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Ball State Cardinals

Also known as: Ball State Cardinals
Program History

2026 Team Stats (30 games)

79.2
PPG
67.2
Opp
+12.0
Margin
46.4%
FG%
33.4%
3P%
69.0%
FT%
43.1
RPG
19.7
APG
16.4
TO
87.9
Pace

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +113 elo More → 1118 (#45) HCA +113 elo
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.8 More → +22.4 (#77) HCA +2.8
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 75.0 | AdjD 64.7 More → 0.718 (#55) AdjO 75.0 | AdjD 64.7
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.899 (#75) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.879 (#72) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 130 | GP 30 More → 1218 (#66) RD 130 | GP 30

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-09 @ IU Indianapolis Jaguars W 81 - 72
2025-11-12 vs Northern Kentucky Norse W 95 - 64
2025-11-20 vs Cincinnati Bearcats W 83 - 63
2025-11-24 vs UIC Flames L 64 - 66
2025-11-28 @ Pittsburgh Panthers W 55 - 41
2025-12-03 vs Oakland City Mighty Oaks W 119 - 34
2025-12-07 @ Davidson Wildcats L 65 - 87
2025-12-10 @ Louisville Cardinals L 62 - 93
2025-12-14 @ South Dakota State Jackrabbits L 59 - 78
2025-12-20 vs Eastern Michigan Eagles W 78 - 74
2025-12-31 @ Akron Zips W 102 - 73
2026-01-03 @ Northern Illinois Huskies W 74 - 56
2026-01-07 vs Toledo Rockets W 72 - 68
2026-01-14 vs Buffalo Bulls W 103 - 61
2026-01-17 @ Western Michigan Broncos W 78 - 57
2026-01-21 vs Massachusetts Minutewomen W 78 - 60
2026-01-24 vs Miami (OH) RedHawks L 52 - 72
2026-01-28 @ Central Michigan Chippewas W 76 - 70
2026-01-31 @ Kent State Golden Flashes W 101 - 91
2026-02-04 vs Northern Illinois Huskies W 83 - 48
2026-02-07 vs Troy Trojans W 87 - 86
2026-02-10 @ Eastern Michigan Eagles W 83 - 68
2026-02-14 vs Bowling Green Falcons W 82 - 67
2026-02-18 @ Buffalo Bulls W 88 - 55
2026-02-21 @ Miami (OH) RedHawks L 64 - 68
2026-02-25 vs Akron Zips W 88 - 55
2026-02-28 vs Ohio Bobcats W 86 - 85
2026-03-07 @ Toledo Rockets W 78 - 71
2026-03-11 vs Bowling Green Falcons W 75 - 63
2026-03-13 vs Toledo Rockets L 65 - 69

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
B. Salenbien B. Salenbien G 29 28.3 16.6 7.1 3.7 1.7 1.0 3.2 11.8 15.0 112 4.9 7.1 47.7 35.8 84.1 0.38 60.4 54.7
T. Towers T. Towers C 30 23.1 15.5 8.4 1.5 0.5 0.5 2.2 12.2 12.1 128 5.3 9.2 55.6 0.0 67.4 3.56 57.7 55.6
G. Kingery G. Kingery G 30 31.5 13.2 2.5 1.6 1.1 0.3 0.7 9.9 8.2 101 4.4 6.1 45.3 41.1 79.6 0.15 61.9 59.6
K. Norman K. Norman G 30 29.6 9.1 3.6 5.1 1.0 0.1 2.6 9.1 7.2 154 6.4 9.6 35.3 30.0 69.7 2.19 45.5 41.9
A. Tagayi A. Tagayi F 30 25.8 7.9 5.1 2.7 1.5 0.8 2.5 6.3 9.1 54 2.2 3.7 53.2 9.5 49.3 -0.53 54.0 53.7
Z. Verburgt Z. Verburgt F 28 20.9 5.4 4.8 1.6 0.4 0.1 1.9 4.9 5.5 27 1.4 2.7 38.0 28.2 66.7 0.38 48.7 45.3
A. Caballero A. Caballero F 29 14.5 4.1 4.9 1.0 0.2 0.6 1.2 3.1 6.4 28 1.2 3.7 51.1 9.1 52.1 -1.17 53.1 51.7
V. Rojas V. Rojas G 6 6.0 3.7 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 3.3 1.0 3 0.5 7.6 35.0 20.0 70.0 -0.25 45.1 37.5
Z. Ransom Z. Ransom G 24 10.6 2.8 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.6 2.1 2.8 51 2.7 10.2 42.0 28.6 66.7 1.33 52.7 46.0
G. Gorini G. Gorini G 30 10.2 2.7 0.7 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.9 2.9 -10 -0.4 -1.7 46.6 35.7 57.1 -1.05 56.9 55.2
A. Brooke A. Brooke G 21 8.0 2.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 2.1 1.2 5 0.2 1.4 33.3 31.4 83.3 -1.97 50.7 45.6
B. Winchester B. Winchester F 12 6.3 2.2 2.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 1.2 3.4 11 1.0 10.1 60.0 33.3 72.7 -0.52 68.0 63.3
L. Martinez L. Martinez G 7 4.3 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.4 0.4 -2 -0.3 -5.9 30.0 14.3 0 -0.41 35.0 35.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG