DENVER – The University of Denver men's basketball program will play its penultimate road game of the regular season on Sunday when the Pioneers travel to defending Summit League champions Omaha. Opening tip in-front of a nationally televised audience on CBS Sports Network is set for 12 p.m. CT/11 a.m. MT.  
 
SERIES HISTORY:
Omaha holds a 16-12 advantage in the series since Denver rejoined the Division I ranks in 1998-99. The Pioneers are just 3-8 in Omaha with the last win in Nebraska coming in the 2023-24 campaign. Omaha has won three-straight, including an 84-82 victory in Hamilton Gymnasium on January 31 of this year. FULL HISTORY
 
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver turned in its best defensive performance of the season, while getting 23 on the other end from sophomore Carson Johnson and an 18-12 double-double from Jeremiah Burke in a 79-61 win over South Dakota State on Thursday night in Hamilton Gymnasium. FULL RECAP
 
20+ POINT SCORING NIGHTS
Sophomore Carson Johnson leads the Pioneers with 15 games with 20+ points this season, including seven of the last eight. Johnson is tied for 8th in the country in most 20+ point games this season (stathead).
Graduate student Jeremiah Burke has 9 20+ point games this season, tying him for 118th in the country in the category (statehead).
Denver had three players finish with 20+ in its win over Oral Roberts on January 14. Carson Johnson scored 33 and Zane Nelson and Jeremiah Burke had 20 apiece.
That win marked the first game Denver had three players finish with 20+ in regulation since December 20, 2021 against Western Illinois (KJ Hunt - 22, Touko Tainamo - 21, Jordan Johnson - 21).
The Pioneers achieved that feat again in a 98-79 win over North Dakota on February 7, 2026 when Johnson (22), Burke (20) and Logan Kinsey (20) all finished with 20+ apiece.
The Feb. 7 occurrence was the first time Denver had three players score 20+ on the road since Marcus Byrd, Nate Engesser and Thomas Neff scored 20+ at Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 13, 2016.
Denver has had three players finish with 20+ in a game five times in its Division I history.
 
DENVER IN LEAGUE PLAY
Denver enters the game 6-6 in league play. If the season ended today, the Pioneers would finish .500 or better in Summit League play for the first time since going 8-6 in the Summit League in 2017-18.
The Pioneers also enter the game 3-3 in road league games. If the season ended today it would finish .500 or better in league road games for the first time since going 6-2 on the road in their lone year in the Western Athletic Conference in 2012-13.
 
ROAD WARRIORS
Denver has six road wins this year, its most since 2016-17.
The Pioneers have road wins against teams that are a combined 48-18 at home vs. the rest of their schedule.
Denver has won three-straight Summit League road games for the first time since joining the Summit League in 2013-14.
The stretch marks the first three-game road winning streak overall since November 18-December 1, 2022 (Idaho St., New Orleans, HCU).
 
RECORD BOOK WATCH
Sophomore guard Carson Johnson has scored 529 points this season, moving him to fifth in Denver's DI single season record book, 32 points behind Yemi Nicholson (2004-05) for fourth.
In his two-year career between DU and MSUM, Johnson is 16 points away from 1,000.
Carson Johnson became the 12th Pioneer in the program's DI to make 70 three-pointers in a season. He currently has 73 triples, ranking 10th in Denver's DI history, one behind Joe Rosga (2016-17) for ninth. 
Carson Johnson has made 110 free-throws this season, ranking 10th in Denver's single-season record book, four behind B.J Pratt (2002-03) and Antonio Porch (2004-05) for eighth.
Logan Kinsey is shooting 56.3% from the field this season, ranking sixth in Denver's single-season record book.
Zane Nelson is shooting 45.6% from beyond the arc this season, ranking seventh in Denver's single-season record book.
 
OLDHAM SECOND IN THE COUNTRY IN EFFECTIVE FG%
Gabe Oldham entered the weekend as the second-ranked player in the country in effective FG% at 73.5% (Ken Pom), 0.5 points behind Navy's Aidan Kehoe.
Oldham shot a perfect 9-for-9 from the field on January 10 vs. South Dakota, making him the 11th player in the country this year to produce a 20-point double-double (pts/rbs) and shoot perfect from the field (Stathead).
 
CARSON JOHNSON - MR. RELIABLE
Sophomore guard Carson Johnson is averaging 35.5 minutes per game this season, ranking 15th in the country in percentage of minutes played (90.2 - KenPom).
Johnson is leading the Summit League in points per game in conference match-ups at 22.0 per tilt and in minutes played at 37.2 per game.
 
#PROPIOS
Denver has 11 former student-athletes currently playing professionally in the United States and abroad.
Ade Murkey - BC Vienna (Austria)
Isaiah Addo-Ankrah - Iverioni (Georgia)
Jaxon Brenchley - Cheshire Phoenix (England)
Marko Lukic - Union SF (Argentina)
Pedro Lopez-San Vicente - Huesca (Spain)
Ronnie Harrell Jr - Aris (Greece)
Royce O'Neale - Phoenix Suns (NBA)
Tevin Smith - Lucenec (Slovakia)
Touko Tainamo - USK Praha (Czech Republic)
Tymoteusz Sternicki - Slask Wroclaw (Poland)
Tyree Corbett - Al Arabi Club Doha (Qatar)
 
UP NEXT:
Denver returns home next week for its final two home games of the first season under head coach Tim Bergstraser. The Pioneers will host South Dakota on Thursday night for a 7 p.m. MT tip on Altitude 2, the Summit League Network and 104.3 The Fan HD3. Senior Saturday is set to tip at 4 p.m. MT against St. Thomas.
 
TICKETS:
Tickets for the 2025-26 season are on sale now, and can be purchased here.
 
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