee is in his second year of eligibility.
 
NEW FACES
The Dolphins welcomed 13 new players to the program for 2026-27. Jayden Teat is in his fourth year of eligibility after two years at Utah and a year at Sacramento State; Khalil Williams (Bryant), Isaiah Brown (Mount Vernon Nazarene), Jeremy Clayville (Saint Francis/NJIT), Kaden Stuckey (VMI) and Kole Williams (Florida International/Kilgore College) are third years and Damien King (UT Martin), Przemek Hartman (Louisiana-Monroe), Ty Francis (Northeastern) and Cullen Schreiner (Georgia Southern) are second years, while Leandro Gysel, Connor Johnson and Hunter Frazier are freshmen.

NEC PRESEASON POLL
In the NEC preseason coaches' poll, the Dolphins tied for third place, the same position they finished last year. LIU, which won the regular season and tournament championship last year, earned seven of the nine first-place votes to win the league, while tournament runner-up Mercyhurst University landed second in the preseason coaches poll. Central Connecticut State tied the Dolphins for third. Wagner College, which fell to LIU in the semifinals, landed fifth. FDU, last year's sixth seed, and Stonehill College, which upset the Dolphins in the first round, tied for sixth place. Chicago State University finished in eighth place and the University of New Haven, which is eligible for the conference tournament this year, rounded out the poll in ninth.

COACH CHAMP
Le Moyne head coach Nate Champion '14 is the sixth-youngest head coach in Division I this season for the second consecutive year following back-to-back years as the second-youngest, celebrating his 35th birthday in early December. Darion Brown (30) at Nicholls is the youngest after taking over for last year's youngest, Tevon Saddler, while Evan Bradds (Belmont) is 32, Saah Nimley (Charleston Southern) and Zach Chu (Radford) are 33 and Ronnie Thomas (Longwood) is 34. In his first six seasons leading the Dolphins, Champion has posted an 85-96 record and led the Dolphins to the conference tournament each season and the 2020 NCAA Tournament (canceled prior to first game due to COVID pandemic). Champion served as an assistant coach at fellow NEC member Stonehill during the 2016-17 season.

FIRST WINS
The Dolphins earned their first win as a Division I program on November 13, 2023 over Division III SUNY Canton, 105-46. They claimed their first victory as a Division I program over a Division I program on November 21, 2023 at CSUN, 80-70. They collected their first home victory as a Division I program over a Division I program on December 16, 2023 over Dartmouth College, 80-54. The 'Phins earned their first NEC victory on January 6, 2024 at FDU, 74-63, and collected their first Division I conference tournament win two months to the day later, 82-61, over the same Knights.
 
SCOUTING NEBRASKA
The Cornhuskers are led by eighth-year head coach Fred Hoiberg. In 12 seasons as a collegiate head coach at Iowa State University (2010-15) and Nebraska (2019-present), Hoiberg has posted a 227-171 (.570) record and has guided teams to six NCAA Tournament appearances, including two trips to the Sweet 16, the second of which came last year.

Nebraska returned seven players, including a pair of Big Ten honorees, from its 2025-26 team that went a school-record 28-7 overall, 15-5 in the BIG East and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program's history. The Cornhuskers added three freshmen and six transfers for this season.

Nebraska returned leading scorer Pryce Sandfort (18.1 ppg), who was an All-Big Ten First Team selection, and third-leading scorer Braden Frager (11.8 ppg), who was named the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year. One of the newcomers is Boden Kapke, who had 11 rebounds against the Dolphins last year for Boston College.

DEDICATED DUO
Le Moyne's Chris Granozio and Don Familo are in their 35th season calling men's basketball games. They are currently the second-longest tenured Division I radio broadcast duo, trailing only Providence's John Rooke and Joe Hassett (38th).
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Le Moyne will travel to Creighton University on Thursday with tipoff scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET