2025–26 season
UC Santa Barbara
Gauchos · Big West
- Record
- 18–14
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +0.6
- No. 162 in Division I
- Home
- Santa Barbara, CA
- 6,015 mi from Indianapolis
- 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.
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.
- StrengthCleans the defensive glassDefensive rebound %: 73.3%94th
- StrengthElite three-point shootingThree-point %: 37.3%93rd
- StrengthReliable at the lineFree throw %: 76.3%88th
- WeaknessTurnover-proneTurnover rate: 19.0%15th
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.
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Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
13–17
ATS as favorite
9–13
ATS as underdog
4–4
ATS neutral court
2–2
ATS vs. tournament teams
3–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
16–14
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | vsSANSan Francisco State | W98–67 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 8 | vsSANSan José State | W85–74 | -9.5 | 146.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 11 | @SACSacramento State | W92–87 | -7.25 | 160.75 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 17 | vsLMULoyola Marymount | L74–78OT | -3.75 | 143.75 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 22 | @NEVNevada | L64–77 | +5.25 | 148 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 24 | vsNOBNobel | W84–49 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | NLEHLehigh16 | W72–70 | PK | 147 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 29 | NSEASeattle U | W74–71 | -2.75 | 142.75 | Cover | Over |
| Dec 4 | vsLONLong Beach State | W84–77OT | -13.75 | 142.5 | Miss | Over |
| Dec 6 | vsBAKCal State Bakersfield | W109–84 | -12.5 | 146.5 | Cover | Over |
| Dec 13 | NUTAUtah Valley | L53–68 | PK | 147.5 | Miss | Under |
| Dec 17 | @GREGreen Bay | L64–67 | -6.75 | 142.5 | Miss | Under |
| Dec 22 | vsPORPortland | W79–61 | -9.5 | 147.5 | Cover | Under |
| Jan 1 | @FULCal State Fullerton | L84–95 | -4.5 | 156.5 | Miss | Over |
| Jan 3 | @CSUCal State Northridge | L65–74 | +1.75 | 155.5 | Miss | Under |
| Jan 8 | vsUC UC Davis | L86–93 | -4.75 | 147.25 | Miss | Over |
| Jan 15 | @BAKCal State Bakersfield | W75–69 | -7.5 | 145.5 | Miss | Under |
| Jan 17 | vsHAWHawaiʻi13 | W77–62 | +2.5 | 142.75 | Cover | Under |
| Jan 22 | vsCALCal Poly | W107–67 | -8.75 | 159 | Cover | Over |
| Jan 24 | @LONLong Beach State | W74–71 | -4.5 | 144.25 | Miss | Over |
| Jan 29 | @UC UC San Diego | W62–48 | +3.75 | 145.5 | Cover | Under |
| Jan 31 | vsFULCal State Fullerton | W83–69 | -8.5 | 153.5 | Cover | Under |
| Feb 5 | @UC UC Davis | L75–85 | -3.5 | 147.25 | Miss | Over |
| Feb 7 | vsUC UC Irvine | W84–79 | -1.5 | 138.5 | Cover | Over |
| Feb 12 | @UC UC Riverside | W76–68 | -7.25 | 145.5 | Cover | Under |
| Feb 14 | @CALCal Poly | L79–89 | -4 | 159.25 | Miss | Over |
| Feb 19 | vsCSUCal State Northridge | L83–85OT | -5.25 | 156.5 | Miss | Over |
| Feb 21 | @HAWHawaiʻi13 | L75–78OT | +4.75 | 146 | Cover | Over |
| Feb 26 | vsUC UC Riverside | W70–59 | -10.5 | 145.25 | Cover | Under |
| Feb 28 | @UC UC Irvine | L60–64 | +3.5 | 138 | Miss | Under |
| Mar 7 | vsUC UC San Diego | L63–64 | -1.75 | 140.5 | Miss | Under |
| Mar 11 | NUC UC Davis | L73–79 | -4.5 | 139.75 | Miss | Over |