2026–27 season
Northwestern State
Demons · Southland
- Record
- 1–3
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -10.1
- No. 305 in Division I
- Head coach
- Rick Cabrera
- Since 2023–24
- Home
- Natchitoches, LA
- 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.
- WeaknessRarely shoots threesThree-point rate: 31.3%6th
- WeaknessFew second chancesOffensive rebound %: 23.9%7th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who N'Western St beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
2
Record
1–2
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 201314Round of 64Lost to 3 Florida 79–47. Bracket
- 200614Round of 32Beat 3 Iowa. Lost to 6 West Virginia 67–54. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Kai Simpson
- 17.8 ppg
- Tallest
- Jayden Nesbitt
- 6′9″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Izzy Miles
- 2 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4Kai Simpson · Lexington, KY | 6′3″ | 205 | 1 | 4 | 30.5 | 17.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 36.8 | 64.0 | 34.5 |
| 5Antoine Almuttar · Dallas, TX | 6′4″ | 200 | 1 | 4 | 29.8 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 28.6 | 52.6 | 14.1 |
| 1Isaiah Vick · Manassas, VA | 6′8″ | 215 | 1 | 4 | 27.3 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 18.7 |
| 13Nathan OjukwuForward · Tampa, FL | 6′7″ | 225 | 1 | 4 | 21.8 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 22.2 | 76.5 | 27.8 |
| 23Kordrick TurnerForward · Sulphur Springs, TX | 6′6″ | 240 | 2 | 4 | 21.5 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 14.9 |
| 3Arne OsojnikGuard · Ljubljana, Slovenia | 6′6″ | 200 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 15.7 |
| 11Doyle Brown · Fairfax, VA | 6′2″ | 190 | 1 | 4 | 16.8 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 18.5 |
| 22Armon Almuttar · Dallas, TX | 6′4″ | 205 | 1 | 4 | 15.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 9.1 |
| 8Dionjahe ThomasCenter · Houma, LA | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 4 | 13.8 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 13.8 |
| 15Jayden Nesbitt · Huntsville, AL | 6′9″ | 215 | 1 | 4 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 17.5 |
| 2Cam Kelly · Decatur, GA | 6′6″ | 200 | 1 | 4 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 21.2 |
| 12Boogii Remo · Natchitoches, LA | 6′2″ | 170 | 1 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.7 |
| 0Izzy MilesGuard · Huntsville, AL | 6′2″ | 190 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10CJ LarryPoint Guard · Jonesboro, AR | 6′3″ | 180 | 2 | 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
1–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
2–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | @baylor | L65–87 | +32 | 151.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 5 | @MISMississippi State | L44–82 | +21.5 | 151.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 7 | @MURMurray State12 | L71–93 | +23 | 154.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 10 | vsMILMillsaps | W77–49 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 14 | @LITLittle Rock | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | vsUT UT Arlington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | vsW FWest Florida4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsECCEcclesia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @LAMLamar | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | @GRAGrand Canyon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 14 | @UT UT Martin | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | vsMCNMcNeese11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 21 | vsSE SE Louisiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | @SF Stephen F. Austin10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsNEWNew Orleans | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 4 | @NICNicholls | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @TEXTexas A&M-Corpus Christi | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 11 | @UT UT Rio Grande Valley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsINCIncarnate Word | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 18 | vsHOUHouston Christian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsNICNicholls | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | @NEWNew Orleans | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsEASEast Texas A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 1 | vsSF Stephen F. Austin10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @EASEast Texas A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 8 | vsLAMLamar | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @SE SE Louisiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 15 | @MCNMcNeese11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @HOUHouston Christian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 22 | @INCIncarnate Word | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsTEXTexas A&M-Corpus Christi | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 1 | vsUT UT Rio Grande Valley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |