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Belmont Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #81 · 26–6 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Missouri Valley Conference · Nashville, TN

Belmont finished 26–6 (MVC 2nd, KenPom #81) in 2025–26. 15 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 8 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season8
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingCenters · 2028
Most common home stateGA (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Centers: open from 2028 — 1 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2027
Gblocked8 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead · multi-yr
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gblocked7 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked5 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2029
Gopening7 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2030
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Aleksa Ristic6′3″So
Isaiah West6′2″Sr
Jabez Jenkins6′4″RS-So
Ethan Sage6′7″So
Jack Smiley6′2″So
Cooper Haynes6′2″RS-So
Matthew Zobrist6′5″So
Eli Brown6′2″Fr
Forwards in that room (5)
Kayden Fish6′6″RS-Jr
Charlie Gersmehl6′8″Fr
Eoin Dillon6′9″RS-So
Graydon Lemke6′10″RS-So
Cooper Knowles6′10″Fr
Centers in that room (1)
Vincent Neugebauer7′1″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Belmont

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (8 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead · multi-yr), C balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 8 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 5 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from GA, IL, TN.

3 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 3 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

31% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 8 of 15

Ethan Sage6′7″So
Matthew Zobrist6′5″So
Jabez Jenkins6′4″RS-So9.0 PPG
Aleksa Ristic6′3″So
Isaiah West6′2″Sr · final yr2.9 PPG
Jack Smiley6′2″So8.5 PPG
Cooper Haynes6′2″RS-So1.7 PPG
Eli Brown6′2″Fr

Frontcourt 6 of 15 · forwards + centers

Vincent Neugebauer7′1″Jr · C
Graydon Lemke6′10″RS-So · F0.8 PPG
Cooper Knowles6′10″Fr · F
Eoin Dillon6′9″RS-So · F7.6 PPG
Charlie Gersmehl6′8″Fr · F
Kayden Fish6′6″RS-Jr · F
1 without a listed position:Bryce Bradley · RS-So
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

31%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jabez Jenkins9.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Jack Smiley8.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Eoin Dillon7.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 15 of 16 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school5via the portal

10 of 15 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

3 of 15

3 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Isaiah West #209.

Where from

GA 4 · IL 4 · TN 4 · IN 2 · AL 1 · FL 1

2 international: Oldenburg; Nis

High schools: Notre Dame HS; Christ Presbyterian Academy; Briarcrest Christian and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Aleksa Ristic
→Vincent Neugebauer
→Ethan Sage
→Kayden Fish
→Matthew Zobrist

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Drew Scharnowski
←Brigham Rogers
←Sam Orme
←Win Miller

How this roster compares

Missouri Valley Conference (11 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureBelmontConference
Average guard height6′3″6′4″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1515
Freshman share20%31%−11pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#912021–22#127→ moved to the MVC2022–23#1012023–24#1252024–25#812025–26
25–8 · OVC 2nd21–11 · MVC 4th20–13 · MVC 4th22–11 · MVC 5th26–6 · MVC 2nd

Coaching staff

Evan BraddsHead coach
Brian AyersAssociate head coach
Brendan MullinsAssociate head coach
Ja'Darius HarrisAssistant coach
Marcus BelcherAssistant coach
Staff changes7 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2024–25, 6 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate95%
SAT midpoint1245
ACT midpoint27

How this page is made: Rosters: official Belmont rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Belmont'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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