The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college basketball. The program saw its first game in 1896 playing 7-on-7 basketball. The first collegiate game was against Nebraska Wesleyan University. As of July 25th, 2016 the program had 1,462 wins and 1,318 losses (.550) with 7 NCAA appearances and 15 NIT appearances. Tim Miles is the current Nebraska men's basketball head coach.