2026–27 season
Gardner-Webb
Runnin' Bulldogs · Big South
- Record
- 1–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -20.4
- No. 343 in Division I
- Head coach
- Jeremy Luther
- Since 2024–25
- Home
- Boiling Springs, NC
- 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.
- StrengthCleans the defensive glassDefensive rebound %: 79.0%98th
- WeaknessVulnerable interior defenseOpponent FG %: 52.1%4th
- WeaknessTurnover-proneTurnover rate: 23.0%7th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Gardner-Webb beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
1
Record
0–1
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 201916Round of 64Lost to 1 Virginia 71–56. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Jamias Ferere
- 9.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Brave Rutsindura
- 6′11″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Jacob Hudson
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seth BrownGuard · Chino Hills, CA | 6′5″ | 215 | 1 | 2 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 50.0 | 28.0 |
| 10Rue Wells · Springfield, MO | 6′1″ | 175 | 1 | 2 | 23.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 22.7 |
| 0Jamias FerereGuard · High Point, NC | 6′6″ | 210 | 2 | 2 | 22.5 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 27.2 |
| 4Jackson SkipperForward · Tulsa, OK | 6′7″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 22.0 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| 3Mikhali PocknettForward · Wilmington, NC | 6′6″ | 235 | 1 | 2 | 22.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 29.4 |
| 6Jacob HudsonGuard · Houston, TX | 6′2″ | 185 | 3 | 2 | 20.5 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 71.4 | 23.0 |
| 32Sam NosakhareForward · Benin City, Nigeria | 6′9″ | 215 | 1 | 2 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| 25Ace TalbertGuard · Wyandanch, NY | 6′0″ | 185 | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 13.6 |
| 14Ginuwine Tropnas · Montreal, PQ | 6′10″ | 215 | 1 | 2 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.0 |
| 2DJ Daniel · Clinton, MD | 6′6″ | 190 | 1 | 2 | 10.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 12.1 |
| 12David Gaymon · Bronx, NY | 6′4″ | 185 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 39.8 |
| 33Brave Rutsindura · Kigali, Rwanda | 6′11″ | 234 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 9Bryson Luther · Boiling Springs, NC | 5′7″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 40.4 |
| 24Chinedu Okpara · Bronxville, NY | 6′7″ | 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
1–1
ATS as favorite
0–0
ATS as underdog
1–1
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
1–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
1–0
Over / under
0–2
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | @UC#4UConn3 | L46–86 | +40.75 | 147.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 5 | @texas | L50–98 | +41.25 | 154.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 11 | vsERSErskine | W88–66 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 14 | @SOUSouth Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | vsUNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | @VMIVMI | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | @BOWBowling Green | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | vsNC North Carolina Central | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | vsBOBBob Jones | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsQUEQueens | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | vsCAMCampbell | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | @WAKWake Forest | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vsTOCToccoa Falls | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | @GEOGeorgia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 28 | @UKKentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 1 | @WINWinthrop16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @CHACharleston Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsPREPresbyterian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @high-point | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsUNCUNC Asheville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | @longwood | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @SC South Carolina Upstate | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28 | vsRADRadford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @PREPresbyterian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | vsCHACharleston Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | vslongwood | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vshigh-point | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | @RADRadford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsWINWinthrop16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 25 | vsSC South Carolina Upstate | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @UNCUNC Asheville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |