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Ball State

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Ball State Cardinals, Ball State
Program History
Coach: Michael Lewis

2025 Team Stats (8 games)

72.8
PPG
72.6
Opp
+3.3
Margin
42.9%
FG%
29.9%
3P%
68.6%
FT%
36.5
RPG
11.5
APG
12.0
TO
78.8
Pace
69.7
AdjO
76.3
AdjD
#261
Rank

Model Outputs

2024-2025
Catalog

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

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 856 (#290) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 902 (#264) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.8 More → -6.8 (#268) HCA +2.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.444 (#211) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. More → 0.444 (#210) -
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet -9.0 More → 0.263 (#261) AdjNet -9.0
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet -9.0 More → 0.261 (#260) AdjNet -9.0
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 69.7 | AdjD 76.3 More → 0.355 (#261) AdjO 69.7 | AdjD 76.3

2025 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2024-11-08 vs Franklin Grizzlies W 87 - 60
2024-11-13 @ Dayton Flyers L 69 - 77
2024-11-16 vs Indiana State Sycamores L 84 - 94
2024-11-20 vs Detroit Mercy Titans L 59 - 70
2024-11-25 vs Eastern Kentucky Colonels W 63 - 61
2024-11-26 @ Florida Tech Panthers W 94 - 57
2024-11-27 @ Richmond Spiders L 60 - 73
2024-12-08 @ SIU Edwardsville Cougars L 69 - 82
2024-12-14 @ Bellarmine Knights W 86 - 82
2024-12-31 vs Anderson (IN) Ravens W 89 - 76
2025-01-04 @ Kent State Golden Flashes W 75 - 67

2025 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%
F. Hill F. Hill G 11 31.5 16.9 4.8 3.1 0.8 0.3 3.2 11.6 11.1 - - - 47.7 25.0 70.5 - 57.3 51.2
Mickey Pearson Jr. Mickey Pearson Jr. F 11 27.4 11.2 5.6 1.4 0.6 0.3 1.5 7.9 9.6 101 4.4 8.8 42.5 30.0 88.1 1.36 58.3 49.4
J. Gorosito J. Gorosito G 11 25.5 10.5 1.9 1.7 1.0 0.2 1.0 7.6 6.6 - - - 44.0 46.5 80.0 - 65.0 63.7
P. Sparks P. Sparks C 11 19.2 10.0 6.0 0.9 0.3 0.3 1.6 5.1 10.7 - - - 58.9 100.0 62.3 - 63.7 59.8
J. Hernandez J. Hernandez G 11 20.9 7.2 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.1 1.5 5.2 4.6 - - - 42.1 31.6 69.4 - 54.2 47.4
T. Burch T. Burch G 10 10.8 6.1 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.4 4.1 3.9 - - - 48.8 50.0 64.0 - 58.7 54.9
E. Brittain-Watts E. Brittain-Watts G 11 23.0 5.4 2.2 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 4.8 4.7 - - - 34.0 34.2 90.9 - 51.0 46.2
Ben Hendriks Ben Hendriks C 11 17.0 4.3 3.5 0.5 0.6 0.2 1.3 2.5 5.4 - - - 66.7 0 73.3 - 69.9 66.7
Z. Doughty Z. Doughty C 4 5.8 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 2.0 2.8 - - - 62.5 0 50.0 - 61.5 62.5
M. Jones M. Jones F 11 13.5 2.5 2.9 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.5 2.3 4.5 -6 -1.5 -40.8 40.0 22.2 54.5 -1.23 46.9 44.0
J. Hart J. Hart G 9 10.2 1.4 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.8 1.3 - - - 25.0 16.7 75.0 - 36.6 31.2
J. Zagorsak J. Zagorsak G 2 6.0 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 - - - 50.0 0.0 0.0 - 41.0 50.0
D. Bailey D. Bailey G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - 42 1.2 2.1 - - - 1.46 - -
J. Bearden J. Bearden F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
K. Clancy K. Clancy G 2 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 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