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Samford

Also known as: Samford Bulldogs
Program History

2026 Team Stats (32 games)

78.9
PPG
75.3
Opp
+3.6
Margin
45.4%
FG%
35.8%
3P%
68.9%
FT%
36.4
RPG
14.8
APG
9.2
TO
68.8
Est. poss./game

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 โ†’ 1043 (#137) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More โ†’ 1007 (#176) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. More โ†’ 1046 (#107) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. More โ†’ -4.2 (#225) -
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. More โ†’ +0.3 (#169) -
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More โ†’ 0.537 (#159) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. More โ†’ 0.424 (#219) -
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. More โ†’ 0.552 (#111) -
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26 More โ†’ Unavailable Not published: possession data incomplete for 2025-26
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. More โ†’ 976 (#198) -

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 @ Tulane Green Wave L 72 - 85
2025-11-07 vs South Carolina State Bulldogs W 82 - 72
2025-11-12 @ Texas Southern Tigers W 93 - 90
2025-11-14 @ Arkansas Razorbacks L 75 - 79
2025-11-16 @ Central Arkansas Bears W 84 - 77
2025-11-19 vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles L 62 - 77
2025-11-21 @ New Mexico State Aggies L 72 - 81
2025-11-25 @ Georgia State Panthers W 78 - 63
2025-11-26 @ Utah Valley Wolverines L 45 - 89
2025-12-05 @ VCU Rams L 57 - 83
2025-12-07 vs Cornell Big Red W 93 - 90
2025-12-15 vs Bryan Lions W 106 - 51
2025-12-19 vs Reinhardt Eagles W 85 - 49
2026-01-01 @ VMI Keydets W 78 - 58
2026-01-03 @ UNC Greensboro Spartans L 82 - 89
2026-01-07 vs Western Carolina Catamounts W 82 - 77
2026-01-10 @ Chattanooga Mocs L 79 - 88
2026-01-14 vs Furman Paladins L 73 - 77
2026-01-17 vs East Tennessee State Buccaneers L 75 - 76
2026-01-21 @ Wofford Terriers L 78 - 88
2026-01-24 vs Chattanooga Mocs W 75 - 64
2026-01-29 @ Furman Paladins L 73 - 78
2026-02-01 @ Western Carolina Catamounts W 88 - 74
2026-02-05 vs The Citadel Bulldogs W 78 - 64
2026-02-07 vs Mercer Bears W 69 - 49
2026-02-11 vs Wofford Terriers W 97 - 80
2026-02-14 @ East Tennessee State Buccaneers W 82 - 72
2026-02-19 @ The Citadel Bulldogs W 78 - 75
2026-02-21 @ Mercer Bears L 86 - 89
2026-02-26 vs VMI Keydets W 80 - 61
2026-02-28 vs UNC Greensboro Spartans W 87 - 78
2026-03-07 vs Furman Paladins 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 GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Jadin Booth Jadin Booth - 30 36.5 21.6 3.7 2.2 1.1 0.1 1.6 14.2 12.9 - - - - 45.4 43.6 86.9 - 65.5 60.3
Dylan Faulkner Dylan Faulkner - 30 26.2 17.2 8.6 1.8 0.6 1.5 1.4 10.4 17.8 - - - - 61.7 0.0 56.3 - 62.2 61.7
Keaton Norris Keaton Norris G 28 32.9 10.0 4.3 4.9 0.6 0.0 1.4 8.9 9.5 - - - - 39.1 31.1 83.6 - 51.6 47.4
Cade Norris Cade Norris G 32 30.7 8.9 4.6 2.1 0.6 0.1 0.8 6.3 9.1 - - - - 45.3 40.4 76.3 - 60.5 56.2
Isaiah Campbell-Finch Isaiah Campbell-Finch - 29 23.4 7.4 1.5 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.7 6.3 3.6 - - - - 42.1 32.1 51.6 - 50.7 49.5
Kam Martin Kam Martin G 32 16.6 5.7 2.1 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.5 4.4 4.2 - - - - 39.7 32.6 85.1 - 56.0 50.0
Zach Lamey Zach Lamey - 5 8.2 4.6 1.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.6 3.2 2.6 - - - - 50.0 46.2 50.0 -2.98 68.1 68.8
Zion Wilburn Zion Wilburn G 30 17.0 4.6 2.2 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.0 3.7 3.6 29 24 1.2 2.9 38.4 29.6 60.7 -0.6 50.1 45.5
Jaxon Pollard Jaxon Pollard F 25 13.0 3.2 3.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 3.6 4.0 - - - - 31.9 19.6 60.0 - 40.1 37.4
Will Shaver Will Shaver - 30 9.6 2.7 2.6 0.8 0.2 0.6 1.1 2.1 3.7 - - - - 47.6 33.3 59.3 - 53.4 50.8
Judson Bjornstad Judson Bjornstad F 24 8.8 2.2 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.9 2.0 - - - - 34.8 28.6 72.7 - 48.5 41.3
Caleb Harrison Caleb Harrison - 13 5.6 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.2 2.5 -23 8 -2.9 -36.9 60.0 0.0 50.0 -2.17 59.7 60.0
Corey Brown Corey Brown G 5 6.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.4 - - - - 25.0 0.0 100.0 -3.45 41.0 25.0
Cooper Davenport Cooper Davenport G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
JD Gossett JD Gossett G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Joshua Hughes Joshua Hughes F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dajion Humphrey Dajion Humphrey 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

Alumni in the Pros

Former Samford players in EuroCup 2026-2027, matched by provider player ids (ESPN athlete ids, ESPN bios, linked StatsNBA/EuroLeague ids). Only games after their last Samford game count. These are observed results, not certified complete seasons. League and team are where each player last played a regular-season or playoff game (NBA ahead of G League when he played in both); recent games include the preseason.

Active alumni

Player At School League Team GP MPG PPG RPG APG
R. Guerrero 2018-19 EuroCup RECOLETAS SALUD SAN PABLO BURGOS 3 10.9 3.0 1.7 0.0

Alumni around the leagues: recent games

Date Player League Team Opponent MIN PTS REB AST Box
2026-10-14 R. Guerrero EuroCup REGULAR SEASON RECOLETAS SALUD SAN PABLO BURGOS vs HAPOEL MIDTOWN JERUSALEM 9 0 1 0 Box
2026-10-07 R. Guerrero EuroCup REGULAR SEASON RECOLETAS SALUD SAN PABLO BURGOS @ ARIS THESSALONIKI 9 2 1 0 Box
2026-09-30 R. Guerrero EuroCup REGULAR SEASON RECOLETAS SALUD SAN PABLO BURGOS vs CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA 14 7 3 0 Box

2025-2026 Shot Zones

1858 located field-goal attempts in 32 games (ESPN). Each zone is coloured by the player with the largest share of the team's made-shot points there (left) and of its misses there (right).

Faulkner43% Faulkner35% Booth38% Norris70% Norris61% Booth23% Booth28% Booth40% Booth43% Booth51%
Points: who the team's points here most likely come from
Faulkner36% Faulkner24% Booth47% Booth30% Norris27% Martin24% Norris23% Booth33% Booth37% Booth30%
Misses: who misses most here

Jadin BoothDylan FaulknerKeaton NorrisCade NorrisKam Martin

Zone FGM-FGA FG% Pts Top scorer Runner-up Most misses Runner-up
Restricted area 355-547 64.9 710 Dylan Faulkner 43% (304 pts) Isaiah Campbell-Finch 9% (66 pts) Dylan Faulkner 36% (70 misses) Isaiah Campbell-Finch 10% (20 misses)
Paint (non-RA) 113-272 41.5 226 Dylan Faulkner 35% (78 pts) Jadin Booth 16% (36 pts) Dylan Faulkner 24% (38 misses) Keaton Norris 14% (22 misses)
Mid-range left 21-55 38.2 42 Jadin Booth 38% (16 pts) Keaton Norris 29% (12 pts) Jadin Booth 47% (16 misses) Keaton Norris 24% (8 misses)
Mid-range center 23-50 46.0 46 Keaton Norris 70% (32 pts) Jadin Booth 22% (10 pts) Jadin Booth 30% (8 misses) Keaton Norris 22% (6 misses)
Mid-range right 23-74 31.1 46 Keaton Norris 61% (28 pts) Jadin Booth 22% (10 pts) Keaton Norris 27% (14 misses) Jadin Booth 22% (11 misses)
Left corner 3 35-93 37.6 105 Jadin Booth 23% (24 pts) Kam Martin 20% (21 pts) Kam Martin 24% (14 misses) Zion Wilburn 19% (11 misses)
Right corner 3 18-57 31.6 54 Jadin Booth 28% (15 pts) Cade Norris 17% (9 pts) Cade Norris 23% (9 misses) Jadin Booth 21% (8 misses)
Above-break 3 left 117-316 37.0 351 Jadin Booth 40% (141 pts) Keaton Norris 17% (60 pts) Jadin Booth 33% (66 misses) Keaton Norris 19% (37 misses)
Above-break 3 center 51-154 33.1 153 Jadin Booth 43% (66 pts) Cade Norris 14% (21 pts) Jadin Booth 37% (38 misses) Keaton Norris 16% (16 misses)
Above-break 3 right 89-240 37.1 267 Jadin Booth 51% (135 pts) Cade Norris 17% (45 pts) Jadin Booth 30% (46 misses) Keaton Norris 21% (31 misses)