Conference · Division III · 2025–26
Midwest Conference men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states
The Midwest Conference lists 10 Division III men's basketball programs and 199 players on 2025–26 rosters — an average roster of 19.9, an average listed height of 6'3", 44% of players new this season, and 48% from the college's own state.
Computed from 199 player-seasons · 2024–25 to 2025–26 · updated Sep 25, 2026
About the same height as the rest of Division III: 6'3" against 6'3".
Over Midwest Conference players with a listed height, the average is 6'3"; across every Division III program at strength it is 6'3" — 0.2 inches taller.
Turnover in line with Division III: 44% of players are new this season.
Players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 44% in the Midwest Conference, 44% across Division III. Turnover is where next season's spots are.
Less local than Division III: 48% of players come from the college's own state.
Of Midwest Conference players with a home on record, 48% list the college's own state and 1% a home outside the US; across Division III the shares are 53% and 2%. The single largest home state is Illinois (35%).
Midwest Conference against Division III
Midwest
n = 199
Division III
n = 7,091
| Midwest | Division III | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster size | 19.9 | 17.6 | +2.3 |
| Avg height | 6'3" | 6'3" | +0.2 in |
| Freshmen | 35% | 30% | +5 pts |
| New this season | 44% | 44% | 0 pts |
| In-state | 48% | 53% | −5 pts |
| Outside the US | 1% | 2% | −1 pts |
Midwest Conference programs on 2025–26 rosters
Programs| Program | State | Players | Avg height | Freshmen | New this season | In-state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beloit | Wisconsin | 17 | 6'3" | 29% | 47% | 47% |
| Cornell College | Iowa | 20 | 6'3" | 55% | — | 26% |
| Grinnell | Iowa | 20 | 6'4" | 40% | 45% | 0% |
| Illinois College | Illinois | 17 | 6'4" | 24% | 29% | 88% |
| Knox | Illinois | 16 | 6'4" | 25% | 38% | 33% |
| Lake Forest | Illinois | 16 | 6'3" | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| Lawrence | Wisconsin | 20 | 6'2" | 15% | 25% | 42% |
| Luther | Iowa | 32 | 6'2" | 28% | — | 12% |
| Monmouth (IL) | Illinois | 19 | 6'3" | 37% | 53% | 84% |
| Ripon | Wisconsin | 22 | 6'3" | 45% | 59% | 82% |
Where Midwest Conference players come from
Home states| Home | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 61 | 35% |
| Wisconsin | 39 | 22% |
| Texas | 13 | 7% |
| Arizona | 9 | 5% |
| California | 8 | 5% |
| Iowa | 8 | 5% |
| Minnesota | 6 | 3% |
| Florida | 4 | 2% |
How to read this page
Every number is over Midwest 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 Midwest
How to read itThis conference recruits beyond its own states.
48% of its players list the college's own state, and Illinois alone supplies 35%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.
Rosters here turn over at the division's pace.
44% 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.
0.2 inches separates the Midwest from the Division III average. Pick the level first, then the conference; the program pages carry each roster's own numbers.
Those are the Midwest's rosters. Where does your profile fit?
Depth Chart scores your size, position, level and recruiting profile against all 1,060 programs.
Methodology
Source · sample · scope199 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
- 199 players on 2025–26 rosters at the 10 Midwest Conference programs counted.
- Computed
- Sep 25, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1
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