Kennesaw State Men's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Kennesaw State Owls
 
Conference USA (21-13, 10-10)
 
 
Big Wins: 2/26 Liberty (74-65), 3/13 vs Sam Houston (79-73)
Bad Losses: 11/25 vs Oral Roberts (83-91), 1/4 at Delaware (52-67)
Coach: Antoine Pettway
 
Probable Starters:
Trey Simpson, Freshman, Forward, 9.2 ppg, 4.9rpg, 1.3 bpg
Amir Taylor, Freshman, Forward, 7.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Braedan Lue, Sophomore, Forward, 11.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.5 bpg
Frankquon Sherman, Junior, Forward, 10.3 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 1.0 apg
RJ Johnson, Sophomore, Guard, 14.5 ppg, 4.0 apg, 3.1 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Kaden Rickard, Freshman, Guard, 5.6ppg, 2.3 apg, 2.6 rpg
Jaden Harris, Senior, Guard, 8.0 ppg, 1.0 apg, 1.8 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 83.5 (33rd in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 76.3 (242, 11)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.4 (229, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.9 (31, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 9.7 (47, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.0 (126, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.8 (295, 9)
Rebound Margin: 5.5 (38, 3)
Assists Per Game: 14.5 (132, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.9 (222, 9)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023NCAARound of 64 loss to Xavier
 
*all team stats through 3/8