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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Cruz Davis

Texas Tech · Guard · Senior · 6-3 · #3

Transfer from Hofstra

#202Overall
+1.10Projected impact
  • #86 guard in the country
  • #97 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 21 minutes a game) at Texas Tech, as a primary scorer and lead playmaker: a smaller role than he had at Hofstra (37.9 min).

Projected minutes
21
Spot in the rotation
#4

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 Hofstra: 35 games, 35 starts, 37.9 minutes a game.

  • Points per game20.199th
  • Rebounds per game3.773rd
  • Assists per game4.695th
  • Steals per game1.171st
  • Blocks per game0.379th
  • Turnovers per game2.56th
  • Field goal %44.0%(239-543)65th
  • 3-point %40.0%(82-205)88th
  • Free throw %83.0%(142-171)79th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate27.5%style

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

  • Offensive rating119.680th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating104.182nd

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

  • True shooting %56.8%67th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %51.6%61st

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.8272nd

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %13.2%16th

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

  • Free-throw rate31.5%54th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.19096th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Cruz Davis

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

  • Jalen Cox

    USC · G · Senior

    81%match

    Transfer from Colgate

    +1.00 impact · 17.9 pts · 5.2 reb · 5.3 ast

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  • Leroy Blyden Jr.

    Kansas · G · Sophomore

    78%match

    Transfer from Toledo

    +1.10 impact · 16.4 pts · 4 reb · 4.2 ast

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  • Tylen Riley

    Cincinnati · G · Senior

    78%match

    Transfer from Tulsa

    +1.41 impact · 15 pts · 3.9 reb · 4.4 ast

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  • Tavari Johnson

    Charleston · G · Senior

    77%match

    Transfer from Akron

    +1.96 impact · 19.7 pts · 2.9 reb · 5 ast

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  • Daniel Freitag

    Oregon State · G · Junior

    74%match

    Transfer from Buffalo

    +1.17 impact · 19.8 pts · 4.3 reb · 3.7 ast

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  • Tyler Tanner

    Vanderbilt · G · Junior

    74%match

    Returning

    +3.73 impact · 19.5 pts · 3.6 reb · 5.1 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).