Saint Louis Men's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Saint Louis Billikens
 
Atlantic 10 (28-5, 15-3)
 
 
Big Wins: 11/27 vs Santa Clara (71-70), 1/7 at VCU (71-62)
Bad Losses: 2/17 at Rhode Island (76-81), 3/7 at George Mason (57-86)
Coach: Josh Schertz
 
Probable Starters:
Robbie Avila, Senior, Center, 12.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.1 apg
Amari McCottry, Sophomore, Guard, 10.3 ppg, 2.8 apg, 5.2 rpg
Quentin Jones, Junior, Guard, 9.2 ppg, 2.9 apg, 3.9 rpg
Dion Brown, Senior, Guard, 11.1 ppg, 1.5 apg, 5.5 rpg
Trey Green, Sophomore, Guard, 11.1 ppg, 1.7 apg, 2.8 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Ishan Sharma, Sophomore, Forward, 9.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.9 apg
Paul Otieno, Senior, Forward, 5.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Brady Dunlap, Sophomore, Forward, 6.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Kellen Thames, Junior, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 1.9 apg, 4.8 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 87.8 (11th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.1 (57, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 51.3 (5, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.9 (1, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 11.0 (11, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 40.5 (1, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.3 (158, 6)
Rebound Margin: 8.1 (13, 1)
Assists Per Game: 18.4 (9, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.3 (263, 10)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025NITFirst Round loss to Arkansas State
2022NITFirst Round loss to Northern Iowa
2021NITFirst Round loss to Mississippi State
2019NCAARound of 64 loss to Virginia Tech
2014NCAARound of 64 win over North Carolina State
2014NCAARound of 32 loss to Louisville
2013NCAARound of 64 win over New Mexico State
2013NCAARound of 32 loss to Oregon
2012NCAARound of 64 win over Memphis
2012NCAARound of 32 loss to Michigan State
2010CBIFirst Round win over Indiana State
2010CBISecond Round win over Green Bay
2010CBISemifinal win over Princeton
2010CBIFinal loss to Virginia Commonwealth
2004NITFirst Round win over Iowa
2004NITSecond Round loss to Notre Dame
2003NITFirst Round loss to Minnesota
2000NCAARound of 64 loss to Utah
1998NCAARound of 64 win over Massachusetts
1998NCAARound of 32 loss to Kentucky
 
*all team stats through 3/8