2026–27 season
Northern Kentucky
Norse · Horizon
- Record
- 2–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -5.3
- No. 262 in Division I
- Head coach
- Darrin Horn
- Since 2019–20
- Home
- Highland Heights, 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.
- WeaknessVulnerable interior defenseOpponent FG %: 51.4%4th
- WeaknessGives up open threesOpponent 3P %: 40.5%6th
- WeaknessTurnover-proneTurnover rate: 23.0%6th
- StrengthPlays fastPace: 78.394th
- StrengthReliable at the lineFree throw %: 77.6%89th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who N Kentucky beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
3
Record
0–3
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202316Round of 64Lost to 1 Houston 63–52. Bracket
- 201914Round of 64Lost to 3 Texas Tech 72–57. Bracket
- 201715Round of 64Lost to 2 Kentucky 79–70. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Willie Foster
- 18.5 ppg
- Tallest
- Juanma Ruiz
- 6′9″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Bryce Darbyshire
- 4 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Eric AckerGuard · New York, NY | 6′3″ | 165 | 1 | 4 | 32.3 | 15.3 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 18.8 | 77.8 | 25.0 |
| 0Willie Foster · Lima, OH | 6′2″ | 180 | 1 | 4 | 29.3 | 18.5 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 35.0 | 90.5 | 30.7 |
| 9B.J. Davis-RayGuard · St. Louis, MO | 6′6″ | 195 | 1 | 4 | 28.8 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 38.1 | 83.3 | 23.1 |
| 13Noah PagottoForward · Port Macquarie, QLD | 6′8″ | 215 | 1 | 4 | 28.3 | 16.8 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 33.3 | 68.6 | 20.8 |
| 7Will ShorttForward · Sydney, NSW | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 4 | 18.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 9.1 |
| 10Donovan RakotonanaharyGuard · Antananarivo, Madagascar | 6′6″ | 190 | 3 | 4 | 17.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 9.2 |
| 8Gabrielius Jokubauskas · Vilnius, Lithuania | 6′5″ | 190 | 1 | 4 | 17.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 23.1 | 100.0 | 14.4 |
| 1Ryan TolliverGuard · Hartford, CT | 6′7″ | 220 | 2 | 4 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 11.9 |
| 22JJ ApathjangGuard · Salt Lake City, UT | 6′4″ | 185 | 2 | 3 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 21.5 |
| 17Juanma RuizForward · Bejar, Spain | 6′9″ | 200 | 2 | 3 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| 4Bryce DarbyshireGuard · Cincinnati, OH | 6′4″ | 180 | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 15.5 |
| 6Ethan ElliottGuard · Perth, WA | 6′1″ | 190 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5Patrick Otto Mae · Tallin, Estonia | 6′9″ | 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
2–2
ATS as favorite
1–0
ATS as underdog
1–2
ATS neutral court
1–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–2
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
3–0–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | NUTEPUTEP | W84–76 | +3.75 | 150.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 4 | @SOUSouth Dakota | W102–94 | -2.25 | 163.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 6 | @A&MTexas A&M6 | L67–104 | +27.25 | 171 | Miss | Push |
| Nov 10 | @SLUSaint Louis2 | L63–125 | +23.25 | 168.75 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 14 | vsC MCentral Michigan | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | vsBERBerea | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | vsGA Georgia Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | vsBELBellarmine | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | @OAKOakland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @DETDetroit Mercy | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | vsDEFDefiance | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 11 | vsSC South Carolina State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | @ETSUEast Tennessee State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | @HARHarvard | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | vsIU IU Indianapolis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 3 | vsCLECleveland State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 7 | @GREGreen Bay | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @MILMilwaukee | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 14 | @IU IU Indianapolis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 17 | vsWSUWright State13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | vsN INorthern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsDETDetroit Mercy | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29 | @PURPurdue Fort Wayne | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 31 | @CLECleveland State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 4 | vsYOUYoungstown State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 7 | @N INorthern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | vsMILMilwaukee | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsGREGreen Bay | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | @ROBRobert Morris | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 21 | @WSUWright State13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsOAKOakland | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsPURPurdue Fort Wayne | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |