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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Mike McNair Jr.

Maryland · Guard · Senior · 6-5 · #20

Transfer from Boston University

#554Overall
+0.54Projected impact
  • #280 guard in the country
  • #294 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 22 minutes a game) at Maryland, as a secondary scorer and floor spacer: a smaller role than he had at Boston University (36.1 min).

Projected minutes
23
Spot in the rotation
#5

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 Boston University: 34 games, 34 starts, 36.1 minutes a game.

  • Points per game16.993rd
  • Rebounds per game5.192nd
  • Assists per game2.162nd
  • Steals per game1.065th
  • Blocks per game0.487th
  • Turnovers per game1.253rd
  • Field goal %47.9%(195-407)87th
  • 3-point %44.4%(110-248)98th
  • Free throw %73.8%(76-103)38th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate22.6%style

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

  • Offensive rating128.396th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating114.122nd

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

  • True shooting %63.7%96th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %61.4%98th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.7468th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %19.4%41st

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

  • Free-throw rate25.3%35th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.16089th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Mike McNair Jr.

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

  • Jake Fiegen

    Villanova · G · Senior

    83%match

    Transfer from Cornell

    +1.37 impact · 17.1 pts · 5 reb · 2.1 ast

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  • Nils Machowski

    UConn · G · Senior

    73%match

    Transfer from Wofford

    +0.45 impact · 17.2 pts · 5.7 reb · 2.6 ast

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  • Ross Candelino

    Fresno State · G · Senior

    73%match

    Transfer from Lipscomb

    +0.58 impact · 11.1 pts · 5.2 reb · 1.5 ast

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  • Ty Robinson

    Central Arkansas · G · Sophomore

    73%match

    Returning

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

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  • Jordan Pyke

    Arkansas State · G · Sophomore

    72%match

    Transfer from Incarnate Word

    +0.41 impact · 12.6 pts · 5.1 reb · 1.6 ast

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  • Landen Joseph

    Dayton · G · Sophomore

    71%match

    Transfer from Marshall

    +0.30 impact · 7.9 pts · 2.5 reb · 2.1 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).