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Tennessee Tech Golden

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2016 2014
Also known as: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
Program History
Coach: John Pelphrey

2026 Team Stats (29 games)

72.9
PPG
74.9
Opp
-2.0
Margin
43.8%
FG%
31.1%
3P%
76.0%
FT%
36.4
RPG
12.0
APG
13.6
TO
80.0
Pace
68.2
AdjO
79.9
AdjD
#315
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 → 949 (#218) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 834 (#300) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +109 elo More → 998 (#295) HCA +109 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.2 More → -11.6 (#314) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.5 More → +4.1 (#319) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.300 (#284) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff -27.5 More → 0.043 (#342) NetEff -27.5
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet -15.2 More → 0.148 (#315) AdjNet -15.2
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet -15.3 More → 0.145 (#316) AdjNet -15.3
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 68.2 | AdjD 79.9 More → 0.257 (#315) AdjO 68.2 | AdjD 79.9
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 71.5 | AdjD 71.8 More → 0.493 (#269) AdjO 71.5 | AdjD 71.8
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 → 0.567 (#302) 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 → 0.547 (#290) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 172 | GP 29 More → 969 (#264) RD 172 | GP 29

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 @ Western Kentucky Hilltoppers L 70 - 82
2025-11-07 @ Charlotte 49ers L 65 - 70
2025-11-10 vs Virginia-Lynchburg Dragons W 118 - 58
2025-11-13 vs Berea Mountaineers W 86 - 64
2025-11-17 vs West Georgia Wolves L 59 - 61
2025-11-19 @ South Carolina Upstate Spartans W 88 - 84
2025-11-26 @ Kentucky Wildcats L 54 - 104
2025-11-29 @ Georgia Bulldogs L 81 - 123
2025-12-03 @ Lipscomb Bisons L 80 - 83
2025-12-13 vs Bethel (TN) Wildcats W 101 - 69
2025-12-18 vs Southeast Missouri State Redhawks W 85 - 74
2025-12-20 vs UT Martin Skyhawks L 62 - 86
2025-12-30 vs Tennessee State Tigers L 76 - 88
2026-01-01 @ Little Rock Trojans L 58 - 77
2026-01-08 @ Eastern Illinois Panthers L 61 - 71
2026-01-10 @ Western Illinois Leathernecks W 59 - 54
2026-01-15 vs Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles L 54 - 71
2026-01-22 @ Lindenwood Lions L 68 - 89
2026-01-24 @ SIU Edwardsville Cougars L 58 - 62
2026-01-27 @ Tennessee State Tigers W 90 - 85
2026-01-31 vs Little Rock Trojans W 87 - 77
2026-02-05 vs Western Illinois Leathernecks W 97 - 72
2026-02-07 vs Eastern Illinois Panthers L 54 - 60
2026-02-12 @ Morehead State Eagles L 66 - 73
2026-02-14 @ Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles W 82 - 74
2026-02-19 vs SIU Edwardsville Cougars W 62 - 52
2026-02-21 vs Lindenwood Lions W 72 - 57
2026-02-26 @ UT Martin Skyhawks L 49 - 64
2026-02-28 @ Southeast Missouri State Redhawks L 73 - 89

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%
J. Nicholls J. Nicholls - 29 17.9 11.6 5.3 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.0 7.1 10.4 -33 -1.5 -4.1 62.8 0 68.2 -0.59 65.6 62.8
M. Cameron M. Cameron - 29 26.6 11.0 3.9 1.2 0.4 0.0 1.3 8.5 6.7 -18 -0.8 -1.4 37.8 32.0 81.6 -0.55 54.0 46.1
D. Pounds D. Pounds F 27 17.4 10.0 4.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.9 6.4 8.6 57 2.9 7.4 50.3 31.2 77.1 0.65 60.0 51.7
Brandon Muntu Brandon Muntu - 29 25.1 9.1 3.0 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.4 7.9 5.3 -35 -1.6 -3.1 40.8 32.5 93.1 -0.76 54.6 51.8
Ty Owens Ty Owens - 29 27.4 7.0 2.7 3.8 0.8 0.1 2.3 6.0 6.1 -28 -1.3 -2.4 39.9 29.9 83.0 -0.27 51.4 45.7
J. Florence J. Florence - 26 17.3 6.5 2.2 1.3 0.8 0.3 1.6 6.2 3.5 1 0.1 0.1 38.1 28.3 72.3 -0.03 46.8 42.2
M. Ferguson M. Ferguson G 20 17.1 5.2 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.1 1.4 4.3 2.7 -50 -3.1 -7.0 43.7 31.0 79.2 -0.77 53.3 48.9
C.J. Mcpherson C.J. Mcpherson - 24 13.3 4.5 1.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.6 3.9 2.4 -12 -0.6 -2.2 36.2 35.9 94.1 -0.45 52.7 48.4
M. Turner M. Turner - 23 9.1 4.2 2.8 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 2.6 4.9 -60 -3.0 -13.4 62.7 0 62.2 -0.7 64.4 62.7
G. Slatten G. Slatten - 25 16.5 3.4 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.6 2.8 3.3 -90 -5.3 -16.2 43.7 30.6 65.0 -0.78 53.9 51.4
Jah'Kim Payne Jah'Kim Payne - 21 13.8 3.2 1.5 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.4 2.8 2.4 -34 -1.8 -5.7 40.7 39.4 77.8 -0.43 54.0 51.7
Jacobe Whitted Jacobe Whitted - 23 15.0 3.1 3.9 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.8 3.3 4.4 22 1.5 4.7 31.2 24.0 64.7 -0.07 42.0 39.0
C. Ayers C. Ayers - 3 3.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 33.3 50.0 0 0.01 50.0 50.0
Owen Varnado Owen Varnado - 15 8.0 1.0 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.5 1.5 -25 -2.1 -10.6 22.7 7.1 66.7 -0.31 30.4 25.0
Hagan Preston Hagan Preston - 6 2.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.5 -10 -2.0 -45.7 40.0 25.0 0 -0.1 50.0 50.0
Maguire Evans Maguire Evans 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