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Charleston Southern Buccaneers

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Program History
Coach: Saah Nimley

2026 Team Stats (32 games)

83.4
PPG
80.1
Opp
+3.3
Margin
45.7%
FG%
36.1%
3P%
64.7%
FT%
42.0
RPG
16.8
APG
13.9
TO
86.9
Pace
77.3
AdjO
82.6
AdjD
#240
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026
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 → 852 (#289) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 900 (#256) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +109 elo More → 951 (#598) HCA +109 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.2 More → -5.3 (#241) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.5 More → +11.2 (#216) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.499 (#179) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff -5.4 More → 0.368 (#205) NetEff -5.4
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet -7.2 More → 0.303 (#243) AdjNet -7.2
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet -7.3 More → 0.302 (#243) AdjNet -7.3
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 77.3 | AdjD 82.6 More → 0.381 (#240) AdjO 77.3 | AdjD 82.6
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 80.9 | AdjD 77.8 More → 0.569 (#153) AdjO 80.9 | AdjD 77.8
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 → 0.666 (#239) 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 → 0.638 (#235) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 153 | GP 32 More → 952 (#289) RD 153 | GP 32

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 @ Virginia Tech Hokies L 67 - 98
2025-11-06 vs Toccoa Falls Eagles W 106 - 71
2025-11-10 @ The Citadel Bulldogs W 96 - 86
2025-11-13 @ Alabama A&M Bulldogs L 64 - 68
2025-11-14 vs Lindenwood Lions L 77 - 83
2025-11-18 vs IU Indianapolis Jaguars W 103 - 91
2025-11-21 @ East Carolina Pirates W 77 - 65
2025-11-25 vs Piedmont Lions W 93 - 81
2025-11-28 @ South Carolina Gamecocks L 62 - 74
2025-12-02 @ UT Martin Skyhawks L 56 - 73
2025-12-04 vs Warren Wilson Owls W 124 - 63
2025-12-08 vs South Carolina State Bulldogs W 84 - 44
2025-12-18 vs North Florida Ospreys W 113 - 90
2025-12-21 @ Furman Paladins L 76 - 84
2025-12-28 @ Richmond Spiders W 77 - 72
2025-12-31 @ Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs W 89 - 79
2026-01-03 vs UNC Asheville Bulldogs W 86 - 83
2026-01-07 @ Winthrop Eagles L 77 - 81
2026-01-10 vs High Point Panthers L 82 - 84
2026-01-14 vs South Carolina Upstate Spartans L 81 - 86
2026-01-21 @ Presbyterian Blue Hose L 83 - 87
2026-01-24 @ Longwood Lancers L 79 - 81
2026-01-29 vs Radford Highlanders L 75 - 84
2026-01-31 vs Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs W 75 - 66
2026-02-04 @ High Point Panthers L 55 - 80
2026-02-07 @ South Carolina Upstate Spartans L 94 - 100
2026-02-12 vs Presbyterian Blue Hose W 84 - 67
2026-02-14 @ Radford Highlanders L 80 - 90
2026-02-21 vs Longwood Lancers L 96 - 107
2026-02-26 vs Winthrop Eagles W 86 - 84
2026-02-28 @ UNC Asheville Bulldogs W 92 - 75
2026-03-06 @ Winthrop Eagles L 81 - 86

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%
A. Sumler A. Sumler - 28 30.4 18.9 4.8 3.8 0.8 0.1 2.5 14.2 11.6 17 0.8 1.3 48.0 39.6 65.4 -0.13 57.9 55.4
B. Blaine B. Blaine - 26 26.9 16.5 6.9 3.0 1.2 0.2 3.1 13.5 11.2 63 2.7 5.2 40.3 34.6 78.3 -0.11 54.9 51.0
Jesse Hafemeister Jesse Hafemeister - 32 26.2 12.7 5.3 1.0 0.5 0.1 1.4 9.7 8.5 51 2.2 4.9 46.8 39.0 66.7 -0.3 60.0 58.5
Luke Williams Luke Williams - 20 31.1 10.6 3.0 4.4 0.6 0.1 1.2 8.4 9.1 90 5.3 9.7 45.0 39.6 64.5 0.07 58.0 56.8
Armari Carraway Armari Carraway - 24 17.0 6.7 1.4 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.9 6.1 2.5 73 4.3 16.5 32.7 32.8 69.0 -0.45 50.4 48.0
R. Jones R. Jones F 32 18.4 6.6 5.2 1.0 0.2 1.8 1.3 4.6 9.0 -14 -0.5 -0.7 58.9 0 54.1 -0.31 59.4 58.9
N. Brafford N. Brafford F 32 19.3 5.2 3.3 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.8 4.3 5.4 71 3.1 10.2 41.3 36.0 60.7 0.23 55.5 54.3
Jacob Taylor Jacob Taylor - 30 20.9 5.2 2.2 1.1 0.6 0.0 1.0 4.0 4.2 37 1.8 5.6 44.2 36.1 74.4 -0.26 57.2 53.3
L. Olalere L. Olalere - 32 15.6 4.6 3.9 0.7 0.2 1.5 1.2 2.8 6.9 72 3.1 12.1 66.3 0 44.4 0.02 62.5 66.3
T. Coleman T. Coleman - 24 10.9 3.8 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 2.3 4.3 7 0.3 1.0 50.0 40.0 71.9 -0.43 64.9 60.7
Jaquias Franklin Jaquias Franklin - 24 14.6 3.8 1.5 2.6 0.5 0.1 1.3 3.5 3.7 20 1.1 4.7 39.3 29.6 81.8 -0.15 51.2 48.8
Easton Hupp Easton Hupp - 5 4.4 2.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.8 -0.2 - - - 35.7 22.2 100.0 - 47.0 42.9
D. Brafford D. Brafford - 19 7.3 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.7 1.8 4.3 -20 -1.2 -11.6 48.6 20.0 52.6 -0.3 54.2 52.9
A. Gause A. Gause - 1 5.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 - - - 50.0 0 0 - 50.0 50.0
A.J. Gladieux A.J. Gladieux - 5 3.6 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.6 - - - 100.0 0 50.0 - 79.8 100.0
K. Lofton K. Lofton G 0 - 0.0 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