2026–27 season
Eastern Kentucky
Colonels · UAC
- Record
- 2–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -2.5
- No. 216 in Division I
- Head coach
- A. W. Hamilton
- Since 2018–19
- Home
- Richmond, KY
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 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 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 21.9%98th
- StrengthPlays fastPace: 79.897th
- StrengthCleans the defensive glassDefensive rebound %: 75.7%91st
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who E Kentucky beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
3
Record
0–3
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 201415Round of 64Lost to 2 Kansas 80–69. Bracket
- 200716Round of 64Lost to 1 North Carolina 86–65. Bracket
- 200515Round of 64Lost to 2 Kentucky 72–64. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Justin McCarter
- 14.7 ppg
- Tallest
- Duje Dujmovic
- 6′9″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Jackson Holt
- 5 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4Josh Lowe · Lewisville, TX | 6′8″ | 210 | 1 | 3 | 23.3 | 10.7 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 14.4 |
| 22Shadrak LasuForward · Winnipeg, MB | 6′8″ | 210 | 1 | 3 | 21.3 | 4.3 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 11.2 |
| 1Justin McCarter · Marietta, GA | 6′6″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 20.7 | 14.7 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 50.0 | 80.0 | 25.0 |
| 21Yvens PaulForward · Naples, FL | 6′7″ | 220 | 3 | 3 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 15.2 |
| 2Drae Vasser · Louisville, KY | 6′1″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 18.7 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 27.8 | 100.0 | 20.5 |
| 3Damone KingGuard · Louisville, KY | 6′2″ | 180 | 1 | 3 | 18.3 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 36.4 | 66.7 | 34.0 |
| 11Jackson HoltGuard · Cincinnati, OH | 6′4″ | 185 | 5 | 3 | 18.0 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 42.1 | 100.0 | 18.6 |
| 10Omer HamamaGuard · Rishon Leziyon, Israel | 6′2″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 17.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 20.0 | 71.4 | 15.2 |
| 14Austin BallGuard · Man, WV | 6′7″ | 210 | 2 | 3 | 16.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 23.2 |
| 15Cade Murphy · Knoxville, TN | 6′5″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| 5Amari Owens · Lexington, KY | 6′1″ | 165 | 1 | 3 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 31.1 |
| 0Duje Dujmovic · Dusseldorf, Germany | 6′9″ | 225 | 1 | 2 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.1 |
| 13Bobby Hardison · Mooresville, NC | 6′5″ | 190 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.2 |
| 99Mason MilesGuard · Louisville, KY | 6′2″ | 184 | 2 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 16.7 |
| 12Mouhamed CamaraForward · Dakar, Senegal | 6′8″ | 225 | 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
1–0
ATS as favorite
0–0
ATS as underdog
1–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsKENKentucky Christian | W105–54 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 6 | vsMIDMidway University | W106–68 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 10 | @GEOGeorgia Tech | L71–85 | +16 | 165 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 13 | vsKENKentucky State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 16 | @KENKent State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | vsBELBellarmine | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | vsALIAlice Lloyd College | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | @MOHMiami (OH) | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | vsTENTennessee Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | vsUT UT Martin | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 6 | @AUBAuburn11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 13 | vsLIPLipscomb | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vsS DSouth Dakota State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 21 | @AIRAir Force | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 31 | @W FWest Florida5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @QUEQueens | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @AUSAustin Peay | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsWESWest Georgia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vsTARTarleton State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsNORNorth Alabama | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | @LITLittle Rock | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @C ACentral Arkansas14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @WESWest Georgia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | vsUT UT Arlington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @NORNorth Alabama | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 10 | vsC ACentral Arkansas14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsABIAbilene Christian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 17 | vsAUSAustin Peay | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @TARTarleton State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsLITLittle Rock | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3 | @ABIAbilene Christian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | @UT UT Arlington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |