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CUSA · 2025–26 · Raw net rank 304 · Raw net -9.4 · Tempo 66.0 · 28 Division I games · Through 2026-03-07

Record: 8–20; 8 wins
AdjNet: -7.6β; rank 274 of 365
AdjO: 101.6β; rank 314 of 365
AdjD: 109.2β; rank 205 of 365
AdjT: 66.5β
SOS: 0.4β; rank 147 of 363
NCSOS: 3.5β
WAB: -13.7β; rank 295 of 363
RR: -0.6β
Exp. W: 8.6β

Scouting Report

Scouting report with national ranks
Category	Offense	Defense	D-I Average
Efficiency
Efficiency / 100 poss.	99.8329	109.1197	108.5
Four Factors
Effective FG%	48.3309	51.5188	51.4
TO / 100 poss.	17.4230	18.098	16.7
Offensive rebound %	26.2319	32.8294	30.6
FTA / FGA %	33.4227	42.0320	35.0
Shooting
3P%	33.9179	34.0182	33.9
2P%	46.5342	51.9186	51.7
FT%	70.4260	70.990	72.5
Style
3PA / FGA %	40.3	37.5	39.5
Assists / FGM %	48.0	52.7	52.6
Blocks / opp. 2PA %	10.1	8.5	9.5
Point Distribution
3-pointers %	34.2	28.7	31.4
2-pointers %	46.2	48.8	48.8
Free throws %	19.6	22.4	19.8

Best · Median · Worst · Mark: further right is a better national rank, of 365 teams.

Rotation Depth

Effective Rotation Size: 8.1
Top Three Share of Minutes: 46%
Bench Share of Minutes: 26%
Players with Logged Minutes: 14

Bench: players outside the top five in minutes. Definitions

Schedule and Results

Schedule and results
Date	Opponent	Result	Poss.	Site	Record
11-11	LMU (CA)	L 58–71	63.0	Home	0–1
11-15	Utah St.	L 51–75	68.1	Away	0–2
11-24	William & Mary	L 63–74	73.8	Neutral	0–3
11-25	UAB	L 59–75	63.1	Neutral	0–4
12-07	Seattle U	L 68–75	66.3	Away	0–5
12-14	Hawaii	L 61–66	64.1	—	0–6
12-21	Norfolk St.	L 71–72	69.5	Home	0–7
12-22	North Dakota St.	W 76–66	68.0	Home	1–7
12-29	Louisiana Tech	L 63–75	64.4	Away	1–8
01-02	Missouri St.	L 55–79	57.9	Away	1–9
01-04	FIU	L 64–76	66.8	Away	1–10
01-08	Middle Tenn.	W 83–80 1OT	71.6	Home	2–10
01-10	Western Ky.	L 56–68	68.0	Home	2–11
01-15	Delaware	W 70–69	61.6	Away	3–11
01-17	Liberty	L 69–80	62.1	Away	3–12
01-22	FIU	W 83–77	71.7	Home	4–12
01-24	Missouri St.	L 57–62	64.5	Home	4–13
01-28	Louisiana Tech	L 59–69	64.8	Home	4–14
01-31	Delaware	W 70–55	62.3	Home	5–14
02-04	Sam Houston	L 66–70	69.7	Away	5–15
02-07	New Mexico St.	W 91–88 1OT	81.5	Home	6–15
02-11	Jacksonville St.	W 69–64	59.8	Away	7–15
02-14	Liberty	L 64–73	61.4	Home	7–16
02-21	New Mexico St.	L 63–67	58.3	Away	7–17
02-26	Middle Tenn.	L 67–77	68.3	Away	7–18
02-28	Western Ky.	L 65–97	72.0	Away	7–19
03-05	Kennesaw St.	W 78–71	74.9	Home	8–19
03-07	Jacksonville St.	L 61–64	67.0	Home	8–20

Roster · 14 players

Player logs in 28 of 28 team games

Team roster, season totals
Column groups	Minutes			Season Totals							Shooting									Last Five Team Games
Player	G	MPG	Team Min%	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	2P	2P%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	eFG%	TS%	FTA/FGA	G	MPG	Min%	Pts/G
Kaseem Watson	28	32:16	79.9%	349	135	36	25	9	47	46	57–155	36.8%	55–146	37.7%	70–83	84.3%	46.3%	51.7%	27.6%	5	34:23 +2:07	85.9%	12.8 +0.3
Jamal West Jr.	28	31:55	79.1%	401	187	39	25	40	55	82	132–239	55.2%	8–27	29.6%†	113–171	66.1%	54.1%	58.8%	64.3%	5	31:21 −0:34	78.4%	19.0 +4.7
KJ Thomas	28	29:13	72.4%	163	68	78	30	2	49	67	30–63	47.6%	16–61	26.2%	55–74	74.3%	43.5%	52.1%	59.7%	5	26:18 −2:55	65.8%	5.0 −0.8
Elijah Jones	28	28:37	70.9%	362	151	16	19	28	28	68	92–176	52.3%	48–120	40.0%	34–49	69.4%	55.4%	57.0%	16.6%	5	30:13 +1:37	75.6%	6.6 −6.3
Caleb Blackwell	25	30:50	68.2%	268	69	73	32	2	41	60	53–115	46.1%	47–123	38.2%	21–34	61.8%	51.9%	53.0%	14.3%	5	33:11 +2:21	83.0%	11.8 +1.1
Trey Horton	24	14:52	31.6%	79	35	17	12	3	13	33	7–20	35.0%†	19–70	27.1%	8–13	61.5%†	39.4%†	41.3%†	14.4%†	5	12:40 −2:12	31.7%	2.8 −0.5
Cassius Brooks	27	13:09	31.4%	61	48	18	10	3	17	43	17–45	37.8%†	3–15	20.0%†	18–22	81.8%†	35.8%†	43.8%†	36.7%†	5	7:15 −5:54	18.1%	1.0 −1.3
LA Hayes	25	10:50	24.0%	99	45	16	23	1	10	31	20–51	39.2%†	9–34	26.5%†	32–43	74.4%	39.4%†	47.6%†	50.6%†	5	14:45 +3:54	36.9%	6.4 +2.4
Mouhamed Mbaye	21	7:00	13.0%	15	34	0	5	8	3	34	4–9	44.4%†	0–0	—	7–14	50.0%†	44.4%†	49.5%†	155.6%†	5	8:17 +1:17	20.7%	1.0 +0.3
Tyreese WatsonFew games	5	25:02	11.1%	30	10	12	12	0	18	12	8–26	30.8%†	3–11	27.3%†	5–11	45.5%†	33.8%†	35.9%†	29.7%†	—	—	—	—
C.J. SmithFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	9	7:04	5.6%	5	9	0	6	1	5	8	1–7	14.3%†	1–6	16.7%†	0–0	—	19.2%†	19.2%†	0.0%†	1	2:44 −4:20	1.4%	0.0 −0.6
David TubekFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	9	6:51	5.5%	18	10	2	0	0	6	9	4–10	40.0%†	3–9	33.3%†	1–2	50.0%†	44.7%†	45.3%†	10.5%†	—	—	—	—
Bobby Montgomery Jr.Under 100 minutes	13	4:01	4.6%	10	7	1	0	0	4	6	5–8	62.5%†	0–3	0.0%†	0–1	0.0%†	45.5%†	43.7%†	9.1%†	1	2:44 −1:17	1.4%	2.0 +1.2
Jordan HernandezFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	5	2:37	1.2%	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0–1	0.0%†	0–0	—	0–0	—	0.0%†	0.0%†	0.0%†	1	1:21 −1:16	0.7%	0.0 0.0
Team, games with logs · season totals	28 games			1860	885	308	not published	97	324	not published	430–925	46.5%	212–625	33.9%	364–517	70.4%	48.3%	52.3%	33.4%
Sum of players				1860	809	308	200	97	296	502	Shooting residuals: see Player Lines Against Team Totals.
Residual: team minus players				0	+76	0	not published	0	+28	not published

G: logged games. Team Min%: share of team minutes on court (40 per game plus overtime). 2P, 3P and FT show made–attempted. † Few attempts: under 100 FGA, 50 3PA or 25 FTA. Few G: under 10 games. <100 min: under 100 minutes. Last Five Team Games columns show change from the season value and hide on narrow screens.

Speculative Compensation · 2025–26β

Estimated share of the school's revenue-sharing budget for men's basketball. Not observed pay.

Team Pool: $275K; 80% Range $105K to $715K
Tier: Low and other; low evidence
Team Pool, Scenarios Z1 to Z4: $270K to $295K; Scenario medians
Players with Figures: 14; 4 floor only

Players in possession-share order
Player	Poss. Share	Speculative Best Guess	80% Range	Median % of Team Pool	Scenarios Z1 to Z4	Floor Part	Evidence and Flags
Kaseem Watson	80.7%	$34K	$5K to $115K	14.8%	$33K to $36K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Jamal West Jr.	79.3%	$31K	$3K to $98K	13.9%	$30K to $33K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
KJ Thomas	72.5%	$26K	$2K to $86K	12.1%	$25K to $27K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Elijah Jones	71.1%	$64K	$18K to $220K	20.6%	$62K to $68K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Caleb Blackwell	69.0%	$35K	$6K to $115K	14.0%	$34K to $37K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Trey Horton	31.5%	$9K	$1K to $35K	4.7%	$9K to $10K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Cassius Brooks	31.5%	$4K	$1K to $19K	1.1%	$4K in all four	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
LA Hayes	25.0%	$15K	$3K to $51K	5.6%	$14K to $15K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Mouhamed Mbaye	13.2%	$11K	$3K to $37K	3.7%	$11K to $12K	$2K	Limited evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Tyreese Watson	9.5%	$3K	$1K to $10K	1.0%	$3K in all four	$2K	Limited evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
C.J. Smith	6.0%	$2K	$1K to $5K	0.7%	$2K in all four	$2K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
David Tubek	5.2%	$2K	$1K to $5K	0.7%	$2K in all four	$2K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Bobby Montgomery Jr.	4.2%	$2K	$1K to $5K	0.7%	$2K in all four	$2K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Jordan Hernandez	1.2%	$2K	$1K to $5K	0.7%	$2K in all four	$2K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Team Pool	—	$275K	$105K to $715K	100%	$270K to $295K	—

What-If Calculator · Speculativeβ

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School Finances · School-Reported (EADA)

Self-reported to the U.S. Department of Education. Expenses cover coaching, travel, aid and operations, not player pay.

School-reported finances, 2024-25, The University of Texas at El Paso (NCAA Division I-FBS)
Measure	School-Reported Amount	Note
Men's basketball revenue	$7,644,864
Men's basketball expenses	$3,747,767
Athletics department expenses	$32,413,794
Athletics department revenue	$32,413,794

Team Totalsβ

Season totals, 28 games, 1,865 possessions. Observed box-score sums, unadjusted. Definitions

Team and opponent season totals
Statistic	Team	Opponents
Points	1,860	2,035
Field goals made	642	692
Field goals attempted	1,550	1,532
3-pointers made	212	195
3-pointers attempted	625	574
Free throws made	364	456
Free throws attempted	517	643
Offensive rebounds	256	307
Defensive rebounds	629	722
Total rebounds	885	1,029
Assists	308	365
Blocks	97	79
Turnovers	324	335
Steals	No team figure. Players sum to 200.
Personal fouls	No team figure. Players sum to 502.
Minutes (derived)	5,650	not published

28 of 28 games have player logs. Residual is team total minus sum of players. Team rebounds and team turnovers have no player owner, so a residual is expected. Definitions

Player lines against team totals
Statistic	Status	Team Total, Logged Games	Sum of Players	Residual	Tolerance	Team Total, Games Without Logs
Points	Reconciled	1,860	1,860	0	±9.3	0
Field goals made	Reconciled	642	642	0	±3.2	0
Field goals attempted	Reconciled	1,550	1,550	0	±7.8	0
3-pointers made	Reconciled	212	212	0	±2.0	0
3-pointers attempted	Reconciled	625	625	0	±3.1	0
Free throws made	Reconciled	364	364	0	±2.0	0
Free throws attempted	Reconciled	517	517	0	±2.6	0
Offensive rebounds	No player split	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published
Defensive rebounds	No player split	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published
Total rebounds	Residual shown	885	809	+76	±70.8	0
Assists	Reconciled	308	308	0	±2.0	0
Blocks	Reconciled	97	97	0	±2.0	0
Turnovers	Residual shown	324	296	+28	±9.7	0
Steals	No team figure	not published	200	not published	not published	not published
Personal fouls	No team figure	not published	502	not published	not published	not published
Minutes (derived)	Reconciled	5,650	5,633	+17.1	±113.0	0

Model-Implied Player Valueβ

Ranges are the 10th to 90th percentile of whole-game resampling draws. They are not calibrated intervals.

Open circle: limited evidence. Filled circle: sufficient evidence. Line: zero. No graphic: insufficient evidence.

Net points per 100 possessions, in possession-share order.
Player	Poss. Share	Net and Rangeβ
Kaseem Watson	80.7%	-0.0range -1.0 to +0.9Sufficient evidence
Jamal West Jr.	79.3%	-0.3range -1.2 to +0.8Sufficient evidence
KJ Thomas	72.5%	-0.5range -1.7 to +0.8Sufficient evidence
Elijah Jones	71.1%	+1.4range +0.1 to +2.8Sufficient evidence
Caleb Blackwell	69.0%	+0.3range -0.8 to +1.3Sufficient evidence
Trey Horton	31.5%	-0.8range -1.9 to +0.3Sufficient evidence
Cassius Brooks	31.5%	-3.3range -4.9 to -2.0Sufficient evidence
LA Hayes	25.0%	+0.3range -0.9 to +1.6Sufficient evidence
Mouhamed Mbaye	13.2%	+0.9range +0.1 to +1.5Limited evidence
Tyreese Watson	9.5%	-2.4range -3.0 to -2.0Limited evidence
C.J. Smith	6.0%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
David Tubek	5.2%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Bobby Montgomery Jr.	4.2%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Jordan Hernandez	1.2%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence

Team Aggregate of Player Values, 2026β

Summary of the player values below. Split role: descriptive: not used in fit or gates. Model nil-value-v3. Definitions · NIL Methodology

Average value over five on-court slots, net points per 100 possessions: +9.0range +8.2 to +9.9Sufficient evidence

200 joint draws. The range is the 10th to 90th percentile. Player ranges cannot be added.

10 valued players hold 96.7% of on-court time. 4 without a value (under 300 possessions) hold 3.3%, counted at replacement level -9.5. Limited-evidence players hold 4.5%.

NIL Methodology · Scheduling and Model-Implied Value