Sacred Heart basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule
Sacred Heart returns 16% of last season's minutes, and adds three transfers.
Last season it ranked No. 302 in adjusted net rating (No. 220 on offense, No. 336 on defense). The biggest loss is Dashon Gittens, 13.5 points a game. The schedule has 30 games, none against last season's adjusted top 25.
2026-27 roster
PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.
Who left
The players who left played 84% of last season’s minutes. Also gone, under 5 minutes a game: Alex Woodring.
Adjusted net rating, last three seasons
Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 106.0 (No. 220), defense 118.7 (No. 336).
2026-27 schedule
Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 30 games, 18 in the Metro. Tip times are set closer to each game.
Questions
Who is back for Sacred Heart in 2026-27?
4 players who played for Sacred Heart last season: Jaden Slaughter, Abdou Yadd, Jeremiah Jacobs, Malik Sheppard. They played 16% of its minutes.
Who did Sacred Heart add for 2026-27?
Jo Van Buggenhout (transfer from Indiana State), Jaylen Robinson (transfer from Richmond), Samson Reilly (transfer from Quinnipiac).