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Arizona State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #64 · 17–16 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Big 12 Conference · Tempe, AZ

Arizona State finished 17–16 (Big 12 12th, KenPom #64) in 2025–26. 13 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 11 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster13 players
New this season11
Transfer additions10
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards and Centers · 2029
Most common home stateCA (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards and Centers: open from 2029 — 3 ahead.

2026
Gcrowded8 ahead
Fblocked6 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gcrowded6 ahead
Fbalanced2 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gbalanced4 ahead
Fbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
Cbalanced2 ahead
2029
Gopening3 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2030
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
Bryce Ford6′4″Sr
Dillan Shaw6′7″So
Vijay Wallace6′5″RS-Jr
Jokubas Rudaitis6′5″—
Joel Foxwell6′1″So
JRob Croy6′5″Fr
Emmanuel Innocenti6′5″Sr
Forwards in that room (3)
Ajak Nyuon6′10″—
Paulius Murauskas6′8″Sr
Marcus Vaughns6′8″So
Centers in that room (3)
Nate Garcia7′0″So
Ben Defty7′0″Jr
Filip Malesevic7′3″—
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Arizona State

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For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (8 ahead), F blocked (6 ahead), C crowded (2 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 11 arrivals, 1 came straight from high school and 10 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CA, AZ, IL.

4 of 13 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 4 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 13 players

Guards 7 of 13

Dillan Shaw6′7″So
Vijay Wallace6′5″RS-Jr
Jokubas Rudaitis6′5″—
JRob Croy6′5″Fr
Emmanuel Innocenti6′5″Sr · final yr
Bryce Ford6′4″Sr · final yr6.9 PPG
Joel Foxwell6′1″So

Frontcourt 6 of 13 · forwards + centers

Filip Malesevic7′3″C
Nate Garcia7′0″So · C
Ben Defty7′0″Jr · C
Ajak Nyuon6′10″F
Paulius Murauskas6′8″Sr · F · final yr
Marcus Vaughns6′8″So · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

1from high school10via the portal

3 of 13 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

4 of 13

4 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: JRob Croy #128.

Where from

CA 4 · AZ 1 · IL 1 · NY 1 · OK 1

19 international: Midfield, Alabama; Berlin; Belgrade; Pljevlja and 15 more

High schools: Centre of Excellence (AUS) ×2; St. Thomas More (CT); Pinnacle and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Nate Garcia
→Dillan Shaw
→Ben Defty
→Filip Malesevic
→Jokubas Rudaitis
→Ajak Nyuon
→Joel Foxwell
→Paulius Murauskas
→Marcus Vaughns
→Emmanuel Innocenti

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Dame Salane
←Andrija Grbović
←Quentin McCoy
←Jovan Ićitović
←Massamba Diop
←Trevor Best
←Santiago Trouet
←Kash Polk
←Noah Meeusen
←Marcus Adams Jr.

How this roster compares

Big 12 Conference (16 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureArizona StateConference
Average guard height6′5″6′4″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′11″6′10″+1″
Roster size1315−2
Freshman share8%36%−28pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#842021–22#512022–23#1272023–24#67→ moved to the Big 122024–25#642025–26
14–17 · Pac-12 6th23–13 · Pac-12 5th14–18 · Pac-12 11th13–20 · Big 12 11th17–16 · Big 12 12th

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate90%

How this page is made: Rosters: official Arizona State rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Arizona State's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Ratings: KenPom, five seasons; conference finish computed among same-conference teams by rating · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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