Western Caro.

SC · 2025–26 · Raw net rank 236 · Raw net -3.9 · Tempo 68.7 · 29 Division I games · Through 2026-03-08

Record: 13–16; 13 wins
AdjNet: -3.4β; rank 222 of 365
AdjO: 108.8β; rank 161 of 365
AdjD: 112.2β; rank 273 of 365
AdjT: 68.8β
SOS: -0.8β; rank 190 of 363
NCSOS: 9.7β
WAB: -9.0β; rank 209 of 363
RR: -0.2β
Exp. W: 13.2β

Scouting Report

Scouting report with national ranks
Category	Offense	Defense	D-I Average
Efficiency
Efficiency / 100 poss.	110.1133	114.0307	108.5
Four Factors
Effective FG%	50.4218	54.9328	51.4
TO / 100 poss.	16.8183	14.5318	16.7
Offensive rebound %	35.436	26.323	30.6
FTA / FGA %	31.3274	37.8255	35.0
Shooting
3P%	33.5198	36.7336	33.9
2P%	50.6227	54.8306	51.7
FT%	71.4229	73.0222	72.5
Style
3PA / FGA %	40.9	43.7	39.5
Assists / FGM %	44.2	48.2	52.6
Blocks / opp. 2PA %	7.3	7.7	9.5
Point Distribution
3-pointers %	33.3	35.0	31.4
2-pointers %	48.5	45.0	48.8
Free throws %	18.1	20.1	19.8

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

Rotation Depth

Effective Rotation Size: 9.2
Top Three Share of Minutes: 42%
Bench Share of Minutes: 36%
Players with Logged Minutes: 15

Bench: players outside the top five in minutes. Definitions

Schedule and Results

Schedule and results
Date	Opponent	Result	Poss.	Site	Record
11-03	Cincinnati	L 63–94	80.0	Away	0–1
11-08	Duke	L 54–95	76.4	Away	0–2
11-16	Stetson	W 76–65	73.1	Home	1–2
11-19	UNC Asheville	W 80–73	64.3	Home	2–2
11-22	Lipscomb	L 62–83	74.5	Away	2–3
11-29	High Point	L 73–93	74.3	Away	2–4
12-06	USC Upstate	L 67–78	71.8	Away	2–5
12-11	Virginia Tech	L 74–96	72.6	Away	2–6
12-18	Georgia	L 82–112	80.5	Away	2–7
12-31	Wofford	L 74–79	71.3	Home	2–8
01-03	Furman	W 80–77 1OT	71.3	Away	3–8
01-07	Samford	L 77–82	67.4	Away	3–9
01-10	The Citadel	L 77–79 1OT	69.9	Away	3–10
01-14	ETSU	W 72–68	62.8	Home	4–10
01-17	Chattanooga	L 82–90	65.0	Home	4–11
01-21	Mercer	L 76–88	69.7	Away	4–12
01-24	VMI	W 88–58	58.1	Home	5–12
01-29	ETSU	W 90–88	68.5	Away	6–12
02-01	Samford	L 74–88	72.4	Home	6–13
02-04	UNC Greensboro	L 78–81	66.9	Away	6–14
02-07	Wofford	L 66–77	68.7	Away	6–15
02-11	The Citadel	W 87–49	62.4	Home	7–15
02-14	Chattanooga	W 81–76	68.9	Away	8–15
02-18	UNC Greensboro	W 91–77	70.5	Home	9–15
02-21	VMI	W 81–62	63.2	Away	10–15
02-25	Mercer	W 78–74	68.6	Home	11–15
02-28	Furman	W 86–67	63.6	Home	12–15
03-07	Mercer	W 77–73	67.3	Neutral	13–15
03-08	ETSU	L 67–69	65.4	Neutral	13–16

Roster · 15 players

Player logs in 29 of 29 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
Cord Stansberry	29	30:26	75.4%	422	115	58	26	0	41	43	74–172	43.0%	56–184	30.4%	106–132	80.3%	44.4%	51.0%	37.1%	5	34:30 +4:04	86.2%	16.6 +2.0
Marcus Kell	29	30:05	74.6%	393	136	26	17	4	35	40	98–180	54.4%	40–138	29.0%	77–111	69.4%	49.7%	53.6%	34.9%	5	31:30 +1:24	78.7%	14.2 +0.6
Tidjiane Dioumassi	28	24:12	57.9%	253	78	73	18	1	49	78	73–154	47.4%	24–64	37.5%	35–49	71.4%	50.0%	52.8%	22.5%	5	29:54 +5:42	74.8%	15.6 +6.6
Julien Soumaoro	25	26:39	56.9%	286	79	52	20	1	45	59	43–93	46.2%	58–146	39.7%	26–35	74.3%	54.4%	56.2%	14.6%	2	11:55 −14:44	11.9%	3.0 −8.4
Tahlan Pettway	28	21:43	52.0%	247	58	56	24	0	33	49	37–70	52.9%	47–117	40.2%	32–42	76.2%	57.5%	60.1%	22.5%	5	36:50 +15:07	92.1%	15.2 +6.4
Samuel Dada	29	20:33	51.0%	181	216	20	13	22	21	76	76–114	66.7%	0–1	0.0%†	29–37	78.4%	66.1%	68.9%	32.2%	5	26:06 +5:33	65.3%	6.8 +0.6
Abdulai Fanta Kabba	27	17:19	40.0%	113	146	9	17	19	25	76	51–77	66.2%†	0–0	—	11–35	31.4%	66.2%†	61.1%†	45.5%†	5	14:09 −3:10	35.4%	3.8 −0.4
Justin Johnson	28	15:20	36.7%	181	66	23	14	9	26	56	54–121	44.6%	9–41	22.0%†	46–72	63.9%	41.7%	46.7%	44.4%	5	13:18 −2:02	33.3%	3.0 −3.5
Tayeshaun Smith	28	9:16	22.2%	27	43	6	4	11	10	36	7–18	38.9%†	1–9	11.1%†	10–12	83.3%†	31.5%†	41.8%†	44.4%†	5	8:36 −0:40	21.5%	0.8 −0.2
CJ Hyland	18	14:17	22.0%	90	23	18	8	2	22	26	16–49	32.7%†	10–28	35.7%†	28–35	80.0%	40.3%†	48.7%†	45.5%†	—	—	—	—
Fischer BrownFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	8	7:12	4.9%	10	6	4	2	0	3	4	5–6	83.3%†	0–4	0.0%†	0–0	—	50.0%†	50.0%†	0.0%†	—	—	—	—
Vernon CollinsFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	4	6:39	2.3%	4	12	1	2	0	1	7	2–3	66.7%†	0–1	0.0%†	0–0	—	50.0%†	50.0%†	0.0%†	—	—	—	—
Chase McKeyFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	3	8:49	2.3%	2	5	1	2	0	1	1	1–3	33.3%†	0–0	—	0–0	—	33.3%†	33.3%†	0.0%†	—	—	—	—
Drew HollifieldFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	4	1:09	0.4%	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0–0	—	1–2	50.0%†	1–2	50.0%†	75.0%†	69.4%†	100.0%†	1	0:32 −0:37	0.3%	3.0 +2.0
Max WilliamsFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	4	1:01	0.3%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0–1	0.0%†	0–0	—	0–0	—	0.0%†	0.0%†	0.0%†	1	0:00 −1:01	0.0%	0.0 0.0
Team, games with logs · season totals	29 games			2213	1097	346	not published	69	337	not published	537–1061	50.6%	246–735	33.5%	401–562	71.4%	50.4%	54.2%	31.3%
Sum of players				2213	985	347	167	69	314	551	Shooting residuals: see Player Lines Against Team Totals.
Residual: team minus players				0	+112	−1	not published	0	+23	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: $195K; 80% Range $71K to $520K
Tier: Low and other; low evidence
Team Pool, Scenarios Z1 to Z4: $190K to $195K; Scenario medians
Players with Figures: 15; 5 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
Cord Stansberry	76.2%	$31K	$10K to $97K	16.5%	$31K to $32K	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Marcus Kell	74.9%	$16K	$2K to $56K	11.3%	$16K in all four	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Tidjiane Dioumassi	59.9%	$17K	$2K to $59K	10.9%	$17K in all four	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Julien Soumaoro	56.8%	$6K	$1K to $29K	4.4%	$5K to $6K	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Tahlan Pettway	50.7%	$30K	$9K to $100K	14.0%	$29K to $30K	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Samuel Dada	49.8%	$24K	$7K to $83K	12.2%	$24K to $25K	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Abdulai Fanta Kabba	40.6%	$22K	$6K to $77K	10.5%	$22K in all four	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Justin Johnson	35.5%	$5K	$1K to $23K	4.0%	$5K in all four	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Tayeshaun Smith	22.5%	$4K	$1K to $16K	3.0%	$4K in all four	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
CJ Hyland	21.8%	$4K	$1K to $16K	3.0%	$4K in all four	$1K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Fischer Brown	5.6%	$1K	$0 to $4K	0.7%	$1K in all four	$1K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Chase McKey	2.6%	$1K	$0 to $4K	0.7%	$1K in all four	$1K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Vernon Collins	2.5%	$1K	$0 to $4K	0.7%	$1K in all four	$1K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Drew Hollifield	0.3%	$1K	$0 to $4K	0.7%	$1K in all four	$1K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Max Williams	0.3%	$1K	$0 to $4K	0.7%	$1K in all four	$1K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimateRange driven by assumption, not data
Team Pool	—	$195K	$71K to $520K	100%	$190K to $195K	—

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, Western Carolina University (NCAA Division I-FCS)
Measure	School-Reported Amount	Note
Men's basketball revenue	$1,508,101	Equals expenses (budget identity)
Men's basketball expenses	$1,508,101
Athletics department expenses	$16,279,007
Athletics department revenue	$16,279,007

Team Totalsβ

Season totals, 29 games, 2,010 possessions. Observed box-score sums, unadjusted. Definitions

Team and opponent season totals
Statistic	Team	Opponents
Points	2,213	2,291
Field goals made	783	782
Field goals attempted	1,796	1,667
3-pointers made	246	267
3-pointers attempted	735	728
Free throws made	401	460
Free throws attempted	562	630
Offensive rebounds	385	254
Defensive rebounds	712	703
Total rebounds	1,097	957
Assists	346	377
Blocks	69	82
Turnovers	337	292
Steals	No team figure. Players sum to 167.
Personal fouls	No team figure. Players sum to 551.
Minutes (derived)	5,850	not published

29 of 29 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	2,213	2,213	0	±11.1	0
Field goals made	Reconciled	783	783	0	±3.9	0
Field goals attempted	Reconciled	1,796	1,796	0	±9.0	0
3-pointers made	Reconciled	246	246	0	±2.0	0
3-pointers attempted	Reconciled	735	735	0	±3.7	0
Free throws made	Reconciled	401	401	0	±2.0	0
Free throws attempted	Reconciled	562	562	0	±2.8	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	1,097	985	+112	±87.8	0
Assists	Reconciled	346	347	−1	±2.0	0
Blocks	Reconciled	69	69	0	±2.0	0
Turnovers	Residual shown	337	314	+23	±10.1	0
Steals	No team figure	not published	167	not published	not published	not published
Personal fouls	No team figure	not published	551	not published	not published	not published
Minutes (derived)	Reconciled	5,850	5,835	+14.7	±117.0	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
Cord Stansberry	76.2%	+0.9range +0.0 to +1.8Sufficient evidence
Marcus Kell	74.9%	-0.4range -1.4 to +0.6Sufficient evidence
Tidjiane Dioumassi	59.9%	+0.2range -1.5 to +1.4Sufficient evidence
Julien Soumaoro	56.8%	-1.8range -3.2 to -0.5Sufficient evidence
Tahlan Pettway	50.7%	+1.6range +0.4 to +2.9Sufficient evidence
Samuel Dada	49.8%	+1.3range -0.0 to +2.5Sufficient evidence
Abdulai Fanta Kabba	40.6%	+1.4range +0.1 to +2.8Sufficient evidence
Justin Johnson	35.5%	-1.4range -2.5 to -0.1Sufficient evidence
Tayeshaun Smith	22.5%	-1.0range -1.6 to -0.2Sufficient evidence
CJ Hyland	21.8%	-0.8range -1.7 to -0.2Sufficient evidence
Fischer Brown	5.6%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Chase McKey	2.6%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Vernon Collins	2.5%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Drew Hollifield	0.3%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Max Williams	0.3%	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: +9.4range +8.5 to +10.2Sufficient evidence

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

10 valued players hold 97.7% of on-court time. 5 without a value (under 300 possessions) hold 2.3%, counted at replacement level -9.5. Limited-evidence players hold 0.0%.

NIL Methodology · Scheduling and Model-Implied Value