Tennessee Tech Golden

Season: 2027 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

Also known as: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

Program History

Coach: John Pelphrey

2025 Team Stats (32 games)

72.1

PPG

74.1

Opp

-2.0

Margin

43.2%

FG%

35.2%

3P%

69.8%

FT%

34.7

RPG

15.2

APG

11.6

69.0

Est. poss./game

67.6

Adj PPG

75.9

Adj Opp PPG

#297

Scoring 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 →	770 (#297)	-
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More →	885 (#276)	-
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +87 elo More →	947 (#261)	HCA +87 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More →	-9.2 (#301)	HCA +2.7
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.8 More →	-10.5 (#323)	HCA +2.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More →	0.373 (#255)	-
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet -13.0 More →	0.182 (#299)	AdjNet -13.0
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet -13.2 More →	0.179 (#299)	AdjNet -13.2
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 67.6 \| AdjD 75.9 More →	0.320 (#297)	AdjO 67.6 \| AdjD 75.9
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 69.0 \| AdjD 73.8 More →	0.392 (#288)	AdjO 69.0 \| AdjD 73.8
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 →	0.286 (#296)	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 →	0.299 (#297)	Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 156 \| GP 30 More →	868 (#281)	RD 156 \| GP 30

2025 Schedule & Results

Date	Vs/At	Opponent	Result	Score
2024-11-04	@	Georgia Bulldogs	L	78 - 83
2024-11-07	vs	Bryan Lions	W	89 - 74
2024-11-12	vs	West Georgia Wolves	W	76 - 73
2024-11-15	@	VMI Keydets	W	72 - 71
2024-11-16	vs	UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros	L	58 - 83
2024-11-19	@	UCF Knights	L	69 - 80
2024-11-27	vs	Presbyterian Blue Hose	W	90 - 75
2024-11-29	@	Vanderbilt Commodores	L	56 - 87
2024-12-04	@	North Alabama Lions	L	59 - 82
2024-12-07	@	West Georgia Wolves	L	73 - 78
2024-12-17	@	Western Illinois Leathernecks	L	68 - 71
2024-12-19	@	Lindenwood Lions	W	79 - 73
2024-12-29	vs	Milligan Buffaloes	W	95 - 75
2025-01-02	vs	Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles	W	68 - 64
2025-01-04	vs	Morehead State Eagles	W	74 - 55
2025-01-09	@	Eastern Illinois Panthers	W	69 - 64
2025-01-11	@	SIU Edwardsville Cougars	L	59 - 67
2025-01-16	vs	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	L	70 - 77
2025-01-18	vs	Little Rock Trojans	L	71 - 77
2025-01-23	@	Tennessee State Tigers	L	77 - 89
2025-01-25	@	UT Martin Skyhawks	W	89 - 85
2025-01-30	@	Morehead State Eagles	W	72 - 64
2025-02-01	@	Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles	W	78 - 65
2025-02-06	vs	SIU Edwardsville Cougars	L	58 - 75
2025-02-08	vs	Eastern Illinois Panthers	W	59 - 54
2025-02-13	@	Little Rock Trojans	L	75 - 79
2025-02-15	@	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	L	69 - 83
2025-02-20	vs	UT Martin Skyhawks	W	71 - 66
2025-02-22	vs	Tennessee State Tigers	W	77 - 74
2025-02-27	vs	Western Illinois Leathernecks	L	69 - 82
2025-03-01	vs	Lindenwood Lions	L	74 - 76
2025-03-05	vs	UT Martin Skyhawks	L	67 - 70

2025 Roster

Show Alumni If everyone stayed four years

Minutes by Position

Each player's share of the team's minutes per game (season minutes over the roster's), placed by position, so every column is one game's minutes. 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%
Jaylon Johnson	G	32	35.1	14.2	4.2	4.8	1.6	0.0	2.2	11.1	11.6	-	-	-	-	40.0	35.5	82.2	-	56.0	50.6
Rodney Johnson Jr.	F	25	25.7	13.0	5.8	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.4	10.5	9.5	-48	24	-2.0	-5.5	51.0	40.2	60.0	-0.05	57.9	57.2
Daniel Egbuniwe	F	30	27.9	10.0	6.5	2.3	0.9	0.8	2.0	9.2	9.2	-78	29	-2.7	-5.8	39.5	30.9	62.3	0.74	48.8	46.4
Mekhi Cameron	G	7	26.0	8.7	3.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	1.3	7.9	3.6	-49	6	-8.2	-12.3	32.7	25.8	81.0	0.09	47.5	40.0
JaJuan Nicholls	F	23	18.4	8.5	4.1	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.2	6.2	6.9	-15	18	-0.8	-1.9	59.4	0	49.0	0.04	58.9	59.4
Kyle Layton	G	32	31.9	8.2	2.3	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.3	7.0	5.1	-137	31	-4.4	-8.8	36.0	34.9	78.4	-0.42	53.1	49.6
Ray Glasgow	SG	29	14.4	6.9	3.2	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.2	6.1	4.5	25	14	1.8	8.2	38.8	32.5	74.5	-0.03	50.1	45.8
Matthew Sells	G	31	19.2	5.8	1.4	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	4.0	4.1	-	-	-	-	43.1	43.0	88.9	-	66.4	63.0
Grant Slatten	G	30	15.2	4.7	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	3.3	4.3	-28	15	-1.9	-6.0	45.0	37.5	79.1	0.11	59.7	54.0
Ola Ajiboye	F	32	17.2	4.3	3.4	1.3	0.7	1.0	0.9	3.3	6.5	-39	21	-1.9	-6.5	53.3	0.0	47.4	0.11	53.4	53.3
David Craig	C	14	5.1	1.9	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.5	2.3	-140	29	-4.8	-7.1	47.6	0	58.3	0.57	51.4	47.6
Grant Strong	G	13	8.9	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.3	2.0	1.1	-	-	-	-	26.9	14.3	100.0	-	34.8	30.8
Bogdan Zimonjic	G	4	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	-0.2	-	-	-	-	25.0	0.0	0	-	25.0	25.0
Colin Ayers	G	0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rylee Samons	-	1	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	-	-	-	-	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

2024-2025 Shot Zones

406 located field-goal attempts in 7 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).

Points: who the team's points here most likely come from

Misses: who misses most here

Jaylon JohnsonRodney Johnson Jr.JaJuan NichollsGrant SlattenKyle Layton

Zone	FGM-FGA	FG%	Pts	Top scorer	Runner-up	Most misses	Runner-up
Restricted area	50-73	68.5	100	JaJuan Nicholls 34% (34 pts)	Jaylon Johnson 20% (20 pts)	Grant Slatten 22% (5 misses)	Jaylon Johnson 22% (5 misses)
Paint (non-RA)	33-86	38.4	66	JaJuan Nicholls 36% (24 pts)	Rodney Johnson Jr. 27% (18 pts)	Jaylon Johnson 25% (13 misses)	Rodney Johnson Jr. 23% (12 misses)
Mid-range left	8-15	53.3	16	Rodney Johnson Jr. 75% (12 pts)	Daniel Egbuniwe 12% (2 pts)	Rodney Johnson Jr. 86% (6 misses)	Daniel Egbuniwe 14% (1 misses)
Mid-range center	4-10	40.0	8	Grant Slatten 50% (4 pts)	Daniel Egbuniwe 25% (2 pts)	Rodney Johnson Jr. 67% (4 misses)	Daniel Egbuniwe 33% (2 misses)
Mid-range right	6-17	35.3	12	Jaylon Johnson 33% (4 pts)	Rodney Johnson Jr. 33% (4 pts)	Jaylon Johnson 45% (5 misses)	Rodney Johnson Jr. 18% (2 misses)
Left corner 3	3-14	21.4	9	Rodney Johnson Jr. 67% (6 pts)	Grant Slatten 33% (3 pts)	Rodney Johnson Jr. 36% (4 misses)	Daniel Egbuniwe 27% (3 misses)
Right corner 3	7-22	31.8	21	Kyle Layton 43% (9 pts)	Grant Slatten 29% (6 pts)	Kyle Layton 47% (7 misses)	Matthew Sells 27% (4 misses)
Above-break 3 left	27-68	39.7	81	Jaylon Johnson 33% (27 pts)	Matthew Sells 22% (18 pts)	Jaylon Johnson 37% (15 misses)	Matthew Sells 17% (7 misses)
Above-break 3 center	12-29	41.4	36	Jaylon Johnson 58% (21 pts)	Matthew Sells 33% (12 pts)	Jaylon Johnson 53% (9 misses)	Daniel Egbuniwe 12% (2 misses)
Above-break 3 right	23-72	31.9	69	Jaylon Johnson 26% (18 pts)	Kyle Layton 22% (15 pts)	Kyle Layton 29% (14 misses)	Daniel Egbuniwe 20% (10 misses)