2026–27 season
Samford
Bulldogs · SoCon
- Record
- 1–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -1.0
- No. 181 in Division I
- Head coach
- Lennie Acuff
- Since 2025–26
- Home
- Homewood, AL
- 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 %: 9.8%0th
- StrengthReliable at the lineFree throw %: 83.3%97th
- WeaknessUndersized rosterAverage height: 6′4.3″7th
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 13.0%90th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Samford beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
1
Record
0–1
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202413Round of 64Lost to 4 Kansas 93–89. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Will Shaver
- 15.5 ppg
- Tallest
- Braeden MacVicar
- 6′11″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Joshua Hughes
- 5 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cooper NoardGuard · Glenview, IL | 6′2″ | 200 | 1 | 2 | 28.5 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 40.0 | 83.3 | 21.2 |
| 5Cade NorrisGuard · Hilliard, OH | 6′4″ | 200 | 2 | 2 | 27.0 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 88.9 | 26.7 |
| 3Isaiah Campbell-FinchGuard · Tampa, FL | 6′0″ | 165 | 2 | 2 | 25.0 | 10.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 75.0 | 66.7 | 14.2 |
| 9Ty DavisGuard · Mountain Brook, AL | 6′4″ | 190 | 1 | 2 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 16.6 |
| 35Will ShaverForward · Birmingham, AL | 6′10″ | 265 | 2 | 2 | 22.0 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 31.3 |
| 10Najimi GeorgeGuard · Bridgeport, CT | 6′4″ | 205 | 1 | 2 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 14.1 |
| 14Brandon FussellGuard · Guntersville, AL | 6′1″ | 175 | 1 | 2 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 15.3 |
| 13Braeden MacVicarForward · Port Williams, NS | 6′11″ | 235 | 1 | 2 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.7 |
| 4Judson BjornstadAthlete · Murfreesboro, TN | 6′8″ | 200 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| 7JD GossettGuard · Huntsville, AL | 6′5″ | 185 | 2 | 2 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 27.9 |
| 0Win MillerGuard · Vestavia Hills, AL | 6′3″ | 190 | 1 | 2 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| 23Caleb HarrisonForward · Huntsville, AL | 6′9″ | 205 | 3 | 1 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.9 |
| 33Zach LameyGuard · Birmingham, AL | 6′5″ | 195 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 |
| 11Cooper DavenportGuard · Henderson, KY | 5′11″ | 160 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.7 |
| 32Lawson Lee · Franklin, TN | 6′11″ | 220 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.8 |
| 31Joshua HughesForward · Woodstock, GA | 6′5″ | 215 | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 21Corey BrownGuard · Fairburn, GA | 6′4″ | 175 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.2 |
| 22Bradley Kemp · Kennesaw, GA | 6′7″ | 205 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 29.2 |
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
1–0
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsberry | W87–58 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 7 | @UNLVUNLV | L79–88 | +11 | 157.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 13 | vsWSUWright State13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | @SC South Carolina Upstate | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | vsUNCUNC Asheville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | @GEOGeorgia Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 29 | vsPOIPoint University | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | @UABUAB | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @TENTennessee Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @PREPresbyterian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | vsBRYBryan (TN) | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | vsWOFWofford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | @CHAChattanooga | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | @ALA#18Alabama5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | vscovenant | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsETSUEast Tennessee State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @FURFurman13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsTHEThe Citadel | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @MERMercer | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @W CWestern Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 18 | vsVMIVMI | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | vsUNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @THEThe Citadel | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @WOFWofford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | vsFURFurman13 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsW CWestern Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | @UNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @VMIVMI | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | vsCHAChattanooga | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsTENTennessee Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsMERMercer | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @ETSUEast Tennessee State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |