Santa Clara Men's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Santa Clara Broncos
 
West Coast (26-8, 15-3)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/17 St. Mary’s (62-54), 3/9 vs St. Mary’s (76-71)
Bad Losses: 12/13 vs Arizona State (79-82), 12/20 vs Loyola IL (78-80)
Coach: Herb Sendek
 
Probable Starters:
Elijah Mahi, Senior, Forward, 13.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.6 apg
Bukky Oboye, Sophomore, Center, 8.0 ppg, 4.2rpg, 1.2 bpg
Christian Hammond, Sophomore, Guard, 15.8 ppg, 2.4 apg, 2.9 rpg
Jake Ensminger, Junior, Guard, 6.3 ppg, 2.9 apg, 5.5 rpg
Brenton Knapper, Senior, Guard, 7. Ppg, 2.3 apg, 1.8 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Allen Graves, Freshman, Forward, 11.6 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.8 apg, 2.0 spg
Sash Gavalyugov, Freshman, Guard, 8.8 ppg, 2.6 apg, 1.7 rpg
KJ Cochran, Freshman, Guard, 4.8 ppg, 1.4 rpg
Thierry Darlan, Junior, Guard, 6.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 83.5 (30th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 72.3 (130, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.0 (72, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.8 (225, 9)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.1 (30, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.7 (157, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.3 (108, 6)
Rebound Margin: 2.8 (110, 4)
Assists Per Game: 17.1 (32, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.1 (141, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025NITFirst Round win over UC Riverside
2025NITSecond Round loss to UAB
2023NITFirst Round loss to Sam Houston
2022NITFirst Round loss to Washington State
2013CBIFirst Round win over Vermont
2013CBIQuarterfinal win over Purdue
2013CBISemifinal win over Wright State
2013CBIFinal win over George Mason
2011CITFirst Round win over Northern Arizona
2011CITSecond Round win over Air Force
2011CITQuarterfinal win over San Francisco
2011CITSemifinal win over Southern Methodist
2011CITFinal win over Iona
1996NCAARound of 64 win over Maryland
1996NCAARound of 32 loss to Kansas
1995NCAARound of 64 loss to Mississippi State
1993NCAARound of 64 win over Arizona
1993NCAARound of 32 loss to Temple
 
*all team stats through 3/8