UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs D2 College Basketball Ratings & Rankings

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UC Santa Cruz

Banana Slugs

Good

B+ Overall Grade 88

Brutal Schedule

Dark Horse

0-1 Record

0% Win %

#119 D2 Rank#694 nat'l

83 Pts / Game

L 1 Streak

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Performance Rankings: D2 (National)

	Rating	Rank
Overall	88 B+	119 (694)
Power	88 B+	116 (772)
Offensive	92 A-	74 (723)
Defensive	84 B	155 (814)
Schedule (Current)	99 A+	0 (287)
Schedule (Full Season)	99 A+	0 (619)
Record (Current)	80 B-	194
Record (Full Season)	89 B+	108

Records

Overall	0-1 (0%)
Versus D2 Top 25	0-0 (0%)
Versus > .500 Teams	0-1 (0%)
Versus < .500 Teams	0-0 (0%)
Last 10 Games	0-1 (0%)

Superlatives

Best Win	None
Worst Loss	#327 Redlands
Largest MOV	None
Largest MOD	13 pts, #327 Redlands

Other Statistics

Points per Game	83
Points Against	96
Opponent Record	1-0
Average Opponent Rank	327
Long Streak	L 1
Current Streak	L 1

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs Program History

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs has been rated by Versus for 5 seasons, from 2022-23 through 2026-27.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2024-25; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2022-23	9-14	39.1%	—
2023-24	11-14	44.0%	—
2024-25	11-13	45.8%	#104
2025-26	10-12	45.5%	#87
2026-27	0-1	0.0%	#119

Coast-to-Coast

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
195	Mary Washington	1	0	36
260	Chris Newport	0	0
694	UC Santa Cruz	0	1	58
765	Salisbury	0	0	11
1013	Regent	0	2	18
1037	Warren Wilson	0	1	12
1040	J&W NC	0	1	4

Game Results

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Fri Nov 6	at Redlands (1-0) (D3) SCIAC	L83-96

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Oct 27	636	0	0
1	Nov 7	694	0	1	58

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