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UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Program History
Coach: Kahil Fennell

2026 Team Stats (29 games)

77.6
PPG
70.3
Opp
+6.8
Margin
47.8%
FG%
38.2%
3P%
76.3%
FT%
35.0
RPG
16.9
APG
11.8
TO
76.9
Pace
74.1
AdjO
72.8
AdjD
#142
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 → 1141 (#73) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 988 (#192) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +109 elo More → 1040 (#121) HCA +109 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.2 More → +2.3 (#137) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.5 More → +18.4 (#101) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.620 (#102) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +0.2 More → 0.506 (#171) NetEff +0.2
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +1.8 More → 0.552 (#142) AdjNet +1.8
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +1.9 More → 0.553 (#142) AdjNet +1.9
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 74.1 | AdjD 72.8 More → 0.529 (#142) AdjO 74.1 | AdjD 72.8
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 77.5 | AdjD 69.7 More → 0.670 (#54) AdjO 77.5 | AdjD 69.7
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 → 0.799 (#127) 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 → 0.775 (#118) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 139 | GP 30 More → 1058 (#187) RD 139 | GP 30

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 @ Baylor Bears L 81 - 96
2025-11-08 @ Southern Utah Thunderbirds W 95 - 72
2025-11-11 @ Boise State Broncos L 65 - 85
2025-11-17 vs Southwestern Adventist Knights W 110 - 53
2025-11-22 @ Missouri State Bears L 67 - 74
2025-11-24 @ Illinois Fighting Illini L 73 - 87
2025-12-03 @ Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks L 60 - 73
2025-12-16 @ Lamar Cardinals W 83 - 72
2025-12-20 vs College Of Biblical Studies Ambassadors W 109 - 51
2025-12-29 vs New Orleans Privateers L 69 - 85
2025-12-31 vs Nicholls Colonels L 69 - 71
2026-01-03 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders L 59 - 63
2026-01-05 vs Incarnate Word Cardinals W 80 - 67
2026-01-10 @ East Texas A&M Lions L 69 - 77
2026-01-12 @ Northwestern State Demons L 63 - 64
2026-01-19 vs SE Louisiana Lions W 68 - 65
2026-01-24 @ Houston Christian Huskies W 68 - 51
2026-01-26 @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders W 64 - 55
2026-01-31 @ Incarnate Word Cardinals W 106 - 93
2026-02-02 vs Houston Christian Huskies W 74 - 57
2026-02-07 @ New Orleans Privateers W 95 - 76
2026-02-09 @ Nicholls Colonels W 92 - 72
2026-02-14 vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks L 57 - 66
2026-02-16 vs Lamar Cardinals W 70 - 65
2026-02-21 @ SE Louisiana Lions W 96 - 75
2026-02-23 @ McNeese Cowboys L 68 - 75
2026-02-28 vs East Texas A&M Lions W 63 - 55
2026-03-02 vs Northwestern State Demons W 74 - 62
2026-03-09 vs Nicholls Colonels W 86 - 68
2026-03-10 @ McNeese Cowboys L 80 - 84

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%
K. Cotton K. Cotton G 29 27.1 14.2 5.2 2.4 1.1 1.0 2.4 9.9 11.7 114 5.2 9.5 47.4 41.7 78.8 0.57 61.0 56.1
Filip Brankovic Filip Brankovic - 28 24.6 14.1 4.5 2.0 0.3 0.4 1.4 10.1 9.7 61 2.9 5.8 54.2 35.5 84.1 0.35 63.2 60.0
M. McGhee III M. McGhee III G 29 30.1 11.1 5.3 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.5 8.1 9.3 63 2.9 6.8 44.7 43.3 87.0 0.65 62.9 59.8
Jaylen Washington Jaylen Washington G 29 26.9 10.5 2.2 4.4 1.2 0.1 1.4 7.5 9.5 32 1.5 2.9 53.7 32.6 83.3 0.09 61.5 57.1
K. Dickson K. Dickson - 6 18.2 9.2 3.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.0 6.0 7.0 4 0.7 1.7 52.8 41.7 60.0 -0.15 61.4 59.7
Julien Gomez Julien Gomez - 29 22.8 7.6 3.1 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.9 5.2 7.1 66 3.0 6.6 48.3 44.2 78.8 -0.04 63.5 59.6
Z. Blake Z. Blake - 26 17.8 4.4 2.5 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.9 4.5 3.5 20 0.9 2.2 34.5 27.9 76.2 -0.27 45.9 42.7
Dane Christensen Dane Christensen - 24 13.6 4.2 2.8 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.5 3.3 4.4 12 0.8 3.3 43.0 38.1 59.3 -1.06 55.0 53.2
K. Agwa K. Agwa F 26 11.2 3.8 2.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.5 4.8 9 0.5 2.1 65.2 71.4 47.1 -0.11 67.4 68.9
Mustafo Vanjov Mustafo Vanjov - 3 8.3 3.0 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.3 3.3 30 15.0 441.7 100.0 0 50.0 -0.01 92.2 100.0
A. Wright A. Wright - 29 15.0 2.7 1.5 1.8 0.4 0.1 1.3 2.8 2.4 36 1.6 5.0 38.3 25.0 58.8 0.32 44.6 42.6
M. Destremau M. Destremau F 19 6.8 2.5 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.9 2.4 45 2.5 17.3 37.8 38.5 70.0 -0.06 51.3 44.6
Demarris Winters Demarris Winters - 19 7.1 2.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.8 1.8 -48 -4.4 -44.7 47.1 40.0 60.0 -0.52 62.2 61.8
J. Ricks J. Ricks - 19 8.4 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.4 2.1 -58 -4.1 -20.7 28.3 23.5 76.9 -0.42 42.5 37.0
Luis Ramirez Luis Ramirez - 3 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7 17 5.7 297.8 66.7 50.0 0 -0.0 83.3 83.3

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