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Southern Utah Thunderbirds

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Southern Utah Thunderbirds
Program History

2026 Team Stats (26 games)

69.3
PPG
68.7
Opp
+0.6
Margin
40.8%
FG%
31.3%
3P%
73.7%
FT%
41.3
RPG
14.6
APG
15.9
TO
83.9
Pace
67.5
AdjO
70.6
AdjD
#201
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 → 1015 (#177) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 994 (#179) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +113 elo More → 957 (#470) HCA +113 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.3 More → -2.7 (#194) HCA +2.3
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.8 More → +4.8 (#260) HCA +2.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.487 (#175) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +0.7 More → 0.522 (#168) NetEff +0.7
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet -4.4 More → 0.377 (#200) AdjNet -4.4
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet -4.5 More → 0.371 (#199) AdjNet -4.5
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 67.5 | AdjD 70.6 More → 0.429 (#201) AdjO 67.5 | AdjD 70.6
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 66.1 | AdjD 68.9 More → 0.437 (#384) AdjO 66.1 | AdjD 68.9
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 → 0.645 (#226) 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 → 0.599 (#228) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 113 | GP 26 More → 1044 (#179) RD 113 | GP 26

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-08 vs Washington State Cougars W 77 - 64
2025-11-13 @ Eastern Washington Eagles W 74 - 68
2025-11-21 @ Cal Poly Mustangs W 85 - 80
2025-12-04 vs New Mexico State Aggies W 69 - 59
2025-12-07 @ Colorado State Rams L 47 - 70
2025-12-20 @ Omaha Mavericks W 80 - 47
2025-12-29 vs Utah Tech Trailblazers W 78 - 60
2026-01-03 @ UT Arlington Mavericks W 58 - 55
2026-01-08 vs Utah Valley Wolverines W 76 - 68
2026-01-10 vs California Baptist Lancers L 77 - 82
2026-01-15 @ Tarleton State Texans L 55 - 81
2026-01-17 @ Abilene Christian Wildcats L 54 - 82
2026-01-22 @ Utah Valley Wolverines W 64 - 60
2026-01-24 vs Utah Tech Trailblazers W 62 - 49
2026-01-29 vs UT Arlington Mavericks W 77 - 68
2026-01-31 vs Abilene Christian Wildcats W 71 - 68
2026-02-07 @ Tarleton State Texans L 57 - 59
2026-02-12 @ California Baptist Lancers W 85 - 70
2026-02-14 vs UT Arlington Mavericks W 78 - 67
2026-02-18 vs Tarleton State Texans W 76 - 69
2026-02-22 vs Abilene Christian Wildcats W 78 - 70
2026-02-28 @ Utah Tech Trailblazers L 66 - 83
2026-03-05 @ Utah Valley Wolverines L 53 - 74
2026-03-07 @ California Baptist Lancers L 61 - 77
2026-03-12 vs UT Arlington Mavericks L 65 - 70
2026-03-22 @ Pepperdine Waves L 80 - 85

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. Uhrich A. Uhrich F 26 32.1 14.8 10.0 2.5 1.0 0.3 2.3 12.2 14.2 18 0.8 1.1 46.4 28.2 75.0 0.09 53.7 49.5
S. Chambers S. Chambers G 26 36.5 14.7 2.0 3.8 0.6 0.1 3.2 12.7 5.3 -9 -0.4 -0.5 34.4 25.6 81.9 -1.43 48.2 39.3
B. Fely B. Fely F 25 25.0 13.7 9.0 2.3 0.7 0.5 2.3 10.9 13.0 74 3.7 6.3 47.6 32.4 68.9 3.82 53.7 49.6
D. Kiernan D. Kiernan G 26 27.0 7.2 1.9 1.1 0.5 0.5 1.5 6.5 3.3 13 0.6 1.0 39.3 37.0 59.3 -2.12 52.3 51.2
K. Doman K. Doman G 26 33.8 6.2 6.3 2.5 1.2 1.1 2.5 5.7 9.1 29 1.3 1.6 37.2 34.8 81.4 2.43 48.2 42.6
M. Trigueiro M. Trigueiro G 25 12.0 4.1 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.7 3.6 1.1 -12 -0.6 -2.6 37.8 43.8 100.0 -0.3 55.1 53.3
D. Anderson D. Anderson F 26 10.1 3.1 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 2.8 2.4 -55 -2.5 -8.9 33.8 26.9 67.6 -3.86 45.0 38.5
A. Banks A. Banks C 26 11.8 3.0 3.3 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.1 2.0 4.7 -17 -0.7 -3.0 52.9 0 61.0 -0.34 57.2 52.9
O. Malafu O. Malafu F 16 5.9 1.8 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.7 1.9 -31 -1.6 -10.6 44.4 0 50.0 -1.23 45.9 44.4
B. Hasan B. Hasan G 26 7.8 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.2 1.4 -65 -3.0 -14.2 32.3 0.0 76.9 -2.57 47.1 32.3
E. Scholtes E. Scholtes F 6 3.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 6 0.9 26.9 16.7 0.0 100.0 -0.22 29.1 16.7
V. Kuelker V. Kuelker G 6 3.2 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.3 -0.3 5 0.6 40.5 12.5 0.0 50.0 -1.25 20.5 12.5
C. Kay C. Kay G 16 3.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 99 4.3 10.7 42.9 20.0 0.0 0.5 47.0 50.0
Joss Baker Joss Baker G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nike Borg Nike Borg C 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