College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

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Any two players side by side: projected impact and role for this season, and every stat from last season with percentiles against players at the same position. It's a comparison, not a "who wins."

Javan Buchanan

West Virginia · Forward · Senior

Transfer from Boise State

#203

overall · impact +1.09

Projected starter, secondary scorer

Colin Smith

Northwestern · Forward · Senior

Transfer from UC Santa Barbara

#822

overall · impact +0.33

Projected starter

+1.09Projected impact+0.33

22Projected minutes20

27.9Minutes last season29.4

12.684thPoints per game80th11.9

5.061stRebounds per game47th4.2

1.576thAssists per game76th1.5

0.654thSteals per game42nd0.5

0.216thBlocks per game16th0.2

1.146thTurnovers per game18th1.7

42.3%18thField goal %33rd45.5%

31.7%56th3-point %91st40.5%

83.6%94thFree throw %88th80.0%

22.8%Usage rate20.1%

124.185thOffensive rating71st118.6

109.338thDefensive rating29th110.7

56.8%43rdTrue shooting %77th61.7%

48.0%16thEffective FG %54th55.1%

1.4585thAssist-to-turnover44th0.85

35.7%61stOffensive rebound %39th30.5%

52.0%77thFree-throw rate76th51.2%

.16284thWin shares per 4062nd.123

Green marks the better number. Small numbers are percentiles against players at the same position. Usage and minutes are role, not quality, so neither side wins them.

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