Conference · Division III · 2025–26

Great Northeast Athletic Conference men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states

The Great Northeast Athletic Conference lists 13 Division III men's basketball programs and 211 players on 2025–26 rosters — an average roster of 16.2, an average listed height of 6'2", 49% of players new this season, and 31% from the college's own state.

Computed from 211 player-seasons · 2024–25 to 2025–26 · updated Sep 24, 2026

13
programs · avg roster 16.2
6'2"
avg listed height (Division III 6'3")
49%
new this season (Division III 44%)
31%
in-state (Division III 53%)

Shorter than the rest of Division III: 6'2" against 6'3".

Over Great Northeast Athletic Conference players with a listed height, the average is 6'2"; across every Division III program at strength it is 6'3" — 0.8 inches shorter.

More turnover than Division III: 49% of players are new this season.

Players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 49% in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference, 44% across Division III. Turnover is where next season's spots are.

Less local than Division III: 31% of players come from the college's own state.

Of Great Northeast Athletic Conference players with a home on record, 31% list the college's own state and 2% a home outside the US; across Division III the shares are 53% and 2%. The single largest home state is Massachusetts (25%).

Great Northeast Athletic Conference against Division III

2025–26 rosters · share of players

Great Northeast Athletic

Freshmen25%
New this season49%
In-state31%
Outside the US2%

n = 211

Division III

Freshmen30%
New this season44%
In-state53%
Outside the US2%

n = 7,091

Great Northeast AthleticDivision IIIDifference
Roster size16.217.6−1.4
Avg height6'2"6'3"−0.8 in
Freshmen25%30%−5 pts
New this season49%44%+5 pts
In-state31%53%−22 pts
Outside the US2%2%0 pts

Great Northeast Athletic Conference programs on 2025–26 rosters

Programs
ProgramStatePlayersAvg heightFreshmenNew this seasonIn-state
Albertus MagnusConnecticut196'3"16%——
Colby-SawyerNew Hampshire136'2"31%38%27%
DeanMassachusetts186'1"22%78%11%
ElmsMassachusetts146'3"21%——
EmmanuelMassachusetts146'2"43%43%71%
LasellMassachusetts196'2"11%——
MitchellConnecticut186'1"28%61%—
New England CollegeNew Hampshire186'2"22%33%—
NorwichVermont156'3"27%40%47%
Regis CollegeMassachusetts166'2"13%——
RivierNew Hampshire136'2"38%69%8%
Saint Joseph (CT)Connecticut156'3"33%——
Saint Joseph's (ME)Maine196'3"—32%—

Where Great Northeast Athletic Conference players come from

Home states
HomePlayersShare
Massachusetts2225%
Vermont910%
Connecticut89%
New Hampshire78%
Florida56%
Georgia56%
New Jersey56%
Texas44%

How to read this page

Every number is over Great Northeast Athletic Conference programs whose 2025–26 roster lists at least 8 players. "Avg height" is over players with a listed height; "Freshmen" over players with a readable class label; "New this season" is the share of players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength in both seasons; "In-state" and "Outside the US" are over players with a home on record.

A conference-level measure is shown only when 30 players carry the fact behind it, a program-level one when 8 do — a dash is a cell under the floor, not a zero. The Division III figures are pooled over every Division III program at strength, the same rule the conferences-compared page uses.

What this means for a recruit looking at the Great Northeast Athletic

How to read it

This conference recruits beyond its own states.

31% of its players list the college's own state, and Massachusetts alone supplies 25%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.

Rosters here are rebuilt more than most.

49% of 2025–26 players were not on the same program's roster the season before. The program table shows which rosters turned over most — those are the programs with spots to fill.

Height differences between conferences are real but small next to the level.

0.8 inches separates the Great Northeast Athletic from the Division III average. Pick the level first, then the conference; the program pages carry each roster's own numbers.

Those are the Great Northeast Athletic's rosters. Where does your profile fit?

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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

211 player-seasons · 1,060 programs · 2024–25 to 2025–26

Definitions and scope
Source
Official 2025–26 rosters (and 2024–25 for turnover) published by the athletics sites of NCAA Division III men's basketball programs, collected by Depth Chart.
Conference
The canonical conference each program plays in this season, realignment notes folded away; a program whose move has not happened yet counts in the conference it plays in.
Floors
A conference needs 5 programs at strength and 30 players to get a page; each conference measure needs 30 players carrying the fact; each program measure 8.
Home
A player's home state as the roster lists it; a value that is not a US state or DC is outside the US.
Sample
211 players on 2025–26 rosters at the 13 Great Northeast Athletic Conference programs counted.
Computed
Sep 24, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1

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