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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Curtis Givens III

Ohio State · Guard · Junior · 6-3 · #2

Transfer from Memphis

#1228Overall
+0.13Projected impact
  • #622 guard in the country
  • #697 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 16 minutes a game) at Ohio State, as a floor spacer: a smaller role than he had at Memphis (25.6 min).

Projected minutes
16
Spot in the rotation
#7

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 Memphis: 25 games, 15 starts, 25.6 minutes a game.

  • Points per game9.453rd
  • Rebounds per game2.128th
  • Assists per game2.367th
  • Steals per game0.848th
  • Blocks per game0.263rd
  • Turnovers per game1.632nd
  • Field goal %43.1%(81-188)59th
  • 3-point %36.5%(35-96)69th
  • Free throw %66.1%(39-59)17th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate19.0%style

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

  • Offensive rating109.346th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating114.421st

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

  • True shooting %55.2%55th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %52.4%66th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.4351st

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %28.3%76th

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

  • Free-throw rate31.4%53rd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.07531st

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Curtis Givens III

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

  • Trey Williams Jr.

    Missouri State · G · Sophomore

    76%match

    Returning

    +0.05 impact · 9.4 pts · 2 reb · 3.2 ast

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  • Jaeden Mustaf

    Indiana · G · Junior

    76%match

    Transfer from Georgia Tech

    +0.25 impact · 10.4 pts · 4.3 reb · 2.4 ast

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  • Christian Jones

    Murray State · G · Junior

    75%match

    Transfer from George Washington

    +0.32 impact · 10 pts · 3 reb · 3.1 ast

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  • Mekhi Mason

    San José State · G · Senior

    74%match

    Transfer from Wake Forest

    +0.24 impact · 7.4 pts · 2.6 reb · 1.4 ast

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  • Jerone Morton

    Kentucky · G · Senior

    72%match

    Transfer from Washington State

    +0.21 impact · 7.8 pts · 1.9 reb · 2.6 ast

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  • Takai Simpkins

    Lipscomb · G · Senior

    71%match

    Transfer from Oregon

    +0.18 impact · 12.5 pts · 2.9 reb · 2.4 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).