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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Seydou Traore

West Virginia · Guard · Senior · 6-6 · #7

Transfer from Utah

#2395Overall
-0.13Projected impact
  • #1261 guard in the country
  • #1209 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 19 minutes a game) at West Virginia: a smaller role than he had at Utah (28.7 min).

Projected minutes
19
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 Utah: 31 games, 31 starts, 28.7 minutes a game.

  • Points per game9.050th
  • Rebounds per game3.467th
  • Assists per game2.059th
  • Steals per game1.278th
  • Blocks per game0.592nd
  • Turnovers per game1.824th
  • Field goal %38.6%(98-254)25th
  • 3-point %33.3%(43-129)46th
  • Free throw %72.7%(40-55)35th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate19.4%style

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

  • Offensive rating97.413th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating117.69th

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

  • True shooting %50.1%20th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %47.0%28th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.0926th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %18.9%38th

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

  • Free-throw rate21.7%24th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.0185th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Seydou Traore

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

  • D'Aundre Samuels

    Houston Christian · G · Senior

    77%match

    Returning

    -0.19 impact · 8.6 pts · 3.2 reb · 2 ast

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  • Dorian McMillian

    Jackson State · G · Junior

    74%match

    Returning

    -0.38 impact · 11.5 pts · 4.2 reb · 1.3 ast

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  • Omari Witherspoon

    George Washington · G · Sophomore

    73%match

    Transfer from Pittsburgh

    -0.43 impact · 7.5 pts · 3 reb · 2.5 ast

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  • MJ Russell

    Stephen F. Austin · G · Senior

    73%match

    Transfer from UL Monroe

    -0.45 impact · 15.3 pts · 3.9 reb · 1.9 ast

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  • Jayson Petty

    Central Michigan · G · Senior

    72%match

    Transfer from Kansas City

    -0.46 impact · 11.1 pts · 3.9 reb · 1.6 ast

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  • De'vion Lavergne

    Louisiana · G · Junior

    71%match

    Returning

    -0.37 impact · 9.9 pts · 3.3 reb · 2.8 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).