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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Ari Gooch

Southern Indiana · Guard · Junior · 6-2 · #2

Transfer from UAB

#1230Overall
+0.13Projected impact
  • #624 guard in the country
  • #698 in the transfer portal
  • #619 mid-major player

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 15 minutes a game) at Southern Indiana: a bigger role than he had at UAB (8.4 min).

Projected minutes
15
Spot in the rotation
#8

From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.

▸What is impact?

Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.

Last season: the basics

2025-26 at UAB: 17 games, 0 starts, 8.4 minutes a game.

  • Points per game2.21st
  • Rebounds per game1.36th
  • Assists per game0.68th
  • Steals per game0.957th
  • Blocks per game0.138th
  • Turnovers per game0.495th
  • Field goal %34.4%(11-32)8th
  • 3-point %15.4%(2-13)2nd
  • Free throw %68.4%(13-19)22nd

Last season: advanced

Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.

  • Usage rate15.6%style

    Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor

  • Offensive rating100.018th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating98.996th

    Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)

  • True shooting %45.8%7th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %37.5%2nd

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.4351st

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %45.5%99th

    Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor

  • Free-throw rate59.4%95th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.11361st

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Small sample: under 300 minutes last season.

Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).