2026–27 season
Southern
Jaguars · SWAC
- Record
- 0–4
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -10.5
- No. 307 in Division I
- Head coach
- Kevin Johnson
- Since 2023–24
- Home
- Baton Rouge, 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.
- WeaknessTurnover-proneTurnover rate: 31.0%0th
- WeaknessRarely shoots threesThree-point rate: 29.5%3rd
- WeaknessUndersized rosterAverage height: 6′4.3″6th
- WeaknessVulnerable interior defenseOpponent FG %: 48.0%14th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Southern beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
3
Record
0–3
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 201616First FourLost to 16 Holy Cross 59–55. Bracket
- 201316Round of 64Lost to 1 Gonzaga 64–58. Bracket
- 200616Round of 64Lost to 1 Duke 70–54. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Daniel Dormu
- 8.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Noah Boyde
- 7′0″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Lionel Bell
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Daniel DormuGuard · Washington, DC | 5′10″ | 178 | 1 | 4 | 24.3 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 42.9 | 66.7 | 26.1 |
| 1Malik FergusonGuard · Grovetown, GA | 6′4″ | 195 | 1 | 4 | 21.5 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 37.5 | 75.0 | 17.9 |
| 23R'Chaun KingForward · Memphis, TN | 6′7″ | 225 | 1 | 4 | 20.8 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 19.4 |
| 5Justin PageGuard · Peoria, IL | 6′5″ | 195 | 1 | 4 | 19.3 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 16.8 |
| 13Joseph Hunter · Fresno, CA | 6′6″ | 200 | 1 | 4 | 17.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 14.2 |
| 4Aaron Hall · Charlotte, NC | 6′8″ | 220 | 1 | 4 | 16.3 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 20.0 | 85.7 | 22.4 |
| 0Cam AmboreeGuard · Pearland, TX | 6′3″ | 180 | 3 | 3 | 14.3 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 18.4 |
| 11Lionel LarvadainGuard · New Orleans, LA | 6′0″ | 190 | 1 | 4 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 20.3 |
| 9Armonii Benjamin · Marksville, LA | 6′2″ | 195 | 1 | 4 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 22.2 | 100.0 | 16.7 |
| 2Duran Parish · Biloxi, MS | 6′3″ | 180 | 1 | 4 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 22.2 |
| 6Karez Demory · Atlanta, GA | 6′2″ | 165 | 1 | 3 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 25.8 |
| 35Ibrahim OlajuwonForward · Lagos, Nigeria | 6′10″ | 225 | 1 | 4 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 |
| 8Julian Greer · Houston, TX | 6′6″ | 202 | 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 |
| 7Sean Van Dorn Jr.Guard · Atlanta, GA | 6′6″ | 206 | 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 20.7 |
| 10Lionel BellForward · New Orleans, LA | 6′10″ | 240 | 3 | 4 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 30.8 |
| 24Noah BoydeForward · Monchy, St. Lucia | 7′0″ | 250 | 1 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 |
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
0–0
ATS as underdog
2–2
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
1–2
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–3
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | @SMUSMU11 | L72–85 | +25.5 | 157.75 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 6 | @TCUTCU7 | L54–106 | +26.5 | 152.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 8 | @DRADrake | L68–75 | +14.5 | 151.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 10 | @ISUIowa State5 | L47–84 | +35.5 | 147 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 12 | @MINMinnesota | Scheduled | +25 | 140.5 | — | — |
| Nov 17 | vsLOULouisiana Christian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | @NEB#25Nebraska4 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | @VAN#22Vanderbilt2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsCHAChampion Christian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @FREFresno State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 16 | @OREOregon | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | @PACPacific | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | @CALCalifornia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 28 | vsSOUSouthern-New Orleans | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @TEXTexas Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 4 | @PVPrairie View A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsFLOFlorida A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 11 | vsBETBethune-Cookman16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsGRAGrambling | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @ARPArkansas-Pine Bluff | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 25 | @MISMississippi Valley State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsALCAlcorn State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 1 | vsJACJackson State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @alabama-am | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 8 | @ALAAlabama State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsPVPrairie View A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 15 | vsTEXTexas Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @GRAGrambling | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @FLOFlorida A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @BETBethune-Cookman16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | vsALAAlabama State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 4 | vsalabama-am | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |