2026–27 season
UC Santa Barbara
Gauchos · Big West
- Record
- 2–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +3.2
- No. 118 in Division I
- Head coach
- Joe Pasternack
- Since 2017–18
- Home
- Santa Barbara, 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.
- StrengthElite three-point shootingThree-point %: 52.1%100th
- StrengthCleans the defensive glassDefensive rebound %: 75.9%92nd
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 13.0%90th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Santa Barbara beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
5
Record
0–5
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202314Round of 64Lost to 3 baylor 74–56. Bracket
- 202112Round of 64Lost to 5 Creighton 63–62. Bracket
- 201115Round of 64Lost to 2 Florida 79–51. Bracket
- 201015Round of 64Lost to 2 Ohio St. 68–51. Bracket
- 200214Round of 64Lost to 3 Arizona 86–81. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Viljami Vartiainen
- 14.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Bryce Bedgood
- 6′11″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Koat Keat Tong
- 5 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Aidan MahaneyGuard · Lafayette, CA | 6′3″ | 185 | 2 | 2 | 24.0 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 71.4 | 100.0 | 18.2 |
| 3CJ ShawGuard · North Las Vegas, NV | 6′5″ | 190 | 2 | 2 | 22.5 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 16.8 |
| 1Miro LittleGuard · Tampere, Finland | 6′4″ | 195 | 2 | 2 | 20.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 75.0 | 42.9 | 19.0 |
| 5RJ SmithGuard · Chino, CA | 6′3″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 18.5 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 |
| 9Eric DibamiForward · Yaounde, Cameroon | 6′10″ | 240 | 1 | 2 | 18.5 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 24.3 |
| 8Viljami VartiainenGuard · Helsinki, Finland | 6′6″ | 205 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 45.5 | 100.0 | 32.0 |
| 4Marvin McGhee IVGuard · Atlanta, GA | 6′7″ | 200 | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 15.9 |
| 12Antonio CholForward · Buffalo, NY | 6′9″ | 215 | 1 | 2 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 66.7 | 30.9 |
| 10Declan Duru Jr.Forward · Munich, Germany | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 2 | 11.5 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| 23Michael SimcoeForward · Phoenix, AZ | 6′8″ | 225 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| 2Luke ZuffelatoGuard · Santa Barbara, CA | 6′5″ | 200 | 2 | 2 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| 00Koat Keat TongForward · Orange County, CA | 6′10″ | 220 | 5 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| 6Jordan Charles · Scarborough, ON | 6′0″ | 165 | 1 | 2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 52.6 |
| 7Marco John Wuol · Munich, Germany | 6′11″ | 220 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| 21John SimcoeForward · Phoenix, AZ | 6′5″ | 200 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 35Bryce BedgoodForward · Valencia, CA | 6′11″ | 210 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 38.8 |
| 18Isaac ShingangeForward · Johannesburg, South Africa | 6′5″ | 185 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40Kyle HaughyForward · San Ramon, CA | 6′6″ | 210 | 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
1–0
ATS as favorite
1–0
ATS as underdog
0–0
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 | vsSANSan Francisco State | W85–55 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 7 | vsOAKOakland | W90–67 | -13 | 150 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 15 | vsUC UC Merced | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | @PEPPepperdine | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | vsUNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | NLEHLehigh | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 3 | @BAKCal State Bakersfield | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsCALCal Poly | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | NYALEYale15 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vsWEBWeber State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | @FREFresno State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 31 | @CBUCalifornia Baptist | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @UC UC Riverside | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 7 | vsFULCal State Fullerton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsLONLong Beach State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 14 | @UTAUtah Valley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @SACSacramento State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | vsCSUCal State Northridge | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsBAKCal State Bakersfield | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28 | vsUC UC San Diego | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsUC UC Irvine14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 4 | @LONLong Beach State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @FULCal State Fullerton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | vsUC UC Riverside | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsCBUCalifornia Baptist | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | @CSUCal State Northridge | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @CALCal Poly | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @UC UC Irvine14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @UC UC San Diego | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 4 | vsSACSacramento State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsUTAUtah Valley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |