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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Tomislav Buljan

Maryland · Forward · Sophomore · 6-9 · #23

Transfer from New Mexico

#38Overall
+2.10Projected impact
  • #21 forward in the country
  • #12 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 27 minutes a game) at Maryland, as a secondary scorer and rebounder: a role like the one he had at New Mexico (26.0 min).

Projected minutes
27
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 New Mexico: 35 games, 35 starts, 26 minutes a game.

  • Points per game13.186th
  • Rebounds per game10.399th
  • Assists per game1.576th
  • Steals per game1.191st
  • Blocks per game0.551st
  • Turnovers per game1.814th
  • Field goal %54.0%(174-322)68th
  • 3-point %30.8%(8-26)53rd
  • Free throw %60.7%(102-168)28th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate25.0%style

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

  • Offensive rating115.762nd

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating96.895th

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

  • True shooting %57.8%51st

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %55.3%55th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover0.8039th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %39.2%75th

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

  • Free-throw rate52.2%78th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.19494th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Tomislav Buljan

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

  • Chase Walker

    Illinois State · F · Senior

    80%match

    Returning

    +1.25 impact · 13.7 pts · 5.4 reb · 2.1 ast

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  • Rikus Schulte

    Fordham · F · Senior

    78%match

    Returning

    +0.83 impact · 10.7 pts · 9.1 reb · 1.5 ast

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  • JT Toppin

    Texas Tech · F · Senior

    78%match

    Returning

    +3.81 impact · 21.8 pts · 10.8 reb · 2.1 ast

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  • Thijs De Ridder

    Virginia · F · Sophomore

    78%match

    Returning

    +2.05 impact · 15.6 pts · 6.2 reb · 1.6 ast

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  • Keith McKnight

    Quinnipiac · F · Sophomore

    76%match

    Returning

    +0.55 impact · 11 pts · 5.9 reb · 1.1 ast

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  • Jalik Dunkley

    Robert Morris · F · Junior

    75%match

    Transfer from Nicholls

    +0.44 impact · 12.4 pts · 6.7 reb · 1.1 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).