2026–27 season
Long Beach State
Beach · Big West
- Record
- 1–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -4.9
- No. 246 in Division I
- Head coach
- Chris Acker
- Since 2024–25
- Home
- Long Beach, CA
- 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.
- WeaknessFew second chancesOffensive rebound %: 20.3%2nd
- StrengthGrinds the pace downPace: 66.012th
- WeaknessMostly new to the programProgram experience: 1.09 yrs12th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Long Beach St beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
3
Record
0–3
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202415Round of 64Lost to 2 Arizona 85–65. Bracket
- 201212Round of 64Lost to 5 New Mexico 75–68. Bracket
- 200712Round of 64Lost to 5 Tennessee 121–86. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- McCaden Adams
- 17.5 ppg
- Tallest
- Noah Amenhauser
- 7′2″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- JJ Chaikovsky
- 2 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Max Vanlaningham · Roseville, CA | 6′10″ | 225 | 1 | 2 | 31.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 10.1 |
| 7Jack PayneGuard · Laguna Beach, CA | 6′6″ | 205 | 1 | 2 | 30.5 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 20.0 | 80.0 | 20.9 |
| 4McCaden AdamsGuard · Pleasant Grove, UT | 6′4″ | 185 | 1 | 2 | 28.5 | 17.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 38.5 | 75.0 | 33.7 |
| 3Yohann SissokoGuard · Paris, France | 6′5″ | 205 | 1 | 2 | 27.5 | 14.5 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 33.5 |
| 25JJ Gray · Fountain Valley, CA | 6′7″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 23.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 |
| 0Jaden Tengan · Sacramento, CA | 6′0″ | 180 | 1 | 2 | 19.5 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 40.0 | 88.9 | 24.9 |
| 24Christian JonesGuard · Los Angeles, CA | 6′4″ | 195 | 2 | 2 | 18.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 10.0 |
| 14Brett Wright · Chattanooga, TN | 6′7″ | 200 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 14.3 | 80.0 | 14.6 |
| 6Henry LauForward · Sydney, NSW | 6′7″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 9JJ ChaikovskyForward · Manhattan Beach, CA | 6′7″ | 220 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13Noah AmenhauserCenter · Goodyear, AZ | 7′2″ | 270 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23Grgur BrcicForward · Zagreb, Croatia | 6′10″ | 235 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12Kaleb SmithForward · Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 6′10″ | 230 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88Blake Bahr · Keller, TX | 6′2″ | 190 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8Ethan Chung · Honolulu, HI | 6′7″ | 190 | 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
1–2
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | @UTAHUtah | L63–66 | +19.5 | 146.75 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 7 | @MONMontana State | L70–83 | +10.5 | 147 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 11 | vsPACPacific | W62–59 | +5.5 | 137.75 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 16 | @UCLA#9UCLA2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | @FIUFlorida International | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | NARKArkansas State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | NSOUSouthern Utah13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 3 | vsUTAUtah Valley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @FULCal State Fullerton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | @SANSan José State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 10 | @ILLIllinois State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsPORPortland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 31 | vsUC UC Irvine14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsUC UC San Diego | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 7 | @CALCal Poly | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @SANUC Santa Barbara | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 14 | vsCSUCal State Northridge | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsBAKCal State Bakersfield | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | @UC UC San Diego | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @UC UC Irvine14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28 | @CBUCalifornia Baptist | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @UC UC Riverside | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 4 | vsSANUC Santa Barbara | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsCALCal Poly | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | @BAKCal State Bakersfield | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @CSUCal State Northridge | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | vsSACSacramento State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsFULCal State Fullerton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @UTAUtah Valley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @SACSacramento State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 4 | vsUC UC Riverside | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsCBUCalifornia Baptist | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |