College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Nils Cooper
UC Irvine · Guard · Senior · 6-6 · #16
Transfer from UC Davis
- #125 guard in the country
- #134 in the transfer portal
- #60 mid-major player
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 20 minutes a game) at UC Irvine, as a secondary scorer: a role like the one he had at UC Davis (24.7 min).
- Projected minutes
- 20
- Spot in the rotation
- #2
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 UC Davis: 27 games, 23 starts, 24.7 minutes a game.
MM # = his rank among the 839 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).
- Points per game12.374thMM #144
- Rebounds per game4.687thMM #87
- Assists per game1.956thMM #312
- Steals per game1.590thMM #50
- Blocks per game0.487thMM #67
- Turnovers per game1.632ndMM #590
- Field goal %54.9%(118-215)98thMM #15
- 3-point %23.8%(10-42)8thMM #755
- Free throw %73.7%(87-118)38thMM #486
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.
MM # = his rank among the 839 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).
- Usage rate23.0%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating119.580thMM #137
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating102.686thMM #102
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %62.4%93rdMM #54
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %57.2%88thMM #90
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover1.1934thMM #528
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %33.6%89thMM #112
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate54.9%93rdMM #63
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.17493rdMM #30
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
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The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
Returning
+0.59 impact · 13.4 pts · 4.8 reb · 2 ast
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+0.83 impact · 15.2 pts · 8.4 reb · 2.5 ast
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+1.91 impact · 9.7 pts · 4.7 reb · 1.8 ast
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+1.96 impact · 16 pts · 7 reb · 3.6 ast
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+1.03 impact · 11.1 pts · 5.7 reb · 1.7 ast
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+1.60 impact · 15.5 pts · 3.8 reb · 5.6 ast
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UC Irvine teammates
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).