2026–27 season
East Tennessee State
Buccaneers · SoCon
- Record
- 1–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +0.8
- No. 151 in Division I
- Head coach
- Brooks Savage
- Since 2023–24
- Home
- Johnson City, TN
- 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: 60.83rd
- WeaknessUndersized rosterAverage height: 6′4.3″7th
- WeaknessTurnover-proneTurnover rate: 22.0%11th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who ETSU beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
5
Record
0–5
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 201713Round of 64Lost to 4 Florida 80–65. Bracket
- 201016Round of 64Lost to 1 Kentucky 100–71. Bracket
- 200916Round of 64Lost to 1 Pitt 72–62. Bracket
- 200413Round of 64Lost to 4 Cincinnati 80–77. Bracket
- 200315Round of 64Lost to 2 Wake Forest 76–73. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- BJ Ward
- 18.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Brayden Crump
- 6′9″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Maki Johnson
- 4 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0BJ WardGuard · St. Louis, MO | 6′0″ | 185 | 1 | 2 | 34.5 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 34.7 |
| 1Jayden CooperGuard · Pike Road, AL | 6′0″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 31.5 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 25.3 |
| 11Marqus MarionForward · Skovlunde, Denmark | 6′9″ | 225 | 1 | 2 | 31.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 12.8 |
| 6Trevor HennigGuard · North Bend, WA | 6′4″ | 185 | 1 | 2 | 24.5 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 33.3 | 71.4 | 23.5 |
| 7Tyran MasonGuard · Plano, TX | 6′6″ | 205 | 1 | 2 | 24.5 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 22.4 |
| 15Elton Smith · Columbia, SC | 6′8″ | 225 | 1 | 2 | 16.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| 8Kendall CampbellForward · Atlanta, GA | 6′7″ | 220 | 1 | 2 | 14.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| 2Maki JohnsonGuard · Huntington, WV | 6′5″ | 195 | 4 | 2 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 |
| 4Colt Busse · Baltimore, MD | 6′4″ | 170 | 1 | 2 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| 3Maddox HuffGuard · Baxter, KY | 6′2″ | 190 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 14Brayden CrumpForward · Morganton, NC | 6′9″ | 225 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35Jordan McCullumForward · Harriman, TN | 6′8″ | 220 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10Ben Maller · Mountain View, CA | 6′4″ | 205 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9DeCarl Payne · Carbondale, IL | 6′2″ | 195 | 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
3–0
ATS as favorite
1–0
ATS as underdog
2–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–3
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | @ARIArizona State | L65–75 | +19.25 | 145.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 6 | @nc-state | L63–77 | +17.5 | 152.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 11 | vsCAMCampbell | W68–53 | -2.5 | 142.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 17 | @MARMarshall | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | vslongwood | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | vsKENKentucky State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | vsCHACharleston Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 29 | vsMORMorehead State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsVIRVirginia-Lynchburg | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @VMIVMI | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | vsPREPresbyterian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @JAXJacksonville State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | vsN KNorthern Kentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | vsUNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsFURFurman13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | @MERMercer | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @SAMSamford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsW CWestern Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vsTENTennessee Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @UNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 18 | @THEThe Citadel | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | vsCHAChattanooga | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @WOFWofford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | vsMERMercer | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @FURFurman13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | @CHAChattanooga | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsVMIVMI | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 10 | @TENTennessee Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsWOFWofford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | @W CWestern Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsTHEThe Citadel | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsSAMSamford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |