Samford

SC · 2025–26 · Raw net rank 158 · Raw net 1.2 · Tempo 68.4 · 30 Division I games · Through 2026-03-07

Record: 16–14; 16 wins
AdjNet: -1.9β; rank 204 of 365
AdjO: 108.9β; rank 157 of 365
AdjD: 110.9β; rank 241 of 365
AdjT: 68.3β
SOS: -3.6β; rank 282 of 363
NCSOS: 0.9β
WAB: -8.3β; rank 188 of 363
RR: -0.3β
Exp. W: 16.3β

Scouting Report

Scouting report with national ranks
Category	Offense	Defense	D-I Average
Efficiency
Efficiency / 100 poss.	112.398	111.1247	108.5
Four Factors
Effective FG%	53.1101	51.9207	51.4
TO / 100 poss.	13.411	13.0353	16.7
Offensive rebound %	25.3333	25.717	30.6
FTA / FGA %	41.933	32.9129	35.0
Shooting
3P%	35.683	36.5325	33.9
2P%	52.8139	50.3108	51.7
FT%	69.2293	74.5297	72.5
Style
3PA / FGA %	45.7	35.9	39.5
Assists / FGM %	55.2	45.8	52.6
Blocks / opp. 2PA %	7.0	10.2	9.5
Point Distribution
3-pointers %	36.1	30.7	31.4
2-pointers %	42.4	50.2	48.8
Free throws %	21.5	19.1	19.8

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

Rotation Depth

Effective Rotation Size: 8.2
Top Three Share of Minutes: 48%
Bench Share of Minutes: 29%
Players with Logged Minutes: 13

Bench: players outside the top five in minutes. Definitions

Schedule and Results

Schedule and results
Date	Opponent	Result	Poss.	Site	Record
11-03	Tulane	L 72–85	65.1	Away	0–1
11-07	South Carolina St.	W 82–72	72.1	Home	1–1
11-12	Texas Southern	W 93–90 1OT	77.4	Away	2–1
11-14	Arkansas	L 75–79	72.1	Away	2–2
11-16	Central Ark.	W 84–77 1OT	75.2	Away	3–2
11-19	FGCU	L 62–77	68.8	Home	3–3
11-21	New Mexico St.	L 72–81	62.3	Away	3–4
11-25	Georgia St.	W 78–63	70.0	Neutral	4–4
11-26	Utah Valley	L 45–89	73.4	Neutral	4–5
12-05	VCU	L 57–83	70.2	Away	4–6
12-07	Cornell	W 93–90	76.6	Home	5–6
01-01	VMI	W 78–58	67.3	Away	6–6
01-03	UNC Greensboro	L 82–89	65.3	Away	6–7
01-07	Western Caro.	W 82–77	67.4	Home	7–7
01-10	Chattanooga	L 79–88	73.3	Away	7–8
01-14	Furman	L 73–77	70.3	Home	7–9
01-17	ETSU	L 75–76	60.1	Home	7–10
01-21	Wofford	L 78–88	65.5	Away	7–11
01-24	Chattanooga	W 75–64	62.0	Home	8–11
01-29	Furman	L 73–78	64.5	Away	8–12
02-01	Western Caro.	W 88–74	72.4	Away	9–12
02-05	The Citadel	W 78–64	64.7	Home	10–12
02-07	Mercer	W 69–49	65.8	Home	11–12
02-11	Wofford	W 97–80	72.9	Home	12–12
02-14	ETSU	W 82–72 1OT	75.2	Away	13–12
02-19	The Citadel	W 78–75	70.9	Away	14–12
02-21	Mercer	L 86–89	70.4	Away	14–13
02-26	VMI	W 80–61	65.6	Home	15–13
02-28	UNC Greensboro	W 87–78	72.6	Home	16–13
03-07	Furman	L 81–86	69.0	Neutral	16–14

Roster · 13 players

Player logs in 30 of 30 team games

Team roster, per game
Column groups	Minutes			Per Game							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
Jadin Booth	29	36:15	86.5%	21.7	3.7	2.2	1.1	0.1	1.6	2.2	67–136	49.3%	121–282	42.9%	132–152	86.8%	59.4%	64.9%	36.4%	5	35:16 −1:00	88.2%	25.6 +3.9
Cade Norris	30	31:07	76.8%	8.9	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.3	44–86	51.2%	41–102	40.2%	57–74	77.0%	56.1%	60.8%	39.4%	5	36:04 +4:57	90.2%	11.2 +2.3
Keaton Norris	28	32:58	76.0%	10.0	4.3	4.9	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.9	56–116	48.3%	41–132	31.1%	46–55	83.6%	47.4%	51.6%	22.2%	5	33:57 +0:59	84.9%	11.6 +1.6
Dylan Faulkner	28	26:51	61.9%	17.3	8.6	1.8	0.5	1.5	1.4	1.8	182–293	62.1%	0–4	0.0%†	120–212	56.6%	61.3%	62.0%	71.4%	5	28:05 +1:14	70.2%	15.4 −1.9
Isaiah Campbell-Finch	27	23:06	51.3%	7.5	1.6	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.9	46–93	49.5%	26–73	35.6%	32–61	52.5%	51.2%	52.4%	36.7%	4	17:53 −5:13	35.8%	5.3 −2.2
Kam Martin	30	16:53	41.7%	5.3	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.5	25–48	52.1%	25–80	31.3%	34–41	82.9%	48.8%	54.4%	32.0%	5	16:36 −0:17	41.5%	4.6 −0.7
Zion Wilburn	28	16:54	38.9%	4.3	2.2	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.2	23–53	43.4%	13–48	27.1%†	36–59	61.0%	42.1%	47.7%	58.4%	5	20:17 +3:24	50.7%	7.6 +3.3
Jaxon Pollard	24	13:14	26.1%	3.3	3.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.6	19–39	48.7%†	10–48	20.8%†	12–20	60.0%†	39.1%†	41.8%†	23.0%†	3	6:22 −6:52	9.6%	1.0 −2.3
Will Shaver	28	9:11	21.2%	2.4	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.5	23–46	50.0%†	2–7	28.6%†	16–26	61.5%	49.1%†	52.8%†	49.1%†	5	10:49 +1:37	27.0%	1.6 −0.8
Judson Bjornstad	22	7:41	13.9%	1.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.7	7–21	33.3%†	1–12	8.3%†	14–20	70.0%†	25.8%†	37.1%†	60.6%†	1	0:45 −6:56	0.4%	0.0 −1.4
Caleb HarrisonUnder 100 minutes	11	2:41	2.4%	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	3–7	42.9%†	0–0	—	0–2	0.0%†	42.9%†	38.1%†	28.6%†	1	0:45 −1:56	0.4%	0.0 −0.5
Zach LameyFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	3	3:35	0.9%	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	0–0	—	1–1	100.0%†	0–0	—	150.0%†	150.0%†	0.0%†	1	0:45 −2:50	0.4%	0.0 −1.0
Corey BrownFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	3	3:13	0.8%	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0–0	—	0–0	—	2–2	100.0%†	—	113.6%†	—	1	0:45 −2:28	0.4%	0.0 −0.7
Team, games with logs · per game	30 games			77.8	35.4	14.3	not published	2.7	9.3	not published	495–938	52.8%	281–789	35.6%	501–724	69.2%	53.1%	57.1%	41.9%
Sum of players				77.8	31.7	14.3	4.4	2.7	8.7	16.4	Shooting residuals: see Player Lines Against Team Totals.
Residual: team minus players				0.0	+3.7	0.0	not published	0.0	+0.6	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: $250K; 80% Range $93K to $665K
Tier: Low and other; low evidence
Team Pool, Scenarios Z1 to Z4: $235K to $285K; Scenario medians
Players with Figures: 13; 3 floor only

The widest scenario range, $105K to $770K, is wider than the 80% Range above (soft check S5). Methodology

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
Jadin Booth	86.0%	$41K	$13K to $120K	17.6%	$39K to $48K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Cade Norris	77.3%	$19K	$2K to $72K	10.5%	$19K to $23K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Keaton Norris	75.2%	$49K	$16K to $140K	19.1%	$46K to $57K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Dylan Faulkner	62.7%	$68K	$21K to $220K	25.1%	$63K to $78K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Isaiah Campbell-Finch	53.0%	$9K	$1K to $38K	5.2%	$9K to $11K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Kam Martin	41.3%	$6K	$1K to $28K	3.0%	$6K to $7K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Zion Wilburn	38.5%	$8K	$1K to $31K	4.4%	$8K to $10K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Jaxon Pollard	27.2%	$10K	$2K to $31K	4.7%	$9K to $11K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Will Shaver	21.0%	$4K	$1K to $15K	1.7%	$4K to $5K	$2K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Judson Bjornstad	13.8%	$3K	$1K to $9K	1.1%	$3K in all four	$2K	Limited evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Caleb Harrison	2.4%	$2K	$1K to $5K	0.8%	$2K in all four	$2K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Corey Brown	0.7%	$2K	$1K to $5K	0.8%	$2K in all four	$2K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Zach Lamey	0.7%	$2K	$1K to $5K	0.8%	$2K in all four	$2K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Team Pool	—	$250K	$93K to $665K	100%	$235K to $285K	—

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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, Samford University (NCAA Division I-FCS)
Measure	School-Reported Amount	Note
Men's basketball revenue	$3,671,957
Men's basketball expenses	$3,532,803
Athletics department expenses	$23,874,973
Athletics department revenue	$27,116,621

Team Totalsβ

Season per game, 30 games, 2,079 possessions. Observed box-score sums, unadjusted. Definitions

Team and opponent season totals
Statistic	Team	Opponents
Points	77.8	77.0
Field goals made	25.9	27.2
Field goals attempted	57.6	60.0
3-pointers made	9.4	7.9
3-pointers attempted	26.3	21.6
Free throws made	16.7	14.7
Free throws attempted	24.1	19.7
Offensive rebounds	9.0	9.2
Defensive rebounds	26.4	26.5
Total rebounds	35.4	35.7
Assists	14.3	12.5
Blocks	2.7	3.2
Turnovers	9.3	9.0
Steals	No team figure. Players sum to 131.
Personal fouls	No team figure. Players sum to 492.
Minutes (derived)	202.5	not published

30 of 30 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	2,334	2,334	0	±11.7	0
Field goals made	Reconciled	776	776	0	±3.9	0
Field goals attempted	Reconciled	1,727	1,727	0	±8.6	0
3-pointers made	Reconciled	281	281	0	±2.0	0
3-pointers attempted	Reconciled	789	789	0	±3.9	0
Free throws made	Reconciled	501	501	0	±2.5	0
Free throws attempted	Reconciled	724	724	0	±3.6	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	1,062	952	+110	±85.0	0
Assists	Reconciled	428	428	0	±2.1	0
Blocks	Reconciled	81	81	0	±2.0	0
Turnovers	Residual shown	278	261	+17	±8.3	0
Steals	No team figure	not published	131	not published	not published	not published
Personal fouls	No team figure	not published	492	not published	not published	not published
Minutes (derived)	Reconciled	6,075	6,057	+17.8	±121.5	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
Jadin Booth	86.0%	+1.5range +0.6 to +2.5Sufficient evidence
Cade Norris	77.3%	-0.2range -1.7 to +1.6Sufficient evidence
Keaton Norris	75.2%	+2.4range +1.0 to +3.8Sufficient evidence
Dylan Faulkner	62.7%	+4.1range +2.8 to +5.4Sufficient evidence
Isaiah Campbell-Finch	53.0%	-0.9range -1.8 to +0.1Sufficient evidence
Kam Martin	41.3%	-1.6range -3.1 to -0.1Sufficient evidence
Zion Wilburn	38.5%	-0.8range -2.7 to +0.8Sufficient evidence
Jaxon Pollard	27.2%	+0.3range -0.9 to +1.7Sufficient evidence
Will Shaver	21.0%	-1.8range -3.1 to -0.7Sufficient evidence
Judson Bjornstad	13.8%	-3.2range -4.1 to -2.2Limited evidence
Caleb Harrison	2.4%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Corey Brown	0.7%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Zach Lamey	0.7%	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: +10.1range +9.2 to +10.9Sufficient evidence

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

10 valued players hold 99.2% of on-court time. 3 without a value (under 300 possessions) hold 0.8%, counted at replacement level -9.5. Limited-evidence players hold 2.8%.

NIL Methodology · Scheduling and Model-Implied Value