The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team is the college basketball program representing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The program saw its first game in 1897 playing 7-on-7 basketball. The first collegiate game was against Nebraska Wesleyan University. Throughout the years, the program had 1,370 wins and 1,218 losses (.529) with 7 NCAA appearances and 16 NIT appearances. Nebraska's only major national trophy came when they won the 1996 NIT. The head coach is currently Tim Miles who was hired on March 24, 2012.