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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Brent Bland

Miami · Guard · Senior · 6-3 · #1

Transfer from Saint Peter's

#875Overall
+0.29Projected impact
  • #440 guard in the country
  • #490 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected bench piece (about 16 minutes a game) at Miami, as a floor spacer and ball hawk: a smaller role than he had at Saint Peter's (33.1 min).

Projected minutes
16
Spot in the rotation
#11

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 Saint Peter's: 29 games, 29 starts, 33.1 minutes a game.

  • Points per game13.982nd
  • Rebounds per game5.091st
  • Assists per game1.647th
  • Steals per game2.098th
  • Blocks per game0.379th
  • Turnovers per game1.065th
  • Field goal %38.8%(120-309)26th
  • 3-point %36.9%(79-214)71st
  • Free throw %78.3%(83-106)58th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate20.4%style

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

  • Offensive rating123.990th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating102.188th

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

  • True shooting %56.5%65th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %51.6%61st

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.5055th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %26.4%69th

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

  • Free-throw rate34.3%62nd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.17192nd

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Brent Bland

The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.

  • Tyler Perkins

    Villanova · G · Senior

    75%match

    Returning

    +1.44 impact · 13.7 pts · 5.4 reb · 1.6 ast

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  • Ty Robinson

    Central Arkansas · G · Sophomore

    74%match

    Returning

    +1.06 impact · 14.2 pts · 5.6 reb · 2 ast

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  • Kashie Natt

    Oklahoma State · G · Senior

    74%match

    Transfer from Sam Houston

    +1.26 impact · 10.8 pts · 8.2 reb · 2.4 ast

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  • Micah Robinson

    TCU · G · Junior

    72%match

    Returning

    +0.78 impact · 10.9 pts · 4.7 reb · 1.7 ast

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  • Tyler Spratt

    Detroit Mercy · G · Junior

    71%match

    Returning

    +0.16 impact · 9.9 pts · 3.6 reb · 1.5 ast

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  • Nick Anderson

    San Diego State · G · Senior

    71%match

    Transfer from Rice

    +0.49 impact · 15.5 pts · 4.3 reb · 1.1 ast

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