Former Husker Brice Williams was one of 75 players invited to the 2025 NBA Draft Combine, which will take place from May 11-18 at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago.
“You take Brice off this team, obviously we’re not in a very good place,” Husker head coach Fred Hoiberg said late in the recently concluded season. “Just what he has done as our go-to guy. And the load that he carries every single night. I think that is the true test of who’s going to be on the all-conference teams are the guys that are that important to their team. Obviously we’re a group, we’re a unit, but Brice is the head of it.”
Williams was voted a consensus all-Big Ten player by media and coaches soon after those comments were made.
Hoiberg noted throughout the year what an unselfish player Williams is as well. He also thought Williams’ performance at the College Basketball Crown event which NU won in Las Vegas could help the 6-7 guard’s standing.
Williams (23.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.5 assists per game during that tournament) was named to the five-member all-tournament team at that event. He set Nebraska’s single-season scoring record with 21 points in the championship win over Central Florida. That put him at 713 points for the year.
Williams passed both Dave Hoppen (1984-85, 704) and James Palmer Jr. (708, 2018-19) in that final game. He was one short of Palmer until a couple free throws with 1:10 let put him over the top.
“Some of my teammates came up to me at the end and they were like, ‘You’re one point away…’ But it was a blessing to be able to achieve that,” Williams said. “It’s something that I hope lasts for a long time. But it might not with the way Fred coaches and the way he wants us to get up 3s. You never know who might come in and break that record.”
He finished the season averaging 20.4 points per game, the most by a Husker since Tyronn Lue in 1997-98.
Williams had 20 points in his career with at least 20 points, finishing one shy of Dave Hoppen’s school record of 21.
He finished with 1,168 points at Nebraska to finish 22nd on NU’s career list in just two seasons. His 16.9 points per game in two seasons at Nebraska. That ties Stu Lantz for seventh in career scoring average.
Hoiberg said after the team won the Crown of Williams and Juwan Gary, “The production that they put up and the way that they did it certainly will help them with their futures.”
