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Evansville Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #309 · 7–25 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Missouri Valley Conference · Evansville, IN

Evansville finished 7–25 (MVC 11th, KenPom #309) in 2025–26. 13 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 9 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster13 players
New this season9
Transfer additions3
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2030
Most common home stateIN (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2030 — 3 ahead.

2027
Gblocked6 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked6 ahead
2028
Gblocked6 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked5 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gbalanced6 ahead
Fbalanced5 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen3 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
Rafayel Masumyan6′7″Fr
Max Langenfeld6′6″RS-So
Bryce Quinet6′3″So
Aaron Gutman6′7″—
Caden Symons6′4″Fr
Junior Kemm6′4″Fr
Luke Ellspermann6′0″So
Forwards in that room (6)
Gustav Winther6′10″So
James Dyson-Merwe6′11″So
AJ Casey6′9″Sr
Jake Genschaw6′6″Fr
David Nejezchleb6′8″Fr
Bryce Renn6′10″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Evansville

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (6 ahead · multi-yr), F blocked (6 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 9 arrivals, 6 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from IN, CA, OH.

3 of 13 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 3 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

35% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 13 players

Guards 7 of 13

Rafayel Masumyan6′7″Fr
Aaron Gutman6′7″—
Max Langenfeld6′6″RS-So
Caden Symons6′4″Fr
Junior Kemm6′4″Fr
Bryce Quinet6′3″So8.7 PPG
Luke Ellspermann6′0″So

Frontcourt 6 of 13 · forwards + centers

James Dyson-Merwe6′11″So · F2.4 PPG
Gustav Winther6′10″So · F
Bryce Renn6′10″Fr · F
AJ Casey6′9″Sr · F · final yr13.5 PPG
David Nejezchleb6′8″Fr · F
Jake Genschaw6′6″Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

35%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
AJ Casey13.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Bryce Quinet8.7 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
James Dyson-Merwe2.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 14 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

6from high school3via the portal

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

Rankings

3 of 13

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

Best-ranked: AJ Casey #80.

Where from

IN 5 · CA 2 · OH 2 · AZ 1 · CO 1 · IL 1

9 international: Brisbane; New Zealand; Germany; Sydney and 5 more

High schools: Castle HS ×2; Archbishop Riordan (Calif.); South Knox HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Gustav Winther
→Max Langenfeld
→Luke Ellspermann

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Marlon Barnes, Jr.
←Kaia Berridge
←Joshua Hughes
←Leif Moeller
←Leo Amari IV
←Weston Aigner
←Dakota Candler

How this roster compares

Missouri Valley Conference (11 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureEvansvilleConference
Average guard height6′4″6′4″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1315−2
Freshman share46%31%+15pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#3242021–22#3522022–23#2102023–24#2572024–25#3092025–26
6–24 · MVC 10th5–27 · MVC 12th17–18 · MVC 11th11–21 · MVC 12th7–25 · MVC 11th

Coaching staff

David RaglandHead men's basketball coach
George SwansonAssistant men's basketball coach
Peter FunkAssistant men's basketball coach/recruiting coordinator
DJ BalentineAssistant men's basketball coach
Terry JohnsonAssociate head men's basketball coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate78%
SAT midpoint1150
ACT midpoint26

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