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UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

Season: 2026 2025 2024
Also known as: UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Program History

2026 Team Stats (63 games)

71.4
PPG
69.5
Opp
+6.3
Margin
44.0%
FG%
35.6%
3P%
75.1%
FT%
38.7
RPG
15.7
APG
14.1
TO
79.4
Pace
74.1
AdjO
72.8
AdjD
#142
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo 1141 (#73) -
Bradley-Terry 988 (#192) -
Bradley-Terry Recency 1040 (#121) -
Margin +2.3 (#137) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency +18.4 (#101) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean 0.620 (#102) -
Efficiency 0.506 (#171) NetEff +0.2
Adjusted Efficiency 0.552 (#142) AdjO 100.9 | AdjD 99.1
Log Adjusted 0.553 (#142) AdjO 100.5 | AdjD 98.6
Points Off/Def 0.529 (#142) AdjO 74.1 | AdjD 72.8
Points Off/Def Recency 0.670 (#54) AdjO 77.5 | AdjD 69.7
Core Ensemble 0.799 (#127) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def
Recency Ensemble 0.775 (#118) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def_recency
KenPom Kitchen Sink 0.927 (#188) -
Dynamic BT 1058 (#187) HCA +45.0

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 @ Baylor L 81 - 96
2025-11-08 @ Southern Utah W 95 - 72
2025-11-11 @ Boise St. L 65 - 85
2025-11-17 vs S'western Adventist W 110 - 53
2025-11-22 @ Missouri St. L 67 - 74
2025-11-24 @ Illinois L 73 - 87
2025-12-03 @ SFA L 60 - 73
2025-12-07 vs Austin Peay W 63 - 50
2025-12-11 vs UT Arlington L 50 - 58
2025-12-16 @ Lamar University W 83 - 72
2025-12-20 vs Biblical Stud. (TX) W 109 - 51
2025-12-29 vs New Orleans L 69 - 85
2025-12-31 vs Nicholls L 69 - 71
2026-01-03 vs A&M-Corpus Christi L 59 - 63
2026-01-05 vs UIW W 80 - 67
2026-01-10 @ East Texas A&M L 69 - 77
2026-01-12 @ Northwestern St. L 63 - 64
2026-01-17 vs McNeese W 79 - 76
2026-01-19 vs Southeastern La. W 68 - 65
2026-01-24 @ Houston Christian W 68 - 51
2026-01-26 @ A&M-Corpus Christi W 64 - 55
2026-01-31 @ UIW W 106 - 93
2026-02-02 vs Houston Christian W 74 - 57
2026-02-07 @ New Orleans W 95 - 76
2026-02-09 @ Nicholls W 92 - 72
2026-02-14 vs SFA L 57 - 66
2026-02-16 vs Lamar University W 70 - 65
2026-02-21 @ Southeastern La. W 96 - 75
2026-02-23 @ McNeese L 65 - 74
2026-02-28 vs East Texas A&M W 63 - 55
2026-03-02 vs Northwestern St. W 74 - 62
2026-03-09 vs Nicholls W 86 - 68
2026-03-10 @ McNeese L 80 - 84

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles, with four dividers separating the position buckets.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Filip Brankovic F 30 27.5 15.0 5.2 2.2 0.5 0.5 1.9 11.3 10.2 - - - 52.8 34.2 81.8 - 61.3 58.6
Koree Cotton G 31 30.5 15.0 5.8 2.6 1.1 1.2 2.6 11.0 12.2 - - - 44.9 37.5 78.8 - 57.9 52.3
Marvin McGhee III G 31 31.3 11.4 5.4 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.7 8.3 9.6 - - - 44.7 42.5 85.5 - 62.8 59.5
Kye Dickson F 6 24.0 11.2 3.8 0.5 0.7 0.3 1.5 6.8 8.2 - - - 56.1 46.7 63.6 - 66.1 64.6
Jaylen Washington G 31 28.3 10.8 2.5 4.7 1.1 0.1 1.4 7.9 10.0 - - - 53.7 30.4 82.2 - 60.8 56.6
Julien Gomez G 31 24.7 8.4 3.5 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.9 5.8 7.7 - - - 48.9 44.4 75.9 - 63.3 60.0
Zae Blake G 30 21.9 5.7 3.1 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.0 5.1 4.9 - - - 37.9 35.2 77.4 - 51.6 48.4
Dane Christensen F 25 15.5 4.6 3.1 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 4.0 4.6 - - - 38.6 31.0 60.0 - 49.9 47.5
Mustafo Vanjov C 4 11.6 4.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 2.0 5.0 - - - 100.0 0 50.0 - 92.2 100.0
Kwo Agwa F 28 12.3 4.1 1.9 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.7 4.6 - - - 63.2 54.5 54.2 - 66.4 67.1
Always Wright G 31 17.8 3.8 2.0 2.3 0.5 0.1 1.5 3.5 3.6 - - - 42.2 20.6 62.1 - 48.0 45.4
Jalen Ricks G 21 9.9 3.4 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.5 3.3 2.4 - - - 31.9 26.9 73.7 - 46.5 42.0
Marshal Destremau F 24 8.5 3.2 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 2.5 3.3 - - - 38.3 37.5 72.4 - 52.2 45.8
Demarris Winters G 21 7.7 2.5 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.2 2.0 2.0 - - - 45.2 35.7 57.1 - 57.7 57.1
Luis Ramirez G 4 4.8 1.8 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.8 - - - 60.0 33.3 0 - 70.0 70.0

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