Conference · Division I · 2026–27
Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states
The Sun Belt Conference lists 14 Division I men's basketball programs and 211 players on 2026–27 rosters — an average roster of 15.1, an average listed height of 6'5", 75% of players new this season, and 20% from the college's own state.
Computed from 211 player-seasons · 2025–26 to 2026–27 · updated Oct 20, 2026
About the same height as the rest of Division I: 6'5" against 6'6".
Over Sun Belt Conference players with a listed height, the average is 6'5"; across every Division I program at strength it is 6'6" — 0.3 inches shorter.
More turnover than Division I: 75% of players are new this season.
Players not on the same program's 2025–26 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 75% in the Sun Belt Conference, 66% across Division I. Turnover is where next season's spots are.
As local as Division I: 20% of players come from the college's own state.
Of Sun Belt Conference players with a home on record, 20% list the college's own state and 5% a home outside the US; across Division I the shares are 23% and 7%. The single largest home state is Georgia (12%).
Sun Belt Conference against Division I
Sun Belt
n = 211
Division I
n = 5,427
| Sun Belt | Division I | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster size | 15.1 | 15.1 | −0 |
| Avg height | 6'5" | 6'6" | −0.3 in |
| Freshmen | 25% | 26% | −1 pts |
| New this season | 75% | 66% | +9 pts |
| In-state | 20% | 23% | −3 pts |
| Outside the US | 5% | 7% | −2 pts |
Sun Belt Conference programs on 2026–27 rosters
Programs| Program | State | Players | Avg height | Freshmen | New this season | In-state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App State | North Carolina | 18 | 6'5" | 33% | 56% | 20% |
| Arkansas State | Arkansas | 15 | 6'6" | 53% | 73% | 11% |
| Coastal Carolina | South Carolina | 15 | 6'5" | 27% | 80% | 10% |
| Georgia Southern | Georgia | 14 | 6'5" | 29% | 71% | 21% |
| Georgia State | Georgia | 15 | 6'5" | 20% | 93% | 30% |
| James Madison | Virginia | 15 | 6'5" | 27% | — | 33% |
| Louisiana | Louisiana | 16 | 6'5" | 31% | 69% | 40% |
| Louisiana Tech | Louisiana | 13 | 6'5" | 31% | 92% | 0% |
| Marshall | West Virginia | 15 | 6'7" | 13% | 67% | 0% |
| Old Dominion | Virginia | 17 | 6'5" | 19% | 65% | 19% |
| South Alabama | Alabama | 14 | 6'6" | 14% | — | — |
| Southern Miss | Mississippi | 15 | 6'6" | 13% | 73% | 17% |
| Troy | Alabama | 14 | 6'5" | — | 79% | 38% |
| ULM | Louisiana | 15 | 6'5" | 7% | 93% | — |
Where Sun Belt Conference players come from
Home states| Home | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 18 | 12% |
| North Carolina | 16 | 10% |
| Florida | 9 | 6% |
| Texas | 9 | 6% |
| Virginia | 9 | 6% |
| Outside the US | 8 | 5% |
| New York | 8 | 5% |
| Alabama | 7 | 5% |
How to read this page
Every number is over Sun Belt Conference programs whose 2026–27 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 2025–26 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 I figures are pooled over every Division I program at strength, the same rule the conferences-compared page uses.
What this means for a recruit looking at the Sun Belt
How to read itThis conference recruits about as locally as its division.
20% of its players list the college's own state, and Georgia alone supplies 12%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.
Rosters here are rebuilt more than most.
75% of 2026–27 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.
0.3 inches separates the Sun Belt from the Division I average. Pick the level first, then the conference; the program pages carry each roster's own numbers.
Those are the Sun Belt'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 · scope211 player-seasons · 1,060 programs · 2025–26 to 2026–27
Definitions and scope
- Source
- Official 2026–27 rosters (and 2025–26 for turnover) published by the athletics sites of NCAA Division I 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 2026–27 rosters at the 14 Sun Belt Conference programs counted.
- Computed
- Oct 20, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1
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