2026–27 season
Central Connecticut
Blue Devils · NEC
- Record
- 1–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -10.7
- No. 310 in Division I
- Head coach
- Patrick Sellers
- Since 2021–22
- Home
- New Britain, CT
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- StrengthGrinds the pace downPace: 63.86th
- WeaknessVulnerable interior defenseOpponent FG %: 49.2%10th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who C Connecticut beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
2
Record
0–2
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 200716Round of 64Lost to 1 Ohio St. 78–57. Bracket
- 200214Round of 64Lost to 3 Pitt 71–54. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Ashton Reynolds
- 13.3 ppg
- Tallest
- Jacori Ervin
- 6′11″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- James Jones
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24James JonesGuard · New Britain, CT | 6′6″ | 205 | 3 | 3 | 34.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 14.4 |
| 2Jhace Johnson · Lanham, MD | 6′2″ | 185 | 1 | 3 | 31.3 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 21.1 |
| 1Raphel LaurentAthlete · Peabody, MA | 6′3″ | 210 | 1 | 3 | 30.0 | 13.3 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 30.0 | 75.0 | 30.4 |
| 13Ashton ReynoldsGuard · Brooklyn, NY | 6′4″ | 190 | 2 | 3 | 28.3 | 13.3 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 30.8 | 66.7 | 24.1 |
| 11Jayden MottForward · Midwest City, OK | 6′9″ | 215 | 2 | 3 | 26.3 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 75.0 | 17.4 |
| 15Victor Payne Jr.Guard · Cromwell, CT | 6′4″ | 215 | 1 | 2 | 16.5 | 11.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 23.3 |
| 0Elijah ParkerGuard · Waterbury, CT | 6′3″ | 185 | 2 | 3 | 15.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 9.4 |
| 7Brayden JacksonGuard · Milton, ON | 6′8″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 14.3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 23.6 |
| 6Matt Goodwin · Manchester, England | 6′2″ | 185 | 1 | 3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.4 |
| 14Jacori Ervin · Spokane, WA | 6′11″ | 225 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 23Rashawn TibbyForward · East Hartford, CT | 6′9″ | 190 | 2 | 3 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 12.7 |
| 3Roddy JonesGuard · North Babylon, NY | 6′1″ | 195 | 3 | 2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 22Daniel JamesForward · Bologna, Italy | 6′8″ | 220 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21Carson Gretz · Newburyport, MA | 6′6″ | 215 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10Colin Langdon · Detroit, MI | 6′8″ | 215 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5David Smith · Glastonbury, CT | 6′4″ | 200 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–1
ATS as favorite
0–0
ATS as underdog
2–1
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
2–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | @TEMTemple | L56–68 | +14.5 | 145 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 5 | @SYRSyracuse | L49–102 | +23.25 | 135.25 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 8 | @DARDartmouth | W78–71OT | +8.5 | 140.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 12 | @SACSacred Heart | Scheduled | +4.5 | 147.5 | — | — |
| Nov 15 | vsQUIQuinnipiac | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17 | vsVERVermont State - Lyndon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | NNAVYNavy16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 29 | @fairfield | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 3 | vsMITMitchell College | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 6 | NBROBrown | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 13 | @LOYLoyola Maryland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | @VCUVCU | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | @FORFordham | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | vsELMElms College | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @CHIChicago State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 4 | vsWAGWagner | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 8 | @le-moyne | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 10 | @mercyhurst | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 14 | vsnew-haven | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | @stonehill | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsFAIFairleigh Dickinson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28 | vsLIULIU16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @new-haven | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | @FAIFairleigh Dickinson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsstonehill | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | vsle-moyne | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsmercyhurst | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @WAGWagner | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsCHIChicago State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @LIULIU16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |