Chattanooga Men’s Basketball 2022 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 4, 2022 · CSM Staff
 

Chattanooga Mocs

SoCon (27-7, 14-4)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/20 at VCU (56-54), 12/22 Middle Tennessee (77-65)
Bad Losses: 11/27 Charleston (66-68), 1/12 at Western Carolina (59-70)
Coach:
 
Probable Starters:
Malachi Smith, Sophomore, Guard, 20.1 ppg, 3.1 apg, 6.7 rpg, 1.7 spg
David Jean-Baptiste, Senior, Guard, 14.7 ppg, 2.3 apg
Darius Banks, Senior, Forward, 8.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.7 spg
KC Hankton, Junior, Forward, 4.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Silvio De Sousa, Senior, Forward, 11.1 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.1 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Josh Ayeni, Senior, Forward, 4.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Grant Ledford, Sophomore, Guard, 4.9 ppg
A.J. Caldwell, Junior, Guard, 5.0 ppg, 2.2 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.1 (74th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 64.7 (46, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.0 (41, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.3 (125, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.1 (121, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.0 (108, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.2 (55, 5)
Rebound Margin: 4.9 (43, 2)
Assists Per Game: 13.1 (173, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.0 (39, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2016 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Indiana
2014 CIT First Round loss to East Tennessee State
2009 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Connecticut
2005 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Wake Forest
1997 NCAA Round of 64 win over Georgia
1997 NCAA Round of 32 win over Illinois
1997 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Providence
1995 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Connecticut
1994 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Kansas
 
*all team stats through 3/6