2026 Tournament PreviewHoward is in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four seasons after winning the MEAC regular-season and tournament titles. The Bison are just outside the top 200 in the NET ratings, but they at least challenged themselves in non-conference play, traveling to Duke (a 37-point loss) and winning a Quad 2 matchup against UNC-Wilmington. Otherwise, 22 of their 32 games came in Quad 4, where they have six losses. The key is 6-7 junior Cedric Taylor (17.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg), who missed the first 11 games but provided an immediate boost upon returning. He joins Bryce Harris (17.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg) and two other double-digit scorers for an offense that ranks 283rd in KenPom's efficiency metric. The Bison hurt themselves with a bottom-25 offensive turnover rate, though they partially make up for it on defense with top-20 marks in turnover rate and opponent three-point shooting. Howard can win the 16-seed play-in game with that scheme, but that's probably it.
Scouting Report Offense Defense
Efficiency N/A N/A
Pace N/A
Effective FG% 50.92 (198) 48.73 (53)
Turnover % 16.63 (319) 18.09 (13)
Off Reb % 35.77 (28) 31.40 (224)
FTA/FGA 43.45 (17) 38.42 (270)
3P% 35.81 (68) 31.38 (40)
2P% 49.43 (273) 49.60 (84)
FT% 74.04 (129) 69.62 (39)
3PA/FGA 34.69 (283) 34.43 (39)
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Howard
Mid-Eastern
Rankings
NET: #194 RPI: #226
Record
Overall: (24-11) Conference: (11-3) Quad 1: (0-3) Quad 2: (1-2) Quad 3: (2-0) Quad 4: (11-5)
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