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Brandeis Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA

Brandeis (D3, University Athletic Association) lists 14 players on the 2025–26 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster14 players
New this season6
Transfer additions6
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards and Centers · 2026
Most common home stateFL (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards and Centers: open from 2026 — 7 ahead.

2026
Gopening7 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2027
Gopening2 ahead
Fopening1 ahead · multi-yr
Copen0 ahead
2028
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
DJ Courtney6′3″Grad
Alex Zakheim6′1″So
Landon Sullivan6′6″—
Asher White6′5″—
Enrique Perez6′0″Sr
Jake Bender6′3″Sr
Ali Kaan Bek6′3″Jr
Jai Deshpande6′5″Grad
Matthew Cadogan6′5″Sr
Forwards in that room (4)
Gur Dhillon6′6″—
Elias Rodl6′6″Sr
JJ Hayes6′4″Grad
Ryan Weiss6′4″So
Centers in that room (1)
Aedan Using6′6″Grad
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Brandeis

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For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G opening (7 ahead), F opening (3 ahead), C open (1 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 0 came straight from high school and 6 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from FL, MA, NJ.

0 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

42% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 14 players

Guards 9 of 14

Landon Sullivan6′6″—1.0 PPG
Asher White6′5″—0.2 PPG
Jai Deshpande6′5″Grad · final yr6.4 PPG
Matthew Cadogan6′5″Sr · final yr
DJ Courtney6′3″Grad · final yr8.3 PPG
Jake Bender6′3″Sr · final yr
Ali Kaan Bek6′3″Jr3.0 PPG
Alex Zakheim6′1″So18.2 PPG
Enrique Perez6′0″Sr · final yr1.3 PPG

Frontcourt 5 of 14 · forwards + centers

Gur Dhillon6′6″F7.0 PPG
Elias Rodl6′6″Sr · F · final yr23.3 PPG
Aedan Using6′6″Grad · C · final yr6.4 PPG
JJ Hayes6′4″Grad · F · final yr2.1 PPG
Ryan Weiss6′4″So · F5.8 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

42%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Alex Zakheim18.2 PPG · returning
Gur Dhillon7.0 PPG · returning
Ryan Weiss5.8 PPG · returning

Computed from 12 of 14 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

0from high school6via the portal

8 of 14 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 14

0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

FL 4 · MA 2 · NJ 2 · NY 2 · CA 1 · CT 1

5 international: Braunschweig; Istanbul, Turkey; Berlin, Germany; Scituate, R.I. and 1 more

High schools: St. George's School ×2; Riviera Prep ×2; Peddie School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→DJ Courtney
→Landon Sullivan
→Asher White
→Gur Dhillon
→JJ Hayes
→Ali Kaan Bek

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Ethan Edwards
←Kyle Walters
←Gil Otoo
←Griffin Walbridge
←Toby Harris
←Jasper Schindler
←Raja Coleman
←David Perez-Miralles

How this roster compares

University Athletic Association (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureBrandeisConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′7″−2″
Roster size1418−4
Freshman share0%26%−26pp

Coaching staff

Jean BainHead coach
Dave FeinsteinAssociate head coach
Staff changes2 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2022–23, 1 before 2024–25.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate41%
SAT midpoint1450
ACT midpoint33

How this page is made: Rosters: official Brandeis rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · New this season: players not listed on the 2024–25 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · 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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